I walk into the airport, and stay as close as I can to my mom. I get nervous at the security check, but I walk through. Nothing beeps, and they tell me I’m good to go. I sit in the front on the plane, closest to the window. My mom sits in the back corner, already fast asleep. I sit nervously, with my leg starting to shake. 

From the corner of my eye, I see a small figure sit down next to me. I look over, and see girl that looks fifteen. Her lightly colored hair is pulled back in a messy bun, and she’s wearing an oversized shirt, with grey skinnies. She smiles at me, and puts in her headphones. She taps her foot to the music, and I look back out the window. 

“Excuse me,” A tall boy sits in between us. I smile to myself, and look towards him. He has dark hair, and bright green eyes. He’s tanned, and doesn’t look like he’s from around here. 

“Hey.” He catches me looking at him.

“Hi,” I feel my face start to burn. I look back out the window. 

“Excuse me, miss... You’re supposed to be one row back, this seat belongs to someone else, sorry for the inconvenience.” The flight attendant smiles at the lightly colored haired girl. I shrug it off, and close my eyes. 

I open my eyes, when I feel the plane take off. The flight attendant speaks into the microphone, echoing throughout the plane. I buckle the belt, and turn towards the seat where the boy was. He moved over one more seat, and looks at me. He laughs a little, and pulls out his ear-bud. 

“I’m Jake by the way.” He smiles. 

“I’m Ember.” I smile back. There’s no way this guy is actually talking to me. I debate on pinching myself, but I want to keep the conversation going with Jake. “Where are you going, if you don’t mind me asking...” I say. I must sound so stupid.

“A little town in Oregon called Newport. You?” He keeps the conversation going.

“Newport.” I laugh, finding it ironic that we’re going to the same place. 

“Visiting?” 

“Moving...” I sigh.

“Oh, I’ve lived there for the past couple of years with my grand-parents. I came back to visit my mom.” He slowly moves back to the seat he was originally in. He continues to tell me about Newport, and the people in it. Maybe this is move is going to be a good thing. 

“The plane will now be landing, please latch your seat-belts!” I watch Jake scoot back into his seat, and latch his buckle.  I buckle mine, and put my headphones back in. I feel the plane going down, and I get excited. I see the coastline, and tap Jake’s strong shoulder. 

“Is that Newport?” I ask, knowing that I sound stupid.

“Yeah,” he laughs. “Beautiful, isn’t it?” 

“Very!” I smile. I unlatch my buckle, and grab my carry-on. I follow Jake out to the small airport, and wait for my mom. 

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