Arianna is a 19 year old orphan who is looking after her 13 year old little sister Katie.
After her friend Aliayia went through a bad breakup with her ex-boyfriend they all decided to start a fresh, and what better place to do that than New Jersey...
Today's the day! Jesus is it really? A last minute I've half way across the world, this is the adventure of a life time. I lie in bed thinking about what I still need to pack and what I'm bringing on the plane. I rub my eyes, rubbing all the stress off my face, and sit up on the bed. I get up and walk over to the small chair thats not to far away from my bed and put on my clothes. I haven't worn these in years, back when I was a proper punk head! I decided to wear a eagle top with a red leather jacket, a black beanie to tame my mid length oburn hair which was naturally wavy. I also put on black ripped shorts and knee high socks with back combat boots. Not my usual look but it will do until I get to the new house.
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I make my way into the kitchen and start making bacon rolls for me and my little sister. I look at the time and it 9am, shit! She should be up by now!Typical teenager always leaves stuff until the last minute. It's only been me and Katie since our parents died over a year ago. I gained custody of Katie since I'm 19 but I had a lot of evidence to give since I she was only 12 when my parents died. The court did mention about foster homes for her but I refused, she's my responsibility no one else's. I put the bacon rolls and a glass of orange juice each on the dinning table and head through to Katie's room. We live in a 1 floor flat, my parents never really liked spending money even though they both had brilliant jobs. It was all about earning to them, which I'm thankful for. I head through to Katie's room and woke her up and of corse she makes a fuss. '5 more minutes' she says 'leave me alone' was another but after a few minutes of being a annoying sister she woke up and started getting ready. I left Katie's room when a joyful face came bouncing through the front door.
"Hello my darling!" my best friend Aliayia said joyfully while giving me a hug. She's actually moving with us to America. She broke up with her boyfriend Jake last month, found out he been cheating on her for about a year, it tore her apart so because the house we are moving too had a extra room I offered for her to move with us. I mean Aliayia doesn't have any family only her mum, but they don't get on very well I mean half the time she stays here or it was at Jakes house. We walk through to the kitchen and she begins to eat the bacon roll I made for her.
"Where's your things" I asked.
"Out in the hall" she said without a care in the world. "My mum said she will send all the big stuff over next week" she rolled her eyes. We got our beds shipped over and me and Aliayia went halves on a sofa which will be getting delivered the time we get there. We live in the east of Scotland and we are moving to New Jersey so we have a really long flight ahead of us. So we need to leave sooner rather than later! Seconds later Katie appears from her slumber and sat down eating her roll.
"Morning Peanut" I giggled and she ignored me. She's definitely not a morning person! I call her Peanut because when she was born I thought she looked like a peanut. People often don't believe that we are related because even though she is a good few years younger than me, she is nearly the same height and she has dirty blonde hair. We sat down discussing what's going to happen but we've nearly got everything sorted.
"You heard from Jake?" I questioned.
"Ugh don't ask. I had to change my number because he kept texting me" she said in exhaustion. He really did a number in her, I mean they have been dating for like 2 years.
"Hopefully he gets the message when you move away" I said tidying up the dishes and packing them in the box. We got our last things together and headed out the door. Aliayia phones the taxi in advanced and we got in to head to the Airport.
We arrived at Edinburgh Airport. We've checked in and took our seats on the plane. I sit next to the window because I'm such a nervous traveller and being next to a window helps me. The plane soon takes off and me and Aliayia talk about The Dolan Twins whole Katie listens to music.
"What would you do if we actually bumped into the twins?" Aliayia asked.
"No idea, but it would be amazing" I said excitedly. The Dolan Twins were famous YouTubers who me and Aliayia adore. We've watched them since they were 15 and now they've not long turned 20. How times change! We could talk about them for hours.
"So how you affording this place?" Aliayia asked. I mean that question was bound to pop up. The house I've bought is huge. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a hug attic room which will be a movie room. And the land is incredible, filled with trees and lots of country. Plus I hear the neighbours are very friendly.
"Well we've still got my parents inheritance plus I kept a lot of money from that job" I said looking down.
"Arianna, you told me you weren't dealing anymore" she said sternly.
"I'm not, please Katie still doesn't know" I said quietly.
"Well did you pay that bastard back?" I looked out the window then back at Aliayia.
"Of course" I lied. But if she knew the truth, she would freak. She let it go pretty quickly and started listening to her own music. I just stared out the window looking at all the clouds passing by. Hopefully my plan works, to get away from my own personal hell. What a rough few months, I can't go through that again, not the pain, not the stress, none of it. That part of my life is over!
The plane ride passed quite quickly, we basically ignored each other the whole time apart from when we got food. When we got to the airport we got our luggage and got on the train to get to New Jersey. Once we arrived we called a taxi and heading to our new house. Jesus this street is huge! Beautiful white houses with gorgeous lawns all the way down. Each house must have at least 4 or 5 bedrooms. Hopefully this small town girl will fit into a place. When the taxi stops outside our house we don't hesitate to get out and explore. Aliayia pays the taxi man and we head into the house. We had a huge bottom hall, on the left we had the huge sitting room and on the right leads into the massive kitchen. We had a huge staircase going up to all the rooms. Wow I could get used to this!
"I'm hungry" Katie moaned.
"Well your going to have to wait until dinner" I said still looking around the house.
"Actually I wouldn't mind something either, and to be fair it would be tea time in Scotland" Aliayia smiled and I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, the taxi passed a cafe not to far back I'll go get something" I said. "What's the orders?"
"Just get toasties and coffee" Aliayia said.
"Can I get coffee?" Katie asked.
"Think again, you'll get a milkshake or something" I said laughing.i gathered money and said my goodbyes and headed out to the cafe I said and I head out the door. It's absolutely beautiful in this area and not to mention the weather is all round sunny! I look at all the different house and even a few kids playing on bikes and hover boards. I think I definitely made the right decision by coming here. I walk for about half an hour when I reach Starbucks. Perfect! I start to walk towards it when I hear faint crying.What the hell, look around and I couldn't see anything, I continued to walk closer to the cafe when I ward the cry again this time it was a little louder. I followed the cry until it led me into a small alleyway where I saw a young girl I walk, God she looks about 6!!
"Hey. Are you OK?" I ask in a soft tone and she looks up to me with tears rolling down her face. I walk closer to her and she jumps back a bit. "It's okay I won't hurt you. Are you lost?" I ask her and she nods. "Can you tell me your name?" I ask her.
"Riley" she said quietly.
"Riley that's a lovely name. I'm Arianna. Where's your mum or your dad?"
"I was playing and.... And I was running and I didn't know where I was" I look at her confused.
"Well do you know where your house is?" I asked and she shook her head. Of course she doesn't Arianna, she's only a little girl. "Okay come with me" I said and I put out my hand. She refused to take it at first. "You can trust me, I'm going to find your mum and dad and I will buy you a milkshake while we wait" I said and she smiled and wiped her tears. She took my hand and we head into Starbucks.
