Trip

You know how field trips are educational right? Of course you don't know, what field trip have you gone on that has been solely for education purposes? The students and teachers all know it's an excuse to not have to sit in those dark little gray classrooms and learn. It's a win-win situation for everyone.

I yawn, rolling over in my bed, kicking at my sheets. 1:37 AM The blue light from my alarm clock makes my eyes hurt. I sigh and flop over again, closing my eyes. "We expect all of you to be on your best behavior." The teacher paces back and forth in front of us, his eyes scanning the crowd. "This trip has been scheduled for you education. Remember you are representing your school." We march onto the bus, filling all of the seats immediately. "Seat belts on, please." The bus driver announces on the intercom. "Seat belts?" I whisper to the person sitting next to me. "I didn't know there were seat belts on a school bus." The kid shakes his head, and looks away. I realize I've never seen him in school before. I peer over my seat, glimpsing two girls sitting in silence. I don't recognize them either.


The bus begins to shake. Not like driving on a rocky road shaking, but literally rocking back and forth. We shoot forward, flying down the street, the school suddenly a black speck behind us. I stare out my window, my body frozen, watching cars speed by us at an abnormally fast pace. Or maybe we were the ones moving fast. The humming from the tires on pavement disappears, and the bus is airborne. "What the...?" Our giant, yellow bus is soaring through the air. "Where are we going?" I call, my body suddenly released from paralysis. The bus driver turns around in her seat, about to answer, when an ear splitting noise shoots through my head. Everyone on the bus looks confused, trying to find the source of the sound.


BEEP BEEP. BEEP BEEP. My eyelids flutter open, and I swing my hand down on my alarm clock, wishing I could throw it out the window.