The flight was ok, a bit boring but atleast they gave out free water.
Tuva thought, she had been listening to music the whole flight, not socializing with anyone because what's even the point?
After 3h of being in the sky they finally landed and Tuva could breath the fresh air of dublin.
How she missed this.
You could see the joy in her eyes she felt really home again.
Of course she'd feel home in Sweden too but you can't compare sweden and Dublin for her.
She felt amazing.
After standing a bit outside just realizing that she just moved to Dublin, she left the airport to try and hopefully find a way to get to her apartment.
She eventually decided to call an Uber because she was very tired and didn't had the nerve to find out how she's gonna get there.
As she waited for the Uber she sat down and looked around while listening to music.
She could still remember slightly the airport.
But it was a long time ago so it was all kind of new for her.
Tuva was excited she had waited all her life to return to Dublin and start journalism, it's been a dream of her since she was young.
Finally the Uber arrived and she told him where her apartment was located.
She looked at the navigation that said it'll take 45minutes to get there.
Damn that's gonna cost.
She thought, but she accepted it, its her first day here it's going to be better.
Atleast she hoped.
She took her headphones out and played some music.
Faye webster.
Music was like an escape of the reality to her, it had always been.
Back then when she was still a little girl and her family moved to sweden she was sad for weeks even months.
The only thing that could help her forget about her surroundings was music.
And it still is.
One of her classmates introduced her to Faye webster, since then she had always been her favorite artist.
The car ride was boring but she eventually got where she wanted to get.
She had to pay 65$, not the cheapest price but life goes on.
She took her stuff, thanked the Uber driver and walked to the front door of her apartment.
At the front door she stopped for a moment.
This would be the first time she'd take a step in her apartment.
I mean could you imagine how excited and scary at the same time this can be.
That is going to be her very first apartment and it's in Dublin.
Yesterday she still lived in sweden with her parents not needing to worry about anything and now she's about to take her first step into her new apartment in Dublin.
She took the keys and slowly opened the door as she took one step inside.
It felt incredible, Tuva felt free.
She took all her stuff and stepped into her apartment.
Tuva looked around, it was still very empty but she'll work on that.
Actually she was very excited to decorate her apartment.
Of course it'd be funnier if someone helped her but it didn't bother her doing it alone.
„finally"
she said as she put her stuff down and her shoes.
Tuva was very tired so she decided to go sleep.
The next morning she was woken up by the sun shining in through her window.
It felt like a kiss from the sun on her skin.
She could feel that today is going to be a good day.
Her plans were to just go out and look around the city as she wasn't in Dublin since she was 6.
So she got up from her bed and walked to her suitcase.
As she opened the suitcase she thought to herself that she might need to start classifying her things today.
Tomorrow would be the first day in journalism school for her and she was excited.
But she also needed to search a mini job like in a bakery or something to gain money.
After thinking for a while she decided she'd go in a café today and search for jobs while drinking a coffee.
She quickly took a pair of pants and a dark blue hoodie.
In the bathroom she decided to turn some music on for good vibes and turned on the stone roses on shuffle.
She was singing along while getting ready, wearing a bit of mascara and she decided to leave her hair open.
With a small smile on her face she went to put on her doc martens, take her keys and whatever she needed and go out.
As she stepped outside she realized that she hasn't even thought about what kind of café she wanted to go to.
But that's okey she would just wander a bit in the city until she'd found a place that she likes.
She was now already 10 minutes on her walk as she realized that she had forgotten her headphones.
Oh no this is going to be boring.
She was a bit annoyed now that she had forgotten her headphones at home, but she pushed the negative feelings away not wanting them to overwhelm her.
Tuva was walking now already 25 minutes and it seemed like she had now found a perfect place.
It was a cute small café with pretty flowers as decoration.
The colours of that café were dark green, wine red and a bit of blue.
Very homey.
She decided to walk in and see what they'd have and eventually stay there.
As she walked in she was greeted by a beautiful girl with brown her.
„hey welcome to reilly's , how's your day going"
She said with a kind voice.
Tuva felt instantly comfortable in this café that girl seemed so nice.
„hello thanks, I'm doing good how about you?"
Tuva decided to answer with a smile.
„Me too thanks, so what can I get for you... eh..?"
The nice girl seemed to asking Tuva for her name.
„Tuva"
She said smiling at her.
Actually Tuva was happy someone would ask her for her name , she got a little hope that she was going to be friends with that girl.
„Alyssa"
The kind girl said now known as alyssa.
„Nice to meet you alyssa! So what would you recommend??"
Tuva asked her not being able to decide.
They had a few coffee options and all seemed to be delicious.
„Well I personally like the almond vanilla latte very much"
Alyssa responded looking at the menu.
Tuva ordered the almond vanilla latte that alyssa recommended as she didn't knew what else to get.
She wanted to ask Alyssa if she'd like to sit with her and get to know each other so she took all her courage and went over to the checkout.
„Hey Alyssa, I wanted to ask maybe if you'd like to sit with me and drink a coffee we could get to know eachother better and become friends. But only if you lik-„
„Yes sure"
Alyssa responded before Tuva could finish her sentence.
That made Tuva happy and she smiled at her.
Both were walking to the table Tuva was sitting and began to talk.
„Soo what do you do for living?"
Alyssa asked tuva.
„Well might sound weird now but I just moved here from sweden yesterday to begin studying journalism"
Tuva responded taking a sip of her latte.
„Whattt that's so cool! And don't worry it's not weird at all haha!. My best friend is in a band called the inhaler, like that's weird and astmathic"
Tuva started laughing.
This was so random from her to tell her that but she liked it, she liked her , she was kind and funny.
Tuva was happy she could be friends with her they instantly had a bound.
Alyssa and Tuva continued talking for 2h until Tuva realized she needs to go home to classify her stuff.
„Oh I'm sorry but I really need to head home it's getting late, but it was lovely talking to you!"
Tuva said with a smile on her lips as she really enjoyed talking to her.
„Oh yeah no problem. Wait let me give you my telephone number"
Alyssa said as she stood up to go grab a piece of paper.
When she returned she had a piece of paper in her hand where a telephone number was written on and she handed it to Tuva.
„Here you go. I'll wait for your message"
She said smiling.
Tuva said „thanks" and said goodbye as she walked over to the door.
Before she opened the door she turned around again looking at alyssa before she said.
„Wait , eh if you have time.. would you like to come over later and help me decorate my apartment?"
She asked her a bit unsure because she met that girl 2h ago.
But alyssa began to smile what she didn't expect.
„Heck yeah that'd be soo cool! I'm finished working in 3h. Call me then to tell me where!!"
She said still smiling at her.
Tuva nodded and smiled as she opened the door and walked out.
She was smiling.
First day in Dublin and she already made a friend.
Her eyes were now filled with joy as she walked home.
