A/N thanks for the help I took it on board.

"What the hell do you mean our tickets have been cancelled?"

"I'm sorry madam but there's nothing I can do now if you can please move along there are other customers who need attending to."

"God, I need to get on this damn plane, I mean what the hell I brought these tickets yesterday...unless....unless somebody somewhere screwed it...no...no Yuri's in jail and Loki's Oliver now and, and...Ed's giving me daggers wishing I never stepped foot on the earth..." Gaia thought

"Ed...what"

"I didn't quite know what to say all I did was stare am I pissed off or am I just feeling nothing, the ride to the airport was awful they drove in silence the whole five hours the only time the silence was actually broken when Gaia Warrior Princess royally announced she needed the rest room and that she was hungry and she got back they fell back into that uncomfortable silence, I hate the way we are now we can't even look at each other without wanting to kill each other" Ed reflected

Suddenly Ed realized that Gaia was calling him. Moving swiftly out of the line to where Gaia was standing impatiently.

"Gaia, might we might as well go..."

Gaia dismissed this idea with a quick flick of a hand.

"Ed we're not going back I'm not in the mood for another 'rousing' road trip

Now it was Ed's turn to wince and at that Gaia allowed herself a self triumphant smile.

"Never have I been so uncomfortable with Ed...I mean Ed was Ed oh crap I'm giving myself a migraine...Ed's looking at me again and I really hate people staring at me as if I'm some kind of circus freak because I already know that or is he hating me that, that I can take........."

Ed broke through Gaia's thoughts like shattered glass.

"Earth to Gaia"

"Yes"

Ed decided to use his words carefully he knew how stubborn Gaia could be.

"Gaia...we obviously......

Irritation began to flow through her veins as she slowly became red she was fed up of explaining to him that they were doing this for Heather his first as he so boldly put it.

"God doesn't Ed know me at all for Christ sake two whole years....."

"Gaia, I know you don't wanna give up..."

"Scratch that last thought he does know me"

"Damn right I don't wanna give up...Ed you need to buy the tickets...." Gaia looked up to see Ed's expression; there was nothing there that Gaia could clearly read, so she continued "because someone obviously doesn't want me to go"

Gaia looked into Ed's chestnut brown eyes and this time she really looked for something anything at all.

"Whoa, is it me or does it seem like Ed's giving poor little paranoid girl look or is it that the look he gave me before we....forget it I'm going with my first notion"

"If you haven't noticed I'm broke" Ed told her fiddling with his hold all

"Don't care about your financial state, heres the money it's enough for two economy tickets" Gaia told him thrusting $350 into his hands

"Ed please just do it I'm not in the mood for an argument with you...hell I'm not even in the mood for a normal conversation with you!" Gaia thought.

Ed did as Gaia said without argument- that was easy now for the 3 hour flight.

Heather sat on her bed with her knees tuck under her chin and her arms wrapped round it was her only protection from them.

"God, I know we're not on speaking terms but please protect and make sure Gaia get here quick, please God I don't wanna die yet...even though I probably deserve to, but being blind has given me a whole new out look on life...ha, ha good joke...right? So please God give me hand......Amen"

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