Who: Barrett and Jase What: Barretts Vacation in LA... Arrival? Where: LA When: Saturday July 16th, Afternoon Rating: G..PG? Status: Incomplete
There are no words to describe how happy Barrett was when the plane touched down, no words that could eloquently state how he felt the moment he was able to stand and stretch out his very very very cramped legs and back after enduring the flight from NY to LA. The simple fact is that planes were not made with tall or large people in mind and while yes, his ass could fit in a seat, his legs couldn't fit in the little space made for people much shorter than him, and his shoulders were not made to stay in the confines of seat space offered. If he sat by the window he enjoyed his legs seizing on him because they were squished into the seat ahead, if he sat in the aisle every time anyone walked by he would get a hip in his shoulder and someone tripping over whichever leg was lucky enough to have the aisle side.
However, there are those few precious times when he somehow manages to get the seat that is neither window nor aisle but in the middle. The person booking his seat must have hated him he had decided almost immediately when he found his seating partners were one older woman who had taken one look at him and almost fainted and some middle-aged balding man who might weigh as much as Barrett but wasn't more than 5'5 in height and made up for it in girth.
It's sufficient to say that the flight was... fairly unbearable, and Barrett was more than happy that the plane landed, he had to wait for the elderly woman who had the aisle seat to get up and vacate and luckily she had overcome her shock at seeing him and they had a very pleasant conversation. She was going to be visiting grandchildren, and of course, then travelling on to Vegas to try her hand at the machines... and see Tom Jones. Barrett helped her retrieve her carry on, made sure she had everything and exchanged a 'enjoy your vacation' g'byes before collecting his own things and heading into the terminal to grab the duffel bag he checked in.
Now he just had to hope that Jase remembered Barrett was coming today and didn't leave him hanging at the airport. He wanted enough time to drop his stuff off at Jases (Where else would he stay?), maybe change because cramped planes didn't leave one feeling 'fresh'... hell, maybe shower too? and then head out for some drinking and fun.