Prologue

A Chapter by Chris

“The plane for Atlanta, Georgia will be departing in five minutes,” announced the man over the intercom.

“D****t!” I exclaimed loudly in my head as I ran through the busy airport.

My hands were free of luggage; I didn't plan on boarding the plane that would be taking off shortly, but there was something I needed to do, and it had to be done before that plane left. I tried to pick up my pace a little more, but I wasn't really able to go any faster than what I already was at the moment. I mentally cursed at my lame athletic ability, wishing that my legs could go faster.

I tilted my head downwards a tad as I continued my dash towards my destination. The tears that had been threatening to come ever since I arrived at this place were finally starting to well up in my eyes. I fought to prevent myself from crying, but the tears slowly started to roll down my face.

“Get out of the way!” I shouted at the people that stood in my path. Some of them were smart enough to step to the side and let me through while others needed a little shove in order to get them out of the way. Couldn't they see that I was in a hurry?

Everyone was looking at me; I could feel their eyes boring through me as I continued to push my way through their masses. I didn't stop to see if I had hurt anyone by doing this because it didn't matter to me. They weren't important right now. There was only one person that I cared about at the moment. He was the one that had caused me to come here in the first place, and I needed to stop him before he boarded that plane. I had messed up terribly and I needed to talk to him to try to set everything right.

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© 2008 Chris

Author's Note

I know this is short, but I wanted to get started without spilling too much information about why he's at the airport. Is it long enough for an intro though? And is it interesting enough to make you want to continue reading? Also, this is only my second time using first person, so I'm still kind of a beginner with it.