Your dreams are as hungry as your demons

Something's Coming

Chapter 1

In just two months I'll be at my dream college; NYU, everything I ever dreamed and talk about for the past 4 years has been " New York " "Juilliard" "Broadway" and more " Broadway". Everything finally makes sense all of my sacrifices and sleepless nights applying for online jobs for my curriculum have finally paid off. I've been on dancing, singing and acting lessons ever since I can remember I won my first tap dance competition when I was just 3 years old. I know I'm not typical beauty and that no one is ever going to pay me to walk the runway or cure cancer, neither will I write the next big novel, but if you give me a stage to sing on I know in my gut that there's no one that can beat me. I was born for Broadway and that's all I ever dreamed of ever since I can remember, growing up I loved watching tv shows and classic movies like Clueless and The Last Song, but I never really felt like I had anything in common with the girls in those movies meanwhile the rest of my friends idolize them, thankfully my mother introduced me to Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl when I was just 10, it was watching her sing and act on Funny Girl that made me feel so alive and so me,I saw myself in her the way my friends saw themselves on does other movies. I understood that Barbara was  considered beautiful because of her charisma,talent and attitude and in that moment I knew it, that was the type of beautiful I wanted to be.

I honestly don't know why we're going to do this, I guess me and my friends are the definition of "crazy" It's 3:00 am and we're catching a plane to España Madrid. The reason for this is totally unknown, we were having a movie night on Brenda's house and then a Volaris commercial came on and next thing we know we are on top of a plane. I guess this is something good, we are all heading to different colleges in just two months, a time for just ourselves is something we're really going to enjoy. " Regina, Regina! Aren't you excited??" Valery squeaks " I really am Valery " I answer her calmly " Me and Brenda have come up with a rule for you, no talking about Broadway, Juilliard or New York ok? This will be the the trip of our lives, a trip we should always remember. I don't want to remember this trip with you always talking about the same stuff, you need to open up your mind, who knows maybe you're meant to do something different and you don't even know it. " Valery tells me with a sweet smile. "I highly doubt that but okay I'll try. "  The rest of the plane ride went by pretty quick, we talked about all of the places we want to visit and all of the food we want to try. I feel that something good is about to happen, something great, something different I feel just the way Tony felt before meeting Maria at West Side Story. But I'm not sure I want to feel this way,  honestly I don't want anything different, my whole life has been Juilliard, NY and Broadway and I don't want it to change. We land on Spain at 3 pm so thats the perfect excuse for us to go eat, food is what I think the most about after my dreams.  I can't stop gazing at how beautiful Madrid is, the sky is as blue and crystal as water and the city is full of greens and arts. " So where should we go eat?, I made some research on the plane and there's this coffee shop that seems really tasty " Brenda tells us. We couldn't make our minds for what seem like forever but at the end we just ended up in the place Brenda suggested in the first place. Once we arrived we order about 5 different plates to share, we ordered some small baked potatoes with buffalo sauce, paella , sopa de tortilla and three different sandwiches, the food here is so amazing and just perfect, just like my grandmother told me; people who love to eat are always the best people. Once we're done we head outside and we have absolutely no idea what to do next, " I think we should ask them", Valery points at 5 very attractive boys probably between the age of 20-24 they were all wearing jeans and a flannel ,  " Oh come on Valery we should make this trip a no guys trip. " I tell Valery  " No way " Brenda practically screams, "We gotta strut down these streets like they're runways and let Madrid know the we have arrived. I can feel them staring at us, as if they know that we might or might not go talk to them.  Suddenly one of them comes to us out of nowhere, " Excuse me but you three seem kind of lost, is there anything we can help you three beautiful ladies with?"  He asked us with a strong Spanish accent , he was tall, dark brown hair, beer and green eyes. " Actually " Brenda says,  " We don't really know where to head next or what to do, we're going to stay here in Madrid for approximately 2 months. We have a small apartment by the east and we have no clue where to get food or water for our apartment." The tall handsome guy laughed, " We can give you a tour around Madrid, I mean me and my friends. So you three can get to know parts of the city and know where everything is. " " Sure that won't be a problem for me" " Neither for me" Valery states. " Um no offense you seem kind of nice and everything, but we don't really know you, or your friends. " I tell the guy with a tone that sounded ruder than what I expected. " Exactly, isn't this why you came here? To Spain? To meet new people and have a good time?" " Well in that case, my name is Rebecca". I tell him not so convinced,  and suddenly out of nowhere I'm interrupted when one of his friends walks to me and snaps a picture of me, he is tall with dirty blonde hair and green eyes. He is the kind of man that walks into the room and all the walls fall down. "What was that for?" I ask him  "Memories and pictures last forever, it can sometimes be art, and I love art." He tells me with such a calmness in his voice that automatically makes me feel more relaxed.  " By the way my name is Andres, and if I heard correctly from where I was you're Rebecca and you're scared of trying something new? Aren't you? " "No, I'm just precautious that's all, "I snap back. " So? What do you girls say about the tour?¨ The other guy asks, and for a moment I totally forgot about him, " Sure, my name is Brenda, she's Valery and like you heard she's Rebecca. "

Exploring Spain was something really unique, we  didn't bought a lot of stuff as we don't want to spend our budget on simple food when we have  extraordinary restaurants in every single street. The rest of the day went by pretty quickly, Spain is just so beautiful  which makes time countless. The boys turn out to be actually really cool guys, Daniel, Carlos, Tomas, Luis and Andres. I haven't spoke to Andres ever since the picture accident, there's something about him, like if something's about to happen, not just with him but with life. I have this feeling like I'm waiting for something but I have no clue what I'm waiting for. " So what do you guys do at night here in Madrid?" Valery asks exited. " Actually there's this party in an outdoor plaza in the center of Madrid but we thought you girls were to tired to go, but the invitation is open." Valery and Brenda say yes almost in singing unison, I know I promised them that this would be an off Broadway, Juilliard, and NY and that I was suppose to be crazy and outgoing in this trip but I really feel like writing about Spain and about Andres, don't get me wrong it's not that I have a crush in him or anything like that. I don't allow boys to consume that part of me and my one and only love is New York and Darren Criss, I've never written about a boy before, I think that theres a  saying that goes " In order to be a writer you need to fall in love  first" I have fallen in love, I have fallen in love with the way the buildings look at 6 pm from downtown at New York, I have fallen in love with a voice that gives me chills, I have fallen in love with music, with Broadway and I don't think I need anything else. I don't want to write about him but at the same time I do, I want to write about his eyes, they show so much calmness, purity and happiness but at the same time they show sadness and desperation, there's something about him that makes him so particular so unique, I've never seen someone like him. " So " Brenda speaks snapping me out of my thoughts. " What do you say? are you up to it? " "I will probably just stay in and write about how beautiful Spain has been." " Oh come on Regina, you need to live the full Spain experience."! Daniel tells me " You like to write?"  Andres asks me, this is the first time he speaks to me since the early afternoon. " I do, I really do. " " She's like obsessed with it and with Broadway and NY " Brenda says with a little bit of annoyance in her voice. " I think that writing about something that didn't exist before is the closest to magic that we will ever get. " Andres tells us, he says this with such a clearness in his voice, he sounds so pure and so truthful. He said this looking directly at me and for a moment I felt the whole universe inside me, he seems so enlighten.  Then he turns around and stares at the window, " But I would be lying if I said that you wouldn't be missing anything, the city is mostly alive at night. " and that was all I needed in order to be convinced, I was going tonight.

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. - Barbara Streisand