Beauty From Ashes

Chapter 31 Part 2, The Next Step

And here the stories of New York, are about to begin. For a new church, the Disciples, the Cosgroves, for the future final pieces of Cheyenne's redemption. For now, Cheyenne and Albert have said "Goodbye!" (for now) to a lot of favored characters, but now we will be catching up with some other ones from the past, and meeting many more as we transition from California to New York.

Cheyenne's POV:
Six hours after leaving Los Angeles and California....

Ding.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Just wanted to inform everyone that we have successfully reached the end of the cruise, and are currently beginning our descent from 28,000 feet. So just sit back, and enjoy the rest of your flight as we will be arriving in New York City just a few minutes ahead of schedule."

Albert lays back in his seat. "Well that's good." He then looks over and sees me beginning to wake up. I fell asleep about halfway through the flight, ending up resting my head on his shoulder. Now he nudges on my shoulder. "Hey, Cheyenne. Cheyenne?"

"Mmmrgh...? What is it?"

"Look outside." I do so, and.......we are so high above the clouds. The sun is being covered by them, but it's low enough to signify we're getting close to dawn.

"Oh my gosh...."

"They just said that we're reaching the end. So in a while, we should be seeing the skyline of Manhattan."

I sigh. "I STILL can't believe you talked me into coming to New York with you. California's one thing, but we're literally about to land in the Big Apple, that's crazy!"

"Just coming over here in general is crazy enough for me."

"How far up from the ground even are we?"

"About 28,000 feet, but we just started to move downward."

"Aww man. I hope that'll be soon..."

"What? You're still scared of heights?"

"A little bit. With these heights."

"Oh come on. You said you've been higher up than this.'

"What? When did I say that?"

Albert then grins. "You know...."

I then chuckle softly and punch him in the shoulder. "Oh stop it."

Twenty-five minutes later, Albert peeks out his window. "Whoa......check it out...."

I pull closer and we both glance outside. It's amazing, we can see the entire city. The sun is about to set, thus making the skyscrapers look so colored. The little 7 year old girl inside of me is squealing so loudly, because when I was a kid I ALWAYS wanted to come up here. I chuckle softly. "My gosh..... I forgot about her........."

He turns to me and smiles excitedly. "You see all of that? That's our life now."

I scoff and laugh sarcastically. "Yeah...
I didn't make it to Los Angeles as Cece. And God brought me here, as Cheyenne instead."

A while later, we touch down.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if this is your first time, then it is our pleasure to welcome you to the JFK airline of New York City where the current local time is 8:14 PM, EST. As always, please remember to stay seated and keep your seatbelts fastened until we have come to a complete stop and please check your seats for any and all personal belongings before you depart. We hope that you have enjoyed your flight with the LAX Airlines and thank you for boarding today."

We step into the airport in shock that we're even here. We step out of the main room and into the halls. And this room is FULL of people.
"Okay! So this population is already so much larger than what I'm used to living with."