Mexico Day 00 / 03 Boarding Gate

Mark started to get curious because the time to board was a few minutes ago and yet the room remained empty, he got up and walked out to the information screens of the flights, before he arrived he turned back just to see his sister playing a game away from the world, he got to the screen and started looking for his flight and destination hoping to see the Delayed sign on red but the words he saw spelled BOARDING, he couldn´t believe it, there had to be something wrong. There just HAD to be, that wasn´t possible, then before his eyes the answer popped out, there was something wrong. The Gate, the boarding gate was Gate 75 not 54, they had changed the gate and they had no idea, he hurried to tell his sister who seemed unaware of the situation and was playing still, he arrived to her while stuffing his iPod into his bag pack, pulled her ear buds cord and they popped out.

-          Hey what the ... – Mireya had started to complain.

-          We´re in the wrong gate!- he said while picking the rest of his stuff

-          What?!

-          We have to move NOW or we will be late and might miss the flight!

-          You have to be kidding me!

-          No I’m not, thank god I went to check, seems we still have time to arrive, I guess, I hope

-          You guess? Walk faster! – Mireya shouted as she started walking faster through the aisle – Run if you have to.

-          Hun, I don´t run, you should know that by now.

-          I don´t ca...- Mireya´s response was interrupted by the electronic voice of a female announcing something on the speakers.

-          The Flight AMX448547 To Paris is about to leave, to the passengers Martha Bue...- the voice kept speaking

-          Which one´s our flight?! – Mireya shouted a little nervous

-          It´s ... let me check – Mark said as they turned right into another aisle and started pulling out the tickets.

-          ...rez, Mireya Glen and Mark Glen should report into gate 75 now or you will lose the plane – the electronic voice finished on the speakers.

Mireya and Mark turned to see each other tickets in hand, no need to check them, it was their flight, and it was leaving now and they still had to cross the whole aisle, they turned around and saw the number 61 on one ending, they were some gates that they had to cross and time was up, they walked faster, then they started sliding through the crowd of tourists and travellers that were at the airport, then they were running at full speed through the gates as they saw gate 63, then the gate 65 materialized just to disappear after a few seconds, Mark stumbled with the luggage of someone and almost tripped, Mireya looked back quickly the lack of breath made her feel dizzy on such a quick turn, she looked quickly at her brother placing a foot firmly down on the floor and keeping up with the speed, she turned quickly in despair and saw the big numbers of gate 67 pass before her eye. Mark got next to her and they looked at each other, they had to make it, all the money to pay their tour and to lose it because of running out late, time wasn´t gonna be an excuse to lose the flight, they passed through a book store sliding through the people who were gathering to buy something for their trip, a magazine post, a beverages store, running at their speed limit to get to their goal and get into the plane, there was no time to loose and gates 71 and 73 appeared in front of them. People was starting to like up on gate 73, the loud crowd wasn´t helping to calm the situation, plus it wasn´t a situation to remain calmed, Mark could feel his heartbeat on his throat while Mireya looked furious at the people lining up and sticking together, a push, a sorry and excuse me, were threw carelessly as they got to go through the human wave that was created in the middle of their way, finally they got out of it and at a distance they spotted gate 75.

The path to get to gate 75 had almost no person along and though it was a short way to walk, it seemed eternal; at the other side of the path was a girl of the boarding crew holding a couple of papers and she turned slowly her back to look at the two brothers running breathlessly towards her.

-          Mireya ...- Mark said taking a loud and deep breath- … and … Mark Glen – he finally said while almost reaching the lady in the airline´s uniform.

-          Oh! Good! – she said back to them – you guys almost didn´t made it, but you are here now. Please, through the aisle down you will find the entrance to the plane, enjoy your flight.

Mireya and Mark smiled at the lady their feet numb, their eyes filled with fright and relieve at the same time their hearts beating so hard that Mireya thought her was going to pop out of her chest and moved towards the aircraft.

-          Enjoy our flight? At least we will get on the flight! – Mireya snorted

-          Hey, we did it – he smiled at her

-          Yeah we did – they both giggled still half nervous and half relieved – I hope nothing like this ever happens to us on the tour, because I’ve heard that someone missing is someone gone.

-          Yeah, I’ve heard that too, too many movies I guess hehe, don´t worry we´ll keep up on time, we´ll have a group so things will be easier, I suppose, at least we won’t be the late ones all the time. – she stared at him – I mean there HAS to be someone that gets up late now and then too haha

-          Not funny, just try to be on time okay?

-          Yeah, we will be on time, no more getting lost don´t worry- he smiled at her confident.

If only they knew, but they didn´t, they only hoped.