"Alyssa!" your mom called from down stairs, "coming mom" you yelled as you ran down the steps, you look for your mom who was sitting at the kitchen table with an envelope in her hand. "what's up?" you asked as you sat across the table from her, you kept looking at the envelope and back up at her, "I have a surprise for you" she says handing you the envelope, you slowly but anxiously open it and see a plane ticket you look up at your mom in shock "where are we going mom?" "not we, you..you're going to London to visit your aunt and cousin for a whole year" she says with a big smile on her face! you haven't seen your aunt and cousin since they moved out there 4 years ago and you kept in touch with your cousin who was older then you, you start screaming and jump out of your chair and run over to her, hug her and kiss her cheek and thank her a million times, but you ask her why she's sending you all the way to London by yourself for as long as you are. she looks up at you standing next to her with the tickets in your hand and says, " because you have worked so hard and deserve to get away! plus I need a break from you" she says laughing, you laugh with her and look at the tickets closely and see that you leave tomorrow morning, and you look at your mom in shock and say "well I have to go pack! thank you so much!" as you run upstairs! you finally get into your room and immediately call your cousin to tell her you're coming to London! she answers after two rings and asks why your calling so late and you scream into the phone saying "IM COMING TO LONDON!" you're cousin starts screaming! she's asks why you're coming and you say because mom says I deserve to get away and of course because she needs a break from me. I say as I laugh, at this point you're already picking out outfits to wear while you're there and you ask your cousin what you should bring and she says, "just bring summer clothes because we can always go shopping for when it gets colder here." you keep telling her how excited you are and how much you can't wait to see her and see what London is like. but after about 2 and a half hours of being on the phone with her talking about all the things you're gonna do while there you finally hang up and finish your packing. you end up having about 4 suitcases full of clothing, makeup, shoes, and any random things you throw in them. you turn around and look at your clock and it's almost 1 am and you hear your phone going off and look and see it's you're boyfriend! it completely slipped your mind to tell him that you're gonna be leaving for a year.
