When We We're Young

When We We're Young 1226

Our flight was now ready and no fans are around, probably thinking that I wasn't in Brazil already. But the flight is again delayed, no private jet planes allowed yet. I took out my guitar, Astrid was fine drawing crowds in since it was the last day anyway.

I strum the chords of When I'm with you. Some people start to whisper, girls gasp as if knowing me already but I am pretty noticable. My hair was flown free, silver. And I was only wearing a blue shirt and denim shorts. And a denim jacket.

"Friday night beneath the stars... In the field behind your yard.. You and I are painting pictures in the sky...and sometimes we don't say a thing...just listen to the crickets sing...everything I need is right here by my side..and I know everything about you..I don't want to live without you..." the crowd sings with me as they start to gather up with cameras in their hands.

Wow fans travel fast that I might think they have a teleporter. I smile as the song ends and wave to them as their cheers gets louder and louder by the second. "Come on April, we're going" Astrid says as they all gather up. My guards pick up my bags as I wave at them one last time. "Thank you Brazil!"

I sit down my private jet, alone again. Bored as ever. "Yeah! Baby! We're going to Cambodia! I'm totally gonna go to the beach, its gonna be hot there" Emily, my make up girl cheers. People around nod at the idea but Astrid scowls at her "Well too bad cause we cant rest. We still need to go to Pennsylvania after, the arena was settled now" she snaps.

I roll my eyes and decide to sleep. I still can remember the first time I learned to swim, it was pretty eventful. Yeah sure I drowned but I got to hang out with Trevor the whole afternoon. With him making fun of the situation.

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"What the hell is your tripping today?!" I ask when he practically shouts at me to change into my bathing suit which I don't want to do.

I hate swimming. I never bothered to learn something I hate and yes, I love math, so no I don't fail in it. I am lazy, I made that pretty clear and I don't plan to spend my time in learning something that I can't apply in my future.

"Nothing. Your mom just shared something very interesting to me when I bumped to her in the grocery store" hmmm, so thats why my mom was giggling like crazy when she got home yesterday, something was indeed fishy and not just because we're going swimming-- get it? Hahaha, yeah I'm good, no need to clap.

"No way in hell am I swimming! I don't know how too!" I said as he forced me up to my room, and yes, I let him in my room since he barged in one day and just looked around and he's seen my 'embarrasing' stuff anyway so, no need in hiding anything that has already been found.

"Not anymore! Thats what I'm here for! I'm gonna teach you ofcourse. Now change" he commands snapping his fingers like a 'bitch' style. I sigh and change anyways, its summer. Might as well learn. I chose my diving attire, my mom once wanted me to go to swimming lessons and brought me this attire and even paid for a teaching class but I just sneaked out in the middle and go out.

I got out of the room and head out to the beach. "What do you mean? I thought you we're gonna teach me how to swim" I ask dumbfound when he showed me a jet ski that somehow, they had one here and he actually had the money to rent one. "Well your mom told me something other than you not knowing how to swim. Your sea sickness, your getting over that too"  he said in a matter-of-a-fact tone.

I don't want to get over that. I might never will. Its not a fear, it can't disappear right?  And I'll just get sick again and again. "If I puke on you its not my fault" I warn him as he straps the life jacket to me. He sits down first and I shake my head furiously "No way! I might fall from behind and you won't even notice then my hair would get stuck on that pedal thingy or worst! I'm gonna get eaten by sharks.. Wait? Are there sharks here?! No way am---" he cuts me off when he stood up and let me sit down infront him instead.

"Dont worry you'll be fine as long as I'm here and if there is a shark then both of us are gonna be eaten. The feelings mutual" he jokes with a wink at the end of his sentence. That does not make me feel any better. He starts the engine thingy and it starts slow which I am greatful of but then it starts jumping with the waves. His front is pressed in my back and his hands are stuggling to hold on to the accelerator. Shit. "This was a bad idea!" I shout through all the wind.

And that was a bad idea cause I lost my 'focus' if I ever had one cause I was too afraid. I get thrown back from the wind (What?! Don't judge! I'm small!) with him falling backwards too.

My fears didn't come true. My hair stayed safe, sharks didn't come chasing my ass but worste, Trevor's hands which were in the handle, in reflex, i guess, hit my stomach and snapping the straps out of my life jacket. And drowning was now my fear. I shout and try to come up to the surface. Clue word; Try, I was flapping my hands all over and my feet struggle to keep in rythm in swimming, the only thing I learned in that swimming lesson that I sneak out in the middle of is flapping my feet.

But I was too nervous to even do so. "Trevor!" I shout but that was a mistake, I fall back the water again drinking the salty sea water in the process. Then, strong arms wrap around my legs and arms. He swings my arm over his shouler and I gasp for air once he leans my body on the ski that was actually floating now. "Shit! April? Are you ok?" he asks.

Then the most unpredictable thing happened. I laughed. I laughed so hard but held on to the ski with all my strenght. "Oh My Gosh! Did you see me! I didn't drown! And fuck! That was funny! I was like a dead fish or something! You shoud've seen it. Well I didn't but still!" it wasn't filled with humor but I found my almost death situation funny.

He smirks and chuckles lightly "I was worried you know" he said, concern clear on his face. "I know"

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Lesson learned, live a little when you can cause you might not be able to do it, but when you go out to the world, have someone to lean on to. Someone once said; We all need someone to lean on.