Unbearable Decisions (boyxboy)

Chapter 11 (Acrophobia)

Jacob's Point of View

Why in the world did I agree to get on this contraption!? It is basically a death machine on wings!? I have never liked flying and am not about to start any time soon! The fact that we were flying through some storm clouds was not helping with my fear either! I was basically holding on to my seat has hard as I could, trying to steady myself, it wasn't working. My eyes were closed and because of it I could feel every single bump the plane made. My breathing was uneven and deep and I felt sort of lightheaded.

"Um Jacob are you ok there?" asked Luca with concern laced in his voice. "Yeah just peachy!" I said so scared and angrily. "I'm sorry Luca I'm not exactly happy about being in a death machine a thousand feet above the sea!" I said immediately afterwards. "Wait you're afraid of planes?" he asked but not in a mocking kind of way. "N-no not planes just heights, any height that is high enough to fall to your DEATH!" I yelled the last part as the plane started shaking again.

"Oh, well is there anything that I can do to help you?" he said sounding nervous himself. Aw he's more concerned about me than him, that's cute!! NO stop Jacob, you just want to be friends!! "I-I don't know but I do feel kind of hot!" I said still not opening my eyes. I then felt a hand on my forehead and instantly opened my eyes to see whose hand it was.

As expected, but still to my surprise, it was Luca's hand. I stared at him trying to understand what he was doing. "Hmm you do see to be heating up. If you want I can try and cool you down?" he asked as if it was the most casual thing in the world with his hand still on my forehead. I simply nodded. "Ok if it starts to get too cold just let me know" he said still being careful with me like I was a child. "Ok I will" I replied and instantly began to feel better due to the cooling sensation.

I had completely forgotten about the fact that I was still in a plane while I was with Luca, that is until the plane started to shake again! I grabbed onto Luca's hand for dear life! He merely chuckled and started speaking "It's ok Jacob nothing will happen while I am here" trying to get me to calm down. Eventually it worked and I was actually relaxed again but I still didn't let go of his hand just for precaution. He smiled up at me looked me in the eye. I smiled back and got lost in his brown eyes for what seemed like forever.

Luca then turned his head and looked out the window with a serious look on his face. I let go of his hand and returned to trying to keep calm. This failed miserably when I saw a hollow-projector pop up and a picture of the pilot along with it. "Attention passengers we are experiencing a few minor difficulties but there is nothing to be worried about. Please remain seated and do not panic. We will arrive shortly" he said while allowing is co-pilot to drive.

"WHAT!? DIFFICULTIES!? I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A 'SMOOTH FLIGHT' ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS!" I screamed starting to freak out. I didn't care if everyone in there was looking at me like I was crazy, something was wrong with the plane! "Jacob calm down. I'll go find out what is going on if you want" said Luca so calmly. "NO JUST STAY WITH ME PLEASE!" I begged him. He nodded his head and stayed where he was watching me.

Suddenly the lights went out and a flashing red light started going off! I then felt like gravity was turned off as we started to fall, WAIT WE'RE FALLING!! I started to scream at the top of my lungs out of fear, complete and utter fear. I started to pass out but the last thing I saw was Luca getting out of his seat and going to the door of the plane. He was going to leave us to die!! This was my last thought before I slipped into darkness.

When I woke up I was laying on something cold and hard. My eyes started to adjust and then I saw that we were on the ocean on a piece of ice. The plane was a little far out in the distance on fire and sinking. What happened? I looked around to see some other people had made it to the block of ice like me, but as I continued to look I noticed that Luca wasn't here! "LUCA, LUCA WHERE ARE YOU?" I yelled out in all directions.