Crash Landing, Part I of II

I don’t know what to do.

There’s this moment when everything just kind of goes ________________, and it would be a nice moment if those blue eyes weren’t looking to me.

“Flight Attendants, prepare for emergency landing.”

The cabin is full of gasps and cries and tense whispers, and those blue eyes, I watch as if an infant; in them, I gaze, looking for the joke, but this isn’t Peek-A-Boo -- there’s nowhere to hide here.

The flight attendants moving quickly, they check lap-belts and tray tables, then disappear to the back of the plane to mutter prayers.

My girlfriend sitting next to me, her eyes big and blue, she says, “I’m scared.”

And I don’t know what to do.

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Did you see that plane on CNN whose landing gear didn't come down?

Check back tomorrow to see what happens.

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