Chapter 2
I HEAR THE SOFT BEEPING OF MY PHONES ALARM ...ARGH! TODAY IS THE DAY
I've packed all the things i would be needing.
Hairdryer check !..... clothes..... I would be needing not to much though cause I'm staying in a boarding hoyse .
shoes,charger check!.
Not forgetting my favorite teddy bear Dad gave me before he left for the Army and never came back .
On my tenth birtday ,I was super excited to have him home for my big day .
On his last phone call he promised me a big suprise! I prayed for a puppy it's what I always wanted growing up , all alone
I would speak to myself in the mirror imagination running wild as I would have a dialogue with myself
SO STUPID THINKING BACK
I PROMISED MYSELF THAT WHEN I GET MARRIED ONE DAY .I WOULD HAVE A LOVING HUSBAND AND TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN A BIG HAPPY FAMILY NO MORE BEING ALONE.
BUT THAT IS A LONG WAY AWAY.FOR NOW I HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON ME ,AND MY STUDIES CAUSE NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HAPPINESS BUT ME ATLEAST;THAT IS WHAT MY BIOLOGY TEACHER USE TO SAY "BLESS HER SOUL" I WILL MISS HER SO..
I HEAD DOWNSTAIRS MY FLIGHT DOES NOT LEAVE UNTIL 10 SO i'm forced to head down and have breakfast with mum and peter .
TO THANK HIM FOR HIS KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY AS MUM said last night when she reminded me yet again how fortunate I was, for having a step dad like Peter " who so graciously went out of his way to get rid of me".
I mean to get me a place at the Prestigeous GRAYMORE HIGH.
MORNING Juliana my mum greets gives me a peck on the cheek as I sit down to have ma favorite cereal, Rice crispies and cold milk .
PETER SIT'S AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE IN DAD'S CHAIR READING THE NEWS PAPER SOMETHING ABOUT FINANCE I GUESS he is crazy about that never misses the morning paper .
"So Julia U excited about your new school?"
Peter tries to make awkward conversation
For mum's sake I guess maybe he is trying or maybe it's just me not giving him the time of day ,well what does he expect he will never fill the shoes of my dad.
"Uhmm I guess so I mean what else do I have to look forward to I respond "
sarcastically with my mouth ; full of cereal I give him a side eye.
Juliana Aberdeen! MUM explodes not thinking I was funny at all .
"You apologize to PETER right now young lady" I slump in my seat.
"I'm sorry Peter I'm super excited about my new School and all the new people I will meet.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPERTUNIY "!
MUM SMILES AND COMES AROUND TO KISS ME ON MY HEAD .
"I THINK ITS THE EXCITEMENT MY DEAR BUT WE SHOULD NOT FORGET OUR MANNERS OKAY".
O 'RAAIT.... TIME TO GO PETER SAYS AS HE CHECKS HIS WRIST AT THE GOLD ROLEX WATCH HE GOT AS A GIFT FROM THE FIRM HE WORKS FOR.
"Time to get to the airport before you miss your flight Young lady ".
I hate it when he calls me that it creeps me out ,him wanting to take the role as my father.
As I sit in the back seat of his 3 series B.M.W
I put my headphones on and listen to the classic of Marvin Gay zoning everything out including MUM rambling about how I should take this opportunity and reflect on how best I should behave myself when I start school.
Peter has rented a place for me at a boarding house near the school
Atleast I'll be staying with girls more or less my age staying far away aswell.
As I get out of the car I make the goodbyes as fleet as possible and dissappear in the crowds towards my flight before MUM turns on the water works and makes me cry to stay with her here in" Berlington" or even do something craze as begging Peter to let me go with them on his business trip.
Arghh ...I hate my life
The Flight itself don't take along as I dreaded the airhostess was pretty helpful and helped me a long to my seat where I sat next to a chirpy old lady heading home .
She was on a trip from Berlington where she visited her grandchildren for the holidays she is returning home to Brazil.
My flight landed at exactly ten in the morning and I could not be more scared or excited but most of all tired and jetlaged
I did not know where I was all I had was the name of the School and address of the boarding house where I would be staying for the next year while I finished 7th grade and prayed that I'd be totally ignored by my peers and just go to school in peace.
I called mum to let her know that I was safe. "Hi mum ...I'm I've ! landed, I'm on my way to the boarding house ; okay sweetheart mum responded happily please be safe and stay in touch I knew she would be forgetting me as soon as I put down the phone she told me that Peter and her would be heading to the Airport for his business trip...Great I know I won't be hearing from her for a while.
