the paper airplane • a.i. [completed]

six

• Ashton •

• South Tower •

• t u e s d a y—- n i n e - e l e v e n; t w o - t h o u s a n d & o n e •

• 9:33 a.m. •

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After 20 minutes of trying to reach Kate again, I was finally able to do so, a grin spreading across my face as I looked to Calum and gave him a nod

After the first phone call ended, I tried going downstairs, but couldn't even make it past the 84th floor

The smell of burning flesh and mangled bodies was too much to handle along with the smoke from all the fire

Lights dangled from the ceiling as I pictured my floor

How messed up it would be

I didn't think about it until I started heading back upstairs, but when I thought about it, I started to cry

All of my coworkers, my friends were on that floor

I was lucky enough not to be on the floor when the plane crashed

Michael, Mr. Harrison, Beverly, everyone of them

Dead.

I slowly trudged back up to the 90th floor where Calum tackled me with a hug

"I didn't know if you had made it all the way down when the plane hit." he cries

"I had only made it to the 87th floor." I told him

"Thank god."

As the phone rings against my ear, I walk around pacing nervously as I wait for

Kate to answer the phone

She has to answer the phone

She just has to

And all of a sudden the ringing stops

"Ashton?" Kate cries on the other side of the line

"Kate." I breath, "Oh my god. I promise I'll cut my hair if I get out of here. I love you."

"Stop thinking like that Ashton." She scolds me, "You're gonna get out."

"Where are you?" I ask

"In the car, in driving there to pick you up when you get out."

"Oh." is all I can say

"I need to tell you something." she says quietly, "I was gonna wait until tomorrow but I can't anymore. I'm pregnant Ash, we're gonna have a baby girl."

"Oh my god." I breathe

I have to get out of here.

The walls are becoming tighter as I freak out

My baby girl won't have a father

"Kate?"

"Yes Ashton?"

"Please name her Amelia, in case I don't." But I trail off, afraid to finish my sentence

"Please stop thinking like that Ashton. I love you so much." Kate cries, and I know I'm scaring her

Hell, I'm scaring myself

"They're falling, and I'm trapped, and I'm scared, and I don't know what to do Kate."

"Please don't leave me Ashton, you can't leave me." Kate screams out

"I love you, I'm sorry."

And then I'm cut off again

But this time, I know not to try and call back