Flying

Flying(Ryan Ross) “Dad, please can I go? You know how much I want to fly on a plane. Please, take me with you. “I don’t know, Ben, you have to remember this is a business trip. It's not a vacation.”
Eight year old Ben Parker has always wanted to ride on an airplane. His family took a trip to Florida before he was born and his older brother and sister told him the plane ride was the very best part. Ben had lots of things he wanted to find out such as how the plane flies and what it looks like out the window. He also wanted to find answers to lots of other trivial questions like where the toilet flushes and whether or not you could see people from the air. Ben saw his father's trip to San Francisco as the perfect chance to get his answers.
“I promise to be good,” Ben said.
“Okay,” Mr. Parker finally said, “but if you bother me while I work, you will be in huge trouble.”
Ben was up bright and early on the day of the trip. He and his dad wheeled their suitcases to the car and loaded them into the trunk. They said goodbye to the rest of the family and were off. Ben had a huge smile on his face as they drove to the airport. Finally, when they arrived, they entered total chaos.
First they had to check in and check their bags.
“Why do I have to take my shoes and backpack off?” Ben asked.
“To make sure we don't have any bad stuff in them.”
“Who would put bad stuff in their shoes?”
“Let's go, we're in a hurry,” Mr. Parker said finally ending the conversation. Ben was beginning to get wound up with all the excitement.
“What's that thing?” Ben asked pointing to the machine where you get your luggage.
“That’s where they send all the bags after you arrive at your destination,” Mr. Parker replied. “That way you don't have to walk to the bottom of the plane and get it yourself.”
“Oh,” he said, “so our luggage gets a fun ride, too”
The plane finally came almost an hour late. Ben was amazed by the “tunnel” that took them to rows and rows of seats inside the plane. Ben and his dad put their luggage in a box over their heads and sat down.
Ben looked around at everything. He already had answers to many of his questions, but the rest had to be answered in the air. Apparently the pilot was not as eager to leave, because the plane didn't start to wheel down the runway for a while.
When the plane started moving, Ben was even more excited. It got faster and faster until they were actually flying! Ben enjoyed it all so much, until his ears felt like they were filled with marshmallows. He asked his dad what was happening to his ears, but he couldn't hear his answer. Finally he figured out how to “pop” them.
He had so many questions for his father, but he could tell he was busy by the way he was clicking away on his laptop. Ben was up to his eyeballs with joy, until he realized how bad he had to go to the bathroom.
“Dad, I have to pee really, really bad.” His dad answered with more taps on his keyboard.
He waited a few minutes and tried again, “Dad, I have to go now!”
Finally his dad replied, “Son, I have to have this report done by the time we land. I hate to ignore you, but I told you this was a business trip.”
“But, Dad, I have to go,” Ben whined.
“I guess you can go by yourself. It's at the back of the plane.”
By this time it was a real emergency, so Ben started running quickly towards the tail of the plane. About half way back he heard the pilot announce something, so he looked back to his father. About two seconds later everyone on the plane heard a loud CRASH!
Don't worry the plane was still safely gliding through the air. The noise was so loud that some passengers probably did think it was the plane that was crashing. But lucky for them, the sound was Ben Parker badly body slamming the beverage cart. He hit it so hard it zoomed down the aisle.
It smashed into one of the flight attendants who was pouring someone's soda. The drink spilled all over the passenger and the attendant landed in his lap. Meanwhile, the cart was barreling towards the tail of the plane. At this point some of the passengers who heard the screaming probably imagined news headlines about a terrible airplane disaster. Beverages flew all over the plane and quite a few people had to duck until finally the cart rested in the back of the plane against the bathroom door.
Suddenly the screaming stopped and everyone was looking at the beverage cart trying to figure out who or what caused all the chaos. This is when Ben took his seat before anyone figured out it was him. He held the rest of his questions and his legs together until the plane landed safely in San Francisco.