Signs // Ruel

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Okay hey lovelies!! This chapter is for background info. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story xxx
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Navi

Sometimes I wonder if I'm on the right track in life. Am I setting my aims too high? Will there ever be a time when I'll be satisfied? Probably not; but I've got a feeling I'm about to find out. ~Navi

My mum has a new partner, Will. Well I say new, they've known each other since forever and he's always been present in my life. Although there was a time where his career took him to many exotic places, far and wide, I always knew that he'd come back to England for my Mum, Ashley.  She's always considered him one of those 'the one that got away' types, as they used to date as teenagers. I think they'll end up getting married some day. Now I'm 16, the same age they were when they first got together, and I can't imagine myself in a relationship of any sort.

I'd consider myself to be quite an open person, but I like to keep to myself. Me and my little group of friends have the best times, laughing and being stupid like teens do, but there has always been something missing. Adventure and new experiences, something different to the usual mundanities of life. Something like -

"Nav!"

my Mum howls from the kitchen downstairs. I pull out my earphones and throw them onto my bed, along with my trusty hardback diary I've had since I was small. I would never write in it back then, probably because I didn't know how to, but I've grown to be quite fond of it recently.

I begin to make my way down the fluffy cream carpeted stairs and into the living room. My Mum is visibly glowing with excitement as she sits down on the sofa next to Will, beckoning me with her right hand to come closer. They had just got back from a night away in one of those cutesy log cabins a few hours away from here. I had stayed at my friends house last night because I hate being home alone sometimes.

"We've got some news" my mum says through her soft smile, turning towards Will. She extends her left hand onto the coffee table in front, and I'm immediately immersed by the elegant ring on her ring finger.

"No way! You proposed? Oh my God Mum I'm so happy for the both of you!" I jump over the coffee table and embrace her. I can see Will beaming his signature Hollywood smile at us both over her shoulder.

"You knew I would, I wasn't going to let myself be 'the one that got away' and all that loving stuff your Mum says about me" Will uses quotation gestures and we all have a giggle at the situation. Will clears his throat like he has something important to say, as if anything could be more important right now.

"Since your Mum and I are going to get married, I wanted to let you know that this, right here, right now, is the beginning of our family. And with beginnings there are opportunities that may not have been around before." His eyes lock with my Mums and I start to feel excitement build up in my body again.

"I've had a job offer... A new position in a company that will change everything for us." He pauses just long enough for me to say "What do you mean? Where?" The excitement turned into anxiety within a split second.

"I want to give you both the opportunity to experience all the places I have, and that starts in Australia."

No. Freaking. Way