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Chapter 6
There was no mistaking it. Chyna had yet to turn but she could hear her fellow Ants coming from a mile away. Maybe one of them, alone, would've been hard to make out in the loudness of the San Francisco airport. But together? As a collective, the Ants were louder and more boisterous than everybody else. The girls were chatting up a storm and the boys were whooping and hollering. But even above it all, she could hear Gibson shouting, "Wow, so this is the airport! I've never been to one before. I was going to go to one, but Nana wanted to take Bob instead!"
She grinned. This was probably going to be the best field trip the Ants had ever took, and it was all, thanks to her.
She spun around to greet her fellow classmates, and tell them the plan. It was going to take a little subtlety to sneak a whole class into the same flight as their Principal, but it took just one look at one particular Ant to forget about all the other ones.
Fletcher was walking side by side with Angus, Cameron and Gibson, with the horde of Ants following closely by. Fletcher had spotted her right away, and he smiled and waved. No, it wasn't a frantic wave, like I'm right here, Chyna, do you see me, but just a small one, as if to say, hey I see you there.
It was weird to see him that way. It was almost smooth. Plus he was taller, definitely taller than her now, and he looked more mature in the face. The only thing about Fletcher that seemed familiar to her so far was his smile. He still obviously, really liked her. This time, though, she found herself not so, weirded out by the idea, which weirded her out!
Just remember Chyna, she told herself, this is Fletcher. He's weirder than any boy you've ever met. Plus he's one of your best friends, so liking him back, that's just out of the question!
He was standing in front of her now, still smiling that I'm in love smile he'd always reserve for her. Alarm bells rang in Chyna's head. Please god, anybody but him! She screamed in her head as she returned his smile.
"Hey, Chyna."
"Fletcher, hi!" She made sure not to linger on his face for long and quickly turned to greet Angus, Gibson, even her brother.
"Cameron!" She exclaimed extra loudly for show. She hugged Cameron harder and longer than normal. "Hey, Cameron! Good to see you there!"
Cameron quickly yanked Chyna off of him.
"Chyna, what are you doing? Not here!" He brushed off his shoulders and sleeves as if Chyna had been rolling around in dirt.
Angus ignored the whole scene. He craned his head to scan the crowd. He used Cameron as a prop to get a better look of the airport. "So. Where's Olive?"