Nick and Diane’s Relationship

## Tuesday, September 11th, 2001

After the Twin Towers are attacked, the US airspace is shut down and over 2000 planes are diverted. 38 planes to diverted to an airport next to a small in Newfoundland called Gander. The people on the planes are stuck in there for 28 hours. On one plane, booze is handed out to the passengers to keep them occupied. One passenger moves to the front of the plane asks a woman named Diane if he can sit next because the drunken passengers in the back are singing at the top of their lungs. Diane is a Texan paranoid about his son named David who was flying that day. Nick is a very awkward Englishman who was on his way to Dallas for a conference. On the plane, the president gives his speech about the events of that morning. When they get off the plane, Nick goes to get a prescription filled. They then get on buses and start bonding. They end up staying at the same shelter. When they get to the shelter, they find out what happened in New York, and they are stunned. Overnight, the community's population has nearly doubled.

## Wednesday, September 12th, 2001

Everyone from the planes are exhausted, but they don't want to leave. When the people are given phones, Diane finds out that David is ok. Diane, Nick, and everyone else from the planes put on new clothes to blend in with the locals in the song Costume Party. Diane, specifically, puts on clothes donated from another woman, Nick complements Diane's hair before Diane it's like because of no shampoo for 3 days. Diane and Nick goes with a couple from the plane, Kevin T and Kevin J, on a walk. Kevin T and Kevin J go to a bar, and Diane and Nick part ways with them.

## Thursday, September 13th, 2001

That day, there's a national moment of silence for America and the people of Gander, from across the globe, still partake in that moment of silence. Later Diane goes to church, presumably praying for the victims and there families in the song Make Me a Channel of your Peace. That night, Nick and Diane go to a bar called the Legion. It's then that a Screech In, a ceremony in which come from aways become honorary Newfoundlanders. In the ceremony, you drink a liquor called Screech (which according to Kevin T "tastes like bad Jamaican rum") then they kiss a cod fish. Four volunteer to participate in the ceremony; Bob, Kevin T, Diane, and Nick. Bob and Kevin T go, but Nick hesitates. Diane says she'll kiss the fish if Nick does, so Nick does it. But then, Diane refuses to kiss the cod. So Claude says, "Either you kiss this fish or else you kiss this Englishman that you're not married to." And the Diane drunkenly replies "Okay". And her and Nick kiss for the first time. Afterwords, Diane and Nick fall asleep at the shelter.

## Friday, September 14th, 2001

Shelters are individually notified when planes are ready to depart. The pilot at Nick and Diane's shelter says to pack up and that they are leaving in an hour. The Ganderians make bag lunches for all departing passengers. Nick wakes Diane up. Diane's head hurts from a hangover. Diane, not remembering, asks Nick if she kissed the fish. Nick replies "yes". Diane says she'd love to have Nick over, but Nick reveals his conference was canceled so he's headed back to London immediately. Diane and Diane are originally on the first flight to go, but after a 748 with a flat tire blocks the runway, they don't go yet after all. The pilot tells everyone to stay close to their shelter so they're ready to go again, but Diane wants to take one last look around and Nick goes with her. They find a gorgeous lookout, The Dover Fault. They're tons stairs and when they get to the top, the view is beautiful. Nick and Diane are amazed. Nick doesn't want to leave. Nick pulls out his camera and takes a picture of Diane to remember her by in the song Stop the World. Nick and Diane try to savor every moment they have left together, knowing when they leave, they will greatly miss each other.

## Saturday, September 15th, 2001

Finally, the planes get going again. As they depart, a hurricane starts coming. Diane and Nick's plane leaves. On the plane, Bob passes around a hat as a thank you for all the people of Gander has done for them in the song 38 Planes (Reprise) / Somewhere In The Middle of Nowhere. Diane is nervous so Nick tries to comfort her with a kiss on the forehead, but the turbulence causes him to miss and they end up kissing on the lips. The spend a large portion of the plane ride making out. When they leave the plane, Nick promises to call Diane when he gets back, and then they part ways.

## Sunday, September 16th, 2001

Nick returns home. His flat is the same as he left it, but emptier and quieter. As he unpacks, he finds his camera. Nick and Diane call each other when ever they can, but it’s awful. The only reason they met was because this terrible thing happened. Back in Gander, the Gander Town Council declares the state of emergency over. When they finally converted all the currency from around the world, people had donated over $60,000 and every day, past passengers send gifts Ever day to Gander.

## Sunday, September 11th, 2011

On the 10th anniversary of the tragedy of 2001, Gander I’d filled again with come from aways and the Ganderians welcome back the plane people. Nick and Diane reveal they couldn’t make the long distance relationship work, so Nick moved to Dallas and proposed and married Diane. They honeymooned in Newfoundland. That night, they honored what was lost, but also commemorate what they found.