Hiraeth

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I have always been passionate about extreme sports, especially those related to heights. Nothing excites a person like a solid shot of adrenaline, and the joy of doing something seemingly impossible and terrifying. What is also extraordinarily in this type of activities is that after all, a person can calmly return to his sometimes boring and orderly life. Everything looks different, unfortunately, when you can't stop falling.

-What do you mean?-Asked Nick a question everyone wanted to know the anwser to.

-Im sorry but you'll have to just see it.-Antilia or Nina anwserd with glossy eyes and cuddled closer to Nick.

This is where my problem lies, because after what happened to me on my birthday, I feel like I'm still falling headfirst at deadly speed.

-But nothing happened on your birthday, exept your well, birthday-Said the confused King.

-Many things happened after my first 18th birthday- Nina said quietly so no one would hear her.

The rush squeezes the air from my lungs, choking my scream, tears flow down my cheeks, and the wind tugs me mercilessly in all directions. To make matters worse, no matter how hard I pull the cord, my parachute won't open.

"What is a parachute?" Asked London (one of Antilia's guard's) "well a parachute is..." explained Nina to the curios genius.

my name is Nina.

" i thought we were going to watch the movies anbout you Antilia" interupted the King "well thats a bit complicated but im sure the third book will explain it. It's very very complicated" said Nina then she thought to her self " im suprised im not crazy after all that's happened"

so far, my life has been almost perfect. I lived in a beautiful house in Wilanów; one of the better districts of Warsaw. I never complained about the lack of money, I had everything I wanted since I was a child. a beautiful room with its own bathroom and a large wardrobe, a fancy car, the most fashionable phone, a tablet and a lot of other little things, seemingly necessary for a teenager.

I wouldn't call myself spoiled, although it may have looked like it from the outside. in fact, I never paid much attention to money. they just were and I always treated it as something natural that didn't make me better than others. I know, I know, only the rich people tell others that money is not everything, the only difference is that I really believed it.

when I was younger, I actually hated them; my father worked constantly and he compensated for his absence in the only way he knew how, that is, with cash and expensive gifts. However, over the years I got used to it and stopped seeking his time and attention. After all, why does a teenager need family life?

"Worst mistake of my life" Nina muttered "why?" The Queen asked her daughter softly "becouse i now realise that becouse my father was absent i developed daddy issues and that lead me to almost destroy the universe" she replied and everyone except Kaylen thought how was that possible.

I remembered that when my mother was alive, my father was completely different - every day he came home for dinner, we went for family walks and picnics. After her death, everything changed and my loving daddy became a cold workaholic. my mother died when I was five. I don't know much about it because my dad never let me discuss it. from what I read from the archives of the local newspaper, a rabid dog attacked her when she went to work; the body was completely torn apart.

"Yea by a dog" Antilia muttered annoyed "100% by a dog" she said sarcastically

My dad completely broke down, hired a nanny for me and hid himself in the company. So my childhood wasn't very happy. Despite my best efforts, the nanny couldn't replace my lost mother or my constantly busy father - but somehow we managed.

it's amazing that a person can get used to anything, even the lack of love.

"That's sad" Kate whispered "that's the truth" Antilia said while smiling sadly.

in high school, everything seemed to fall into place. I had a great boyfriend, my own BFF and lots of friends, and I was one of the most popular people at school.

"That's amazing, isn't it?" Said King "well not really" Nina objected "and why is that?" Asked the Queen "you'll find out in about 20 minutes" Antilia replied.

what more could you want? I had a slim figure, even though I could eat for two, long legs, big brown eyes covered with thick eyelashes that my friends envied, and blond hair that reached down to the middle of my back.

"But you have brown hair"said Christian to Nina "yes, but i dyed it brown" she replied "i still can't believe you had blond hair" said Kaylen while she laught.

so there was no question of wasting time on complexes. I would never call myself beautiful, I was hardly ugly. It would be fair to say that appearance doesn't matter, but let's be honest. just turn on the TV or any newspaper to see the sad reality - average people have no chance. In order to fit in, I had to come across as as shallow and self-absorbed as most of the popular girls around me.

especially since as the girlfriend of the captain of the high school football team, I was automatically condemned to the company of his teammates and their girlfriends, who were mostly shallow cheerleaders. Over time, I've gotten used to pretending to be someone I never wanted to be for almost two years.

My life was peaceful until my eighteenth birthday. this day, which was supposed to be perfect, turned into a complete failure, and my party started a chain of events, each of which was worse than the last

"What happened love?" Nick asked Nina "oh i loved and i hated my life at the same time" she said with a longing look in her eyes "don't worry he'll be back soon babes" Kaylen comforted Antilia knowing, she was thinking about Sebastian, and how hard it was for her to lose him.

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