I and the other customers waited for the airplane to go to the port. I looked around the gate and immediately noticed that there are couples with their children and kids walking and running around the gate. Some men are wearing their suits with matching slacks and their cases are also there, and looks like they're heading to Manila for a business meeting or a business trip. Some are from Manila but they're heading back to their city because their vacations are over. It's April when they got here and, now, they head back to Manila because classes are resuming. And some of the passengers of the flight to Manila who are Americans and other ethnicity wore their own Hawaiian-like shirts and polo, and they're heading back to Manila for their connecting flight to where they lived.
A couple of minutes later, the plane reached the port and all the passengers on that plane head out from the plane. When the gates are opened, all passengers of that flight immediately formed a line on the entrance gate and immediately showed their tickets to the flight attendants. I also filled on that line with my bag and also showed the attendants my ticket. The attendants immediately ripped off the terminal fee slip and also half of the ticket and gave it to me. Then I walked inside the gate, went through the tunnel heading to the plane, and went inside the plane. I looked at the female FAs and immediately smiled as I showed them my ticket.
"Where is this seat?" I asked an attendant with a smile.
The attendant immediately leaned her body towards me and looked at the ticket. Then she gave the ticket back to me and looked at me and returned me with a smile.
"Your seat is located at the middle of the plane, sir." she replied at me.
I looked at the attendant with a smile.
"Thank you!" I said to the woman.
I walked to the middle of the plane and looked for my seat. When I reached my seat, I immediately noticed that I'll be sitting next to the window. I looked at the person who will be sitting next to me and noticed that it's a kid---- a girl, I presume. The girl is a twelve-year-old, with blonde hair and white skin, blue eyes and quite nose, probably an American or somewhat. The girl is wearing her pink shirt with blue skirt, and has ahuge card hanging around her neck that says First-Time Flyer. So I looked at the girl and smiled.
"Hey!" I said at the girl.
The girl looked at me and smiled.
"Good morning!!" she greeted.
"I sit next to your seat." I said at girl. "Do you wanna switch seats?"
The girl looked at my seat and noticed that my seat is located next to the window. So she looked back at me and smiled.
"Sure!" she said at me.
Then the girl immediately stood up and sat to my seat.
"Thank you!!" I thanked the girl.
I pulled my body up, opened the overhead drawer and put my bag inside the drawer, and shut the drawer close. Then I sat to the seat of the girl and immediately looked at the girl once again, and noticed that the girl is looking at the window. Then I started to remember that I have a snack bar on my pocket. So I took the snack bar from my pocket and showed it to the girl.
"You're hungry?" I asked the girl.
The girl looked at me and smiled.
"No, thanks." she said at me.
Suddenly, I heard her stomach growled. So she looked at me and smiled.
"Here." I said at the girl. "Take this."
The girl took the snack from my hand and opened the pack. She then slowly ate the food that I gave to her as she's smiling while looking at the window. As I looked at the girl, I noticed that the girl is so sad and worried. So I started to wonder.
"Hey!" I said at the girl with a smile. "Are you alright?"
The girl looked at me and noticed that I'm smiling at her. So she looked at her front and started to smile.
"Nothing." she replied at me, staring at the flyer on her front.
I looked at my front and stared at the other flyer on my front. The paper is a flyer of a favored and trending beach around Philippines, Boracay. The brochure has some decorations of different colors and also some designs of coconut trees and some beach huts. The flyer also has some letterings of different designs and fonts that immediately attracts the public's eyes.
"You can tell me." I said at the girl. "I'm good in keeping promises."
The girl looked at me and immediately noticed that I looked at the brochure on my front. The same and actual brochure that she stared at her front. She then stared back at the brochure on her front and took a huge sigh before she talks.
"In truth..." she said at me. "it's my first time in flying back to America."
I took the brochure from my front and opened it up.
"Where's your parents anyway?" I asked the girl.
The girl slowly took a bite from the bar that I gave and chewed it up.
"They're still here." she replied at me. "They're still on their business trips here."
Then I wondered.
"Then why are you alone at this time?" I asked.
"I have to go back to Washington to make up for the enrollment." the girl replied.
"How old are you, anyway?"
"Ten."
"So you're a fourth grader."
"You're right."
Then I noticed.
"You're heading back to Washington, are you?" I asked.
"Yes." she replied.
"I'm also heading to Washington," I said to the girl. "to help the police investigate a certain case."
The girl looked back at me and immediately remembered.
"Are you helping the police to investigate the case of a dead man four days ago?" she asked.
I looked at the girl and smiled.
"Yes, I am." I replied.
Then the girl remembered something on me.
"Are you the famous detective of this city that has been solving dangerous and difficult murder and homicide cases around this city?" she asked at me.
I closed the brochure and put the brochure back to the backseat bag, and I smiled.
"Oh!!" I whispered. "You've heard of me! But don't tell anyone about me, okay?"
The girl nodded and finished up her food, and looked at back at the window. A couple of minutes later, the flight started and the pilots took the plane to the other side of the runway so the plane goes up in the air quickly. Then the plane immediately ran towards the opposite side, took off to the skies and flew towards Manila as it travels towards the destination. I looked at the girl and noticed that she's looking at the skies outside the window, and noticed that she's started to fall asleep as she's leaning her head to the back, on the backrest of the seat.
