Two years later
I was sitting in my living room waiting for the mail. Hopefully today I will get my letter to see if I got accepted into the college I wanted to attend and I've been waiting for a whole week.
Ding dong
The doorbell rang and I ran to the door. "Good morning is there an Alexis Gonzalez here?" the mail man asked. "Yes that's me" I said. "Here" he gave me an envelope. "Thank you have a nice day" "You too" and I closed the door in his face. Oops!
I read the letter in the envelope and squealed. Mum came running into the living room with a frying pan in her hand.
Doesn't this remind you of Rapunzel!
"What is it Alex?" she asked. "I got accepted into a college in southern California mum! California!" I said and she also squealed. "I'm going to Cali I'm going to Cal-" "When do you leave?" she cut me off. I looked on the plane ticket and grinned. "Friday night... so I have three days left before I leave"
"Well then, get packing me princessa" she smiled. I nodded and ran upstairs to my room to pack.
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My best friends, Claire, Santiago, Ellana and Casey and Jonah, Claire's boyfriend, gave me a group hug. "We're gonna miss you" Ellana said as they all pulled away from our hug. "Me too" I smiled. "Have fun in Cali chica but not too much fun" Claire smirked. "Yeah okay Claire..." I chuckled. "You will call me when you get there right?" Casey asked and I nodded. After they said goodbye they left.
"Bye Alex, I'm gonna miss you" Luis said, he's thirteen now. "I'll miss you too kiddo" I said and kissed his cheek causing him to blush. "Eww Alex, gross!" he grumbled. Aww how cute!
"Bye sweetie" mum said hugging me. "Bye mum...thanks for all the things you've done for me" I smiled and kissed her cheek. She kissed my forehead before wishing me luck and I took my luggage and walked inside the departure lounge.
I sat in a window seat and stared outside of the plane window. "Bye London" I whispered. I put my headphones on and listened to my music.
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I got out of the airport and breathed in the summer air. Hahh California...
I tried to stop a taxi but none of them stopped. "Taxi...Taxi ugh!" I groaned. "Here let me help you" a guy said and whistled. I looked at him as a Taxi stopped in front of me. "Thank you" I smiled but he only walked away, "Rude much" I scoffed.
"Where to Miss?" The cab driver asked looking at me through the rear view mirror. "California state university, Long Beach please" I smiled and he nodded.
(A/N I don't know anything about this university and its housing residence or how the dorms look on the inside , I'm only using it for my book, for fiction)
After I was done at the university office I was then escorted to the universities housing for students where I was escorted to my dorm which I was sharing with someone but he wouldn't be here till tomorrow.
I entered and saw a beautiful apartment divided into two. There was a door that led into a room which had a bed with Navy blue bed sheets and pillow case next to the window and a bed with sky blue bed sheets and pillow case next to the far wall on my left. There were also two wardrobes and two desks.
It was weird, having a girl and a boy sleep in the same room. Walking out of the room I saw a door which I was guessing led to the bathroom. There was also a couch, coffee table and a table with a flat screen TV on top of it. There was also a little table at the far corner with four chairs; I guess that was the dining area and a door that probably led to the kitchen.
I chose the bed on my right and started to unpack. After unpacking I took out my phone and called Casey.
'Hey I just arrived at the college'
'Who's your roommate?'
'I don't know yet! The headmaster said he won't be here till tomorrow
'It's a he?''
'Yup! What's wrong?'
'Oh nothing! Text you later... oh I nearly forgot, what time is it there so I can text you?'
'It's 10am"
'Well its 3pm here'
'Okay'
'Bye'
'Bye'
After I called mum, I informed my other best friends and then took my phone, my purse, my dorm key and went out of my dorm and left the grounds. I walked through the city and since I was starving, I went to a café and ordered a tuna sandwich and a strawberry milkshake.
I was sitting in the sand, just enjoying the waves crashing on the shore when someone thought it would be okay to just stand in front of me. "Alexis?" I looked up and frowned. "Stephaney" I acknowledged the witch standing in front of me. "What are you doing here?" I sneered. "I should be asking you the same thing" she smirked. I stood up grabbing my sneakers and glared at her. "I'm attending California state university" and furrowed my eyebrows when her smirk faltered.
"Well I came to visit Matteo" She smirked regaining her composure and my heart dropped. "Ma-Matteo?" I stuttered. "Yeah... can you believe we're still together...? Six years, that's a keeper!" she said rubbing her relationship in my face.
"Okay...well I have to go now" I excused myself about to walk away. "Yeah...go mope about how Matteo chose me instead of you " she chuckled malice lacing in her tone. I sneered and punched her in the nose. "Don't test me Bitch, I might have said nothing when we were in highschool but I will say something now, I'm not that quiet girl you can pick on anymore anytime you please... I will fuck up your face if you bother me again" I snapped at her and walked away.
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I was in my room talking to Claire on the phone. When I'm sad or mad I always feel like I can talk to her other than my other friends. Did I mention that she's also pregnant? I know, 19 and pregnant...who cares.
'I saw Stephaney today'
'What is she doing in Cali?'
'She came to visit Matteo! MATTEO!'
'OMG'
'I know right...I totally forgot about him'
'Alex just breathe'
'Look who's talking about breathing... I can't study here... I'm coming back to London'
'Alexis no...pull yourself together...you can't just give up on your dreams because of Matteo okay?'
'Okay...'
'Was he with her?'
'If he was, I wouldn't have punched her in her damn nose!'
'What!? Damn it, I can't believe I missed that'
'Claire!'
'Sorry...well good on you girl, I'll check up on you tomorrow'
'Okay goodnight'
'Goodnight'
I put my phone away and fell face first in my pillow with Matteo on my mind. I know he never called for like three years but I still love him.
