Ice And Fire

Do you even like packing?

"Everything is planned out now. All left to do is packing."  Jess pointed out as she finished scribbling on her notepad.

Two days ago we graduated and now we are supposed adults in front of everyone and it's already very different.

Actually the trip was supposed to be for me and Lucas, but then there came up a idea of double couple trip and that's when Jess and Jeremy entered the scene.

Almost two hours later to it, the other two boys were also hyped for the trip and next all I remember is eight of us sitting together planning out the trip.

After five days of planning, arguing, irritating, eating tacos, listing and begging our parents for money, we have finally completed our plan.

It's very difficult.

Also, JJ helped me with the finances and now for my whole life, he won't let this slip down.

If you'll ever say anything related to money, I'm pretty sure he will make it a big deal then.
But it's okay, till the time we are all together going to this trip.

We all let our bodies take a little rest and my back was already hurting due to sitting like this for hours.

But one whole week with my best buddies is worth all this pain.
No pain No gain. I feel it now.

Next month we are off to Italy!!

I'm going to go crazy. Not because I'm going there but because of the heavy shopping and packing that is going to come up.

One month of all of this.
I can shop whenever I want to, but I'm not very fond of packing up stuff. It's stupid.

Anyways, a week later we all girls went for the first round of shopping.

We pulled out to go for shopping but it was of no use actually. I found some accessories to go with my clothes which I really never wore earlier.

Day by day, we had various lists and work to do.

We did two or three part time jobs, so that we can save up more for our trip and still gave some left with us for college.
After all just after trip in a week's time I'll be leaving for my college and on the same day Lucas will leave and till Manhattan he will accompany me.

He has got another flight to board from there. It's crazy to even think about it. Sometimes thinking about the thing that he won't be around, scares me and I cried too many nights about it.

Anyways, after innumerable tiring trips to mall and places for clothes and accessories, we didn't find very much of extraordinary clothes for myself and Jess.

So that night me and Jessica sat in her room, and suddenly I decided to go through her closet.
Over the years her closet have increased just like her height. She has grown so tall. A living giraffe.

Being average heightened already is a little problem for me and her being so tall spoils almost every picture. We have this almost six inches difference.

I pulled out some dresses from her closet and again dug through her whole closet and suddenly voila! we both have a lot of clothes to wear.

It's good to have a best friend whose clothes fit you as well. Excluding the pants, because I need to fold them.

Her short dresses are almost knee length to me and it goes by me.

We both pulled out clothes and put them aside as from tomorrow we start packing our clothes.

Next day, sitting in my room glaring at my reflection at my phone I thought how ugly I look sometimes and sometimes I can't stop looking at myself. It's a same face and still I have this going on this with me.

Packing is such a tedious task and some people still enjoy doing it.
For myself I don't even know how these one month passed and how am I supposed to pack everything in just one day and a night and half a day.

Consider the half day gone already because I just know myself. I know that I won't work. Sincerity in work isn't very much my thing.

After one hour of sleep, I stared at my bags. Unpacked and untouched.
I was about to start working, when my stomach growled with hunger. I was starving.

Another hour went by without me packing a single piece of cloth.

Soon time went by and it was already ten in the night when Lucas facetimed me.
"Finally!!" he yelled from the other side and continued chilling and jumped on his bed and laid his phone on the other side and rested his face on the pillow.

"Finally what?" I said as I rested on the seat.
"I just completed packing. I'm so relieved now." Lucas flaunting like the perfectionist he is.

I kicked the clothes near me to the other side.

Ofcouse I didn't want him to know that I didn't even started it. I'm not in a mood of listening him giving me a lecture on punctuality.

"Well good. I've got some work left and clothes to keep. So I'll talk tomorrow. And yes don't text me tomorrow morning. I mean it." I commanded him sternly.
"but why?" he asked me with a confused face.
"Just don't." I replied.

Anyone could easily see the horror on my face once I ended the call.

I looked all over my room and I just know there is no way I could do all of this and sleep and do my beauty routine.

It's time for my Riley magic! 

I put on my Korean paper mask and started with my clothes which are supposed to be worn on the last day. In the same order one by one I kept my clothes and placing my night time clothes in the other side.

In the order bag I placed my dresses which needed special care and kept it aside.

My clothes were ready. It was already two in the night.

I was already tired and thought of taking a nap. But if I did that, I would never wake up on time.
Naps are super dangerous. They can be seven minutes to seven hours long and you never know.

I started sorting my makeup in a pouch and it took me some time actually. After half an hour of deciding and matching lip shades with my clothes I managed to pack it up and put in my bag.

Next thing left was accessories and shoes.
I got my best shoes and boots and went over with rings, bracelets, sunglasses and pendants.
Keeping some last moment things and packing my carry bag I finished it.

It felt like I accomplished something. Something so big and precious. I was horribly tired, my snacks were over and so was the night.

It was four forty five in the morning and I haven't even closed my eyes for more than a second. That's called blinking.

I jumped on the bed and threw a box to shut off the lights because I was too lazy to even stand up again. Good aim I got there. I stretched and I could feel my back being relaxed and blood travelling smoothly inside me.

I have exact seven hours to sleep.

Good night fellas!

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