book titles/foreign words
demon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ =later
- =next day
flashbacks are marked
Worse Than Deidara's Flying
"Ok, so you flip this switch here........." I say, flipping a switch as I read from Flying for Dummies. "Then you flip this switch..................."
"Are we gonna go yet?" Sasori asks, already impatient.
"Soon. I just gotta flip a couple more switches and then we'll taxi to the runway."
"You lost me at that 'and' part."
"Sorry, I'll explain it to you later. Or you can read it during the flight."
"Whatever. Let's just go already."
"Yeah, I'm going, I'm going." I say, putting the book, open to the page on takeoff, between my legs.
"Can't you go any faster?" He asks as we taxi towards the runway for flying south.
"No, now shut up or I'll loose my concentration."
"You have no authority over me." He says as we pull up at the head of the runway.
I flip a couple switches. "Maybe not, but I can shut you up by doing this." The plane suddenly starts flying down the runway really fast.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screams, as it looks like we're going to crash, but I get the plane off the ground at the last second.
"Whew, that was close." I say, whipping away some sweat.
"YOU NEARLY GOT US KILLED!" He shouts, his eyes wide.
"I'm not a pro." I reply, focussed on my flying. "Now take the book and read about all the crazy terms I'm gonna throw at you. There's a glossary in the back."
"Ok." He says and timidly pulls the book from between my legs, trying not to disturb me so we wouldn't crash on accident.
"Ok, now I need you to read me the section on landing." I say after we finally got permission to land.
"Ok. You have to flip the take off/landing switch to landing."
"Did that."
"Then you have to flip the navy-colored switch."
"Navy, navy, navy....................flipped it."
"Finally, it says you gotta land with the back wheels first, then the front."
"Knew that part." I say. "This is kinda sounding easy."
"You say that, but it's still really risky."
"We'll be fine. We made it this far alive."
"Right." He says as we start a rapid descent towards the ground.
I start circling a little as I realized we wouldn't make it to the runway from the first descent. Sasori squeezes his eyes shut, mumbling something as we pull sharp turns in the air. I knew the other pilots and the people manning the tower probably thought I was crazy, but how am I supposed to really know how to do this?
I finally get it just right so we'll land on the runway and pull up the front wheel just a tinch so the back ones will touch first. They do, and then the front follow, and we speed down the runway as if we'll take off again. Only this time, I'm slamming the brakes really hard.
We slow to taxiing speed and I turn over to the small hangars where other planes this size are. I sigh with relief again, and park the plane where the workers want me to. Then I work on turning the plane off, flipping the switches from their current position to off.
Sasori finally opens his eyes and blinks a couple times. "We're alive? WE'RE ALIVE!" He says, and hugs me tightly.
"Duh." I say flatly. "And get off me before I slam you into the window."
"Oh, sorry." He lets go. "I just thought something bad would happen..................."
"And nothing did. Now lets go." I climb out, pulling the cover with me.
He climbs out and helps me put the cover back on. Then we head over to a female worker who had been watching us the whole time. She had medium length strawberry-blonde hair, but I couldn't tell her eye color from a distance though. She was wearing a bright yellow safety vest over worker's clothes.
"Lemme guess: your first time ever flying." She says as we approach.
"Yeah. Don't tell any others though, they might freak." I say.
"Why's that?"
"My friend here doesn't know what a plane is." I gesture at Sasori.
"Oh, I see. How'd you figure things out?"
I snatch the book from him and hold it up. "This book."
"Flying for Dummies. Interesting."
"That was the most exciting and dangerous thing I've ever done."
"So why'd you fly for the first time anyway?"
"To avoid security. See, red-head over here has tons of metal on his body that he refuses to part with..................."
"Oh, I see. So I'm guessing you need info on a flight."
"Know any heading for Denver?"
"Oh yeah, that one's at.................." She looks at a clipboard. "A14."
"Alright then. To gate A14!"
"Um, you'll get killed on foot. Take one of these cart things."
"That works." I jump behind the wheel of one, Sasori climbs in next to me and we zip off.
When we finally find the gate, I park next to the metal stairs. We get out and rush up the stairs. Then we go in through the door and into the end of the jetway. I thank God that the plane hasn't departed yet as we get on and sit in two empty seats. Lucky us, this is a non-stop flight to Denver.
Since our flight was several hours long, I had curled up against the wall, the window's shade down. There were only two seats on the side of the plane Sasori and I were on, so I had felt a little uncomfortable. However, when I woke up, which was a few minutes ago, I hadn't remembered he was there, so I freaked when I found he had fallen asleep with his head resting on my shoulder.
It's been silent since I freaked out, so I decide to push up the shade to see what's going on outside. "Oh.............wow, it's so pretty out!" I say, thinking aloud.
"Let me see." Sasori replies, practically climbing over me to see. "Huh, you're right. It is pretty."
I take my phone out and snap a couple pictures of the scenery. "Oh, look, that cloud looks like a bunny!"
"It looks like a cat to me."
The plane turns a little bit and we can see the sunset. "Oh my God, that's....................." I find myself at a loss for words.
"Beautiful." Sasori says, finishing my sentence.
I turn my head to look at him, to find our faces are barely a foot away, his lips curled into a smile and I instantly blush. Before I can say anything, one of the flight attendants stops as she's passing and says, "You two make a cute couple. Are you on your honeymoon?"
Sasori's smile fades and I look up at her increduously. "No, we're just two friends traveling together." I say meekly.
"Oh, really? That's too bad." Then she continues down the aisle.
Sasori returns to a normal sitting position and says, "Don't want anyone else getting the wrong idea."
I nod in agreement, and continue staring out the window. I think about how close his face was to mine. Then about that smile of his.....................there's nothing I can compare to it. I feel as if it were alluring, and I wonder if I'm falling for him. No way, I promised those stupid fangirls I would stay away from him, even if they aren't here right now........................................
Does he see anything in me?
A/N: ch 2&3 came via daydream. I probably wouldn't have gotten very far without that random daydream. And nobody try that, because I don't want to be linked to any deaths! Reviews are like sugar. Sugar keeps me going. So review peoples!