CHAPTER 1- YOU SOUND LIKE A COMPLETE GOSSIP GIRL
Quack, quack, quack.
Quack, quack, quack.
I groaned at the sound, finding the devious thing that ruined my sleep. When I touched it something clicked to mind and my eyes open abruptly as I realized that today's my flight. I got up immediately and glanced at my alarm clock that reads 06:03am. I mumbled a string of curse words walking up to my bathroom, brushed my teeth, showered in about 15 minutes, that's the fastest one I tell you, got dressed and I'm ready to leave.
365, 366, 367, 368, 369 I counted and finally found my unit. I stepped in front of the wooden door, looking for my keys when I heard a moan coming from the next door, they're having a rough time, I thought imaginably. My imaginations suddenly stopped when I felt a vibration from my pant's pocket. I jerked my hand inside and saw the bastard's name flashed across the screen of my phone, I answered it anyway.
"For fuck's sake Nate, why do you always have to ruin the moment?! I'm having a pretty good visions running in my head but then you called and messed it." I said bitterly.
"Chill, River, I was just going to ask you if you made it alive." Nate said, holding his laughter.
"I'm fine, just touched down 30 minutes ago." I finally found my keys, placed it in the hole and the door clicked open. Stepping inside with my luggage in my left hand, I closed the door and headed towards the bed. Nate was saying something I barely understand, God this guy talk like a girl sometimes. I wonder how I became friends with him in the first place.
"So tell me, how's Asia? How do you find it? Have you spotted a hot asian girl?" He asked eagerly.
"Shut up Nate, you sound like a complete gossip girl. Can I call you later or tomorrow maybe? I'm tired and I just want to take a nap." I hung up without waiting for his response thinking that he'd get the message.
"Ah, what a long ass day." I said a little bit loud and dozed off to sleep.
The next morning I went for a jog. Mesmerized at the sight of sunrise, amazed at how people treat me like I'm one of them. Asians are hospitable, no doubt about it, they all have smiles plastered on their faces, greeting me a bunch of 'good morning', and saying things like, 'enjoy your visit here', 'you'll fall inlove with the beauty of our country', 'we have a lot of breath-takingly beaches here', 'hey baby let's hook-up', 'you're hot, I'm wet'. Well, the last two lines came from a 5'6" dark-skinned girl with a flirtatious look in her eyes, roaming her hands in my body and shoving her fake breasts in me. Yes, I knew it's fake, don't even ask me about it. I turned her down but still offered her my genuine smile. She stomped her clad feet like a brat but I ignored her and continue running.
It's already 6pm when I glanced at my watch. This time I decided to just walk around and discover the beauty of this place. Traffic lights, busy streets, food carts scattered along the road, a guy calling for passengers, an old man yelling something like 'balut' if I'm not mistaken. This place is exactly what I needed right now, new environment, away from her. Actually I don't want to talk about her, and even saying her name is a torture to me.
I was walking down the streets, inhaling the smell of barbecue, feeling the cold breeze brushed against my bare arms, listening to the chattering of the old couple sitting at the mahogany bench about how the teenagers' behaviours affect the society, watching as cars sped up like they're running late to their dinner appointments. I breathed a sigh, taking in the view, stopped in my tracks when I spotted a girl about 6 years of age smiling at me whilst waving her hand frantically. People here are friendly, I thought to myself. I smiled back at her, and she opened her mouth saying, "Michelle! Look mommy, Michelle's here, we can now go home and watch Frozen. Your shift's finally over." the kid said jumping up and down which made her curly hair go in every direction.
I frowned, feeling embarrassed at the moment and continued my sight-seeing here in town. As I looked back, I saw a girl about my age, I suppose, dressed in blue flannel shirt, ripped skinny jeans and a pair of black Vans, well atleast I think it's Vans. I stared at her face, she has a long dark hair, probably reaching her lower back, a pair of dark orbs staring back at me that's made it even more darker with the eyeliner she wore, and what really took my attention was a smirk playing in her lips. And then everything around me went black.
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So you just met the two of my characters, River and Nate. They are bestfriends here.
Oooops! What do you think guys happened??!! He died!!! Lol, ofc not :)
