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I should be there by now. I should be having fun on my holiday but I'm not.

I should really start this at the beginning.

I'm not good with beginnings or endings. I tell things when I feel they belong. What's the point in dragging a story out to cut it short? I never did like reading stories like that. Guess I'd better start then.

My name is Marzia. I was on my way to Disneyland Paris with my boyfriend, Félix. We were well suited to each other. I had medium brown hair I lengthened with extensions, big brown eyes and a heart shaped face. Félix had short blonde hair, green eyes and an adorable smile that made me fall for him. We'd met over the internet. Not normal and people often judged us when we said it but we didn't care. It was kind of romantic. Our trip was supposed to be so fun. We were staying in Paris for three days. One day finding characters and a day in the park. The remaining day Félix had planned something. He wouldn't tell me what. I guess I'll never be able to know exactly what now...

At the airport, I was getting impatient with Félix. He was too excited. Of course he'd of never admitted it! He was running around being his stupid silly self that I'd fallen for just a few years ago. I decided to venture off on my own. I had fun looking at all the airport goodies and fetched Félix to buy me a beautiful bag that was straw with a big polka dot bow like Minnie mouse has. Feeling hungry, we bought some snacks for the flight and had a quick little meal in one of the little restaurants. I had a nice pasta dish and Félix had a big burger. We shared a coke and Félix being stupid decided to try and eat the ice. I was informed throughout it was freezing. He did manage to eat it though. Our meal was fun. Our last meal...

We boarded the plane with no fuss... Well not much. Félix being Félix decided it'd be funny to buy a creepy mask and wear it while we were boarding. We got many funny looks and the man checking the tickets demanded to see his face before he'd let us board. It could have been worse. We could have been late and not caught it in time or we could have got held up at duty free. Félix normally forgot to set alarms and we'd end up being late. We'd still be here if he hadn't remembered.

During the take-off, I got scared. I hated flying. It was an impractical fear as me and Félix flew a lot but I could never get used to putting my trust into a machine. Machines break all the time. I'd seen enough plane crashes to know it happens. Félix always wound me up over it but I always got my revenge with a lovely horror story. Yes I like horror stories but I am scared of flying. Go figure.

To make it worse, the stewardess announced bad weather. Informing us it was going to be a shaky flight, she went through all the safety procedures many times slowly. It was like she knew.

Félix distracted me as we took off by showing me his new app. It was a strange little game. You had an area of dirt and was given grass. Three lots of grass together turn to a bush. Three or more bushes turned into trees. Three or more trees turned into houses and so on. Bears came and blocked your moves and you lost by running out of space. I was pretty good at it and focused on beating Félix's score during the take-off.

As we were in the nights' cloudy sky, Félix had it back and quickly beat me, his competitive side kicking in. I playfully punched him.

"You let me win!" I accused.

"I didn't want you panicking during take-off" He moaned pouting. It was strangely cute. I settled down cuddling into his shoulder watching a brilliant inflight movie I'd seen before. I didn't hear the storm start. I didn't notice the flashes or hear the thunder. I guess it was better that way. I didn't spend my last hour completely panicking. It was a decent enough movie to be my last one.

"Sorry to stop the movie but you are required to listen to the pilot. The movie will resume later." Damn. I loved the ending. The kid wasn't a kid but a full grown woman with disorders. She was trying to replace the mother but drowned in an icy pond. It always made Félix jump when she banged on the ice over her head as a last attempt to live. People say they don't fear death but everyone clings to it when death is close.

I pulled out my earphones and sat up, turning to Félix.

"What's going on?" I asked him as if he knew more than me. Obviously he didn't.

*Ccrrcc* "Sorry to announce that our flight has been disrupted. There is a storm coming up. It's too late to turn back. Put your seatbelts on and the flight attendant will go through the safety procedures again."

The look on the stewardess's face said it all.

We were going to crash. We may even die.

Félix was trying to be brave for me. He kept making funny comments that no one laughed at like he always does when he's nervous or worried. I always did love that about him.

"Felix..." I couldn't. I couldn't say goodbye. Not yet. I told you people cling to life. I could feel death's presence at that point but I couldn't give in.

"Mariza..." Aw, He looked so adorable right now. I hug him crying as I begin to hear the noise of the storm. He sat there arms around me, not trying to comfort me with any lies of it being ok but still managing to comfort me. I liked that.

Lightning crashed through the plane like dagger slicing through the delicate fuselage. When I wasn't so scared, I looked out the window next to me. I really shouldn't have. At that exact point in time, a strike of lightning broke the wing clean off right outside my window. I felt sick. We were practically the living dead. I looked at Félix and saw the dread across his face. Many people were panicking now. We could hardly hear one another over the panic sweeping the plane.

*Ccrrcc* "As you just saw, we are now flying with one wing. We're going to try and crash land as safely as possible but we are oversea now so we will require you to put on your life jackets..." I could see her panic. Trying to be professional, even when we were about to die. Guess it helped keep some people calm. Not me.

I'm passed my life jacket by Félix then I notice him get out his chair.

"What on earth are you doing, Félix? I'm scared enough without you not following the safety rules!"

He started to rummage in his pocket as I'm yelling for him to get up. He finds what he's looking for. I gasp. It was a ring.

"Félix..." I couldn't talk, everything was too much.

"Marzia... I had prepared a much better way to do this in Paris but I guess... Well you know we might not make it and I want to die knowing you know just how much you mean to me. You are my world. I shouldn't have got plane tickets. I know you hate flying. The Eurostar would have been a lot better... I didn't think... Too late now I guess but this whole holiday was for you Marzia. I love you and I wanted you to be my wife... but can you promise me that if we make it through you'll be mine. Dammit this ain't easy." He sadly announced tears threating to spill.

"Of course I'm yours! I always have been." I cried happily. "You really know how to choose a moment don't you?"

*****

Many died during the fall getting sucked out of the hole caused by the wing, others drowned. It was a horrid way to go.

I'm grateful of few things during that night. One dying in Félix's arms. Two death was quick. Three I was happy as I died. Félix's proposal was the last human speech I heard. We died after that.

Well, I don't exactly remember anything after it so I believe we did.