Fucking Airlines Am I Right
You are John Egbert and you are actually a little bit excited about staying in Germany. You have never been and you've always wanted to go. As soon as the plane lands you unbuckle your seatbelt and jump up and down a few times in your seat. Dave turns to look at you. "Excited?" He asks, raising an eyebrow. You nod.
"Hell ya I am! I've always wanted to go to Germany. I mean it sucks that I won't be there for my concert, but I can just play at some places while we're here, and then when we get home, I'll figure something out. Work at a diner or something." You say, wishing the pilot would hurry up and park.
"So you're good now?" Dave asks. You nod and look out the window where it's starting to snow. You hear Dave groan next to you. "What's wrong?"
"I don't have anything with me for cold weather. All I have is this hoodie and a hat. I already sent all my winter shit home. I was in Australia last. I didn't think I'd need all that crap." You look at him, sizing him up.
"I can lend you some of my stuff! Most of my winter stuff is pretty loose and you don't seem to be much taller than me. It's the least I can do since you're paying for my hotel room." Dave appears to be contemplating this. It's so hard to read him with those shades on.
"Ya, alright. That should work. So long as not all your clothes are as dorky as that Ghostbusters shirt." You look down at your shirt, giggling.
"Hey, don't knock the Ghostbusters!" You say, pulling your backpack out from under the seat while Dave grabs his. He waits for you to get out and follows you out of the plane and in the terminal, where you both wait for Jade. She finally gets off, looking a little rumpled but still pretty cheery.
"Hey John! And hi…" She trails off, looking to you for a name.
"Dave Strider." Dave answers before you can. "I'll be paying for your hotel room while we're here." Jade looks at you.
"Oh that's so nice of you! But we really can't accept that." She shoots you a look that says, 'Why would you accept a room from a virtual stranger when you KNOW we can't pay him back!' Dave coughs and she looks back at him.
"John and I already worked out an agreement. I pay for your room with my douche bag of a bro's money, and he gets me tickets to see him play. He's also lending me some winter clothes." You nod sending Jade a look. 'It's fine. Don't worry about it. He really helped me out on the plane. I trust this guy."
"Well, alright." She says, raising an eyebrow at you. You follow Dave out to grab your luggage. When you reach the luggage carousel you run over and grab a luggage cart and go back over to stand with Jade and Dave. You stand there for almost half an hour before any luggage comes out. There's only five pieces of luggage, and it doesn't seem to be anybody's. You go and check to make sure you have the right carousel. You do.
"Where the fuck is our luggage?" You hear Dave say.
"I don't know, I'm going to go ask someone at the desk." Jade says, walking over to the help desk.
"Do you think it's already in America? They might have shipped it straight there." You say to Dave.
"I have no fucking clue, dude. I am too exhausted to deal with this shit." He says, pushing his shades farther up his nose.
"Did you not sleep on the plane?" You ask and he shakes his head. He's about to say something else, but then Jade comes back over, looking very annoyed.
"They have no idea where our luggage is. Apparently it was never boarded on the plane, but it's not in the airport we left from either. They think it might have been loaded onto a different flight, but they don't know for sure." She says, running a hand through her hair, getting it stuck a few times.
"Uh, excuse me, did you say that they don't, uh, know where our luggage is?" You turn to see a guy walking over to you, stumbling a bit. He had a Mohawk and looked really awkward, like he was learning to walk again.
"Ya, they think it got loaded on the wrong plane. They're trying to track it now." Jade says.
"Tavros, what the hell is taking so long? Just find out what they did with our freaking luggage already! Should've just done it myself. You can't ask someone where the bathroom is." A girl calls out, walking over to you guys.
"Uh, actually, I did ask someone!" The guy, Tavros you assume, replies. "They said they don't know where the luggage is bu…"
"Ugh, you can't even ask someone who KNOWS anything about this shit? Come on, I'll show how it's done." The girl grabs his arm and drags him off towards the help desk.
"Wow, poor guy. Having to put up with someone like that." You say, and Dave nods.
"Maybe I should get that dude a room, too. Away from that asshole." He says, and is about to continue when the girl shouts from the desk.
"Does anyone here speak German?" Jade turns to you guys.
"I'll be right back. And I'll offer Tavros a room."
"Wait, Jade speaks German?" Dave asks.
"Yup, we both do. Our dad was from Germany. We never lived here, but we know the language. Jade knows it better than I do. I didn't use it for a long time, so mines rusty. But Jade always speaks it with our dad." Dave nods and looks over at the help desk where Jade and the girl seem to be arguing.
