Meant To Be

Chapter 7

{CARRIE}

I grab on to Alex's hand, here we go I think to myself. I feel Alex give my had a little squeeze and I immediately feel better, I've always had a fear of flying but I steady my breath once I cuddle closer to Alex. We were finally on the plane to England and we were going to be stuck on a plane for the next 13 hours, I sigh and lean my head on Alex's shoulder. My little TV flickers on, as I scroll through the countless movie choices Alex is playing with my hair which is messily braided to one side, right now I couldn't care less what I looked like. Half way through the movie I found myself falling asleep, Alex put his arm around me so I could get comfy I smiled, "thanks," I say to him, he winks back as I feel my eyes flutter shut.

I jerk up gasping for air, my neck wet with sweat, I feel Alex holding my hands and whispering, "hey, it's ok Carrie, I'm here you're ok." He looks a bit scared, and I try my best to focus and slow my heart rate, deep breaths I think, I look over at Alex and he explains, "it's been almost 8 hours you fell asleep and I did not long after, but you started sweating and shaking, you were whispering my name," he blushes but continues, "and for the past half hour I've been trying to calm you down but you wouldn't wake up, how do you feel?" I take in a shaky breath as the dream floods back, "I-I was losing you," I mumble trying to cover my cracked voice, the dream was horrific, all I see is Alex walking away from me, he fades and keeps fading but doesn't disappear; his words slapping me like a million knives: "Don't you get it Carrie, everyone leaves you no one cares enough to stick with you and all your problems. Just like your parents your sister, I'm sick of you," and he turns and doesn't look back, I crumble and cry hating myself for loving him. I snap back into reality Alex is still next to me holding me, comforting me. "Don't," I breath in slowly as I try and stop the tears, "please don't leave me," I barely whisper. Alex holds my cheeks with both his hands and kisses me lightly, "I won't Carrie, I promise" he says and kisses me again, and I fall asleep pushing the nightmares and anxieties away, hoping that Alex keeps his promise.

"Finally," Alex drops our suitcases in front of our new apartment door, we landed a couple hours ago and it's 6am here in England, we're exhausted. "Ready?" He grins at me, as he grabs the keys from his pocket. The door opens and I enter the cutest apartment, I smile turn to see Alex struggling with the luggage, I laugh, "you alright there?" I ask, "oh yeah, thanks for all your help," he says sarcastically. "This place is.. bare." I comment taking a look around, "yeah," Alex agrees, "we should maybe go furniture shopping." I grab my suitcase and drag it to one of the room, though it wasn't much of a room yet I loved the huge window and view it had, "Dibs!" I yell to Alex.

Hours later Alex and I are walking hand in hand in a park near our apartment, the weather in England was a bit more chilly than in Singapore so I had Alex's sweater around my shoulders. The sun was setting and we stopped to watch, "god it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," I say to no one, "second," Alex says. "What?" I ask, "second most beautiful thing," he says, "and the first would be..?" I eye him, "you," he winks and leans in for a kiss, but I can't help but laugh, "you are so cheesy you know that," and suddenly we're both cracking up laughing till tears at each others silliness. "Hold on," I stop laughing and listen hard, "what?" Alex asks worried, "are you oka-" "shh," I cut him off, and start walking in the direction of the sound I hear, "Carrie," I hear Alex shout after me but I ignore him and keep walking, I'm close enough to hear lyrics now and the chords of a guitar, a voice so beautiful, and so... familiar. I walk

up to a crowd but still can't see anything, I try and struggle through the people taking deep breaths so that I don't panic and cause a scene. Suddenly I'm soaked in a steam hot liquid which I identify as coffee right away, "shit," I mumble at the same time as the stranger that spilled the coffee all over me, I look up and freeze.

{DAN}

"Shit," I say to myself, I look down at the girl who was now soaked in my coffee for Lexi, I see her eye me and freeze, she says one word, "Dan," and before I realize I know what I'm saying I reply, "Carrie." Everything around me seems to stop as I realize how deep my feelings for this girl are, "what are you doing here?" I force out, "I um-," Carrie starts to reply but she sees something behind me and her eyes open wider and she stops talking. "Hey," I hear Lexi come up behind me, "enjoy the sh-," Lexi stops too. I watch the two girls stare at each other, I see slight similarities between them, Lexi finally speaks, all the excitement drained from her voice. "Dan," she starts, "how do you know my sister?"

A/N: hey hey hey i'm finally uploading please don't hate meee.. i had a crazy busy week dealing with club applications and homework and studying but i'm all good now. Soooo here's chapter 7 hehee i have an insane case of writers block so sorry if it sucks :( please keep commenting and voting because it means so much <3 alsoo follow my insta @carmelasia like a couple of my pictures for a follow back! xo