It was finally time to go. KSL dropped her off at the airport with her car, which she had promised he could borrow for the week. This made her nervous but she tried not to think about it. She had bigger things to be nervous about.
Her red eye was delayed an hour by the time she reached check in. Then another forty five minutes.
At 1:30 am she was finally boarding the plane. They walked around providing everyone with a "snooze kit" that contained an eye mask and some earplugs. A cute little perk, but she was just anxious to get to sleep so that she could wake up on the other side of the country. She needed to know that she was on the way.
Even though it was a dry evening, at 1:48am they announced they were de-icing the plane and then they'd be on the way. The plane was packed full of people, and there was an elderly couple next to her. She loved a window seat, so she propped her jacket up against it and tried to nap a bit before they made their way down the runway.
At 2am a disembodied voice informed them of tech problems with the plane. They assured the customers they would be on their way shortly.
Soon enough 3am came around the bend with a "paperwork delay." People were starting to get restless but they were tired, so it came out as just sleepy and grumpy. A half an hour later and there were new tech issues on the plane. The lights in the cabin kept flickering back and forth as if to prove the issue.
Finally at 4:45am, the flight was cancelled. They told everyone to go down past security to check in to be put on another flight. They couldn't say when the next flight would be, but she would get an email.
She dragged herself to baggage claim to wait for her freshly purchased luggage. She had no one to call, and KSL had her keys so she couldn't even get into her own apartment. She called him up, and he answered the phone very groggy. She told him to please just unlock the door and go back to sleep.
She went to call an uber, and of course there were only 2 on the road and had been claimed by other people on the flight. Defeated, she called The Ex and thankfully he was awake and getting ready for work. He would come pick her up and take her to her apartment.
She sat down, put her feet up on her bag, and openly began to cry in the middle of baggage claim. Would she ever get to the city?
4:45 flight delayed/cancelled
Leaving at 1pm in afternoon on app, didn't sent an email