"Do you think we should go over there and help her?" Dave asks and you shake your head.
"Jade knows how to deal with people. You know the expression "kill them with kindness"? Well Jade has mastered that. But when that doesn't work she can be downright fierce. It's actually terrifying." You say, laughing a little.
"Really? Jade?" Dave asks. "But she's tiny! She's like five three!" You look at him.
"She's six two! She's taller than me and you! You really are tired, aren't you? How long have you been awake?" You ask.
"I don't know. 'Bout four days, I guess." You stare at him in disbelief.
"DAVE! How have you not slept for four days! That's so unhealthy! Hold on. I'm telling Jade we're going ahead to the hotel and that I'll call her when we get there." You say, forcing Dave into a chair and running off to the desk before he can protest. "Hey, Dave and I are going ahead to the hotel. I'll call you when we're there. And bring anyone who needs a room. Dave really wants to run up his bro's card." She nods and goes back to arguing and you rush back to Dave. "Come on." You say, pulling him up and grabbing both of your backpacks. You half-drag him out of the airport and flag down a taxi.
"I'm fine, Egbert. Really, I am. This isn't the first time I've done this." You stare at him.
"That is so bad for you. Have you seen a doctor about this? Cuz it's not healthy." You say as a taxi pulls up. You open the door and Dave slides in.
"I'm fine. I'm used to it by now." He says to you. "Take us to the nicest hotel here." He says to the cab driver. "You take credit cards, right?" The driver nods and pulls away from the curb.
"So not okay. You're going to sleep the moment we get to the hotel, and I'm making sure of it. I'll also get some money out of my dad's account here. He won't mind as long as it's an emergency." You feel Dave's head drop on your shoulder. You look at him and see he's fast asleep. You smile and slide off his shades, putting them in his backpack.
The driver pulls up to a large hotel. "Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich. Most desirable hotel in Munich." You climb out of the taxi with the two backpacks and hand the driver Dave's bro's credit card. He hands it back, saying he needs a German credit card. You groan and ask where the nearest ATM is. You points you down the street, and you head down to it, saying you'll be right back. You punch in your dad's pin and get two hundred dollars out of it. You run back to the cab, pulling a fifty from the stack and shove it at the driver. You walk around to the other side of the cab and pull Dave out, pulling him onto your back. You don't want to wake him, not if he hasn't gotten any sleep in four days. You slam the car door and hurry over to the hotel door, pulling one open. You set Dave down in a chair and head over to the reception desk.
"Ja, hallo. Ich wolte ein Zimmer mit zwei Betten bitte." You say to the worker, explaining that you want a bedroom with two beds. He nods and types something in his computer, then turns to you.
"Wir haben nur Suiten, ist das in Ordnung?" He explains that there are only suites available and asks if that's okay. You nod and he hands you a room key that says 612 on it. You walk back over to the chair and pick Dave up again. You walk over to the elevator and push the button. It takes forever for it to come, and once you're inside you slide Dave down so he still has an arm around you. He may be skinny but he's still pretty heavy.
The door reaches floor six and you pull him onto your back again. You stumble off the elevator and head down the hall to your room. Luckily it's close and you stick the key in and push your way into the room. It's the nicest room you've ever been in, but you don't have time to look around. You find your way into one of the bedrooms and dump Dave down on the bed. You put his backpack on the floor next to him and his shades on his nightstand and walk out into the main room. It's gorgeous. It must have been really expensive. You feel kind of bad about using Dave's bro's money, considering you don't even know the guy, but desperate times and all that bullshit. You pull a hoodie over your head and you remember you're supposed to call Jade. You grab the hotel phone and dial her number. She picks up after two rings.
"Hello?"
"Jade? It's John. We're at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich. Room 612." You tell her, flopping down on the couch and pulling your laptop out of your backpack.
"Alright thanks. Also, I convinced that Tavros guy to come with me."
"Really? That's great." You stand back up, looking for an outlet.
"Ya, but… I also managed to get a couple more people who needed rooms. I hope that's okay." She says sounding worried.
"I'm sure that'll be fine. This room's got… goddamn." You whisper, looking at the outlet you just found. You forgot their outlets would be different.
"John? What is it?"
"Oh nothing, just that we're gonna have to get an adapter for our chargers."
"Oh okay. We can go shopping for some stuff when I get there. I'll head over there now. Will you meet me in the lobby?" You agree and scribble a note for Dave that you're going to the lobby to meet Jade. You grab a book and head down to the lobby.