iJe T'aime
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A/N: Okay so here's the next chap of iJe T'aime. Hope you enjoy it.
Turbulence
Passengers were still boarding the plane. Slowly, the cabins filled up with people, each of them eager for the flight to Paris. All except one passenger.
Sam sat in her seat looking out the window. The sky in Seattle was cloudy and little sun shone through the thick cloud cover. As every second passed, she grew more nervous about the long flight to Paris. Freddie was sitting next to her, his hands interlocked with hers.
"Sam, calm down, there nothing wrong with flying." Freddie said, rubbing his thumb on the back of her hand.
"I know but I can't help it. I mean just thinking of a ten hour flight can get me paranoid." Sam exclaimed turning towards Freddie. Freddie took out a paper bag from the side pocket of his seat and handed it to Sam.
"Here, if you're going to be sick might as well hold this." Freddie joked.
"Haha. Just get that out of my face. I'm trying not to think about it." Sam said. Freddie laughed and put it back to where he found it. In the background, he heard the doors close. Sam resumed her gaze outside the window. She tried keeping her mind off the flight and onto the destination.
"Good afternoon passengers, this is your pilot speaking. It is currently 12.45 in the afternoon and we will be taking off soon. Hope you enjoy your flight." The voice of the pilot filled the cabin. The airplane slowly inched forward and Sam diverted her attention from the window to the seat in front of her. Freddie seeing how stressed she was tried to change the subject.
"So, I'm looking forward to France. I mean I never been there before and I'm really excited. How bout you?" he asked.
"Yeah sure excited." Sam said. The plane started to taxi onto the runway as the stewardess checked to make sure everything was in place. The safety video started playing on the big screen. It was a short video and was soon over.
"Cabin crew to you take off positions." The pilot said. Freddie looked towards Sam.
"Close your eyes. It'll help." He said. Sam nodded and did as she was told. Soon the cabin lights dimmed. Freddie kept his eyes on Sam as her eyes were closed. The light coming in from the window made it seem like Sam's face was glowing. Sam's grip on his hand tightened when the plane picked up speed, nearing take off. The plane bumped and shook and Sam's grip on Freddie cut off the circulation to his fingers, but he didn't mind.
The plane soon lifted off the ground and all shaking ceased. The roar of the engine could be heard in the background as the plane slowly climbed to higher altitudes. Sam's grip loosened slightly letting the blood rush band to Freddie's fingers, causing them to tingle slightly.
"Sam you can open your eyes now." Freddie said. She opened them to see that they were already up above the clouds, all traces of the ground disappeared behind the thick fluff. "See flying isn't so bad." Freddie said.
"I guess it isn't." Sam noticed that she was gripping Freddie hand quite tightly and quickly released his hand.
"Wow you have sweaty palms." Freddie said.
"Yeah yeah, I was nervous okay. I sweat when I'm nervous." Sam said. The seat belt signed turned off and almost immediately people started to get up. Sam however sat in her seat.
Freddie took out a thick book from his bag. Sam looked at the title and saw the word Paris written across the cover. She soon realised it was a travel book.
"What you reading about?" She asked. The nausea was soon fading.
"Well I have to plan what were going to do when we're there." Freddie said not looking up from the book. "So I figured I check out the places of attraction."
"Anything really good?" She asked.
"Well we obviously have to go to the Eifel tower but that would take at most a day. I won't tell you anything else. I want to keep it a surprise." He said and looking away from the book to give Sam a smirk.
"You're such a dork." Sam said.
"But I'm your dork."
"Wait hold on. You're not my anything. This whole thing is strictly on a trial basis. I would decide at the end of the trip." She said. Freddie couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed but it serves as a push to convince Sam at all cost that he is the right guy. He went back to his book when Sam smelt something. She looked to the aisle and saw the stewardess pushing a cart, which by the smell of things contained their lunch.
"Hello sir, what would you like for your lunch? We have grilled fish served with a hearty salad or would you like the turkey served with a side of baked potatoes." The stewardess asked.
Freddie turned towards me and asked what Sam preferred. She took the turkey while Freddie took the fish.
"And would you like any drinks with that?" She continued after she laid the food on the pull out table.
"I'll have a coke." Sam said.
"Make that two please." Freddie said. They stewardess smiled and poured the beverages into cups before handing it to them and proceeding to the next row of people. Sam took a sip of her drink.
"You know you shouldn't drink to much caffeine." Freddie pointed out.
"Why." She said before turning to her food.
"Well if you're a nervous flyer, it'll be best if you slept so you don't feel sick but if you drink to much caffeine you won't be able to sleep."
"I don't think I can sleep anyway." She said with her mouth full of turkey. Freddie smiled and proceeded to his food. He cut a piece of fish but instead of putting it to his mouth he held it to Sam's.
"What?" Sam asked.
"Go on try it." Freddie said still holding the fork in front of her. She hesitantly took a bite.
"Hmm. That's really good. I guess first class food is much better than coach." Sam said. Freddie chuckled before placing a piece of fish into his mouth too.
Sam sat there watching a movie on the in-flight entertainment screen. It was dark outside the window and the lights have been dimmed. There are a few reading lights on but most of the passengers were already asleep. Slight snoring could be heard behind Sam but the headphone managed to drown out the sounds. Freddie was fast asleep beside her. He looked so peaceful.
Her train of thoughts were disrupted when the plane bumped up and down a little. She grabbed the armrest of her seat out of shock. A few more bumps followed and the seat belt sign was turned on. Sam was slightly panicked at this time. Ninety percent of her fear of flying was contributed by turbulent weather. She grabbed the armrest tightly, her elbow hitting Freddie in the mean time.
Freddie slowly opened his eyes to see Sam very stressed out in her seat and was grabbing the armrest so tightly her muscles where all tensed. There was a bump and he soon realised it must be turbulence.
"Hey are you okay?" He said still half asleep.
"Yeah just a little…" She didn't finish her sentence.
"Scared?" Freddie finished her sentence for her.
"No just…afraid." She whispered the last word. Freddie smile and lifted her arm off the armrest. It took some effort as Sam's arm was extremely stiff. He pushed the arm rest up so there was nothing between them. He wrapped his arm around Sam shoulder and pulled her close.
"I told you to sleep." He said rubbing her arm. Sam felt awkward leaning into his chest like that, but strangely very comfortable. "Close your eyes and try to sleep." Freddie whispered into her ear.
Sam closed them and waited for sleep to overtake her. A bump was felt and Sam immediately tensed, grabbing Freddie's hand tightly. He continued to rub her arm and slowly she relaxed.
She could suddenly hear faint music coming from somewhere. She looked to Freddie and saw his eyes closed but he was humming into her ear. She placed her head back onto his chest and slowly sleep was creeping up on her. She soon drifted off to sleep.
A/N: Hope you liked that. I really liked to whole thing of Sam being scared of flying and Freddie comforting her. I hope my story of why she wasn't scared on the flight to japan is believable. Tell me what you think and please review.