Forever Royal

Irrasia

"Mum i'm off now!"

"Darling are you sure you have everything?"

I was sure. Even so I knew mum wouldn't listen. Her kindness was only for a show. Maybe that was a direct result of her being a single nigerian parent. Because that sweet, caring mum was only an act. A lie. In a couple of minutes I can escape that lie for good, and that's what she doesn't realize. Once I'm gone, I'm not coming back. I have lived in England for too long.

I quickly rush downstairs to the kitchen and give my mum a quick hug .

"Bye mum"

Maybe. Just maybe I might miss her.

I move across the kitchen and kiss Daniel, my adorable little brother.

"Bye honey! Safe journey and don't forget your aunty will meet you at the airport at 11am tomorrow. If you need anything call me and if at any point you want to come home tell me." Says my mum

"Okay mum. I'll be fine seriously and I promise to call you if I have any problems" I reply a little distractedly. My phone beeps with a message from my closest friend Bonnie.
I cut believe ur leaving me.
Is it 2 late 2 change ur mind
I'm gonna miss u soon much
Dnt 4get 2 visit me soon
I cnt wait 4 u to tell me what Irrasia
Is like. Good luck and Goodbye E. xxx

I text her a quick reply and head out the kitchen door. Thankfully most of my luggage is already in the taxi so I just grab my handbag. Take a long look in the mirror, take a deep breath in and out, open the front door and breathe in the crisp winters air. I quietly close the door behind me and walk into the taxi, take one last look around me. Goodbye England. Then I enter the taxi and am gone. Leaving behind everything I have known for so long, including who I used to be.

Once at the airport, I sign in my luggage. I can't seem to shake my nerves, the whole airport is buzzing with people all with an agenda. A destination. I guess that's what scares me. My destination. What if Irrasia is nothing like I expect? What if I don't change or worse I don't fit in?

I check my watch its 6pm and my plane leaves at 7:30pm so I have an hour and 30mins to kill. 45 minutes later I'm waiting at my terminal mentally ticking things off my checklist. I made sure to buy myself some food to keep me going during the plane ride. I then re-read the message Bonnie sent me.

I wish we could have been closer but after my last proper friendship I began to close a part of me away from the world and myself.

It took me a long time to shed my skin of jealousy. The bitterness didn't just disappear once our friendship was over it was like having to grow up all over again. I had to re-build my self-esteem, rediscover who I really was and thankfully it wasn't a jealous or negative person. That was just a result of everything that had happened. Even so I refused to let anyone in close enough again. I did try to regain our friendship, but each time I tried she would reject my attempts not in a ' I never want to be your friend again' kind of way it was more subtle, but still it was rejection all the same. So I gave up, I refused to beg for her friendship because I have dignity. It took me a long time to forgive myself for how I treated her so her not forgiving me either was too much. I couldn't suffer for my past mistakes forever, she chose to not let me back in so I chose to move on.

That was part of the reason I chose to leave, to create as much distance between us as possible but also to try and find a friend who not only made me a better person but also a happy one too. Because that was the problem even though I missed April I was never really happy in our friendship, or rather what ever happiness I felt was always short lived.

Blink.

I look around and realize I was so deep in thought I had actually forgotten I was at the airport, thankfully the people at my terminal were still there waiting for the plane.

Eventually I board the plane, I end up sitting next to a middle aged man reading a newspaper. I look out the window for a while then decide to read the book I've been carrying around everywhere with me for the past two weeks. Soon I am completely lost in the book, I am sucked into the suspense and beautiful romance.

When I finally put the book down I check my window and see that its 8:45pm. When I look out the window the view is breathtakingly, the lights twinkle with the glow of a thousand fireflies. I simply stare, at everything I'm leaving behind. It's almost as if the world below is at standstill and for a moment when I block out the noise of those around me. I feel at peace.

I lean back and close my eye

When my eyes flutter open I am instantly struck by the first golden streaks of sunlight coming from outside the window. When I check my watch I see it's 9:42am. I must have been exhausted yesterday. When I look out the window I can tell simply from the vast expanse of the sea below that we are not far from Irrasia.

A while later the pilot announces that we are near Irrasia and so we should be landing shortly. I am actually doing this. Actually going to start over. I have butterflies in my stomach, the nerves that I thought I had gotten rid of return. Soon I can see some small peaks of mountains way below. We're here.

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