A Girl Next Door

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It's been 3 months since the Twins' birthday party.

I left my town, and now I'm here in....... It takes 13 hours to get here.

Whenever I go for a trip, I always make plans like how many weeks I'm going to stay? Where to stay? Which place to visit? But this time I didn't make any plans. All I did was pack my stuff and book tickets for the next flight and here I am.

It's BALI.......................... I didn't even know anything about this place.

As soon as I landed there, I got a msg from Jess saying she had made everything ready for me. All I have to do is go to the place she sends me as a location. I feel very excited thinking about the reason for this sudden trip. I reach my hand up as I call for a taxi. I never take a taxi from the airport because I know it costs my kidney, but this time all I want is to reach that location and start my plan.

I hope to get a taxi. I showed the address to the driver. He gave a weird look and thought about something in the Balinese language. I don't even know the meaning. Whenever I go to other countries, I always take the latest 10 days to learn about the local people's language, but this time I only learn how to say Hello, how to say my name, how to ask for directions. I don't even have time to learn about BALI.

All my 13-hour flight was filled with irritated thoughts of people. So, I had to keep listening to rock songs at full volume and 5 hours of sleep. I feel so exhausted. I didn't even know this taxi driver would take me to the correct location. My Google Map shows it taking 30 mins to reach my destination. Somehow, I feel excited.

This place is literally so beautiful. I searched for this place on Google. But it's so beautiful and warm. Even though it's a last minute trip, I should feel proud of myself-checking the weather of this place. So, I get to wear and take some clothes to match this weather. I still don't know how many days I'm going to stay here, so I just packed my bag for 2 weeks. It's okay. I can even buy the things I want. As my Google Maps shows, it only takes 5 mins to reach my destination, I stick out my head outside the window to feel the air I am going to breathe for my whole life.

Yes. If my plan succeeds, I may stay in this place forever.

I can feel some cold in the air because it's only 3 to 4 km away from the beach. The place I'm going to stay is a beach house. Jess is the one book this house for me as gift. As I reached everything, I saw 5 houses the same color, same design, same in everything. I got so confused.

My driver stopped in front of one of the houses and asked for about 80,000 IDR (5.13 Dollars). I didn't even know how to calculate money, so I just handed him 1 green-colored note and took my bags. I saw him smile so widely at me.

Maybe I should give him more money. It's not even a big house. It is just OK to stay for 2–3 people. But I don't even know in which house I'm going to stay and why Jess booked this type of house. Maybe I should call her.

As soon as she picks the call, "did you reach safe? Did you see my surprise? How do you feel? ". All I could do is sigh... and say "I didn't even know which house you booked for me and is this your surprise to book me a house the same as 5 house and I don't feel good."

After 5 sec of silence she "ugh... so you didn't see my surprise......ok go to the 3rd house and told them your name they will give you your house key you're staying in 5th house. If you get my surprise, call me back... Bye".

Why is she so mad? Should it be me the one who should be mad? No, I should calm myself because she did everything for me, she did everything because of me. I should thank her for thinking about me for these last 3 months.

I rang the doorbell in the 3rd house. I can hear some music and the voices of more people. So, I rang it again. In 5 seconds, a young man opens the door and asks me "What?" I flinched because he spoke English... I thought this place might be a place for local people, but it looks like a resort. I opened my mouth and said "I'm Nevin. Jess's friend."

He gave me a weird look and thought, why am I here already? Because Jess told him I had reached tomorrow, so he was confused. He called someone Mèng. I don't even know what he was saying. He just giggled himself as he saw the girls come from the crowd of people.

When I see that girl, I can feel my heart beat so fast and my eyes pop out because of surprise. Now I get why Jess is so excited about booking this house.... So, this is the surprise Jess told me.

Yes, I traveled for 13 hours just to find this girl in this Bali city... Yes, I find my red-haired girl with emerald green eyes. Now all I have to do is......

"Excuse me? Nevin? Are you there?" As he keeps shaking his head in front of my face to make a comeback from my thoughts. I just say "yeah yeah" but I keep cursing him in my thoughts. He says OK, leaves. Now it's just me and her standing in the doorway. She gave me a beautiful broad smile which made her freckles around her cheek dark.

She reaches out her hand for a handshake and says, "Hi, I'm Loxley. Your Nevin, right? Jess kept talking about you for 10 days... Nice to meet you."

Now in this world, the luckiest thing is my right hand because it's holding her hand.
All I can say is "Hi...... "