Surviving

Paige and I ran through the little town, in search of an airport. We hadn't seen anything so far.

I ran up to a random person in the sidewalk.

"Excuse me, would you happen to know where an airport is?" I nervously asked, and I'm sure I had anxiety in my eyes.

"Get away from me Ma'am." He shook me off of his arm.

"Please!" I yelled after him as he ran away from me.

"No, you're insane!!!" He ran away around the block.

"Toni," Paige nudged me, "You have blood on your face, dirt in your hair, and your limping. You don't look the best. Actually, you look like you got buried alive, and just got out."

"Oh." I sighed.

I walked over to another stranger, and tapped her shoulder. "Excuse me, could you kindly point us to the airport in this town?"

When she turned around, she moved her face back a little.

"Uh sure, well, you might need a cab there. It's too far for walking."

I grunted, really? "How much would a cab cost for us to get there?"

"About $40. But tickets to get where ever are much more. $250." She stated.

I counted the money in my hand. $132.

"Thanks so much!" I grabbed Paige's good arm and started running toward the busy street.

I started waving my arms around, trying to signal a taxi. No one stopped. Not a single cab.

Suddenly, a stranger walked up to us.

"Let me help you guys, you aren't from around here, I can tell." She whistled and yelled 'Taxi!' then stood back.

A taxi slowly stopped in front of us.

"Thank you. But where are we? What state?" I asked.

"Florida. Your in Florida." She smiled and walked away.

I turned to the cab driver, "Nearest airport." He nodded and drove.

"So where you ladies going?" He asked. "Oh, Pennsylvania." Paige answered, speaking for the first time in a while.

"Ha, that's weird. A plane that was leaving from Pennsylvania crashed a month or two ago. They just went and searched it a few days ago, 10 bodies are gone." He informed us, "Violet Brown, Alexis Stines, Paige Smith, all friends. Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, all friends. Toni June, Melissa Craig, both friends with the guys. All of their bodies are gone."

Oh my god, the news must be talking about it.

"Sir, I'm Toni and this is Paige. We're trying to get home so we can find the others." I smiled nicely.

"Well in that case, I'm getting you to that airport fast." He pushed harder on the gas pedal.

We zoomed through traffic and past turns. This guy was doing all he could to get us home. I was internally grateful for that.

I must've fell asleep in the taxi, because when I woke up, Paige was in my face, and there was an airport behind her.

"Oh, god, sorry. How much?" I started taking the money out of my pocket.

"Free. You won't have enough money to get a ticket, I can't take anymore." He smiled. "Just get home and wait for your friends to get home."

Right before he drove off, he said, "Stay safe." Then disappeared.

"Come on! I wanna get home. I can at least talk to my parents." Paige yanked my arm and we ran into the airport, receiving many stares.

When we got to the desk thing, I spoke up, "How much is two tickets to Pennsylvania?"

She typed on her keyboard, and looked up, "$340. And your passports and registration."

FUCK FUCK FUCK! We don't even have our passports. We're so fucked now.

"Listen, we don't have our passports and registration. Did you hear about that plane that crashed?"

"Yes ma'am," she spoke, her blue eyes still on the computer.

"Well, we're both passengers from it. Toni June and Paige Smith. Our friends are all in the ocean trying to get here and they have my boyfriend, ex, more than best friend, and two of my closest friends. Now if I don't get a plane to my town, I'll flip so fucking much!" I didn't stop to take a breath at all in that speech.

"Okay, one moment." The lady said and picked up her phone. I listened to her conversation.

"Hello... Yes, two girls claiming to be missing off the plane... They don't have passports... Okay, I'll let them know." She hung up and looked at us.

"You can get on the plane, first class even, for $340 and you have to shower and get nicer clothing on. But other than that, your able to get on." She smiled fakely.

"Okay, when's the next plane to Pennsylvania?" Paige asked.

"3 hours exactly." She typed on her dumb computer again.

I looked at the clock. 11:23am.

"Thanks. We'll be back." Paige could probably tell I was pissed, so she spoke for me.

We ran out of the airport, and decided to make a plan.

"Okay, we need to get new clothes, wash clothes, towels, and shampoo and conditioner. Then we need to get a nice little shower in a public bathroom, then we need to make the rest of the money." I sighed, how in hell is all that happening?

"Come on, we can do this. There's a clothing shop, there's a store, and we can find a bathroom. Then we'll find a way to make money." Paige comforted me.

"Okay, come on." I dragged her into the first store. We couldn't go to the stores in terrible clothes.

We walked in, and I started searching through shirts. I wasn't very picky, but one shirt did catch my eye. A bat man shirt with lace in the back. Zayn would fucking love this shirt. Then I chose a darkish pair of shorts.

When I found Paige, she had a peach colored t shirt and light shorts in her arms.

"Wanna try them on?" She asked. I nodded and we walked into dressing rooms.

We walked out at the same time, looking rather fabulous.

"Alright, we wear them out, go get bath stuff, then wash off, then get the fuck on that plane before it leaves." I said.

We jogged up to the cash register.

"Wearing it out?" The lady asked. I nodded.

She scanned the tags on our clothes, then we took them off.

"That'll be $42," she said, waiting for us to hand over the money.

I did so and we left with $92. We walked across the street to the store. Paige went to find washclothes and towels while I went for shampoo and conditioner.

I looked at the cheapest choices. Suave, VO8... I decided to go with Suave Lilac stuff.

