More Than Love

Welcome to Indonesia

Engfa POV:

"Welcome to Indonesia!"

"P'Fa we love you"

"Suay Mak!"

I smile and wave at the fans that's crowding around the airport as I'm heading to the Miss Grand van, ready to leave for the hotel.

"P'Fa can I get a heart!" Someone yells and I look and flash them a smile while holding out my hand to connect with theirs to make the other half of the heart.

"AHHHHHH!" The fans erupt into screams which causes me to smile more widely.

"I love you guys" I say to everyone before getting into the van. I wave at them and I hold my hand up in a half of heart shape and press it to my cheek making a cute face at them.

Everyone is holding up their phones and I see camera flashes start to go off rapidly as they anxiously try to capture the moment.

I close the van door muffling the screams, but not ready to leave the fans just yet I roll down my window.

The sound burst through the car from the roaring crowd as I hold out my hand to the fans that were reaching out to me. The van starts to slowly drive away and once my hand connected with the last person, I stick my head out of the window and wave to the crowd before we disappear off onto the road.

I roll my window back up and sigh.

"You're quite the popular person here in Indonesia I see." The driver in the car says.

"Engfa Waraha is Thailand's best!" P'Van pipes up from the seat beside me before I could respond.

"I can see that. This is the most crowded and loudest the airport has been all day. Mind you, I've been here picking up a lot of the Miss Grand people all day. We were actually supposed to have some other beauty queens in here with you but their flight got a little delayed and one of them got into the van in front of us right before you got into this one. There's actually a lot of the Miss Grand girls at the hotel already. A bunch of the fans are there too. They are hanging in the corridor and some of the queens were down there as well." The driver said happily telling us the events of the day.

"Oh wow. Im exited but also a little nervous to meet everyone. My English isn't the best so I'm afraid I'll have a hard time understanding everyone. What if I be lonely?" I said feeling panic rise as I don't want to feel isolated. I know I'm good at making friends but would that translate over to English when I'm not the best at it?

"Don't worry P'Fa it's going to be a lot of Thai people here since Nawat owns the Miss Grand organization. P'Champ and a few other MGT staff are already here. Plus, there's some neighboring countries that also may know Thai so you may meet some contestants who can understand and speak Thai as well. However, don't limit yourself where you're comfortable even if your English isn't fluent yet, still try to make an effort with everyone. Charisma transcends language barriers." P'Van said to me wisely.

I take a moment to think and calm myself down as I soak in her words. I'm going to put my all into this pageant and maybe speaking English with the other people here would be good practice for when I have to speak it on stage.

I glance at my phone and decided to send a quick text to my family and friends.

I unconsciously smile when Charlotte's name comes across my screen. I open our message thread and see she sent me some funny memes, while also asking me have I arrived yet. This made me chuckle a little because right after she sent another message clarifying that she meant back in Thailand.

I sent her a teasing message saying how I had just bordered the flight to Indonesia when she sent me the message about being back in Thailand and that three weeks don't pass by in just minutes. Ending it with asking her does she miss me that much already.