Sixth-Years' Summer

Zane pretended not to notice Percy's confused looks or Adrienne's glares as they boarded the plane. He also hung back to make sure nobody noticed Reid's spells. He wasn't too worried, though, because his friend made sure to carefully hide the spells from any Muggles near by.

"Viv," Zane started as he grabbed his bag and walked over to her. "We'll see you when we land. Are you going to Santorini or Athens?"

Zane had bigger things to worry about right then. Like the plane he was sure was going to kill him. Thinking back to what Della had said earlier, though, Zane knew they could have a chance of saving the plane. But that would involve whipping wands out and exposing themselves.

As he followed Addie and Percy down an aisle, he moved into the middle seat of the center of the airplane, next to Reid. Adrienne's glares were interrupted by Percy saying something to her, so Zane turned to Reid with a raised eyebrow.

"I wouldn't usually ask," He began, "but.. You do know what you got yourself into, right?" Reid could probably escape in the middle if he wanted, but there was about no chance of the guy being able to apparate back. It would take buying a portkey or getting a return ticket.

Damitrius and Kaiden had arrived almost in the middle of whatever argument was going on and had felt that they had missed something important. They had been standing next to each other without realizing who the other was. The first one to notice had been Damitrius and the Gryffindor girl scoffed, before moving to the other side of Carly just so she wasn't near the Slytherin.

The two of them looked at Addie when she asked where they were sitting and they looked at their tickets. Damitrius glanced at Kaiden's and she rolled her eyes. "Looks like I'm sitting next to him." she said in an unpleased tone. "No way." Kaiden crossed his arms and looked away from Damitrius for a while.

Kaiden glanced at the Gryffindor again but didn't even bother to say anything to her. He was trying to figure out what had happened that everyone had started arguing about. He sighed, it was hopeless and he didn't think he really wanted to know. He heard someone speak over the intercom and followed Addie along with Damitrius and Carly to where they were to show their tickets and start boarding.

After the boarded, Kaiden and Damitrius stared at the people who were struggling to put their things away in the small storage compartments above their seats and Damitrius shrugged. Kaiden on the other hand winced and took a step back away from the people. Being Pureblood, Kaiden never really did these things. He was always taken somewhere through apparation or a portkey or something. This was one of the few times he'd ever had to go on a plane.

Damitrius walked a bit further down to where Zane and Reid had sat and she set herself down in the seat next to the two boys. She glanced at Reid, not really bothering to say much then looked at Zane and smiled slightly at him. Kaiden took a seat in the row behind Addie and Percy and sighed. He got the feeling this wasn't going to be as fun as he expected.

Adrienne felt almost bad for Damitrius and Kaiden. They had to be nearly as confused as Addie was. She'd only just not found out that the boy was named Reid, and that he was supposed to be coming with them. Crossing her arms over her chest she frowned at the floor of the airplane.

She looked up at Percy's insistence at getting her attention. Frowning at him, she sighed. "His name is Reid. Says Zane is his best mate. Apparently the git stole something and jumped on the plane with us. Don't ask me how, but he did." She was sure that her opinion of the guy wasn't coming across as positive. Nor did she want it to. Reid and Adrienne had met in Hogsmeade and their interaction had been nothing if not hostile.

Turning, Addie saw that Kaiden was sitting in the row behind her. Giving him an apologetic pout she glanced at the empty seat next to him. "If nobody sits there I can move back later so you're not bored, if you want? Percy said he was going to watch the movies anyways." She offered lightly. Addie wasn't entirely sure if the Slytherin would want her to, but she felt bad if she didn't at least offer.

She saw that Dami was sitting next to Zane and Reid and vaguely noticed that she felt a bit sorry for her. If the two boys were such good mates, she would likely be bored the entire trip. It was so like her to worry about everyone else instead of herself. Adjusting her seatbelt she looked over to see how Carly and Della were doing.

Kaiden raised an eyebrow at Addie's explanation of who the boy with Zane was and shook his head. "I already don't like him." he rolled his eyes and sighed. He nodded when Addie offered to moved back there with him if no one sat next to him and he offered a small smile.

"Sure that'd be cool." he told her. He glanced out the window shortly after, looked at some of the people who were boarding other planes and he sighed again. He wasn't sure how much he'd like this plane ride. He didn't get sick or anything like that but he'd probably just be bored no matter what.

Damitrius glanced at Zane and Reid a few times, wondering just how Reid had gotten a ticket just like that, to be on the plane with them. Addie had mentioned something about him stealing and she wondered if that was how. She sighed and placed her chin in her hand.

"But you know him?" Percy asked, to clarify. "You two are very... hostile." He added cautiously, not wanting to set her off. Adrienne was sweet ninety percent of the time, but when something seriously made her angry, nobody wanted to add to that.

Percy had never met the guy sitting behind him and Adrienne, though the Slytherin seemed nice enough. So when Addie offered to sit with him, Percy knew two things. Firstly, that they were friends. Secondly, that she was doing that thing where she focused on anyone but herself when she was angry or hurt. He'd known her long enough to see that. Still, he couldn't help but be a bit disappointed that she would be moving once he got invested in a movie.

Percy wasn't exactly vengeful, but he had the fleeting idea to not watch movies at all and keep her talking. Adrienne would see that coming from a mile away, though. Not that he was jealous or anything.

