"Will, you do realize that you look very, very afraid, don't you?"

Will glared at Jem. "What? Afraid? Me? No, it's nothing but a few," Will gulped. "Ducks..."

Jem chucked, watching the ducks swimming in the lake. One walked up to them causing Will to take a sharp and intake of breath and step back. "We... we should go. Back to the institute. Don't want... to miss the ride to New York."

Jem smiled. "You just can't wait to get rid of the ducks, can you?" But Will was already walking- quickly -away from the lake.

...

"Charlotte?" Will stepped into the drawing room, hoping to find out if Charlotte was ready to go.

"Oh, Will, is it time to go already? Lottie went to make sure everyone was ready." Henry stuck his head out from behind a couch.

"Alright... Henry, don't mind me for asking, but what are you doing?"

"A new invention. It..."

Will left the room. Not because he was still shutting people out, but because he honestly had no interest in Henry's latest invention. He then headed over to Tessa's room.

"Tess?" He knocked softly on the door.

"Come in."

Opening the door, he saw Tessa reading in her chair.

"Hello, Will."

"Hey." Okay, so this wasn't awkward... It had been days since Tessa informed him of her engagement to Jem. After he had admitted his love for her... And after she told him she would never feel the same.

"Tess, I don't want things to be awkward for us..." like they are now.

She smiled. "Of course. I don't want that either."

"So, let's just pretend I never said anything to you..."

She gave him a slight frown. "Alright, Will. It never happened."

He gave her a forced smile. "I bid you farewell, Tessa."

Then, he left without looking back.

...

Will looked unsurely at the plane in front of him. He didn't remember ever riding anything besides a train. Jem seemed to notice this and gave his arm a reassuring squeeze. "Will, we're all right here with you. Nothing will go wrong."

Will gave him an uneasy smile, and walked up the steps with led to this flying death trap.

Ave Atque Vale, life. He thought as he a wryly smiled.

...

Hey! Sorry, I haven't updated in a while! What did you think of the TIDs first entrance? I'll probably do a mixture of Clace and Cill, but who knows? TTYL XOXO, ~V