Where are you?

He hadn’t moved for hours.

He was already in the window seat when I slid into the center seat and stuffed my bag under the seat in front of me. He didn’t nod or look or even notice me. He just stared out the window, cell phone in hand. I don’t think he moved even once during boarding, the long wait for takeoff, and 150 minutes in the air.

As we were just about to land, his phone caught a cell signal and I spied on his oversized texts with someone on the ground.

[We’re landing head to the pickup area]

[Where are you]

[We’re landing go to the pickup area]

We were just about to touch down at DFW. The Dallas – Fort Worth airport has five terminals, and each terminal has multiple pickup areas for arriving flights. You need to let your ride know exactly where you will be.

[Which terminal are you in]

[I’m in the big yellow plane]

Spirit airlines has big yellow planes. Lots of them. And they seem to be everywhere.

[Where are you]

[I’ll find you when I get off the plane]

Infrequent fliers must be intimidated by air travel through some of the huge airports. Maybe I should have offered to help. Or, maybe I shouldn’t have been looking over his shoulder reading his texts.