AN: Muhaha! Not only am I alive, but here I am with chapter three of I Told You So. So ha! 'Where's Nightmares?' *shrugs* Don't ask me questions I don't know the answers to. It confuses me, among other things. LOL Yeah, I'm in a weird mood. Enjoy and email!!

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I Told You So
by Kei aka Splinter Tree

Chapter Three

"Nephrite... guys...I don't think I can do this." Nephrite takes my hand and gives it a squeeze as we move forward another step in the line to get a boarding pass. The girls and Generals all cluck sympathetically as they shuffle me along. I feel myself panicking as we move another step closer. Frantic emerald eyes watch as one of the birds of death swoops from the sky and rolls towards another neighboring terminal.

"I... I really can't do this..." We step up to the desk. The woman behind it gives Nephrite a flirtatious little smile and glares at me as we both show our id. I nod my head 'no' to two questions I don't get a chance to read and clutch the yellow boarding pass tightly to my breast as Nephrite takes his own and thanks the woman. We turn away with our flock of friends and I look down long enough to see the number on my boarding pass.

"Neph... honey..." Nephrite, who is joking with Kunzite, turns, half distracted.

"Yeah babe?" I swallow as tears well in my emerald gaze. I hold up the boarding pass. Blood drains away from Nephrite's face as Kunzite groans and looks away. Jadeite winces and Zoicite, who cranes his head around a shocked Ami, raises blonde brows and sinks behind the safety of his girl friend. Mina, Lita, Rei, Serena, and Darien all look as well and silence descends on them all at the same time.

"It's a sign," I say tearfully in the ensuing quiet. Nephrite, with his own panicked look directed at his fellows, steps forward and takes away the boarding pass as I fling myself at him.

"Lita, babe... Its not a sign... I promise. Besides, you don't believe in Fate and all the garbage, do you?" I snatch back the number 13 boarding pass and shove it under Nephrite's nose.

"I dunno honey, let me ask my reincarnated boyfriend as I stand here holding a number 13 boarding pass on a Friday!!" Nephrite swallows and pats my head.

"Kunzite... buddy... do you have those sleeping pills?" Kunzite tosses Neph a bottle which he dangles in front of my nose.

"I tell ya what babe... Just take two of these and I promise you won't even have to dream about the flight. You'll just wake up and we'll be in Paris. How about it?" I glare and back away.

"No way. If I'm gonna die in a fiery plane crash I'm gonna damn well be awake to say I told you so!" Darien snickers and Serena hits him. Ami steps forward and places a comforting hand on my arm.

"Lita... I assure you, more accidents happen in a car than a plane. There have been numerous studies..." She trails away as I raise my brows. Zoicite grabs her hand and drags his girl back to his side before hissing in a loud voice...

"Not helping Ames, definitely not helping." Ami snorts and pinches her boyfriend's muscular arm. Zoicite yelps and jumps away as Rei and Jadeite collapse in helpless laughter. The loudspeaker comes on.

"Now boarding Air France, flight 1313, nonstop from America to Paris." Nephrite turns to me, his cobalt eyes dark with love, love for me.

"Please babe, let me do something special for you, for once. Please..." He steps forward and tucks one curly strand of hair behind an ear and smiles that damn smile of his before leaning forward and planting a gentle kiss on my brow, and another on my lips.

"Please Lita. I love you." I close my eyes tightly and curse silently, feverently, to myself. Damn him, he knows he has me.

"All right," I whisper. Our corny, dorky friends all cheer as Nephrite beams and grabs my hand.

"Come on Lita, lets board." I pause for another minute.

"Neph... what did you do with Baby?" Nephrite winks and draws me a few feet closer to the gate before answering loudly enough for the guys to hear.

"Well, since Zoicite's exams are over I dropped him off at the apartment. Have fun guys!" Jadeite stands and looks at Nephrite in astonishment as the other Generals blanch.

"Oh shit!"

Rei claps a hand over her boyfriend's mouth and joins the girls in waving goodbye.

"Excuse his French!"

"Have fun!" Serena, Mina, Rei and Ami call out in unison. I wave, timidly back as Nephrite drags me through the gate, shoving the cursed boarding passes at the gate attendant as we make a mad dash for the plane before his room mates can murder him.

***

I sit nervously in the seat by the window and Neph, of course, sits next to me. He tells me that this plane's a smaller version because usually there's three seats to a row. I'm not sure if that's comforting. I watch all the other people file on board as I clench my hands into fists in my lap and try not to shake. Nephrite puts a hand on my knee.

"You okay babe?" I nod, staring resolutely ahead. Within a couple of minutes everyone is seated and the stewardess stands up to demonstrate proper safety procedure. I listen raptly and panic as the chattering kid behind me drowns her out.

"Nephrite...!" He looks at my white face and glances back at the brat who is now screaming for ice cream as his frazzled mother downs another aspirin. (insert a five year old's piercing 'I wanna a cone with chocolate ice cream and fudge, and sprinkles, and whip cream, and a cherry, and I want it now!') He reaches into the seat pocket in front of me and pulls out a safety manual.

"Here Lita, everything she's talking about is right here. Look, its even illustrated." My hysterical, hyperventilating breaths calm slightly in the face of the friendly cartoon drawings showing all the things I can do when the place crashes. If the plane crashes... If, if is much better than when.

"Okay... okay... I can do this..." My voice cracks as the plane suffers its first jolt of movement. Nephrite grips me hand and I gratefully return his comfort, though maybe I tried to 'comfort' him a bit too much. He yelps as my nails bite into his hand.

"Come on babe, its not bad, I promise. Just take breaths... One, two, one, two..." I glare crossly at my boy friend as I manage to pry my fingers loose from his.

"I'm not giving birth Nephrite. I don't need a lamaz class right now."

"Ah come one Lita... You might need one some day. I want to have tons of kids, dozens even. Just think of how beautiful they'd all look... Little copies of me right?" The glare turns fiercer as I reply, voice dead pan, leaning forward to return volley.

"Well I got news for you buddy. Unless you plan on squeezing all those copies of you out through your uterus you had better plan on adopting. They showed my class a movie on the 'Miracle of Birth' and there's no way in hell I'm doing that any time soon." I trail off at Nephrite's stupid, arrogant grin.

"What, what the hell is so funny Mr. Family Man?" He points over my shoulder, towards the window. Exasperated I turn and let my jaw drop open. The airport is far, far below us. We're in the air, flying. I'm in an air plane... flying. Go figure.

"You horrible, awful, wonderful troll of a man. I really love you sometimes, you know that?" Nephrite regains my rapt attention with a kiss on one cheek.

"I know. Now try to get some rest. You have fourteen hours before you can have a nervous break down about landing."

"Gee thanks Mr. Suportive." He gives me another kiss, this time on the lips, and I have to work to ignore the 'Eeww! Mommy, some guy is sucking that girl's face!' from behind me.

"Can the Mr. titles will ya babe?" I pull back with a glare.

"Bite me Mr. Party Pooper." Nephrite grins that insolent grin of his again as he leans back in the chair, settling in for what looks like a nap.

"That was a lame one Lita." I'm tempted to kick him but decide relunctantly against it. I really do need a strong shoulder to wail on as we landed. Or a face to bitch at if he decides to use to old 'piss her off' routine again. I sigh and squirm so that I'm comfortable enough and able to stare out the window. Its beautiful in a terrifying sort of way.