"Josie.... Josie... Josie...." Thirteen Year old Ryan Mitchells called
over and over again as he kicked the back of her chair.
Brushing back a strand of cherry red hair, she turned up her disc man, trying to ignore him. Looking out the oval shaped window, she blinked her pale blue eyes sadly as an airplane took her thousands of miles from her home and friends. "Josie." Ryan called again.
Turning around quickly, she ripped off her headphones and stared at him icily. "What?" She asked sharply as he sat back quickly.
"Never mind." He said quietly, turning and facing his window. Slipping the headphones back on her head she settled back into her seat fro the remainder of the plane ride.
"Ryan, stop." Allen warned, glancing back at his son as they waited by the conveyor belt.
Sitting down slowly, she closed her eyes and turned up the volume on her music. Resting her head in her hands, she sighed heavily. She would only have two months to get used to Australia before summer vacation would be over and she would be forced to go back to school. A new school where she didn't know anybody, or sound like anybody, or know anything about anybody else. Wallowing in her own self pity, she didn't notice the two young men walking in her direction.
"Excuse me miss." The tallest boy asked. His stringy blonde hair hung just above his shoulders.
Looking up slowly, she slipped her headphone around her neck. "Yeah?" She asked cautiously as the other boy covered his mouth, obviously trying to contain a laugh.
"Well, you see." The blonde haired boy continued. "A friend of mine was just telling me how cute you were. And he wanted us to come over here and tell you," he finished, smiling widely as he pointed to someone across the airport.
Looking over the boys shoulder, she was just in time to see a black, spiky haired boy flip a not so friendly hand gesture to the other two, and duck behind a wall. "Yeah ... whatever." She mumbled, getting up and brushing off.
"No, really." They assured, laughing out loud this time.
"Fuck You." She said in anger, pushing past both of them and walking towards her father and brother.
"So what do you think of Australia so far?" Allen asked.
"Oh." Josie mumbled miserably, following him out towards their awaiting taxi. "It's just great."
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