One of those people saying goodbye was Alexis. She had been spending a good month with her friends and was now ready to go back home. It was tough keeping long distance friendships up to date, but she did what she could travelling back and forth several times a year, with the help of her friends she could afford it. It would after all be expensive if all her friends were going to come visit her. As usual they had their next dates planned and the tickets were ready to get booked by the time Alexis got back home.<br/><br/>No one looked at her in a strange way as she checked in, if so it would be because she was overloaded with luggage, one with all of her clothes and the other with gifts from her friends, and of course the hand luggage as well, safely packed away in a smaller bag. She just let the staff handle the big luggage that would go with the rest of the luggage to the storeage room in the plane. It wasn't that tough saying goodbye when she knew she would be able to come back soon. Though if she knew what kind if flight this would become, it would have been a lot harder to say goodbye, but that was one thing she had taught herself not to think about. After all flying was about the safest way to get around and accidents didn't happen all that often.<br/><br/>Sooner or later Alexis found herself in the waiting room as well, looking through all the pictures from the last month, they always made her happy. All those good times she had had, she was already looking forward to next time. She smiled a little as she decided to eat her cupcake before boarding. They had all helped making them yesterday and it always tasted the best when everyone had put their efforts into it. It may not have been pretty as the decorating had become a bit too much. Alexis didn't mind it though, she liked it just like that. She knew that her friends would be waving at the plane when it was ready for takeoff.<br/><br/>Twelve hours of flight, once in the air there was no turning back, you would have to sit through all those hours next to people you didn't know, cramped up in a small space. It was always interesting though, sometimes you got to sit next to someone whom you could talk to, other times it was more difficult passing the time. Sleeping would be a good thing though, after all it would be morning by the time they reached their destination and the jetlag would hit you really hard.