I was about to tell her I was quite capable of dealing with arrogant male passengers but when I saw the fear in her eyes I couldn't be angry. She look...d terrified. I knelt beside her and took her hand. “Hey, don't worry.” I spoke calmly and gently. The floor tilted as we began to turn to the left, the pilots being careful not to let the drag from the stricken right engine snap the aeroplane around too tightly had they banked right. “You will be fine, we all will. They train constantly for. And she made that quite clear with every subtle hint that with my grades I could go to community college for free and live at home. My younger brother acted like he couldn’t care less, after all he would be getting the bigger room. And my Dad, well he didn’t want to talk about it much. I loved my family, but I couldn’t wait to get out of there and have some actual experiences. The hunting lodge on the lake was a great memory. It was a large house, meant for two families that we always stayed. And not to me.Let me explain...We met on a "hook-up" app, if you've followed the news over the past year you probably know the one I mean, it's a programme on your phone which lets you see other users nearby and chat to them. I was introduced to it by a gay friend, I think a lot of people were, as a way of meeting new people and having a bit of fun in the process.I work for myself and so often go days without seeing or speaking to a 'real' person actually 'in person' so my chances of meeting. Dee now placed the ball carefully on its stand, fingering the satin of the costume, and wistfully recalled younger, care free days.Curiously, she donned the black wig and gold head band with FG stencilled on it. Dee huffed on the glass ball, and shone it up with the costume skirt, giggling and feeling a bit silly.A shiver ran through her.Dee looked around the kitchen, sensing a presence, but she was alone. Peering dreamily into the crystal ball, Dee saw a scene emerging, like a little stage.