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I really don't like airplanes; I don't like the smell or the crap food. I try to not think of how I have 3 more hours on this plane. Moving from Missouri to Hawaii sure will be a big change, I'm excited nonetheless but still kind of cautious. My mom said I might as well throw out all my long sleeve clothes and heavy coats saying that there's never a gray cloud in paradise. I doubt it because every place has rain even in the desert. Even if it is just for one day out of the year. Anyway I wonder how beautiful Hawaii is in person, I looked at pictures but I can't wait to see with my own eyes. I heard that trees and flowers are beautiful and Hawaii, in general, is like super diverse which is so cool.
I'm a surrogate baby, my moms fell in love in their early 20's and like most, they broke up when the passion ran out. So it doesn't get confusing I call my biological mom—mom and my other mom—Momma. I'm pretty sure they played a game of rock-paper-scissors to see who gets which name. When they divorced, I didn't really see my mom a lot; it was a messy breakup. My mom is a traveling nurse and has been for the past 19 years aka my whole life. I used to travel with her over the summers to all these extravagant places but now she's permanently staying in Hawaii.
Anyway, my mom and I will be staying at this really amazing house, how she managed to do that I don't know and frankly I could not care. She showed me pictures and I was like damn the agency must really like her but no complaints from me. My mom is a traveling nurse and has been for the past 19 years. I used to travel with her over the summers to all extravagant places but now she's permanently staying in Hawaii. So I packed my bags and went ahead with her, promising my momma that I'll visit. My mom and I have always had a closer relationship, closer than most. Her and I —
The plane lurched causing Kya to stop writing in her blue journal –she refuses to call it a diary– she erases the line she accidentally drew across the paper. She looks over to mom, who is sitting next to her, and sees that she is watching some action movie she doesn't recognize. Opting to listen to her plane playlist —filled with music to soothe and to calm her nerves—instead of indulging in the never-ending selection of movies. Kya yawns suddenly tired, she snuggles up in the corner — lucky enough to get the window seat— and decided to sleep the rest of the way. She dreams of calming waves, beautiful sights, and the amazing things to come.
