A/N: Ok so this is chapter one. I'm still super nervous about this whole thing, but I'm getting a little more confident. Thanks for the nice reviews so far! I guess I should put a disclaimer in here so… I don't own pan am, or the characters . Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!
"Colette?" Kate's gentle voice pulled her out of her thoughts. "Are you alright?"
"What?" Colette spun around, "Oh yes, something I ate I think…" she gave a halfhearted excuse. She noticed that her hand was on her stomach and she withdrew it into a fist by her side. She had always wanted a child, for as long as she could remember, but not now, not like this. The child needed a father it needed a family. Nothing could be broken or imperfect.
The landing was a little rough and Colette couldn't help but worry that the jostling she received could be dangerous for the child. Once the plane was empty Colette cautiously entered the cockpit.
"Dean?" She almost whispered.
"Nope!" Ted's head peeked around the corner, "he had to rush off. Anything I can do?" He was jovial as usual, but Colette knew better than to trust the exterior. After all, on the surface she looked whole too.
"No I just, I need to talk…" suddenly she could taste bile rising in her throat. Suppress it, she thought. She mustn't let on. Not now, not to Ted. Not before she told Dean. It wasn't working! She panicked, she pressed a hand to her mouth and frantically looked around for the trashcan. There, under the control deck, she dove as much as her girdle would allow and she began to heave up all the contents of her stomach.
Just then Kate entered throughout he door to the cockpit as well,
"Colette, are you in here, you said you would be right behind us, but you never c… Colette!" Kate dropped to her knees by her friend. Ted stood there dumbfounded. Maybe he should get help. Colette couldn't stop heaving and tears were beginning to stream down her face. She looked exhausted, more than usual for a shorter flight.
Finally the heaving stopped and she collapsed into Kate.
"Colette, what did you eat?" Kate asked after Colette had had a moment to catch her breath.
"I don't know. " It was such an obvious lie she wasn't sure how everyone else was falling for it.
"Help us up." Kate looked at Ted, who had been completely useless throughout the entire ordeal. He obliged, glad he could do something to appear helpful.
"Well you're going to stay with me tonight until we figure out what's wrong with you, ok?" Colette just shook her head, not trusting herself to speak. She clutched her hands together in an effort to stop their shaking.
