Natalie. Basic
Basic flight training was like dancing to The Elementals. Basic, scary
and fun. Did Nat know that in a year she would be at the controls of a deadly
multi million dollar warplane in the wrong war, with the wrong enemy? No amount
of gothic looks would appease her situation over the coming months. Was it all
real? That was a distant question, not for now.
The girl danced and flew with equal passion and ferocity. Her brown hair
was all over her face and she danced like a spinning airplane. Eyes shut, she
was somewhere else. In her mind, she was in the cockpit of her red coloured
training plane. Her flight instructor, Alberto, allowed Natalie to acrobat the
little plane. She flew it with wildness that surprised everyone, including her.
Rolling upside down and pulling the control stick to her guts, the red
airplane moved like a kid’s toy. Diving straight downwards, picking up speed.
Alberto was going to take over before top speed was reached but Nat second
guessed him and pulled back into a half loop. Up they went into the blue, a
hawk in the heavens. Free. Natalie screamed in joy. Looking over at Alberto,
her smile said it all. She was a born pilot.
When the record changed, Nat went to the bar and ordered a glass of red
wine. Joining her friends, they chatted on guys, music and Nat’s new air force
career. Several of her friends had nice boyfriends or lovers with them. In
close embraces, they kissed and made small talk. Nat chatted to Katie, on the
fundamentals of aerobatics and flight, demonstrating how to loop and roll with
her hand. Her other held her wine. Time passed, music played, wine was drunk
and Nat slow danced with Roberto.
Being Catholic and part of a close knit family, the girl was a bit of a
rebel. Her mother wanted Natalie to marry and have children. Nat was having
none of this; it was music, flying and the air force. Not even men like
handsome Roberto swayed the girl for marriage. He was local and conscripted in
the army. His passion was films and he had to give up college to serve his
country. After a year he would finish off his film studies, if fate allowed.
Both were friends and occasional lovers, now they danced in Sacha’s.
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