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A Ridiculously Unplausible Love Story, or Why does His Shirt Keep Coming Off? Part Four

Everyone in the cabin started clapping, even Guy (after Girl pinched him, really hard). As the clapping died away and Romeo and Juliet stared soppily at each other (that got into the record book too), Eunice nervously tapped Berternie on the shoulder.
“Erniebert?” she said quietly. “I have something to ask you, too…”
“Well, speak up!”said Berternie, very loudly. “I can’t hear you! Speak up, I say!”
“Um, Erniebert?” Eunice got down on one knee. “Will y-you…m-m-marry me?”
“What? Can’t hear ya, youngun!”
“WILL YOU MARRY ME !”
“Well, no need to shout! Of course I will!” Berternie smiled and hugged Eunice. Then the two new couples exchanged rings and promptly jumped out of the airplane, smiling all the way down.
Girl and Guy looked at each other, shrugged, and then fell over. The reason they fell over was that the plane had started shaking and turning and generally being bad.
“Who’s flying the plane?!”yelled Girl, now on the ceiling, to Guy. The pilot’s door openened to an empty room.
“Uh oh…”

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