Ashley grabbed my arm as I tried to roll out of bed. “No, to early. Sleepy time.” she mumbled. She was sooo not an early morning person and it wasn’t like we had gone to bed early.

“Ash, you told me you would do this. You have to get up or else we are going to be late to meet your dad for lunch.” I said. She pulled the sheet over her head and rolled over.

“I will let you take a shower with me.” I sing songed. She pulled the sheet off her face and looked up at me with peaked interest.

“Really?”

“Really. Come on. I will even give you a piggy-back down the stairs.”

“Deal.” she said sitting up. I backed up to the bed and she put her arms around my shoulders and I locked her legs around my waist with my arms. Halfway down the stairs she gently bit my earlobe and blew in my ear. By some miracle my legs that were turning to jello held up the rest of the way to the bathroom.

The shower took a little longer than I anticipated and we were totally running behind when the taxi showed up. He waited for us and then impressed us with some mad driving skills to get us to the airport at our private hangar right at 10. Ashley tipped him a 100 bucks and he said he would give us a ride anytime as he unloaded our luggage for us.

“Wow this plane is beautiful!” I said as we boarded. It was definitely not like a commuter plane. It looked like the inside of a fancy tour bus.

“HEY! ‘Shley” I heard a voice behind us say.

“James!!!” she shrieked

I turned around and watched Ashley launch herself into the arms of a middle aged man. He was wearing an old Metallica t-shirt with the arms cut off and fashion jeans with lots of holes in them. His hair was bleach blond and longer. He looked like an early 90’s rocker.

“Spencer this is our pilot James. He is also my dad’s drummer.” Ashley said beaming at him. He definitely wasn’t what I was expecting for a pilot, but Ashley seem ok with it.

“Hey Spencer nice to meet you.” James said with a touch of British accent. I stuck out my hand to shake his but he pulled me into a hug instead. I laughed and hugged him back.