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Ch. 3 Superstitious Consequences

The silence was uncomfortable. The only sound that filled the space was their breathing and the occasional sigh. Every now and then she would adjust herself in the leather seat. The flight was a long one to begin with but it felt like it would take years to get there. He hated this feeling. Feeling uncomfortable in his own skin.

It shouldn't be like this. Siblings were supposed to be able to be around each other. She was his little sister and she was a stranger. Sonny decided to try and break the ice but he didn't know how. He watched her stare at the same page of the magazine she'd been looking at for the past twenty minutes. Trying to think of something to say he looked out the window. He was admiring the ocean view when she spoke.

"Sonny?" he nearly jumped at the sound of her voice.

"Yeah?" he asked facing her again.

"Look I know this is wierd for both of us so if you want to tell your pilot to turn back that's fine. I know you'd rather be with Michael right now,"

"No it's fine. I'm sure he's fine." he looked down at his hands for a second. " I'll admit that this whole thing is sort of awkward but we are family and I would like to know more about you. You're my sister."

"If you're sure." he nodded and she looked out window as he had been doing. For a second he wondered if she did that as much as he did. Maybe it was something they had in common. A small grin came on his face and he thought.

'This won't be too bad.'

Courtney was glad they were starting to have moments that might resemble a conversation. He wanted to try and know her and she wanted to do the same with him. They returned to sitting in silence and she watched the clouds go by. Her eyes cast downwards and it was the first time she realized they were flying over the ocean.

On reflex she stiffened and grabbed the arm rests of her chair in a tight grip. Sonny noticed her change and quickly spoke.

"What is it?"

"I just noticed we're over the water." she felt stupid. Of course they had to fly over the ocean to get to Rome. But she had also expected Jason to be there and no matter what was going on, she felt safe around him.

"You're afraid of flying over the ocean?"

"Maybe. Alright yes. But it's not really flying over it that scares me. It's the crashing into it that make me want to scream." she admitted.

"There's nothing to worry about. I've flown over the ocean millions of times and look at me."

"That's true. I guess you're right."

"I am." he smiled. "So calm down. What could possibly-"

"Stop right there! Don't even say it!" she said accusingly.

"Say what?"

"Anytime someone says 'What could happen?' or 'Nothing's going to happen.' the worst possible scenario does happen. So please just stop talking."

By now Sonny was doing his best not to laugh uncontrollably at the rantings of the woman. He didn't do a good job as a few laughs escaped him.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing." he lied through his chuckles.

"You're laughing at me!"

"Me? Never?" he joked. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I've just never met someone afraid of such an innocent question." he answered the last of his laughter fading away.

"Innocent? Don't you have any rituals or anything you do to make yourself feel better? Aren't you superstitious at all?"

"Superstitious? Like rabbits feet and black cats? No."

"Not at all?" she asked getting a shake of his head. "Fine. Make fun of me."

"I won't make fun of you." he grinned but you'll see. "Nothings going-"

"Sonny..." she warned.

"to happen." he finished.

Courtney could have slapped him. He did it just to prove how silly she was being. After a few seconds, she released the breath she'd been holding. What had she expected? The plane to snap in half? She looked towards her proudly smiling brother.

"See what'd I tell you?"

Before she could respond, the lights flickered and she felt the plane jerk. Then again. Everything settled after a minute and the phone rang. Sonny answered it . A second later he hung up and looked at her, smile erased from his face.

"That was the co-pilot."

"What's going on?"

"He said he's not sure but.." he trailed off and she finished for him.

"But, we're going down?" he didn't answer. She put on her seatbelt and saw him do the same.

After a few terrible minutes of waiting for something to happen the plane jostled around violently, and the lights flickered momentarily before shutting off completely. Various items tumbled around the compartment as the once flying object fell towards the earth.

She felt gravity pulling them down and Courtney squeezed her eyes shut.

"Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God."