PROLOGUE

ANYA'S POV

"We're going to die, Anya!! We're all going to dieeeee!!!!" Jul screamed out at the top of his lungs.

And hearing him exaggeratedly screamed that, the will to murder him is more immense now than whatever fear I felt right now.

"Shut the hell up, Jul! You're freaking the hell out of me!"

When I shouted that out of annoyance, his mouth instantly clamped shut though the trembling of his hands was undeniable. His eyes glistened with tears as he was tightly gripping at his own seat. I know I must understand this from him because I myself was too scared as well but panicking won't do anything to save us here so I must try to calm down.

With bated breath and heart kept pounding against my chest, I peeked through the window beside me. And I swallowed hard when the sight of our plane rollicking back and forth greeted me. We were so high but I could still clearly see the raging waves of the sea below from up here.

My hands began to tremble at that sight as I bit my lower lip hard in fear. I quickly looked away from the window and just tightly closed my eyes.

It would be impossible for us to survive here but I won't lose hope. I just couldn't. Clasping my hands together on my chest, I began to mutter a silent prayer. Calling all Gods including all the Greek Gods out there to send us some help.

I winced out when suddenly, I heard another loud explosion. Jul began to scream again and so as the other passengers around. Everyone panicked and the screams around us tripled. This time, breathing was so hard for me to do as I just tightly clutching at my seat.

This is it! We're really going to die today!

And just the thought of dying, my eyes began to heat up with tears as fear and regrets filled me.

I should've tried to enjoy life. I should've never let my job stop me from living the life a 29 year old should be. And most of all, I should've tried to have a one night stand as what Jul kept telling me to do these last few days.

Just before I turned 30 tomorrow.

And just before I'd die today.

Just the thought of how unfortunate I was, my tears rolled down on my cheeks as sadness crept up inside me.

Jul was also crying so much beside me. Everyone was.

"If I ever survive from this crash, I promise I'm gonna become a man again. As in a hot macho man, Anya!"

When I suddenly heard Jul screamed that out while crying, I wasn't able to stop a laugh to escape from me. I suddenly forgot the situation we were in right now.

He too joined laughing though his face was marred with tears as well. Oh God. I know we shouldn't be laughing at this situation but Jul just gave me hope again.

"And if I ever survive in this crash, I promise you I'd start sleeping with any man I want, Jul. I'm going to become a modern woman that you've always wanted me to be."

He chuckled at that as he wiped his tears off his cheeks.

"This is the captain, please brace for impact everyone."

That announcement pulled us back to the situation at hand, shutting our mouth as fear filled us again.

"Please, tightened your seatbelts everyone!"

When I heard one of the flight attendants instructed that, I quickly followed that with trembling hands. Jul was doing the same.

Then just a few seconds after I tightened my seatbelt, the plane hit the water. Making the plane shook terribly as it bounces on the water. Shaking the hell out of our minds before it skidded to a halt. And it felt like the worst car wreck I could ever imagine. Everyone around shrieked in horror.

I grimaced in pain when I felt like my head was going to crack open by the sudden hard impact. Leaving me nauseous.

I groaned and slowly, I shook my head in a hope to clear out my foggy mind. And I regretted doing that when the clear sight of people with either bloody noses or eyes while crying in fear and in pain greeted me. Others have fainted on their seats and some laid unconscious on the floor. Everything was a total mess.

I hastily looked away from that horrible view. My breathing became more ragged now as cold sweats started to drench myself. My heart was erratically thudding in my chest.

I swallowed hard and glanced at Jul's way. And he too wasn't doing any better.

I was scared as hell right now but seeing that we've survived from the fall, somehow hopes began to bloom inside me.

And if we really want to get out of here alive, we have to move now before this plane would sink and drown us in this sea.

With that thought, my trembling hands quickly unbuckled my seatbelt though my mind was still in bafflement.

"T-Take off your seatbelt, Jul. We have to get out of here!" I told Jul with breathy voice.

Hearing my command, he quickly complied.

And once done, I quickly grabbed Jul's hand in a vice grip. And even if my knees were terribly shaking right now, I got up from my seat before I dragged him towards the wing while holding for support.

People inside started shoving and pushing their way out. Eager to save their lives as the water started to fill up the plane. Desperate to escape from this hellhole, I joined them and shoved our way out. It was hard and took us a great effort to do so but we did. I did.

By the time we had finally managed to get out, giant waves and the initial blast of cold air greeted us. I coughed up with salt water and shivered in cold.

"Just tightly hold my hand, Jul. Never let go of it."

Jul just weakly nodded at me as worried was written all over his face. Mirroring my own.

I was about to mutter a thank you to the heaven but before I could even do so, the wing where we were at now started to sink more deeper, I became alarmed. I felt Jul tightened his hold in my hand as he began to sob now. Causing me to tear up again. I tightened my hold at him as if our life depended on each other's hands while our other hands were tightly holding onto the wing.

With this giant waves, we'll surely drown out.

And when soon, we're sinking more deeper than before, my tears just continued flowing on her cheeks while Jul's cry intensified.

I tried to move my limbs to afloat myself but the longer I did that, my limbs started to stop functioning as I became exhausted.

I started to panic and struggled from breathing. The coldness of the water wasn't helping me at all. The reason why I've started to cursed my damn situation now.

"We're really going to die, Jul." I muttered while sobbing. Losing all the hopes I had awhile ago.

When I didn't heard Jul answered, I glanced at him beside me. And when I saw his already unconscious form, a loud cry instantly escaped from my mouth.

"J-Jul??!..Jul, wake up!" I shouted while crying, trying to shake him off though it was hard to do that in my weak state and with the raging waves kept hitting us.

I tried to wake him up again but when another giant waves came, I cursed out when I suddenly let go of his hand and the wing.

I tried to move my limbs to afloat myself but unfortunately, it was just too numb right now that I could barely move it. When another giant waves brutally hit me, I held my breath as the water began to drown me. I want to live. I really want to live but with my weak state, I couldn't even move my limbs right now to save myself.

This time, the sea completely swallowed me down, robbing me the little air that was left in my lungs. Just thinking that it would be impossible for me to resurface now, my will to survive from this accident stop.

Maybe I was bound to die this way. And maybe I was bound to die I unhappy. Darkness began to claim me as my eyes began to slowly droop down into utter oblivion.