Leaning across the aisle to talk to Zane, he nodded to the girl between them - Damitrius was her name? He thought so - before getting Zane's attention. "Mate, you've got a lot of explaining to do, you know." He frowned, gesturing to Addie.

"You're smart, then." Addie told Kaiden seriously. "He's a right piece of work." Shaking her head, she listened to Percy's questions.

"Met him in Hogsmeade, when we literally ran into each other. It did not go well." She replied quietly. "Basically we ranted at each other until he threatened me, and I left." Addie had no doubt that she probably looked furious. What a way to start this trip. She'd been dying to go to Greece for as long as she could remember, mythology lover that she was.

She smiled brightly at Kaiden's response before sitting down properly and preparing for takeoff. As the flight attendants started giving the safety information and the plane began to taxi around the runway, Addie glanced around at the wizards and witches she knew had never been on a plane. The flight would be fine, of course, but they surely weren't ready, judging by their expressions. Especially Zane.

Addie gave him the most reassuring smile she could manage. Even though she was confused and annoyed, Zane had been her friend almost as long as Percy had, and that meant something to her.

Zane watched Addie and Percy put on the restraints or whatever you called them and stared at the seat in front of him. He suddenly felt unprepared for this whole thing. One of Adrienne's friends, Damitrius?, sat next to him and gave him a faint smile. He passed her an apologetic one, shifting his bag under his seat to afford her more room for her feet. He had no idea what to expect and right now he was just paranoid.

He was about to ask Reid a question when Percy got his attention. "I know, I know." Zane frowned, following the direction of Percy's gesture. "I'll do that when we get there. Just give her time."

Leaning back he turned to Damitrius, who he'd been leaning over to talk to Pecy. "Sorry about that. She's just very annoyed. And when Adrienne gets annoyed, she gets very.. Well, she just ignores her problem." He shrugged, frowning.

(OOC: This is going to be a sort of half-plane ride post since George is working and can't post as Percy for a bit. He gave me permission to post a sort of godmod thing here. Y'all of course can post the first half. I'm just moving past it)

Adrienne sat back as the plane lifted into the air, and the wheels slid into the bottom of the plane. She was tempted to just get some sleep, as it wasn't like they were losing more than the one hour. If she stayed up, she would just be dead tired in the morning, especially when they had to change planes to get to the island where Percy's grandparents lived.

She and Percy chatted through the television episodes they aired while the flight attendants served drinks. The previews for the movies came on and Addie decided she didn't particularly like any of them.

As Percy put in the headphones the flight attendants had provided, she rested her head against the window, watching the clouds and stars as they flew. It was rather amazing, Addie thought, how it seemed like they were in the middle of the stars, with the ocean too far below them to see. It was like the stars were on every side of them, and she felt incredibly silly to notice something like that.

"Percy, would you mind if I got up? Sorry." She asked, giving him one of her 'please' faces. He smiled but rolled his eyes as he stood. "Thanks." She grinned.

She stood before sitting down in the seat behind Percy, next to Kaiden. "Hey." She greeted lightly, putting on her seatbelt.

Damitrius leaned back in her seat when the two boys had leaned over her to talk to each other. She tried to stay out of the conversation since it did not involve her and she looked out the window as far as she could see. Not that there was even much to see yet, since they hadn't taken off yet. She sighed and relaxed into her seat a bit after the boys had finished talking and moved away from her slightly.

"I know how Addie can be. Hopefully she'll be fine by the time we get off the plane." she commented lightly, turning in her seat slightly to glance back at the girl, who'd moved to sit next to Kaiden. The Slytherin caught her gaze, looking back at them and he glared at her. Damitrius rolled her eyes and turned around again. "I think she will be fine." she stated, looking out the window again as the plane began to lift into the air.

Once the plane had begun to lift into the air, Kaiden looked out the window somewhat excitedly watching how fast everything moved by. Though he didn't exactly go on planes much, he always enjoyed watching everything go by so fast. It might be a little bit weird but it was one of the only muggle things Kaiden was allowed to enjoy. Sometimes he wished he wasn't a pureblood so he could enjoy things like this more often.

When Addie sat next to him, Kaiden looked away from the window and he tried to hide how excited he'd been to see the plane lift into the air. It was always embarrassing for him when someone noticed these things since he seemed like a little boy getting excited over something as simple as that. He turned to Addie and smiled. "Hey." he greeted her back.

Addie thought that Kaiden looked a bit happier now that they were in the air, unlike his quiet attitude earlier. She understood, though. While she knew most of the people on the trip - she'd initiated it after all - he undoubtedly didn't. She didn't even know everyone, after all.

"I have a feeling Percy's going to stay up all night watching these movies and regret it." Addie shook her head, but laughed. She hadn't really seen one that would interest her when they listed the titles. "You have watched a movie before, right?" She asked, curious. She didn't expect that he would say yes, considering that he seemed a bit more excited about this trip than anyone who had experiences with Muggles would usually be.

The overhead lights in the cabin went off, and Addie checked the time. It was nearing on one in the morning and she had a feeling she would be exhausted tomorrow. At least they didn't have plans except eating dinner with Percy's grandparents that night. Though, Addie hoped, they would probably get to go down to Red Pebble Beach. Percy had told her about it, how it was basically just a bunch of rocks, but it was the Agean Sea! She was already in awe at the idea that this was how she was allowed to spend her last summer before leaving Hogwarts.