It was if Bill had disappeared off the face of the planet, but this only convinced Lea more than ever that he was just avoiding the situation. Damn him, I'm going whether he likes it or not, and I'm going to tell him exactly how I feel... Her resolve was steeled as she confidently boarded the plane for Bangkok late Thursday afternoon, although her confidence only lasted as long as she didn't dwell too long on the fact that she had all of her paperwork to stay.
Shortly after taking off, the drinks trolley sidled up beside her first class seat and the friendly stewardess asked her what she'd like to drink..."the champagne is an excellent!" she said enthusiastically to which Lea smiled and nodded. Popping the cork on a new icy bottle of Veuve Clicquot, and poured it slowly as the bubbles rushed to the rim of the glass but no further. Lea smiled as she took the glass and took a long and satisfying sip, she sunk back into her chair and smiled to herself, now this was an adventure she mused...and in a few hours I'll be with Bill. All was well with the world, smiling inwardly and taking another sip.
After dinner she had reclined her seat, put her eye shade on and had settled into to try and sleep, although she noted that the flight was getting decidedly bumpier as they flew on. A few minutes later the Captain's voice came over the intercom to inform them that they needed to divert around the rather large and turbulent storm that was over the Alps and to tighten their seat belts as its was likely going to get a little bumpier for just a bit.
Moments late the plane felt as though it were falling from the sky, she could noticeably feel the plane nose its way down as once again the Captain's reassuring voice came over the speakers to say that they needed to divert to Milan and to not worry everything was fine, but given the ferocity of the storm they had to land. Lea's already jumpy fears of flying were beginning to panic her, and so she brought her seat upright, keeping the eye shade over her eyes began to breath deeply to try and calm her frayed nerves, "now if only the plane could just be still for a moment she thought I'll be fine"...
Just then a reassuring hand grasped hers, a little startled but also comforted as their fingers intertwined and their grips tightened. As the plane leveled and finalized its decent into Milan's Malpensa airport, she finally felt able to breath and so turning slightly in her seat lifted her eye shade to see who was holding her hand.
Until this point she hadn't noticed who was sitting next to her as she'd been too caught up in her own mind about Bill and her trip. To her surprise the hand she realized belonged to a handsome well dressed man, she felt her cheeks flush as he turned and smiled...
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