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Chapter 2
Usagi felt her body shake violently in absolute heart wrenching terror.
She knew was going to die.
Not at all how she envisioned her death either. She was falling from god knows how many hundredths of miles high, and nothing was going to save her from this terrible fate.
She Shut her eyes and clutched her arms tighter around her knees, bracing herself for the impact. She hoped it would be painless, or that she died before they crashed down and burned to the ground like a giant inferno – both seemed highly unlikely…
She felt her tears run down her cheeks freely as she felt utter hopelessness, this was really it…
Unexpectedly she felt a warm hand on her shoulder and she gasped in shock. She opened her eyes but was blinded by a bright gold beaming light that invaded her surroundings.
"Who are you?" She managed to choke out.
She felt the hand slowly peel of her shoulder, immediately draining the warmth from her body. Usagi quickly shot her hand and gripped it tightly, as if her life depended on it.
"Are you my angel?" She asked urgently.
"No."
Her heart dropped.
"You, you are MY Angel Usako." She heard the man sweetly whisper into her ear.
"Usagi- CHAAAAN!"
Usagi shot straight up from her bed. Sweat trickling down her forehead and her breaths were fast and shallow.
"Usagi-chan! What are you doing in bed? You're going to be late for—" Minako abruptly stopped in front of her door, as she noticed her gasping for air like a fish out of the sea.
"Are you okay Usagi-chan?" She said as she ran up to her side of the bed.
"Minako, I had a terrible dream! I was going to die from a plane crash! Then..then…then—"
"Usa-chan, take it easy. Breathe girl!" She said as she hugged her dear friend comfortingly. Minako huged her for a few minutes until her sobs slowly subsided. She then pushed her back slightly to look at her face and smiled at her.
"I think you're just nervous. I had the same nightmare the night before, ya know…?" Minako paused as she closed her eyes as she recalled it.
"Really?" Usagi asked as her eyes widened.
Minako opened her eyes and looked at her with assurance, "Yes. But Usagi-chan nothing like that is going to happen. The crew I work with are amazing people who will do anything to assure your safety! You just gotta have faith! Now get up, were totally late now!" Minako groaned as she looked up at Usagi's alarm clock that sat on her nightstand.
"Arrrgh!" Was all Usagi managed to mutter as she quickly jumped out of bed and began to change.
"Usagi-chan! We gotta hustle if we want to make it on time to your interview, you need to make a good impression on our chief flight attendant!" Minako yelled out behind her as she dragged Usagi by the arm as they tried to get through the airports busy traffic.
Usagi stopped dead in her tracks when she realized they had finally arrived and where standing right in front of an ascending aircraft. Her body began to tremble in fear and anxiety.
"Just be yourself Usagi-chan, except a little less clumsy, and try not to talk too much, actually refrain from speaking at all, of course unless they ask you a question that is. Oh and please don't use that high pitch tone, it's deafening!" Minako warned her friend as she narrowed her eyes at Usagi. Usagi gave her an innocent look and decided not to argue this time, and gave her a quick nod.
"Okay, we're here Usagi-chan, just remember everything we practiced yesterday and you will be fine!" She said as she slapped Usagi's back with a little too much force, pushing her towards the door. She looked back and saw Minako wave and point her finger in the direction of a hall. She gulped, and cracked her fingers (a nervous habit.) and took in a deep breath before she made her way towards the door that read:
Kaioh Michiru
Chief flight attendant
Usagi felt a pang of apprehension course through her body, she was actually going to have her first job interview. She stared at the front door, with the big bold letters making it more freighting to meet the chief flight attendant.
She shook her head with eyes tightly shut, she had to prove to her mother that she was a responsible adult, she knew nothing was more frightening than coming home to her mother with bad news. With that last train of thought Usagi knocked on the door before she slowly peeked her head through the door.
"Miss Tsukino right? Come in." She heard a sweet soft spoken voice say.
Usagi did as she was told and closed the door behind her. She politely bowed her head and in all nervousness blurted out, "Thank you for taking the time to interview me ma'am, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Usagi said as she realized she was using her high pitch tone, the one Minako-chan warned her of using earlier.
She then saw the beautiful aqua haired woman stand up and walk towards her. She circled around Usagi and seemed to be sizing her up inch by inch. She felt her blood rush to her heated face in discomfort and confusion. Her clothes seemed to feel tighter now that she was becoming aware of her appearance.
Usagi wore a lavender button down shirt and a black pencil skirt that ended just below her knee. She of course had to borrow it from Minako, after she figured out she didn't have a single professional article of clothing in her closet.
