"Mom, I'm going to be fine. If you don't let go I'm going to miss my flight." Today's the day that I leave for California, but my mom won't let me go so that I can actually leave.
"I know. I just don't want you to go yet." She said, tears streaming down her face.
"It'll be ok. I'll call on the weekends and visit when I can." I say trying to get her to let go of me so I can leave. I love my mom I do, but I just want to get to California. I've been counting down the days until I'd leave and now that it's here it feels like I'm never going to get there.
"Ok." She said finally letting go. "Have a safe flight. Call me when you land."
"I will." I say grabbing my carry on bag and my ticket.
"I love you sweetie. Be careful." She says.
"I love you too." I say. I turn around and start walking towards the gate for my flight. I hand the lady working my ticket so that she can scan it. She then hands it back to me and I proceed towards the gate entrance. I stop in front of the entrance and take a deep breath and let it back out. "This is it." I whisper to myself. I inhale again and take my first step towards my new life.
<<<< 3 1/2 hours later >>>>
After what feels like forever, we finally land at LAX. Since I'll be staying in a dorm when I attend college, I'm going to be staying with my grandma for the summer. When I finally get off the plane and find her I can't contain my excitement.
"Oh Samantha it's so good to see you!" My grandma said hugging me.
"It's good to see you too grandma." I say hugging her back. "So how do we get out of here and more importantly where's the nearest beach?"
"The exit is that way and I live on the beach." My grandma says looping her arm with mine and walking towards the exit she pointed to.
"Are you serious? You live on the beach? This is going to be the greatest summer ever!"
"I have more exciting news." She says as I'm grabbing my suitcase from the bag return area.
"What's that?" I ask.
"We have some new neighbors." My grandma says with the biggest smile I think I've ever seen.
"And this is exciting because..?" I ask. Why are new neighbors exciting?
"Well, they moved here from Australia a couple of years ago. They just moved into our neighborhood last week. I was talking to her a couple days ago, her name is Ann. She told me she has three kids. Two boys and a girl, and guess what the best part is." She explains to me.
Oh no. "What's the best part?" I asked worried for the answer.
"Her oldest son is only nineteen! That's a year older than you!" She says as we put my bags into the car and climb in.
"Grandma are you trying to set me up already?" I ask her.
"Samantha you said the whole reason you wanted to do this trip out here was to try new things and fall in love."
"Exactly grandma, fall in love, not be forced into it." I say to her.
"I'm not forcing you to do anything. I'm just informing you." She said as she pulled away from the airport.
"Let's just take this one step at a time grandma, one step at a time." I say rolling down my window, breathing in the fresh California air.
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What is Love? (Ashton Irwin || AU)
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