City of Angels. || Ashton Irwin

Chapter 4

Ten years later and I am now preparing for a well deserved vacation to my best friend Camera's families holiday home in the lake. I am so excited and I am relived to be getting away. Home has been so busy and stressful as mum and her fiancé Richard are planning the wedding. Richard loves mum and although it was a little weird at the beginning as he was mums boss but the signs were there, everyone knew it, except them. Mum has found her Prince Charming and he actually cares about mum and me more than he does about himself. I admire his efforts of being involved with me as much as possible. And I can see him as being a fatherly figure. He means a lot to mum and he does to me, or at least I think he does. Richard is a tall, nutty tanned skin and has dark brown hair and is scruffy. He is very romantic. He proposed to mum when they went for a weekend away to Florida while they were in Disneyland. He knows mum too well. Mum loves Disney and she always wanted to go there but never got the chance. Richard though made her dreams come through and he hired a band and at midnight when fireworks went off and a parade was held he proposed to her. My mum was never proposed to. Even my dad didn't. They just decided to get married. Lucy stop it remember we agreed to eliminate him from our lives.

I admire how Richard informed me that he was going to proposed. I was thrilled. I was so happy for mum, she deserved him. They were like Romeo and Juliet only with a happy ending. They were meant to be and I see the way Richard eyes glow whenever he sees her. Anyways Camera and I are on the search for a summer full of adventure. We vowed to actually do something this time. We went last year and just sunbathed by the lake and went looking for a wi-fi zone. Typical I know. But we made a promise to not use our phone only for contact or emergencies. I was almost packed at this stage, something was missing I could feel it. Jerry Jones! I grabbed him from my bedside. I know he's only a stuffed animal but he played a major role in my childhood. He meant everything to me and he still does. I packed him into my suitcase. I have everything. I looked carefully at my checklist. (I am very organised) I had everything all I needed was some money I brought my money I was saving the entire year for this trip.

'Beep.' 'Beep.' is all I could hear. "They're here." Mum called from downstairs. I rushed down and said my goodbyes. "Be careful honey and enjoy yourself. Call me as soon as you get there okay? " She is always thinking of me. "Yes mum don't worry about me I'll be fine. Bye Richard. Take care of her for me okay?" I hug him tight and he plants a kiss on my head. I get goosebumps every time he does that. I don't think I'll ever get used to a fatherly figure give me the love I desperately need for all those years. "Bye love you." Both mum and Richard said in unison. "Love you" I shouted back as I rushed out to meet Cameera and her parents. I greeted her parents as I got into the car. "SUMMER IS HERE!" Cameera shouted as I entered her mums new navy Mercedes. "I'm so excited!" I join in with her. "Looking for love? Luces?" Cameera teases. It does sound appealing. A summer love and I never had a boyfriend. Or even kissed a boy. I've found it hard to trust men. The only male species I am actually fond of is Richard. But sure whatever happens, happens right? I have got to stop being so uptight and learn to let go. I know not every man on the planet is like dad but it's just a burden I carry with me that no one knows about only mum, Richard and me. Cameera doesn't even know. I just said he left a long time ago, long enough for me not to remember him. But I do. I remember every ounce of pure evil of him. And I refuse to discuss this matter any further. I think to myself. "Not for me babe, but maybe you huh?" I laughed. Cameeras dad coughs uncomfortably. But Cameera and I can't help but laugh. I am myself around Cameera. I am so lucky to have her as a friend. We met when I first moved here. We were only six so when we met I liked her bow so I said "hey I like your bow it's very pretty" and she replied. "Thank you. Do you want to be friends ?" I never had a friend before. Ya I had Jerry Jones but not an actual friend. So my eyes lite up and I squealed "yes!" And that's where it all began. From that day on we were inseparable. Ten years later and nothing has changed. And I hope that's the way it will stay.

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