"Natalie hurry up! We have to get there in twenty minutes!" Mom yells. 

I shove a few more things in one of my bags, and close it. We are taking a trip to the old Florida experiment, where they have reopened a lot of cool things. They have beaches and something called a "water park" which I think is just wet slides or something. It's a whole family trip, but we will be gone for a week. 

I grab my phone and carry-on bag for the plane, and head into the living room. Ashlen and Eliza are crawling around the floor, and rolling around, while Mom and Dad are locking up and turning off lights. 

"Are you ready everyone?" Brutus asks, putting his gun in his holster. 

"As ready as the Eaton's can be for anything." Dad jokes, picking up his bag. 

I have two suitcases, and a carry on, so I grab Ellie's bag as well. We shove our way out the apartment, and head the easy way out of the compound. Mom has the girls in her arms, so Brutus grabbed her bags, and his own. Our guard has to come with us on the trip. 

We have a car waiting for us, and we load all of our bags into the trunk. Once everybody is piled into the car, we start driving. 

"I'm so excited!" I admit, buckling in. 

"We all are. I haven't been on a family trip with my girls since Natalie was 5, so this should be fun." Dad says. 

"Frrfrr." Eliza blows bubbles from her mouth, and claps. 

"I agree with her." I joke. 

Dad secures Ellie in her seat, and the car starts moving. After the war, they reopened the Chicago O' Hare airport so we could travel around what is left of the United States. 

The drive is quick, surprisingly, and we rush out, bags in hand, to security. Dad gets stopped, for having a pocket knife, but we get through. 

When we get onto the plane, it is huge. There are eight seats in each row, with two near each window and four in the middle.

I sit on one of the edge seats, and we set up Eliza's plane seat next to the window. I set her down, and she looks out at the plane wings. I sit down, and shove my carry on bag underneath my seat. 

The plane slowly starts to fill up. I take out a bottle for Eliza, and heat it up in my hand. I hold it up for her, and she grabs it with her pudgy hands. 

"Attention passengers!" The attendant calls from the front. 

I look forward, "Shortly, we will be starting our ascent into the air. But first, I have to go over some basic procedures." 

The second I hear that I just ignore what she is saying, because I know how a seat belt works. I strap myself and secure Eliza next to me. I am very curious about how she will react to flying, but since she is drinking her bottle, I am hoping she will fall asleep. 

I tuck a blanket around my self, and then one around my sister, and pull out my phone. 

A text from Blake pops up on my screen. 

Have fun! I'll miss you babe! 

I smile, and text back. 

I'll miss you too! <3 u

<3 u 2

I set my phone on airplane mode, and set it down. Mom, Dad and Eliza are sitting in the middle area, with Brutus falling asleep beside them. Ashlen is fidgeting in Dad's lap, trying to steal his phone. 

I laugh, "Have fun!" 

Dad shoots me a death glare, "Watch it Natalie Rose." 

I roll my eyes, and look at Eliza, "You are the quiet one aren't you." 

She pulls her bottle away, blows bubbles, and shoves it back into her mouth. I play with her feet while she finishes her milk, then set it in her diaper bag. She get's a little irritated while we take off, but then falls asleep once we are flying smoothly. 

Eventually, I find myself drifting off. 

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I wake to a slap on my arm, and find Eliza wide awake. She giggles, and hits my arm again. 

I rub my eyes, and pick her up from her seat. She smiles as I wipe the spit off of her face. I put my hands under her arms, and she starts bouncing up and down. 

I dance her around, until she starts whining. 

"What's wrong little one?" I whisper, a lot of other passengers being asleep. 

Her little nose scrunches up, and she starts pouting. I know what that means. I stand up, Eliza on my hip, and walk over to Mom and Dad. 

Mom is dead asleep, Ashlen laying on her, so I plop Eliza onto Dad's lap. 

"What's up Nat?" He asks, holding Eliza. 

She scrunches her nose again, and whines. 

His eyes widen, "Why do I have to?" 

I grin, "You're the Dad! I am not cleaning out her dirty diaper." 

He groans, and gets up to go change her. I sit back down in my seat, and snuggle in my blanket. Apparently, we have already been in here for two hours, and the flight is only two and a half hours. 

I grab a bag of pretzels from my carry on, and a bottle of lemonade. The whole plane is silent, it's incredibly eerie. I eat in silence, and after a few minutes Dad comes back with Eliza. 

She is giggling again, and when she sees my food, she leans down towards me. 

"Come here little one!" I coo, grabbing her from his arms. 

She smiles and steals a pretzel from me, gumming on it. I let her sit in my lap until we land. I wait until everybody else leaves to get off of the plane, Eliza and my things in my arms. We go back through the plane, and Mom, Dad and Ash are waiting for us beside the exit. 

"What took so long?" Dad asks, picking up Ellie. 

I move my bag higher onto my arm, "I was just waiting for everyone else to leave, I can be Abnegation when I want to." 

Mom smiles and grabs the diaper bag for me, "That's perfectly fine sweetie. Let's go get our bags." 

We walk over to the bag return, where we search for our suitcases in the swarm of passengers and packs. It takes ten minutes for mine to show up, and I have to carry my two suitcases, with my carry on, and Eliza's airplane seat. 

I don't know how my arms are even holding all of this up. Brutus helps everyone with bags, and we go outside. A huge van is waiting to take us to our hotel. I throw my things in the back,and get into the back row of the van. Mom sits next to me with Ash, and Dad and Brutus sit in the row in front of us. Eliza is sitting on Brutus, playing with his nose. 

"I'm just glad to be back on land, being so far up in the air was getting to me." I tell Mom, shuddering. 

She nods, "You are just like your father, he is afraid of heights as well." 

I laugh, "He's not afraid of anything, isn't that his thing?" 

"Of course not, he does have a few fears." She corrects. 

I laugh and shake my head, "Well duh, I just didn't think it was something like that." 

We both play with Eliza until we arrive to the hotel, which is near the beach. The Destin Experiment reminds me a lot of the Chicago experiment, where the outskirts of the town are demolishes, and the center is buzzing with activity. 

I gawk at the palm trees and bright sun shining down from the sky. It looks like a completely different world! 

We park, and load back out of the car. Brutus leads the way into the hotel, where Dad checks in, and then we go to the top level. 

Mom slides the card, and we walk into the room. I'm amazed by the insane amount of space in one room, it must be the main suite. There are four separate sections, one with a king bed, one, two with queens, and one with a sitting area and kitchenette. 

I run to one of the queens, and throw my things down. Then, I launch myself up and plop onto the plush bedding. The bed sheets are soft and comfortable, and I breath in the scent of fresh linen. 

I lean up and look out my window. There is an amazing view of the beach, and the sun is still shining bright. I think if there is one thing I can already take away from this vacation, it's the relaxation that being in a different place will offer for me.