Faster than the Night

Chapter 1

Hey y'all and welcome to Faster than the Night! I hope you all love this novel! This is supposed to be a detour from the stereotypical romance novel. Elaine, the main character, is a strong willed, independent woman who puts her friends, family, and career above finding love. How will that work out for her? You'll have to read and see! Please give me a follow and feel free to comment!

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Every morning as I woke, I remembered the dreams I had from the night. As the sun kissed my cheek, further waking me up, I knew it would be a long time before it was night again. Sluggishly, I got myself out of bed, getting my clothes to wear that day. What's new about a day that isn't as spectacular as a night? I thought to myself. In my rundown two bedroom apartment, with the sounds of college kids coming home from a very late night, I sat on my sofa staring out the window. My parents always encouraged, well encouraged is an understatement, more like forced me to look into colleges. Looking at those late night partyer's, I asked myself what they could possibly be studying. Georgia Tech was right by my apartment, so I always assumed they went there. But how? Every night these girls would either come home crying over a boy dumping them, or bring a new boy in the house, doing things I prefer to leave out of my mind. Where and when could they possibly have gotten their studying done? I was caught out of my daze with the sound of my phone ringing. Layla. Layla has been my bestest friend since preschool, and called me every morning, every afternoon, and every night before bed. With the swipe of my finger, I took her call.

"Hey." she said sounding as sleepy as always.

"You know you don't have to call me every morning right, you sound exhausted." I said laughing.

"Yes I do, you're all the way in tim buck to I gotta make sure you didn't get kidnapped." she said sarcastically. Layla didn't like that I moved to Georgia. We are both heavy liberals and she doesn't like how conservative the state is.

"My whole family's from tim buck to!" I countered.

"True true. But when are you going to get out of your damn apartment sis. It's been 2 weeks since you moved in."

"Two weeks thinking about whether or not I'm going to college." I laughed.

"You're going to college Elaine. If I have to go you have to go." she said concerningly.

Layla has always complained about going to college, mainly because she hated high schools work load, and college would be much worse. She would have done anything and everything though to get out of her house, as most of us did.

"Well I will certainly come visit at your college. Then technically I'm going to college, just not attending." We both busted out in laughter.

"I gotta go Jacob's calling me." She said quickly.

"Tell him I have your wedding binder ready when he is!" I laughed and hung up quickly. Layla has liked Jacob since sophomore year of high school. Jacob was never really Layla's typical type, but she fell for him anyway. I loved him for her, how he treated her, and the way he showed he cared about everything she went through. I tended to third wheel with them a lot, and it was never uncomfortable since I've known him since sophomore year. Layla never wanted to get married until she met Jacob. She had tons of guys she thought were hot and would definitely fuck but only a select few that she ever really liked. Jacob was one of them, the last one. Layla got something she didn't even want, but something she's always been grateful for, a loving boyfriend.

As for me, I've talked to a few guys, most of them turning out to be jerks, leaving Layla to step on their shoes in the hallway when she saw them. Love and companionship was something I wanted for a really long time in high school, until I found my new focus. I realized I loved to wedding plan. I already had my wedding planned and ready to go whenever that time came. Knowing me and my history with relationships, I knew it would be a long while before I found that person. However, that gave me room to focus on myself and my goals in life. So, here I am, a new Georgia peach, with a whole life ahead of me. As for where that will take me, I have no idea.