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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Six Euros/Love is like fire

My name is 15. I am a worker among the 42 survivors of AFG Flight 337.
Let me give some context. 23, including me, are from a prep school in America. The rest are business people from like, France, and a bunch of tourists from central L.A. The business class part of the plane exploded, so that's all that's left.
Upon crashing, 8 was the first to take action, using wilderness emergency no one knew he had. He called someone to get the list of people aboard the flight. Strangely, 8 seemed utterly prepared for this disaster. All of our questions met a swift response from 8. Back at home, he was a kinda lonely kid. He wasn't too popular; he wasn't too attractive, and he was too smart.
6 was the second to take action. He also used first aid to help, but his help was more normal, like what you see in hospitals. He didn't save many people that way, but was more effective at dragging people out of the water. 6 was charismatic as usual. But when we crashed, I finally realized that he wasn't any better of a speaker than 8 or anything. He just looked better. Yeah, back at home, 6 was everything. Everyone liked him. He was the nicest kid anyone knew. He was super attractive and super smart.
After the 42 survivors were assembled, we definitely had to choose between them. Yeah, most of the business people were pretty impressed and our chaperones were in some gruesome position in the wreckage. 6 wanted a vote. Immediately, the girls of our 23-member tour joined him. 8's alternative was to do the same, but first explain the skills that they could provide. The screams of 6's cheerleaders drowned out 8's idea and a vote proceeded. 6 won, obviously. Most of the people out of the 23 voted based on the craze the girls had created. 8 became a worker; they found some real doctor from the rest.
Tonight is night one. We are huddled around a dwindling fire that 8 made. When I look at him now, I can tell he's not satisfied. But more than ever this time. He's used to being overshadowed by 6, but he seems really bothered.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like these.

Anonymous said...

So maybe I'm not the only one.

With love,
CJ