MY BIG DREAM
CHAPTER 1: THE PREPARATION
Loneliness, breaking up and one chocolate on the table, isn't the greatest way to begin my summer holidays. Except from the fact that I have to loose weight, I have to find an ideal way to spend my summer. But how? In 2 days I'm going abroad. I am not sure that this was the greatest idea and maybe it's going to sound a bit weird but..... YES!!!!! I will go to a summer school in London where I will follow courses on fashion design and maybe dance and theater. I don't know if I have told you but MY BIG DREAM is to be a fashion designer. I want to design all this gorgeous dresses which I'm watching on the television and to organize those big fashion shows. But this is just a dream and I don't even know if it will ever become true. So...... back to the reality. Oh! my god. I'm so sorry I was just to forget that I haven't introduced myself. I'm Ashley. I live in Greece and I have a beautiful big family. I have two sisters and two brothers and as I was telling you in 2 days I'm leaving to go to England. So I have to prepare my stuff. Luckily I will go to stay with my sister who is studying and finally I'll get free. I will be allowed to do what I want without having my mum asking me every second what time I'll be back and with whom I'll go out. All the parents are the same. They want to know everything. Even though I'm 16 they can't understand that I'm old enough to take care of myself. I want so much to grow up and go to study abroad, doing whatever I want without rules, like my sister. She's so lucky. She promised me that upon my arrival we'll go out for dinner and she will show me what a lovely town London is. I've never been to London before but I believe that I'm going to love it. But most of all I'll love my freedom.
"I love LONDON" I shout it so loudly that my mum knocks at the door and as she usually does, she enters the room without waiting for an answer.
"Are you dreaming again?"
"No, I was just thinking loudly" I replied, and it is only later I understood what I had just said.
"Fine" she said with this ironic look on her face "come to help your dad with the luggage" she smiled and closed the door.
I was so happy that I didn't care about anything. I could even help my dad, clean the whole house or even work in the garden if this was necessary. I was dreaming as usual. The phone rang and I had totally forgotten that my best friend was supposed to call me.
"Hey" I answered the phone
"Hey Ashley I have great news. Guess what? She said and her voice revealed her happiness.
"What happened" I said and I was anxious to hear her news.
"Finally my mum let me go alone to America. It's going to be perfect. But she said that I have to go to my cousins. But it's not a bad idea because they will show me all the places. It's going to be fantastic. I'm so excited" she was screaming and was so happy that the only think I had to do was to be happy too. But I couldn't understand how she has succeeded to convince her parents so easily to send her alone to America, while it took a whole month for my parents to finally decide about me going to England.
"This is amazing. I can't believe that. You are so lucky. You're going to have a lot of fun"
I answered.
"I wish the same to you too"
"ohh thanks I think it will be well. Luckily I will also do a little bit of shopping"
"Yes that's true". "Sorry but I have to go, love you"
"Love you too" I answered with a melancholic voice wishing, without knowing why, to be at her place and I put down the phone.
I was about to tumble into the bed when I remembered that I had to go downstairs to help my dad. So I went outside to the garden holding as usually my iPod into my right hand. Especially now that I have downloaded all the songs from my favorite movie "the stars". By the way I have to admit to you that the main actor is ....... gorgeous.
When I finished helping my dad I went inside to the living room to watch TV. It was my last day. Tomorrow I am leaving for London and I have to say goodbye to my grandparents. You see I'll be away for the whole summer and I will return one day before the beginning of the school year. A long time away from home but my mum's excuse was that all this time in England I'm going to do a little practice. As there was nothing special on the TV I went upstairs to see if I had left behind something important. Walking upstairs I was thinking about a choreography. At the beginning of the school year seniors are preparing a show for the freshmen. For two years now I have been organizing that show. It is a bit stressful but believe me ... the result is always great. This year I have to find two choreographies because more and more girls want to take part.
I have already found 9 to 10 movements but I cannot continue because I heard my mum's voice from the kitchen.
"We are having dinner"
"Perfect" the truth was I was hungry so I went downstairs quickly. But we couldn't start as we had to wait for my little sister to come out from the shower.
"Finally" we said all in once.
"I wasn't that late"
"Ok" I said very nervous as I wanted to eat "just sit down and eat, without speaking please". Immediately after I finished my dinner I went to my room. I took my iPod, and lay down. The truth is that I was anxious about the next day. I only wanted to go away and follow my dream.
