Merida looked out her window as the plane landed on Buena Vista International Airport. It was quite dark already seeing as it was already eight in the evening. The building and the runway lights were the only thing visible to the red head as she prepared to get off the plane.

The cold breeze caught up with the girl and it was a good thing she was wearing something to keep her warm, though she wished she got that sweater her mom knitted. It seemed warmer than the jersey jacket she currently wore.

Never underestimate the unpredictable weather of the west, her father used to say. (Or something a little deeper than that but the point was still there). There were slightly lesser people in the airport than when she came here for the first time last year. But then again she didn't come this late last year.

After checking in and grabbing her bags she scanned the arrival area for her escort. There were a couple of people waiting, students, parents and a couple of chauffeurs. It took her awhile to search throughout the crowd but she was to no avail.

The girl sighed then took out her phone from her pocket "Anna I'm standing here at the arrival area where are you"

"I'm coming over there!" the girl then hung up the phone leaving Merida to pause for a moment before putting back her phone in her pocket.

She scanned the area and decided to find someplace to wait for Anna. She headed for the one nearest to the vending machine and texted Anna to look for her there.

"She probably got caught up with Hans" the girl snorted, it was quite sad to see that brunette fall really hard for a man who she had met in the first thirty minutes of her college life; though she might have been too pessimistic since she wasn't as keen in getting a boyfriend as Anna was.

She looked over to the crowd seeing more people coming in some of them were students from her university and she waved to couple of them who saw her. She spotted Tiana who was having a hard time pulling her bag that looked as if it would explode in any minute.

"Did ya put the entire kitchen der?" Merida said as the Louisianan approached her.

"My grandma has more secret ingredients than I thought" Tiana scratched the back of her head.

The red head shrugged "My grandma took her secrets to the grave . . . or at least that's what my mom says"

Her friend laughed "Anyway where's Anna?"

"Who knows" she shrugged "Probably too busy day dreaming about Hans that she doesn't realize the texts I send her"

Tiana shook her head "She's still too young"

"Why do I feel like that means something else" Merida raised a brow, she hated not knowing stuff.

The girl just patted her "Oh forget it, now I better go before my suitcase explodes from whatever my grandma placed in there"

"Ok" the red head shrugged "I guess I'll see you tomorrow I . . ."

She was cut when another guy suddenly pushed the two girls making Tiana fall back and land on her suitcase which suddenly burst open spilling its contents. Merida was slammed against the vending machine she was leaning against and she was lucky her bag didn't end up rolling towards the restrooms.

"Oi Oi!" she screamed at the person who slammed the two of them "Would ya mind watch it wer ya goin!" and in there she began to chase the crasher boy like she was a cheetah hunting for a gazelle.

Tiana was about to pick her stuff when another boy came by also running, unfortunately for him he stepped on one of her nana's special powder and slipped.

"Oh my gosh!" Tiana didn't know whether to be mad or feel sorry for the boy "That's my nana's red curr . . ."

It was too late the boy started sneezing.

"Curry" she finished. She opened the her handbag and brought out a tissue "Here you need this"

The boy gratefully took it and wiped off as much curry from his face before giving her an apologetic look "Sorry about my friend there" he finally said.

"Well . . . it's alright I guess" she closed her hand bag "I mean it was ok when my bag just opened but now . . ."

In here the boy was flustered in guilt and bowed his head "Miss I'm really really sorry, I was just about to stop my friend from running around like that but he really needed to use the bathroom or something and he couldn't stop himself but he really didn't have to leave his stuff like that and start pushing people out of the way. I mean you're like the third person he's bumped . . ."

Tiana held her hand "Look, I'm not mad at you" she offered a friendly smile "And from what I can tell you've had a hard time handling your friend"

He sighed as he got up "Sorry again about the . . ." he wiped off his pants "Curry . . . I'm not really allergic to the thing but . . ."

"That's because it's not exactly ordinary curry" she explained "What are you allergic to"

Before he could reply they could hear loud complaints of the man Merida was dragging by the hair.

"WOULD YOU AT LEAST SOFTEN YOUR GRIP!" the guy was skinny and quite tanned, despite his complexion his reddening cheeks were noticeable.

The said woman did not falter from her victim's cries and even tightened her grip, making him redder.

"Umm . . . sorry I uhh . . ." the curry boy started awkwardly "I know he might not look like it but he's quite . . . umm delicate?"

"WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY OF PUTTING IT WART!" the Incan screamed with a mixture of anger in pain, it was there that Merida decided to abruptly drop his head making him land chin first on the floor. He then looked up "Well . . . that was painful"

"Oh, you have no seen anything" Tiana spoke "You're lucky she didn't dislocate you right then and there"

Curry boy blinked "I . . . don't know what I'm gonna tell his parents then"

"So is that how it is" the guy suddenly stood up and poked Curry boy's chest "You don't care if I die by the hands of . . ." he did hand gestures referring to Merida "Beast!"

"You know Kuzco" Curry boy replied "You should have seen it coming"

The guy had a look of betrayal imprinted on his face "So, you're on their side"

"I'm just saying" the boy shrugged.

"I wasn't running away" he defended "It's just that . . . it's easier to avoid the lines in here"

Merida was having enough of this "Look, I don't care if you run around the entire airport wearing nothing but a pancho"

The guy seemed offended, since he was wearing one "Hey!"

"But not only did you hit my friend, but just look at what you did" she pointed at the floor "Now I want you to pick them up or I'll plaster your face in that vending machine"

Tiana raised a hand "You know that sounds a bit . . ."

Merida sniffed something "Is that curry?"

The boy who slipped on it blushed "Uh . . . about that"

"Guys!" a brunette girl said waving her one hand and carrying a tray of coffee on her other "Sorry I . . ."

"Well your timing couldn't have been any better" said the red head.