The plane's already landed. The passengers sitting next to me are starring without trying to be obvious. I noticed I was now covered in sweat. My hands were shaking and my legs were wobbly. I stumbled as I raced towards the nearest bathroom once we got off the plane. Knocking some people and bags over, I finally made it. I kicked one of the the stalls open and as soon as my eyes made contact with the toilet, I began to vomit. I managed to make most of it into the toilet, without making too much of a mess. Once I finished and I caught my breath, I flushed it all away and sat down on the seat. I starred at the ceiling, breathing heavily. The only thing I could manage to say was "What the fuck... Am I doing..." Before I knew it, my eyes were overflowing with tears and I began to sob. I cried like an only child who just lost his mother.
After a couple of moments, some one was knocking on the stall asking if I was ok. I tried to just make up some stupid joke about hating to fly, but I think it just came out as mumbles and gasps for air. I did manage to choke up "I'm fine." I pulled myself together, walked out of the stall and up to the sink. I washed my hands, and splashed cold water on my face. I looked up into the mirror and realized how much of a mess I really looked like. My eyes had bags under them so big, they could have been my check on baggage. I shook my head and watched the water dance down the drain. I turned the water off and looked back up into the mirror. What I saw in the mirror almost gave me a heart attack.
I looked up and in the mirror, Eva was standing right behind me. I turned around yelling in horror at what I saw, only to see confused travelers looking back at me. I raced out of the bathroom and went to meet up with the rest of the group, before I was left behind.
I found the other new recruits, and they all looked at me with confusion.
"You ok? You look like you've just seen a ghost," one of the quietly asked me.
I pulled my strength together and tried to pretend what I saw didn't happen and said, "Yeah, I'm fine. It just finally hit me that I really joined the Navy. I just can't believe that I'm really in Chicago, headed to boot camp in a couple of minutes."
