Castaways {Jariana}

Tucson

I'm really bored so I'm gonna be posting a few chapters of this and 9 months☺️ but only if you comment and vote!!!!!

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"We. Are. Going. To. Die!", Ariana declared as her entire body vibrated, along with her voice. Her hands were threaded through the webbing that made up the sides of the jump seat and she was holding on so tightly that the blood had drained out of her fingers, turning her knuckles white.

"Calm down, Ariana. There's no need to panic", Jai said through his own clenched teeth.

"Our bones are being shaken apart, you idiot. THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PANIC!"

"B-but, Ariana... this is just take off, so panicking this early is really pointless." Jai spoke clearly and calmly, as clearly and calmly as a person could speak when it felt like the fillings in his mouth were about to shake loose.

Ariana glared over at him. "I can't believe you got me into this mess."

Jai raised his eyebrows in surprise, but chose to make no comment and decided his best course of action was to just ignore her, for the rest of this trip, if necessary.

The vibrations grew in direct proportion to the growl of the engines as the plane accelerated down the runway. Just when Jai thought he would start panicking, the plane lifted off the ground with a deafening roar. After they reached the aircraft's cruising altitude, the shaking lessened, but the cargo area where they were sitting was still much louder than a commercial flight. Jai found that the rattle and ambient noise of the plane had a lulling affect on him and he quickly closed his eyes and drifted off into a fitful sleep.

Unfortunately, at about the time the vibrations stopped, the cabin started to cool off ... very quickly. Within minutes of leveling off, Ariana's teeth started chattering. Now she realized why both of the FedEx guys had commented that she would be cold. As stylish and eye-catching as her designer outfit was, Ariana had to admit that a mid-riff Lycra t-shirt and a mini-skirt didn't have nearly enough material to keep her warm. Glancing over at Jai, she saw that he was asleep, so with an annoyed eye roll, she reached into her shoulderbag and pulled out her iPhone. No service, figures, Ariana lamented to herself while flipping through her songlist, trying to find something that sounded warm.

Jai woke up about an hour later when a chill ran through him. He rolled down his long sleeves and buttoned his cuffs. Then, he heard a strange noise on his right and looked over to find Ariana chattering like a wind-up Happy Meal toy.

"You okay?", he asked as he tentatively reached over and touched her arm. Immediately, his face registered surprise. "You're freezing, Ariana!"

"T-tell m-me s-s-something I don't know, B-Brooks."

Ignoring her sarcastic comment, he opened up his duffle bag and pulled out his gray, orange and white Beverly Hills High School hoodie. Then, he unbuckled his seatbelt and knelt in front of her.

"Here, we need to get you warmed up. Put your arms in here", he offered while helping her stiff arms into the way-too-big fleece jacket. He quickly zipped it up and Ariana immediately tucked her knees up and pulled it over her legs and locked her arms around her knees.

"Thanks", she mumbled, quietly.

"No prob; you should start to feel better in a minute. Your skin is like ice. You should have woke me up."

Another eye roll.

"What?", he asked incredulously.

"I didn't think you would care", she bit out through her still-shivering teeth.