{00.07}

The company jet waited for us to load in before it shot off into the atmosphere. I swallowed down what tasted like vomit, I had never gotten used to flying. I could hear Soul giggling at my nauseousness, I glared at him before pulling a barf bag out of one of the cupboards. When I was finished using it, a stewardess came and took it, a slightly grossed out look on her face. It's probably not every day she handles centaur puke. I put a few pieces of mint gum in my mouth to rid my taste buds of the nastiness. The nausea always went away after we were finished ascending or descending. I chewed the three sticks of gum until my tongue was slightly numb from all the freshness, ugh finally.

"So, Taiwan. I wonder what it'll be like? I know it's really humid there, and where we're headed is in like the middle of a rainforest." Soul looked out his window. I couldn't look out mine. Instead I looked around the private cabin. There were two leather chairs on one side, and a long plush couch on the other. Soul and I lay on the couch, with him facing my back, and me facing the door to the cockpit.

"I read that it's full of strange animals there, and even a few native tribes still inhabit it." I replied, my back still to him.

"Well, it's gonna be a long flight, I'm gonna catch a few Z's." He stated and leaned his head on one of the cushions. It was true, the flight from Dallas, Texas to Taipei, Taiwan would be at least fifteen hours. I sighed and crossed my arms on a cushion to lay my head on. Within a few minutes I was asleep.

Some turbulence brought me out of my slumber. I raised my head and stretched my arms. It was dark out, I could see a few stars above us. The only time I actually liked flying was at night. I turned around to check on Soul, only to find his head resting on my butt and his arms stretched out along my back. I giggled and faced forward again, I pulled one of the drawers open and grabbed a fruit cup and a spoon. I ate my snack in silence before deciding to put in ear buds and listen to some music. I put my fruit cup down on the counter next to the couch and got up. I looked back to see if I had woken Soul up, he stretched and yawned. I walked over to te other side of the cabin and knelt down in front of a cupboard. It was full of electronics. I sifted through the computers and DVD players until I got to an I-Pod. I snatched it along with the ear buds connected to it.

"What're you doing?" Soul asked drowsily. I shut the cupboard and walked back to the couch. I curled up in the same position as I was in before holding up the I-Pod. I placed each ear bud in carefully before turning the I-Pod on. When it finally turned on, I scrolled through the music before selecting a track.

La La Latch-Pentatonix

La la La la La la La la La la La la

La la La la La la La la La la La la

La la La la La la La la La la La la

La la La la La la La la La la La la

You lift my heart up
when the rest of me is down
You, you enchant me
even when you're not around

If there are boundaries,
I will try to knock them down
I'm latching on, babe,
now I know what I have found

(Never)

Hush, don't speak
When you spit your venom,
keep it shut I hate it
When you hiss and preach
About your new messiah '
cause your theories catch fire

I can't find your silver lining
I don't mean to judge
But when you read your speech,
it's tiring

Enough is enough

I'm covering my ears like a kid
When your words mean nothing,

I go la la la

I'm turning up the volume when you speak
If my heart can't stop it,
I find a way to block it, I go

La la La la La la La la La la La la
La la La la La la La la La la La la
La la La la La la La la La la La la
La la La la La la La la La la La la

(Never)

I'm so encaptured,
got me wrapped up in your touch

Feel so enamored,
hold me tight within your clutch

How do you do it,
you got me losing every breath

What did you give me
to make my heart beat out my chest

Now I got you in my space
I won't let go of you

Got you shackled in my embrace

I'm latching on to you

(Never let go, I wont let go)

I feel we're close enough

(I can't find your silver lining)

I wanna lock in your love

(I don't mean to judge)

I feel we're close enough

(When you read your speech, it's tiring)

Enough is enough

I'm covering my ears like a kid

I'm latching on to you La la la

I'm turning up the volume when you speak

If my heart can't stop it,
I find a way to block it, I go
La la La la La la La la La la La la
La la La la La la La la La la La la
(La la la la Latchin on you)
La la La la La la La la La la La la
La la La la La la La la La la La la

(Never!)

It took me the entire song to finally realize Soul was staring at me. I swallowed and turned the volume up as the next track began playing. I took a deep breath and looked right back at him. It wasn't long before his intense stare broke into a large grin, showing off his brilliantly sharp teeth. I blushed and smirked right back. He mouthed something I couldn't hear, but I could definitely make out.

"God I love you."

I only slept for a couple hours after I had woken up the first time. Soul slept almost the entire time. He was asleep when they brought breakfast and lunch. Finally when we were preparing to land, I decided to wake him up.

"Hey! Lazy bones! get up. We're landing." I shoved his shoulder and said loudly.

"Mph, yeah I'm up." He said, but continued to snore softly.

"Hey! Get up!" I smacked his head and pushed down on his chest over and over, like I was performing CPR.

"Y-ES, I'm UP, g-ET O-ff M-oof!" His eyes flew open and I stopped.

"Ugh, what the hell Sig!" He got up and frowned at me.

"Sorry, you weren't getting up." I replied innocently. He sighed, clearly exasperated. I chuckled.

"We're landing, that's why you needed to get up." I added. He immediately brightened.

"Oh, were getting off! Hallelujah, finally. I think I've got jet-lag already." He bounced off the couch and to his feet. I felt the planes nose tip down slightly, indicating we were descending. My stomach dropped along with it, I clutched the arm of the sofa, stabilizing myself. The puke was coming up.

"Barf bag, barf bag, where are the barf bags?" I managed to get out between deep gulps of air. Soul grimaced and passed me a white paper bag. I held it to my mouth while I kept doing my deep breathing.

