Once Upon A Starr

Chapter 4: Mr. Mysteriously Familiar Man of My Dreams in Flesh

Tyler Thompson’s POV

Stress. Work. Meetings. Reports. Presentations.

 

I’m so tired to even think right now. Uggghr!

Having too much of everything made me sick and tired so I took a two week vacation.

No business phones, no laptop, no interruptions. Just me, myself, and my Ranger.

I just want to be away from the busy streets of Sydney; I want to be away from the noisy horns of cars driving around, from loud bars across my apartment and from people everywhere.

I want to be alone. I thought to myself.

And here I am, driving for almost nine hours straight and, finally, I made my touchdown according to my GPS.

I have never been on a vacation since I took over my family’s business three years ago but that ends now. I want to enjoy the beach and everything about nature here in Byron Bay. I’m going to relish this vacation; I have to because I badly need to calm my mind and body. I don’t really care if I sounded so gay right now but I want to find myself. I need to release it all; all the stress, bad vibes and tiredness. I want to find myself again and I know that this short vacation can do that.

 I just want to be free even for a little while.

Stopping for gas and coffee in a small neighborhood on the way to the beach, I had to take time to smell the fresh air and with a sigh, I realized that it was all worth it. With just one breath, I relaxed and made my way to the car.

As I leaned against my car, I closed my eyes, continued to breathe and enjoyed this magnificent moment which made me smile.

A real smile, by the way.

I haven’t given away a real smile ever since I started working and having this alien feature plastered on my face, I knew that I made a great decision.

By the time I opened my eyes, I saw this girl across the road. She has dark brown hair which was tied up to a messy bun; she was wearing mid-thigh washed denim shorts, low-rise yellow converse paired with this cute yellow tank top which says “I was made for sunny days.”

You sure are. I thought to myself and smirked.

I haven’t noticed that I was already staring when she suddenly climbed up her car, drove off to town and was nowhere to be found.

Maybe I scared her away. I laughed at myself but still worried if I did. I should have said ‘Hi!’ I mentally face palmed myself at my stupidity.

She was breathtakingly beautiful, though. There are a lot of lovely ladies in Sydney but she was seemingly different; there was a sparkle in her eyes that drove me into her and it’s as if she was putting a spell on me.  I hope I would get to see those beautiful brown eyes again during my stay here.

Realizing that I was staring at the empty gas station for too long, I slowly moved to the driver’s side.

“This is gonna be a great vacation”, I told myself as I climbed up my truck and drove off to my rented villa on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Old Tyler, here I come.

I’m going to have fun! And I know I’m going to meet my old self again; the happy bubbly Tyler Thompson. I left the big bad Tyler back home in Sydney and never in my life will that ever be me, again. Ever.