Just A Plane Ride Away - 2

'Here I am!' I told myself.

New York. I couldn't believe it. I've always dreamed of actually coming here, and knowing that I actually am here. Woah. That's amazing.

I smiled at everyone as we walked into the airport. I'm pretty sure everyone thought I was mad. Ahh, they've got the right idea. I handed my ticket to the peep behind the desk. She had the awesome American accent. Ha-ha, I'm liking life here already.

We rode in one of the yellow taxi's up to our hotel. Boy, the hotel was amazing! It was like a fairytale! They showed us up to our room, they were so polite, so mum tipped them $5. She always over tips! We took a look around our room, them we went to the lobby, and to all the shops. They were beautiful, but ever so expensive!

About 5:00PM we decided to eat out, so we went to this quite fancy restaurant round the corner from our hotel. It was very nice. There was a table next to us that was really crowded, about 6 strong men surrounded the table looking the opposite way. I was really confused, was that how they ate here or something?!

'What should we do tomorrow?' I asked Mum as we got into our room.

'Hmm, not sure, we could have a look what's on downstairs in the morning, or we could go shopping or something!' She replied.

'Yeah! Shopping! I'd love to go – hang on, you do mean clothes shopping don't you?'

'Yes, of course, what do you think I'm gonna do food shopping here, it will be a bit off by the time we get home.'

'Ok, good!' I answered. I couldn't stand food shopping. Standing in those really cold isles for like a hour so Mum could pick some ham.

'Though I would like to see the prices of the butter is here...'

'NO!' I yelled as I went into 'my room'.


The night was good, I went to sleep quite quick, which is odd, I normally take ages to go to sleep when I'm not in my own bed, let alone, my own Country! We woke up, and Mum ordered room services. That, I must say, was the best breakfast I've ever had!

As Mum said, we went down to the Lobby to see if there were any events on. There was nothing we fancied tonight, so we gave it a miss and went shopping! Ahh. Shopping! I could by something here, and tell my friends that I got this from 'The Big Apple!'

I was so happy! There were so many stores, so many clothes, so many things! This was like heaven for me! Mum wanted to go into this really posh expensive jewellery shop. We hadn't enough money to buy anything from there because of the prices, but Mum liked to feel like she could.

Again, there were about six strong tough men gathered round someone, I wondered who was in the small gap between them. Where they bodyguards, or had someone escaped from Prison?! When we left the shop, I kept looking back trying to see in-between the gaps. No luck.

We got back in our suite and I threw myself on the couch. I flicked on the TV and watched a random American channel. I got bored and flicked it off.

'Mum' I called

'Yeah?' She answered

'I'm gonna go downstairs, you know, make friends. Whatever.'

'Yeah, ok, keep your phone with you though.'

'Always do.' I shouted as I walked out our room.

I took the stairs, there was like a mile queue for the lift. I got down and it wasn't that packed which was a relief. I looked around, and weirdly I saw the gruff men from earlier on. They're everywhere I go. Ooh, maybe this could be a chance to see who's inside!

To my shock, the men started leaving there positions, I was gobsmacked at who I saw. I couldn't believe it.