The first chapter is really short. I know and I'm sorry. I have some good ideas for this story though, so after awhile they'll get longer.
I had an idea for something I wanted to do and I think I'm going to go through with it. This story is going to lead up to the events right before my story Them. So technically, Them will be the sequal to this story. And then I will do a sequal to Them.
This story isn't Jate, like Them is though. I didn't know I was going to do this, but now that I am, I'm going to try and keep everything like it was when they talked about the past in Them. So the Others, ect, ect, ect...I'm going to try and keep it so Them makes sense as a sequel.
The story starts out as Jate, switches to Skate, and then ends at both. So both ships should be okay with this.
Have fun reading. And please review.
P.S. I know you've read to much of my blabbing already, but the chapter titles in this story will be in French, unlike in Them which are in Italian.
Chapter 1
Tomber
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."
It was hard to tell what was worse at a time like this. It could be the fact that she would no longer see any people aside from prison mates ever again. It could be the funny looks her fellow plane passengers gave her as they walked by. Or it could just be that she hated flying.
The plane was an hour late for takeoff. Apparently, it had been experiencing some problems, which really didn't ease her fears any.
"Well will ya look at that?" The man sitting on the aisle side of her, obviously a marshal, glanced over at her as the plane started. "Ready to be locked up for good, Kate?"
"Shut up." Kate replied simply, shifting uncomfortably in her seat.
The man on the window side of her gave her a slightly sympathetic look. For the past hour he'd been sitting beside them, listening to the marshal do nothing by instigate her.
Kate glanced down, frowning. She didn't want his sympathy. She'd rather take a glare than sympathy.
The man glanced away from her, also frowning. He was slightly curious as to why she was on her way to jail. Normally, when he thought of people in prison, he thought of hard, tough people. This woman looked more pretty, tiny, and fragile. She wasn't someone he would have expected to be a criminal. But who was he to judge? They'd been sitting beside each other for the past hour and neither had spoken a word to each other. You couldn't judge a book by it's cover.
The plane started in the air and the man sighed, leaning back against his seat. He glanced down, smirking smally as he noticed Kate had her hands clapped together so tightly they were turning white. He leaned over, whispering so the marshal wouldn't hear. "Taking off is the worst part. It's not so bad after that."
Kate smiled slightly. "I know." she whispered back. "I've flown before."
The man smiled back when she smiled. "I'm Jack, by the way."
Kate paused for a moment. "Kate." she introduced herself.
"I know." Jack told her. "I figured that was your name since he kept saying it." He nodded towards the marshal. "Does he purposely bother you?"
Kate glanced over at the marshal, who didn't seem to be paying any attention to them. "Sometimes." She shrugged. "But other times he can't help being an ass."
Jack chuckled, nodding his head a bit. "Some people are just like that, I guess."
Kate nodded her head, seeming to enjoy finally having someone to talk to who wasn't going to treat her funny because she was a criminal. They talked for a couple hours, both of them secretly feeling like they had known the other for years.
The plane suddenly hit turbulence and Kate quickly grasped Jack's hand.
Jack smirked and patted her hand. "It's normal." he assured.
Kate quickly let go. She muttered an apology and turned away from him, her cheeks going bright red.
Jack chuckled and patted her shoulder. He waited until he was sure the turbulence had stopped before standing. "I'll be right back. Hold this for me, would you?" He handed her a piece of paper that he had been holding.
Kate nodded her head, taking the piece of paper. She shifted slightly, watching him as he headed back for the bathroom. The plane suddenly shook again and she gripped one of the armrests tightly.
Suddenly there was a big bump and a sharp jerk. Before anyone even knew what was happening, then plane split and began falling.
Not that good, I know. I suck at beginnings though. It'll start getting more exciting towards the middle.