Online Friends

Part 1

||Elly's POV||

"Elly please, are you really sure about this? So many things could go wrong! You can back out if y-"

"No mum. The ticket has been purchased. My bags are packed. You can't change my mind about living in Canada. Geez, I would've expected you to at least be proud of me. All you've been doing is talking about me possibly fucking up. Seriously. I'll be fine. I'm 21 now. I can do things for myself. I need this scholarship."

My mother sighed in defeat. She walked up to me and brushed the toast crumbs off of my shirt, she was always so worrisome.

"I am proud of you my girl. In fact, I'm more than proud. You've done so good for yourself, and I'm happy to have you as my daughter. I'm just worried."

I grabbed her hand, giving her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, I'll update you constantly and let you know what I'm doing. You can trust me."
She pulled me into a hug and I accepted it, burying my head into her neck and catching a whiff of her scent that she carried on her. The scent of home, the scent of hard work, the scent of love. She was a hardworking woman. My father left when I was only a toddler, so she was forced to take on both the roles of mother and father. And for that I will always look up to her.

The honk of a horn was heard outside, followed by a "HURRY UP BITCH WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!!" causing my mother and I to pull away from each other. The sentimental moment was now ruined... I swear to God..

"I have to go now.. I love you. I'll be sure to call and text you whenever I can... okay?"

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she tried her very hardest to keep them from running down her aged cheeks.

"Please do."

Was all she could say without breaking down. I gave her one more hug before picking up all my bags and heading out the door, she followed behind, standing by the door frame, as if hoping. Hoping that I'd turn around and change my mind. But I didn't. I threw my bags in the back of Piper's car. Piper swiftly rolled down the passenger window "HI JANETT! HOW'S THE KIDS!!?" My mother gave Piper a confused look and then started laughing. I slapped her on the back of the head. "Idiot! She's only got one kid. And it's me. YOU KNOW THIS!" Piper laughed it off, rubbing the back of her head "I know!! I'm obviously being sarcastic!"
I clipped my seatbelt on and looked out the window, waving my mother one last goodbye before we drove off.

"So, you're finally free huh? Going out to live in a big new city all by yourself. Think ya can handle it?" Piper questioned. Piper's my best friend. We've been best friends ever since childhood, and honestly, I don't know where I would be without her.

"Pfft, of course I can handle it. This is Elly you're talking about. I know what I'm doing." I retorted, softly punching her in the shoulder, causing her to laugh.

"In all seriousness though, you had many scholarships in, you know, the country that you live in. I don't know why you chose the only one that was all the way in Canada." I shrugged. "New experiences I guess."

That's what I said, and that's partially the truth. It'd be great to live in and experience life in a different part of the world, and I held off my scholarship until I turned 21 so I could have a little more freedom and could do as I please. But one of the other reasons why I did choose it was because.. Yuki lived in Canada. And I know, it's really stupid, and it's most likely that I'll never see him because I only knew that he lived there. I didn't know what part of Canada he was living in, but again, it was my naive brain. It was wishful thinking. We'd bump into each other, embrace, and start from where we left off. But, it's highly unlikely. That was just a small part of me that wanted my fantasy to come to life. I didn't need it. I only told a few close friends of what had happened between Yuki and I. And all of them said the same thing..

"..Y'know that's like.. pedophilia right? He was 20, and you were 13. That's messed up."

They said it like I didn't know, I knew it was wrong, and disgusting and horrible of him. But.. it happened at such a young age.. it had become the norm for me. If I could talk to him, even for just one last time, I'd tell him that age didn't matter to me, and I forgive him. I couldn't tell anyone that's how I felt though..

The drive lasted a little while, Piper and I jammed to some music, told some jokes and reminisced on old times during our little road trip. I knew I was gonna miss her a lot. "Y'know.. Imma miss you Elly. You better not do any stupid shit. Without me at least." We both laughed at the last statement. It's almost as if she read my mind. "I'll miss you too, and no promises to that" I winked at her and we both laughed again. The drive had finally ended, and we had arrived at the airport. We still had some time before I had to leave, so Piper and I decided to hang out inside the airport, eat some food and all that biz. We took our time heading to the terminal, trying to spend as much time as we could within those last 5 minutes, time was flying by faster than ever, and I didn't want it to. I wanted to stay here. With Piper. With mum. With everyone else.. But I couldn't.
"Flight 407, the plane will now be boarding passengers." I looked up at Piper "Welp, guess it's time for me to scidaddle.." I said in a humorous tone, trying to make light of the situation. She looked up at me, giving me a soft smile. "Yep, I guess so." Her smile seemed melancholic in a way. I knew that she was sad about me leaving, and I wish I could've taken her along with me. But sadly, it just wasn't possible. We reached the front of the gate and we both hugged each other.

"Elly, if you see him, don't do anything you'll regret.." she whispered in my ear. I knew exactly what she was talking about.
I let go of our embrace and smiled at her. "It's alright Piper. I'll be fine." I expected her to smile back, but she didn't. "I hope so."
I picked up my bags and gave the woman my ticket, looking back at Piper one last time. I tried not to get emotional, but it was easier said than done. We both waved, and that was that. She was gone. I wasn't going to see her again for God knows how long, and it scared me. Now I've gotta deal with time differences and all that bullshit, so it won't be as easy contacting her like it always had been. She was always there for me, and I was there for her. I just hope it won't be too long until I get to see her again...

I sat in my seat, thankfully it was by the window, the night sky drowning out any natural light surfacing the world. All that there was to light up the airport were it's different shining lights. It had made me feel at ease, I always loved the night better than the morning. Things seemed more calm, more serene, like.. even though there were bad things going on in the world, at night all you had to do was look up at the stars and know that everything would be alright. As much as I was sad about leaving everyone, I was also excited. Living this whole new life, meeting many more people.. and.. as much as I did want to see him, possibly I could forget about him and find someone else.. yeah... that sounds better than waiting for someone who disappeared out of my life without a trace.
I threw on my earphones, playing some music while the plane took off, and I suddenly grew tired, darkness overtaking my vision.

Last thing I could remember was imagining Yuki and I together.