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On January 4, 2010 my family and I needed to go to the Louis Armstrong airport to fly to Miami so we could pick up my grandmother from the airport. This was her first time to the U.S. since she lived in Cuba all of her life. I hated plane flights because of all the plane disaster movies I watched a few years back and it would be the first time i would ride a plane . Whenever I got on a plane, I would always freak out because I was always worried of a plane crash.
On the morning of January 4, 2010, it was around 3 a.m. and the flight was not until 6 in the morning. I wanted to avoid that flight at all costs, all room doors in my house has a key that fits a circle sized hole on the doorknob, I tiptoed down the sound empty hallways to my parents …show more content…

My father said “Samuel, you awake?”, I thought the best option was to not reply so I can insinuate that I was sound asleep. But then he did it repeatedly with the knocks getting louder and louder like gunshots, the best option was to reply in a tired tone so I would not make him worried and think something tragic happened if I was not replying. He told me “Samuel get ready we’re leaving in about an hour and a half”. He said it in such a joyful tone since we were going to get grandma. I started to feel regret in my decision, I would feel terrible if he knew I was going to delay us going on the plane flight. But then I remembered the whole reason I was doing this in the first place, my fear took over me and that feeling of regret went away in a flash. I told my dad “I'M NOT GOING!” I must have woken up every living member of that house because one of my Spiderman action figures fell off the shelf when I made that proclamation. My dad sounded so angry when I spoke those words, his footsteps were loud walking to his room. All i could hear is my dad shuffling through his things and stuff falling, he ran towards my room yelling “WHERE IS THE KEY!”. I was scared of my father at that point, i had the key in my hand but i was shaking so much that i dropped the key and i could tell that my father knew I had it in my possession. He started yelling at me through the door telling me that this flight was very …show more content…

I didn’t hear a word from my mom since i locked myself in my room. And my dad was not talking to me anymore. “The coast must be clear then”, I thought to myself. But even though I had my large large dresser and my mirror against the war, he could still somehow break the door down from the adrenaline of his rage. I decided to leave the house through my window if my dad deciding to force himself in my room. I got out the window but my dad was already waiting for me outside. He must have known I was going to make that decision since he knows me more than anyone. He grabbed me and I resisted so much so he carried me to the car. I got in and there are suitcases in the back of the car already. My mom was already in the car looking at me and laughing because I failed in trying to delay. She told me that while I was in my room, she packed up all the supplies for the trip. And i could not stop thinking to myself how stupid I was being. There was no point in trying to resist at this point since I was already in the car. My dad got in and we drove to the airport. I was still in my pajamas and my parents looked so formal. I got on the plane and my heart was beating so fast and I was so close to passing out when we took off and I realized that flying in a plane wasn't so bad. This is a story that my parents always talk about throughout family reunions and it’s always funny to think back on because I thought I could outsmart my parents and

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