She finally heard her speak after a few long seconds of inspection, "Well you seem like a perfect candidate, physically, that is." She paused as she sat back down behind her cherry oak desk and smiled, "Let's see how you do in your scenario test Miss Tsukino."
"Please call me Usagi! And what do scenarios mean? " She asked nervously, not liking the sound of it.
Michiru smiled at her in amusement, "Don't be nervous Usagi, It's just to see how you would act in real life setting, such as customer service, and in case of emergencies, so on and so forth." She said as she casually waved her hand.
'I'm getting a strange vibe from this girl, I'm attracted to her presence for some strange reason…' Michiru thought as she carefully analyzed the blonde haired girl in front of her.
Usagi smiled already feeling comfortable with her, she always warmed up to people quickly, which was not a good characteristic according to Rei-chan.
"Please have a seat, let's get acquainted, shall we?" Michiru said as she opened up her file, "So you just graduated from high school, and this is your first job interview correct?" Michiru looked up and saw Usagi nod slightly unsure.
"Yes, I know my resume isn't impressive, but I promise I will do my best and ill put my heart into learning. I won't disappoint you Michiru-sama, I promise!" Usagi said with complete sincerity in her voice as well as in her eyes.
"Well, that's good to know!" She muttered with an amused smirk.
" Miss Minako mentioned good things about you. I suppose it would be completely out of character for me to hire you before putting you through the test…" She paused as she carefully thought about completing her last train of thought
"But… I got a good feeling about you Usagi, you're hired." She finished as she extended her hand directly in front of Usagi.
All Usagi managed to do was gape at the smiling woman before her.
Usagi quickly recovered and squealed.
"Thank you! I'll work hard!" Usagi shrieked in excitement.
Michiru stifled a giggle as she saw the girl in front of her jump in joy. She picked up a packet and tried to calm her down, "Uh ok Usagi, here are something's for you to look over and study, company rules, safety procedures, and what is expected of you. Please understand that this job is not always fun or glamorous as its set to be." She said handing her a hefty packet. "I'll send you to our training room next door and you can start preliminary training which is all online, your first on hand training flight will be next week, I'll be there to guide you and to show you the ropes." She finished as she motioned for her to follow her next door.
A few hours later Usagi emerged from her training to only find that Minako was gone. She roamed around the airport for about twenty minutes only to find herself utterly lost. "Damn, did she go home without me?" Usagi groaned inwardly.
Just as she was about to call it a day she quickly changed direction, only to lose her footing and stumble into what seemed a brick wall.
Before she could apologize she felt a blush rise up to her cheeks, the brick wall was a good looking one. Indeed.
"Are you going to continue to look at me with that stupid look, or are you going to apologize for getting in my way?" He asked her as he stared at her hair as if it was the strangest thing he'd ever seen.
Usagi's face took in a deeper shade, not for the same reason though.
"How dare you? I believe it was you who ran into me!?" She seethed.
"And stop staring at my hair like that you jerk, haven't you ever seen it before?" She asked as if she couldn't believe anyone wouldn't know it…
He eyed it for a few seconds until he finally locked eyes with her. For a second Usagi's anger died down, that is until he spoke again. "Can't say that I have odango." He said smugly.
"Ah I see you've met our newest member of our staff Mamoru-san." Said a soft spoken voice behind her.
Usagi whirled around to find Michiru-san standing with a smile and holding Usagi's purse.
"You forgot this in my office Usagi-chan" She stretched out her arm and placed it on Usagi's shoulder, seeing as she was non-respondent.
Mamoru snapped his head back between the two girls and rolled his eyes. "You hired her? Clearly, you're going through mid-life crisis!" He spat out in disdain.
"Hey prick! Don't talk to Michiru-san that way! She's too young to have a middle life err…" Usagi struggled to finish her sentence, not able to remember what he said. But it sounded insulting none the less.
"Wow. She's a keeper." He muttered sardonically.
He bent down slightly and put his hand around the handle of his luggage bag and walked away from the two females.
Usagi was about to yell back at him but was cut off by Michiru.
"Don't pay too much attention to him Usagi-chan, Mamoru-san is a bit cold at times. But believe me, he has a good heart, deep down."
Usagi rolled her eyes. His good heart must be in a bottomless pit!
"I have to run, I'll see you in training Usagi." Michiru said goodbye and went back to work.
Usagi let out a big sigh, it was such a long day! her lip curled upward as it registered in her mind that she actually had a job. her mother will be delighted for sure.
Her smile slowly fell as a sudden flash of her dream interrupted her thoughts.
'What was that anyway?
It felt so real!
He said I was his angel...'
She shook her head and pushed the thought out of her mind. it was just a dream!
Just a dream....
TBC....
Phewww!!!
