13/ Frantic Messages. ••• TORI WILLIAMS i I was a nervous wreck as the helicopter started ascension. If Gio, wasn't the one flying it I would have lurched for his hand. “How you doing copilot?”. I shook my head closing my eyes. “OK, just let me do most the flying”. He said and I could sense the smile and humor in his tone. My still closed eyes felt a pair of smooth, strong– soft palm on my hand that held the gear thingy. A soft smile broke on my face, feeling all my nerves relax. A comfortable silence enclosed us with my eye still shut. “We're well in the air now you can open your eyes”. I shook my head. “Come on, you said you wanted to fly over The Big Apple, well we're over it now”. I slowly opened my right

