Shadows My mother quickly hurried down through the airport as the woman through the speaker let out a warning that my flight to Australia was about to depart. My mum came up to me and squeezed me tightly while I tried to get out of her trap. "Goodbye Sam," she said, still squeezing me. "Bye mum," I said as I squeezed out of her arms and made my way through the crowd, ready to get onto the plane. * * * * The plane soon departed and was on its way to Perth, Australia. I was going to meet my cousins which I haven't seen in about 10 years. I watched the city lights of LA light up before my eyes as the plane got higher and higher into the sky.