The McCallister's were all going on a Christmas trip to Paris to see their uncle. Their mother, Katie gets them all in their seats on their seats on the plane and sat down next to her husband Peter and Buzz sat in a seat with his sister Linnie, while their was a spare seat next to him.

He was listening to music when he felt someone sit down on the seat next to them. He looks over and sees a boy about his age sitting in the seat next to him.