"Soul can you pass me my flying gum? It's under the throw pillow I was sleeping on. Bugh." I turned back to the bag, preparing to spew.

"Ugh I can't watch this." He handed me my gum and quickly walked back to the other end of the cabin to pour himself a drink. Just five seconds later the plane dove down again, making my ears pop and my lunch come up.

"Why do you get so sick on planes? You're fine in trailers, on trains, even on boats. What's up with planes?" Soul questioned once a stewardess had taken away my gross barf bag. I popped four pieces of spearmint gum in my mouth and chewed until the tip of my tongue was cold.

"I don't know. I'm not afraid of heights, it's just the turbulence and getting shaken up while I'm airborne is just... sickening." I chewed faster.

"Oh, weird." He took a sip of rum and Coke, but his face screwed up as he was swallowing.

"Did you hear that?" He looked around.

"Hear what?"

"There was something that sounded like metal scraping metal."

"Um. Where did it come from?" I looked around, straining my ears.

"Cockpit." His face went dead, I exhaled slowly and pulled my gun from its holster. Soul and I inched silently toward the door to the cockpit. I flicked the safety off and cocked my pistol. We were only a few feet away from the door when the entire plane shook violently, then took a nose dive. I shrieked then clutched my stomach and fell to my knees. Soul grunted, took my gun and busted down the door to the cockpit. I looked up briefly to see a man in a forest green jumpsuit buckling a parachute pack around his chest. He flashed a grin at Soul and I, then ran through the emergency door beside the co-pilots seat.

"Shit. Shit! Sig! Get up! The pilot's dead and we need to get the hell off this plane!" I swallowed and nodded, my legs wobbled, but I stood up and followed Soul to the back of the cabin where the emergency equipment was held. Soul rushed to me with two parachutes. He helped me get mine on.

"Soul, grab our bags. I don't know where we're gonna land and I want to be safe." He nodded and trotted back to the couch and grabbed my backpack and his duffel bag. I took my backpack and clutched it to my chest. Soul swung his duffel over his shoulder and turned to the emergency exit in the cabin.

"Hungh! Ugh." He grunted and pulled the lever. A gust of cold air flew in and shot through me.

"Okay, jump in 3... 2... 1!" I grabbed hold of his hand last minute and launched myself out the exit. With one hand I grasped my bag, and with the other I held on to Souls hand with all my strength. I didn't open my eyes until Soul screamed to open my chute. I gasped, let go of his hand and yanked the cord on my pack. The parachute exploded out of captivity. I was jerked back up into the sky, my bag almost ripped from my hands. I looked around for Soul once I was settled. I spotted him only slightly above me, his legs pulled up to his body. I looked down at the ground, we were close to landing. Out in the near distance was an unnaturally blue body of water. I frowned and looked closer, very close to it was the tip of a roof.

It's his house.

"Soul! I see his house! It's close!" I yelled up at him, he nodded and made a big O with his arms.

I hit the ground with a thud! and the parachute fell around me. I was exhausted, I lay there and didn't open my eyes until I heard a loud cry.

"Waaahh! Ah fuck!" He yelled. I stood up and threw the parachute off me. Soul was lying on his back with his arms spread like wings.

"Oh, are you okay? Are you hurt?" I asked, checking him over for wounds.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just landed on a rock." He rolled over and got to his feet. We were surrounded by enormous trees and thick vines, one was actually a long emerald python. Soul bent over and picked up his duffel bag, it had landed a few feet away from us. I searched around for my backpack, it was hanging from a branch on one of the large trees.

"God dammit!" I yelled.

"What?" Soul sauntered over to me, I sighed and pointed at my bag. He grinned.

"Don't worry, I've got it." He reared and set his front hooves on the tree trunk, he reached as far as his arms could stretch. He lifted my bag off the branch, and set his hooves back on the ground. With a smirk, he handed me my bag.

"Thanks." I grumbled and snatched the backpack from his hands.

"Yeah, you're welcome." He smirked again.

"So, I think the house was this way. We'd better get going before it gets dark." I looked up at the sky, the sun was fading.

"Hey, Sig?" Soul caught my arm.

"Yes, Soul?" I turned back to him. His eyebrows were furrowed and he was biting his bottom lip.

"We have almost died, quite a few times."

"So?"

"I like to believe that we won't die."

"And?"

"And I... I just... I want to... I want you to know that you are without a doubt, my best friend."

"But?"

"But. Oh for the love of god, stop trying to get me to say more stuff." He threw his arms up and stepped even closer to me, I felt his breath on my forehead. He lifted a hand and tipped my chin up.

"I was going to say, that I wanted live forever." He whispered before pressing his mouth down on mine. I had never been kissed before. Ever. But it's pretty fantastic. Soul was soft but incredibly strong. We broke apart, I was a little dazed.

"But only if I can spend it with you." He whispered.

"Ahaha! Oh god! You're way too cheesy! I've seen that line in sooo many movies!" I bent over laughing. He crossed his arms and waited for me to finish.

"God I should leave you here." He began walking.

"No! It's okay! I'm coming!" I stumbled after him, he stopped with his back to me.

"I'm sorry. It was just a little strange and out of the blue. But you have to know that I love you too." I looked up at the back of his head. He stood back-to-me for a few seconds before he turned around.

"You heard me." He pursed his lips, then smiled.

"Yeah, I did." I smiled back, he poked me between the eyes. I flicked his ear.

"You're so annoying." He kissed my forehead.

I really don't want to die yet.