"Brenda, are you okay?" Jason implored again. Brenda looked up at him, and visions of her dream appeared in her head. Her head began to spin from everything that was happening.
"Brenda?" Jason's voice brought her back to reality.
"Fine," she cracked, her voice oddly hoarse. "I'm fine."
Jason still looked at her, doubtful of her words. His expression read: "Are you positive?"
"I'm sure," Brenda answered his unvoiced question.
Jason pushed a strand of Brenda's hair out of her eye, but he moved his hand away from her face immediately after. He leaned back in his own seat.
"You're more trouble then you're worth," he muttered, taking out a newspaper.
****
Brenda's head rested on her hand as she stared outside the window of the airplane. The green and large blue splotches of land and water were coming closer and closer each minute. Jason's newspaper rattled to her right.
"Are we landing already?" Brenda asked, still glancing out the window. The flight seemed to be over like a flash of lightning, but she had been asleep.
"No," Jason answered, not looking up either. "We shouldn't be landing for a couple more hours. Why?"
Brenda's heart gave a sickly lurch, and a wheezing noise escaped her lips.
"Oh…" she whispered. "Oh my God."
"What?" Jason said, anxiety rising in his voice though he tried to hide it from her.
"The plane is going down. What's happening?"
Jason didn't reply; he only looked out the window, and Brenda realized he didn't know what was going on either.
****
Courtney and Elizabeth worked their shift at Kelly's, doing the usual: avoiding each other. Courtney waited on her tables, and Elizabeth waited on hers. After a while of steering away of each other, Ric walked in and up to Elizabeth.
"Hi," he greeted. "How are you?"
"Fine, just avoiding blondie over there," Elizabeth replied gruffly, glaring at Courtney while she did.
Now, what exactly do you have against Courtney?" Ric asked as Elizabeth placed a warm cup of coffee in front of him. She laughed sharply.
"God knows why I hate that little back stabber," she emphasized the last words. Ric raised his eyebrows.
"Now why would you say that about Courtney?"
Elizabeth laughed again. "Because that is what she is."
"Well," Ric said, leaning in closer over his mug. "Could you tell me exactly why she's a back stabber?" A devious, coy, wry grin formed on his face. "I am very interested in Courtney Mathews."
****
"I'm going to…" Jason paused for a moment and rubbed his hand over his face. "Go talk to the pilot or someone who can tell us what is going on."
Jason pushed himself out of his seat and headed down the aisle. Brenda just stared out the window, mouth aghast and still trying to comprehend everything that was happening. Would she be dying in only a few minutes, hours?
Brenda became so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even notice Jason walking back toward her with a grim look upon his face.
****
"Now why would you be so interested in Courtney?" Elizabeth asked. Ric shrugged.
"You were the one who brought her up."
Elizabeth studied Ric for a moment, and then she decided,
"Alright, you seem trustworthy."
Ric grinned flirtatiously. "I'm flattered."
"Okay, you know Jason, don't you?"
"Sure I do."
"Well, you follow Courtney home one night when Jason gets back from wherever the hell he is, and you'll see what I mean," Elizabeth said, giving an indirect answer to Ric's question, but Ric was bright enough to understand the implied meaning.
Elizabeth wiped her hands on a towel and went to go get someone's order. Ric stayed where he was, piecing together all the information he had now.
****
Courtney pulled her coat tighter over her freezing body as she locked up Kelly's. The wind blew, and Courtney's blonde hair flew wildly.
"Well, fancy seeing you here, dear," a voice said behind her.
Courtney spun around and came face to face with AJ.
"What do you want?"
"Nothing, just wondering what my wife was doing out here, in the cold. Is that a crime?"
Courtney showed no sign to hearing this comment. She walked off without so much as a good-bye.
"Now, now," AJ said, jogging up to her. "You mustn't be so bitter about your lover being gone with his wife."
Courtney stopped walking, red flushing to her cheeks.
"What do you care about Jason?" she hissed.
"Well, I am shocked. He is my brother after all."
"He may be your brother, but you like him no more then you like the thought of me being with him."
The stupid, dopey grin remained on AJ's face, and he didn't seemed faltered by this comment at all.
"Yeah, well, we'll see how long the two of you last which I think won't be too long."
"Get lost, AJ."
"Do you really think you can get rid of your husband that fast?"
"If you won't leave, I will."
Courtney tore off, not looking where she was going, and because of this, she ran into the arms of Ric who was on a cell phone.
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention," Courtney said, bending down to pick up her purse she had dropped. "Ric?"
****
Jason cleared his throat. This got Brenda's attention.
"What's happening?" she whispered.
"Brenda, we're going to crash." Brenda began to shiver.
"You're sure?" she asked.
"Positive."
Brenda sunk down in her seat, and she felt tears coming on. A cell phone went off, and Brenda was half relieved not to have to deal with this until the call was over. He groaned. This was just what he didn't need now.
"Yeah?" Jason asked.
"Jason," an unidentified voice said. "Did you really think you could hide you 'secret' affair with Courtney? Were you ever going to tell anyone?"
"Who is this?"
The caller laughed, and there was a thump on the other line. Another voice said,
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention….Ric?"
Jason froze at the sound of the voice. It belonged to Courtney.
A/N Thank you for all the reviews for previous chapters. This is my first fic, and I am extremely please to receive so many positive feedbacks. Now, about this chapter. AJ, Rick, and Elizabeth may have been out of character, but I only started to watch GH and this is my first actual fic. I know AJ didn't seem very AJ, but it all comes together at the end! Now please review this chapter, and let me know what you think. I enjoy lengthy reviews; so don't hesitate to write one!
