Interruptions
Chapter Sixteen
Later that night, Sam and Jack were sitting on an aeroplane. It was a commercial airliner, something Sam nor Jack were used to, seeing as they both normally flew in Air Force planes. Either that or spaceships.
Sam shut her eyes.
"Tired?" Jack asked.
"Been a long day." Sam replied.
"True."
Sam opened one eye and looked at Jack."What you said earlier, that was beautiful."
Jack smiled. "That's how I feel about you. It's how I've always felt about you."
Sam opened the other eye, then leant over and kissed Jack gently. "I would give my life for you. I'd do anything for you. You are my soul mate, Jack. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone." She kissed him again.
"I love you, Samantha."
"I love you too, Jack."
After that, they slept.
Sam woke when the pilot announced that they were coming in to land at Perth International Airport.
"Local time is 9am, the weather is 27 degrees Celcius. For connecting flights both inter-state and within Western Australia, please proceed to the airport shuttle desk."
Sam shook Jack awake. "We're in Australia, Jack!"
"Cool." He replied, yawning.
They sat, Sam staring out the window as the plane came around to land. Roads criss-crossed below them, and Sam saw cars driving along them. Soon the plane landed and Sam looked out at the airport terminal. In the distance she could see the Domestic Terminal.
Once the plane had stopped, Sam, Jack, and the rest of the passengers slowly filed off the plane. They collected their luggage and proceed to through customs. When they were through, Sam found herself looking at a long building, running sideways. The doors were right in front of her and Jack, beyond them was a carpark.
"This way." Jack said, pointing to a booth.
"To our connecting flight." Sam said.
"Yep."
Sam smiled.
They walked over to the booth, and were soon on a shuttle bus running between the International and Domestic airport terminals.
"We're leaving from Gate Two." Sam said, looking at the departures board.
"Right, this way then." Jack said, leading Sam through the terminal. They'd checked their luggage in and were now heading to their next flight. The flight from Perth to Albany was short, just over an hour, and Sam was looking forward to arriving in Albany so she could relax.
"We're here!" Jack said as they found the right gate.
"Great. The plane leaves in an hour." Sam replied.
"Well, let's sit."
"Let's."
Jack shut his eyes, and Sam watched a small plane with 'Skywest' written on the side as it landed and unloaded. She figured that they would be going out on this plane.
The hour slowly passed, and Sam passed the time by observing different people as they travelled through the airport. When the hour was up, Sam and Jack boarded the Skywest plane and were on their way to Albany.
Sitting on the plane, Sam watched the scenery below change. Not long after tae off, they were flying over bush, and then farmland. She decided that Perth was not a very big city, despite the fact it was the largest in Western Australia.
"So, got any plans for what you want to do when we get there?" Jack asked.
"Pick up our hire car, find our hotel, and relax." Sam replied. "Sight see, act like a perfectly normal couple in love. Not like our jobs are… what they are. I want to forget about that for the next week."
"Sounds like a great idea." Jack smiled.
Sam stared out the window again. More farmland. "There's lots of farmland here." She said to Jack.
"Yeah?" Jack leant over to see out the window as well. "So there is."
A little while later, they landed at Albany Airport. A bus took them from the airport into town. The airport was about ten kilometres out of town, and Sam noticed that it was all bush on the sides of the road, until they were about five kilometres out of town. Then the houses started. They passed the Albany raceway and the cinema. After the houses came the businesses. A Bunnings Warehouse, A Muzz Buzz coffee shop, and many car yards were on either side of the highway as the approached a large roundabout. There were five roads coming off this roundabout. Sam discovered that they were on the Albany Highway. To her left, Chesterpass Road led to Esperance, to the right, Hanrahan Road led to Frenchmen Bay. In front, North Road led to Emu Point and Middleton Beach, and the other end of the Albany Highway led to the Albany town centre. They exited the roundabout on North Road, and Sam watched as they passed a church anda small shopping centre. On the other side of the road was a sporting oval.
They turned right and began to wind their way through some back streets before stopping at the car hire shop.
Sam thanked the bus driver as she and Jack got off the bus.
"Have a good holiday." The driver said.
"Thanks, I'm sure we will." Sam replied, smiling.