"Oh my gosh! I can't believe we get to be in first class! This is so amazing," Annie gushes from her seat next to Jeff.
"Yeah, I guess," Jeff mumbles.
"Jeff, are you okay?"
He shrugs, "Yup, perfectly fine."
Annie eyes him, but decides to ignore his negative attitude. She pulls out a stack of pamphlets instead.
Jeff looks at the pile and groans, "Seriously? I thought we agreed that we wouldn't plan ahead, and would just go with the flow."
Annie rolls her eyes, "That was a ridiculous plan. I'm just seeing what Oahu has to offer."
Britta turns around in her seat to look at the two, elbowing Abed in the process. She mutters a halfhearted apology, and then focuses back on Jeff and Annie. "So, do we have anything planned out or what? I wanted to go check out the hookah bars in Honolulu."
Jeff holds up a hand to stop her, "Britta, we are not endorsing your quest to experience all the different kind of mind altering substances."
Britta sulks, "Whatever, I wasn't even asking you. Annie, I heard there are black sand beaches, are we going to those?"
"Sadly, no. Oahu doesn't have any black sand beaches or pink sand beaches. There is this one place where there is a lot of sea life and is a big tourist spot," Annie recites information she clearly had read up on, ignoring Jeff's request of no planning.
"We should go to Turtle Bay Resort, the place where Forgetting Sarah Marshall was filmed," Abed suggests.
"Oh I loved that movie!" Britta exclaims.
"Of course you did," Jeff murmurs.
Britta's mouth twists and she sits back into her seat.
"Zac Efron was seen recently at that place, I believe, maybe we could get lucky and see him there," Annie squeals excitedly.
Jeff groans, "Ugh, I can't believe you still like that guy. He's almost worse than Britta."
Annie frowns, "You just don't like him because he gets way more girls, is really attractive, and has a butt load of money."
Jeff glares at her and is about to say some snarky retort, but a flight attendant's voice comes over the speakers announcing that everyone must be seated and buckled for takeoff.
Jeff grips the arm rests tightly and squeezes his eyes shut for a moment.
Annie places her hand on his bicep, and Jeff visibly relaxes. She smiles at him as he releases his grip on the chair to take her hand.
"First time?" Annie asks quietly.
Jeff nods and smiles nervously.
With her other hand she gives Jeff a piece of gum, and then quickly grabs Jeff's phone from his lap and turns it off.
"Hey!" Jeff attempts to take back his phone, but Annie keeps it out of reach.
"The first rule in flying is to turn off all electronics. Well, maybe not first but it's up there" Annie tucks Jeff's phone into the seat pocket in front of her, and then squeezes his hand.
Jeff jumps slightly at the loud sound of the engines, "At least after this I can say I've been out of the state."
Annie gapes at him, "You've never been out of Colorado in your life?"
Jeff shakes his head, "No, my mom couldn't afford to go on any vacations out of state, and I just never felt the urge to leave."
"My dream has always been to go to Disney World, I just haven't had the time or money to go, but I only got to leave when it was for something academic related. I once got to go to Pennsylvania to see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. It was fun besides the fact that I had my mom breathing down my neck the whole time. While other kids got to go elsewhere, I was learning every detail of history," Annie says a little sadly.
Jeff nudges her with his shoulder, "Maybe Gilbert will fly us down to Disney during the summer?"
She laughs, "Wishful thinking." Annie looks out the window to find them already up in the air. She pulls Jeff by his hand to look out the window. "See! It wasn't that bad. You're flying!"
Annie watches Jeff's face as he looks outside with a fascination she's only seen a few times from him.
Britta turns around and they quickly untangle their hands, but Jeff continues to lean slightly over Annie to watch the clouds whip by.
"Have you guys looked at the food menu?! There are so many options. I mean, more for you guys, but a decent amount for vegetarians," Britta grabs a menu and hands it to Annie. She eyes Jeff, "What's up with him?"
Annie smiles over at Jeff who practically pleads her not to tell. "Oh, you know, he loves to fly," she says with a shrug.
Jeff leans back into his chair, as does Britta, and thanks Annie.
She shrugs and flips open a Sky Mall magazine, "You should take a look at the menu, it actually has some good choices."
Jeff takes the menu and pouts, "When will I get to use my phone?"