I left the aisle and found Paige holding towels and wash cloths.

"Ready?" She asked. I simply nodded and we walked to the cash register.

The cashier rang all of our items up, then said, "Your total is $16. Anything else I can help you lovely ladies with?"

This guy was only a year or two older than us, and not bad looking, but he was no Louis.

I paid for it, leaving us I with $76. We exited the store and looked in a few stores for bathrooms with large sinks. When that failed, we searched for a bathroom anywhere.

Finally, we saw a bathroom that wasn't attached to anything. It was just kinda there. We ran inside and looked at the clock. 1:36pm. We had til 2:30 to get to the airport.

"Quick! Wash up!" Paige panicked, seeing the time.

I turned on the water to the warmth I liked and started washing my face, hands, feet, legs, arms. Then I quickly wet my hair, then put in the sweet smelling shampoo. After a minute, I rinsed it out. Then I did the same with conditioner.

I flipped my hair and towel dried it a bit, then waited for Paige to finish. She finally did, and we ran out the door, putting the stuff back in the plastic grocery bag.

We charged down the road to the airport. I mentally thanked god that all the places we needed to go were all close enough to make it to the airport in time.

We ran in, and I realized something. We still don't have enough money to get tickets.

"Paige, we need to find money somehow. How much do we have?"

"$76. We need..." she thought in her head. "$264 to have enough."

Alright, alright, I can think of something. I looked around the airport. There was nothing to help the situation, except for a guitar, and the guy playing it, with his friend.

I ran over to him, "You wanna help us make enough money to get plane tickets?"

"I guess it wouldn't hurt while we wait for our plane. I'm Flynn, this is Michael." He introduced himself and the blonde friend next to him.

"Toni and Paige." I did the same. Flynn had the same colored hair as me, and Paige and Michael had the same colored hair. "What can I play for you?" He asked. I already knew what I wanted to sing.

"Every Storm by Gary Allen?" I suggested.

"Alright, you got somewhere to put the money?" Michael asked. I nodded, placing the fedora on the floor in front of Paige and I.

Flynn and Michael were sitting on the bench, and Paige and I stood in front of them.

As soon as Flynn started playing the chords, Michael started hitting his thighs to the rhythm.

Paige and I knew exactly what to do.

I started, not using my full voice, I never did in front of anyone but Niall.

"I saw you standing in the middle of the thunder and lightning
I know you're feeling like you just can't win, but you're trying
It's hard to keep on keeping on when you're being pushed around
Don't even know which way is up, you just keep spinning down round down."

Then Paige joined, singing the lower part,

"Every storm runs runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs runs out of rain."

By now, a ton of people gathered around us, and I saw money going into the fedora.

"So go ahead and tell yourself that there's something more
And walk out that door
Go find a new rose
Don't be afraid of the thorns, cause we all have thorns
Just put your feet up to the edge
Put your face in the wind
And when you fall back down, keep on remembering."

Paige and I did the same as before.

"Every storm runs runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs runs out of rain."

I sang the first two lines, Paige sang the next two, and we sang the last one together.

"It's gonna run out of pain
It's gonna run out of sting."

"It's gonna leave you alone
It's gonna set you free."

"Set you free."

We harmonized again.

"Every storm runs runs out of rain
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs runs out of rain."

I sang the last part.

"Gonna set you free
Gonna run out sting
And set you free."

Flynn finished the last chord and put his guitar down. The crowd burst with applause.

It almost felt like we were back on the island.

"Thank you!" I smiled and said.

Paige picked up the fedora, and we sat with the boys while we counted the money.

"$250, $260, $264. We did it. We made enough." Paige announced.

"Paige, we're going home." I smiled and we hugged.

"If you don't mind me asking, where you two going?" Michael asked.

"PA. What about you?" Paige spoke for me.

"Same. I guess we'll see you around then." Flynn spoke.

I nodded and walked toward the desk with the lady from earlier.

"Hello. Oh, you're back. It's nice that you are all clean now. If you have that money, we can let you in." She fake smiled.

"Of course." I slapped the stack of money onto the desk.

"Oh my." She looked taken back. She counted the money, and when she realized that there was enough, she grinned.

I saw her getting in a drawer, most likely for tickets for us. Oh, I'm correct.

"Here you go, you got a couple minutes before the plane leaves. I suggest you find your seats." She looked back down at her computer.

I didn't even thank her, I just walked back to Flynn and Michael.

"What seats are you in?" I asked, looking at the small paper in my hand.

"First class, row 3, column 3, seats 1 and 2." Michael answered.

"First class, row 2, column 3, seats 1 and 2. I guess we're right in front of you." I laughed, something I haven't done all day. "FLIGHT 22 IS BOARDING NOW. ALL PASSENGERS MUST BOARD NOW." The speaker sounded out. "Well, I guess it's time to go." Paige shrugged. "I guess so." We boarded the plane, all of us in our seats. The plane took off into the sky. "Paige, you ready to relax?" I asked. She nodded. Life was finally okay, evem if Harry and the gang were all away from us.

Notes

The next chapter is the last. But I'm immediately starting the sequel. It'll be normally updated. Every other day. Q: What will they do when they get home? Q: Louis, Zayn, Niall, Liam, Violet, Alexis, and Harry? What about them? Comment. I'll see you tomorrow on The Creep Around The Block. Bye!