Going Down

Chapter 14

~Chapter Fourteen~

We both pull anyway when Liam says something. "Well, that was um..-"

"Unexpected? Yeah."

"I was gonna say-"

"Excuse me for this interruption-" a lady starts talking over the intercom. "But could all passengers exiting the boat please head to the main deck. We have officially arrived at shore and are un loading now."

"That's us." Liam gives me a genuine smile when Clay walks back in.

"Let's go people."

I step out the door too the main deck to see hundreds of people gathering at the docks. The wind rushes through my hair.

"All these people-"

"Are here to talk to you."

"Whoa"

We finally get down to the docks, when people start bon-barding us with questions and comments.

"How did it feel when you were going down?"

"Did you crash with the plane or jump before it hit the ground?"

"Was going on the plane something you now regret?"

"What did it feel like knowing you were stranded?"

"Did you ever have any hope of coming back?"

"How do you feel now that your home?"

"Were there any other survivors?"

"If you had known your mothers life was at the verge of death, would you have left in the first place?" Tears spring to my eyes when I hear this question over tons of other ones. I feel Liams hand grip around mine.

"Why would you even think of asking that, you ass hole." Liam shouts.

"It's a valid question sir."

"No it's not! D-"

"LOOK. All you questions will be answered soon enough! But please! At least let us settle back in first." Clay shouts, and most of the crowd goes to a whisper. "Thank you." He says, and walks through the crowd of reporters.

"ASHLEY!"

I look around untill I see a avarage height girl wearing pink flip flops and the floral blue short shorts I helped her pick out at the mall.

"RACHEL!" I yell. I quickly drop Liams hand, hoping she saw nothing and run towards her. Hopefully Liam took the clue.

"I'm so glad your ok! How are you? What happened? I'm so happy your alright- ah! LIAM!"

"Hey Rach." Rachel goes running for Liam who's still making his way over too us.

Then, right then and there, shejumps into his arms and kisses him hard.

"Well- um- Rachel, whaat happened once you got to Hawaii?!" I break the awkwardness.

"Oh I never went."

"What?!??!"

"Yeah, I got a phone call once I got home that there was a malfunction with the plane.."

"I should probably give you this..." I remember the lip stick and pull it out of a pocket in my backpack. "Here.."

"Oh my gosh, your kidding me." She starts laughing. "You had it the whole time!"

"We first noticed when we.." I drift off. She get's I've begun to not like talking about it.

"This is the only reason I didn't get on the plane-"