She laughed wetly “see you in a lifetime” she smiled, her eyes bloodshot from crying, and tears were still running down her cheeks
I kissed her cheek and turned to William “I’m ready” I said
He nodded sadly and gestured for me to go out the door first
I walked out of the door and down the sidewalk to the car
I wiped the last of my tears from my face while I got into the car
“Wait! Jenna! I need to give you something!” mom called, hurrying to the car
I stepped out of the car as she held out a small heart-shaped necklace; it had #1 mom engraved on the back
“This is my mother’s day present to you when I was eight, mom this is yours” I told her
She wiped more tears from her eyes as she clipped it around my neck “I wore it for a long time sweetie, I want you to remember me when you see it” she said
I held back tears and grabbed her into another hug “I love you mom, bye” I said, trying to bring myself to let her go
I finally let her go, and she smiled sadly “goodbye” she said
I got in the car, and as they drove away, I waved to mom and she blew kisses to me
I stared out the window as we drove to the airport, not wanting to speak to anyone
It’s not that I resented them for what they were doing, I knew that they loved me, and were just trying to protect me, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to just let them into my life and pretend that all was well and that we all knew each other
The ride to the airport was quiet, and awkward
Maria would try and speak to me, and I would just answer her with one word, soon she gave up
When we got to the airport, I expected us to have to go through allot of security, but we drove straight onto the tarmac, and to a plane
It was a privet plane
I gaped at it as we got out of the car
Three people came up to us, two took my bags and put them on the plane, and one took the car
We walked up these stairs to the entrance of the plane
When I walked in, I had to stop for a second and take in the hugeness of the plane
The plane was vast, with eight chairs, seated in rows of two by the windows; each row was facing each other
There was a small fridge, with a couple counters next to it, and a small pantry that snaps closed for safety
All this just made me miss home, I missed my little redheaded mother, I just wanted to go home and see her again
I walked over to the first row of seats that were nearest to me, sitting in the window seat
I hadn’t noticed before, but there was someone already seated in the fourth, in the seat facing me
I guess I just wasn’t noticing him there
“Hello Drake, I hope we didn’t make you wait too long, this is Jenna, Jenna this is Drake” Maria introduced
I waved at him, not really looking at him; my backpack was put in the seat in front of me, so I was rummaging through it, trying to find something that my mom gave me.
