Hugs & Blows

airplane pain

Ethan's hand is clenched around Odette's, he's asleep on the plane having taken a sleeping pill earlier. She took one too, and at the time it had reminded her of some fictional suicide pact in a made for televison film. She was only drowning in drowsiness, reminiscing about Betsy. She's currently remembering this time in high school when they were drunk at some douchebag's kegger, she had a red solo cup in her hand and a beer stain on her band shirt. First Betsy and her had been singing

"Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."

and eventually it blurred into them singing

"I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine, I didn't think enough."

Odette's heart ached and tears swelled behind her eyes. She squeezed Ethan's hand harder and curled in towards him. She hoped she felt better for Ethan later on.