Plumb Goes Abroad: Chapter 2

  "Look, Sugar, it has your picture on it and everything." Plumb said as she showed her the new passport, "Isn't that great? Now, you can go with anywhere in the world!"
  "Yes, but it still needs to be crated for the flight." Aunty Yu said as read over her checklist.
  "But mother," Salak squeaked, "We're going on a private flight anyways. Why not let Sugar stay with Plumb?"
  Salak was probably the only member in the family who loved Sugar nearly as much as Plumb did.
  "Because..." Aunty Yu started while searching for an excuse, "One of the boys might find it scary."
  "Oh, you don't need to worry about that." Plumb smiled as she stroked Sugar's head, "Sugar's probably going to be asleep the whole trip. Most people think she's a belt when she's not moving."
  Aunty Yu wanted to disagree, but she had made the same mistake when she first saw Sugar twisted around Plumb. Also, she could tell that, for some unknown reason, Salak was more at ease when the animal was near, so she consented. 
  As the four of them headed to the airport Salak told her about all the other people who will be working on FS's grand tour. "...and then of course, there's the band."
  "I hate to admit this, but I really have no clue who FS is." Plumb began awkwardly, "I mean I know that Aunty is their manager, but that's about it."
  "And here I thought every teenage girl had heard of them." Aunty Yu commented.
  "Not Plumb! She's too busy with her studies to worry about stuff like that!" Salak said with a laugh.
  "You must know of Aikon." Aunty hoped.
  "The name doesn't sound familiar. Maybe I'll recognize him when I see him?" Plumb suggested.
  "Salak, please run her down on all of them. They are likely to get their fragile feelings hurt if she doesn't know them." 
  "Okay," Salak pulled out her phone and began looking for images, "FS, as you know, is a boyband, and there whole thing is that they all have a thing."
  "So the band's thing is that each member has a thing?"
  "Exactly."
  "I didn't know boybands had to have a thing."
  "There are a lot of boybands, so that have to stand apart somehow. Here's a good one," Salak showed her a picture, "This is Rawbe. He's the oldest and the leader. His special thing is that he's an actor. This is Oran. He is meant to be the visuals."
  "Meant to be?"
  "A lot of people think it's Aikon, but I'll get to him later. Anyways, since his role as visuals is being a bit threatened. We are moving him towards lead main rapper. Outside the band he is a model. Then there is Mela. He's the baby of the group and the dancer. His thing is magic.
  "Magic?"
  "He's a magician."
  "That sounds cute."
  "That's the idea. Here is Wain. He's the producer of the group, and he's thing is well..." Salak smiles awkwardly, "he composes music."
  "That makes sense."
  "Finally, there is Aikon. He's the main vocalist and potentially the visuals. Outside of the band..." Salak frowned then looked at her mother, "What does he do outside the band, mama?"
  "Nothing."
  "Oh, well. I guess he just sings then." Salak smiled at Plumb, "Well, what do you think of FS? They're handsome, right?"
  "Hmm, I mean..." Plumb looked at them, and she once again felt like her taste must be skewed, but at least this time she actually found one who was handsome, "Aikon is handsome, but he's just so pretty that it makes me feel insecure." 
  "Right!" Salak said and the two girls laughed. Aunty Yu smiled as she watched the girls. Salak spirits were already lifted. Hopefully, this plan will work. 

Chapter 1