The Long Forgotten Sibling

Chapter 6

5 weeks later Will and Elizabeth were standing at Heathrow airport waiting for their flight. Elizabeth, in a t-shirt, jeans and cardigan, was fascinated about everything she had seen and experienced. She had a much better understanding of many items and cultures that happened in the modern world but there were still many of things on this list that she didn't understand.

"So, Will, how do we board the plane?" Elizabeth asked trying to cover up her sacredness with curiosity.

"Elizabeth, don't panic," Will said. Elizabeth looked surprised at the comment. "Psychiatrist remember. There are corridors, in the docking stations, which lead out from the airport leading directly to the plane."

They waited in the waiting area for about an hour before boarding the plane. The white, mechanical bird loomed overhead while she boarded, she had no idea that it would be that large. She didn't understand how people coped with flying on a regular basis.

On board the plane Elizabeth stumbled down the plane aisle, cautiously she stowed her hand luggage in the compartment above the seats and nervously sat down into her allocated seat next to a window. She fumbled with the seat belt until Will helped her.

"It will be fine Elizabeth. To be honest I was like you when I first flew on a plane," Will said trying to comfort her. "And plus you can watch films and TV programs, we get food twice on this plane journey, play games and sleep."

The screens flickered on in front of them, which she hadn't realised that were there. Her attention was suddenly pulled towards the flickering screen in front of her as she tried to figure out how the screen fit into the chair. Will passed her a pair of headphones already plugged into her chair and the screen launched into the safety video.

Elizabeth didn't realise that they were moving until the screen went dark and she looked out of the window next to her. She took her headphones off and stared at what she saw.

There was a long section of concrete, which they were approaching but it was far away from the airport. From here you could see the airplanes with their docing station attatched and the glass wall of the airport.

The plain suddenly stopped and there was an announcement over the intercom in the aircraft and all of the air hostesses sat down in their seats.

"What's happening Will?" Elizabeth asked worried.

"Sit back and don't panic. We're about to take off," Will replied in a calm and reassuring manner.

Elizabeth threw a worried look at Will who just gave her a reassuring look back. There was a rumbling sound, which came from deep within the plane before the whole plane lurched forwards. Elizabeth gripped the armrests as the plane rushed towards what looked like the end of the runway and into a metal fence. Elizabeth squinted her eyes shut as she tried to ignore the weird sensation in her stomach.

"See, it's not so bad," Will said once they were properly in the air.

"Yes, it is worse than you described it,"a Elizabeth replied.

"Here. This can take your mind of things," Will said as he tapped the screen. "It's touch screen."

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Elizabeth sat watching the films available even during the turbulence. It wasn't until the notice that they would be landing shortly did she turn pale.

"What is it Elizabeth?" Will asked in a concerned manner.

"If you use your common sense you would realise that landing would be a lot like taking off," Elizabeth replied petrified.

"Yes, well that's the only bad thing about flying: the taking off and the landing."

"So we just sit here and wait until the journey is over?"

"You can play a short game, we still have about 10 minutes."

Soon the plane started it's decent into the airport. Elizabeth was scared to death just from the thought of the plane falling out of the sky. She wasn't at all comfortable until the plane's wheels were safely on the ground.

"Elizabeth. Are you OK?" Will asked cautiously.

"Yes, I'm just glad that we are back on solid ground." Elizabeth replied quietly with a sigh.

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I know that this is a short chapter but the next chapter hopefully will be longer.

-Sci-Fi-Fangirl