Starting from the beginning is good right? Starting over in a new place is scary I have to admit that much but honestly its for the best. I've lived in the same place forever and I hate it, I need somewhere new. So that's why i'm here.
"Flight to Los Angeles is now boarding." I hear over the loud speaker in the airport.
That was the only place I could even think about going to, I've always wanted to go there but I've never gotten the chance to. I grab my things and make my way to the boarding gate to get onto the plane. It was my first time flying alone and honestly I was a little nervous. What if the plane crashed or I had an emergency?
I'm hoping I get a seat next to a decent person, maybe even make a friend. I look down at my ticket. Was I sure about this? I mentally said yes to myself even though my stomachs telling me this is a horrible idea. I look down at my phone as it starts buzzing from the calls that i'm not ever going to answer.
I step on the plane, this is it. There's no turning back now.
It took me a while but I finally found my seat and sat down. I noticed there wasn't anyone sitting next to me yet, maybe no one has the seat next to me. That could honestly be a good thing. I spoke way too soon .
I see a blonde haired boy coming to sit next to me, he smiles lightly at me.
"Hi there" he smiles as he speaks, you could clearly hear the accent in his voice, "I'm Luke and I thought I should say something so we're not sitting here in awkward silence this whole 12 hour plane ride."
I laugh at him "Yeah, sounds like a good idea, Nice to meet you I'm Katie" He reaches out to shake my hand.
"What's bringing you to LA?" I freeze up when he asks me this. "Well," I pause, "Its kind of a long story. I just needed to get out of New York, you know? I've lived there my whole life and I just need a change in scenery."
"I understand you completely, I'm originally from Australia but my career takes me and my 3 best friends all over the world." He smiles.
"Oh, what do you do?" he laughs "Now that's a long story, ill explain later." He gives me his phone.
"What do you want me to do with this?" I look at it. "Put your number in it, so we can keep in touch after this plane ride." I type out my number and save my contact and hand it back to him.
I reach in my bag and grab out my head phones and plug them into my phone and listen to The Fray. Luke looks down at my phone. "You like The Fray?" I nod, "They're my favorite actually, I've seen them in concert twice"
"They're okay, i'm more of a Blink-182 kind of guy" He turns around to the 3 boys sitting behind us.
"Guys, meet Katie." They all look up and wave and say hi. "This is Michael, Calum, and Ashton. They're my ban-Friends." They're eyes widen, "They're your what?"
The guy to the right who I think is Ashton looked at him "Just go ahead and tell her Luke" "Tell me what?" I reply. Luke sits back and faces the front of the plane. "Well Katie, those guys are my bandmates I'm in a band, were called 5 Seconds Of Summer. We're a band from Sydney in Australia that just happened to get big because Louis from One direction invited us to open up for them on their tour and they're fandom fell in love with us and the rest was history."
My eyes went wide "I saw you in New York with One Direction, you guys are really talented but I wont treat you differently just because you're famous. I respect you so much, I'm happy you told me though."
"I really appreciate that so much, some people freak out because i'm famous. I'm a regular human with regular interest, i'm so thankful for how far we've came though. It feels like just yesterday we were uploading videos on YouTube and getting maybe 200 views a cover. It all happened so quickly to be honest I never thought we'd be traveling the world but I wouldn't change it for the world. I love the boys they're my best friends, but enough about me. What's your story? You don't have to tell me all of it I just want to know you better."
"Well, My Names Katie but you already knew that. I'm 18 years old, ill be 19 in April. I've always wanted to be a writer or a musician, I can play tons of instruments. I never thought i was good enough. I have 2 siblings and they're 14 and 15. My parents go a divorce when I was really young and my mom remarried to an asshole and had my brother and sister. All Robert ever does is drink. I miss my dad a lot, he never comes and sees me. I always thought I wasn't good enough to come visit, Robert always told me that." I started tearing up, I never talk about my dad.
"You don't have to tell me anything else if you don't want to Katie, but just so you know i'm here and i'll listen and I wont judge you. My home situation isn't perfect either" He side hugs me.
"No, it's okay i'll keep going. So when I was 15 I got really depressed. I never ate which made me lose a ton of weight and everyone made fun of me for it. I wanted to die, I tried everything. When I was 16 mom put me in a hospital and when I got out I was a completely different person. I wasn't necessarily happy but I was better." I choke back tears.
"I'm so sorry for what happened to you, I will always be here for you Katie. Even if we just met you're one of my friends and I will be here for you." I smile really big at him.
"But that still doesn't answer my question from earlier" he looks me in the eyes "What brings you to LA Katie, where are you going?
"I don't know, i'm just a runaway."
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Holy shit guys i'm back and its been over a year. I've decided to start writing again and i'm so excited for it. I've missed it so much, it was my escape from the real world. So many good things are coming your way :)
xoxo, Katie
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New Life (5sos fanfiction)
Fanfiction" Why do you smoke Katie?" " Because I'll die faster. Simple."
