Anything But Ordinary

Chapter 4

                      I ran for what felt like forever! Even though Chaz didn't live far it seemed to take me hours to get to his front door. I quickly took the steps two at a time and almost stumbled over the broken potted plant sitting on the top step. Quickly regaining my balance I began beating on the door, as if my life depended on it. As the door sprung open the boy I had known my whole life stood in front of me, as I lept into his arms he just held me as I cried.  As  stood there with Chaz crying as hard as I believe I had ever cried before, the boy I have know for what feels like my whole life tipped my chin up and stared down at me with those beautiful blue eyes.  He pulled a kerchief out of his back pocket you know one of the red ones you see around the the necks of all those cowboys in the old westerns, and proceeded to wipe away my tears.  He then did what I had imagined over and over a million times in my head, he lowered his face and pressed his full lips against mine.  It was so gentle at first, familiar I felt as if I was home.  The kiss intensified almost as if we we were both saying something that neither one of us wanted to say aloud.  

                       It felt as if we were the only two people in the world, but this feeling quickly subsided when a sleek black town car pulled up and honked its obnoxious horn startling the both of us out of this amazing kiss, my first kiss.  We pulled apart both of us breathless as my Meemaw yelled from the winda', " Annalise you get away from that boy right now! Its time to go!"  Chaz and I stood there looking at each other, and I began to understand what was being said through that kiss, what we couldn't say out loud, it was goodbye!  As I  turned to walk down the stairs, Chaz grabbed my hand, " I will find you again, I promise! , he said while slowly letting go of my hand.  The tears began falling again so I lowered my head and got into the stuffy old town car.  Swearing to not give my grandparents the satisfaction by speaking to them. I will never forgive them I thought to myself as the town car pulled away from the curb and onto the street I had spent my entire life growing up on and away from the boy who will always have my heart. 

              The drive to the airport was long and silent, I could feel the eyes of Meemaw boring into the side of my head. Papa just kept staring out the winda' avoiding any type of confrontation.  I never once looked up at them,  I was so incredibly angry. They kept saying over an over again that this was all for my own good, that I will thank them for this one day.  All I could think was that they were tearing me away from the one place that ever felt like home, the place with all my memories of mama and Chaz. Thoughts of Chaz and our adventures filled my mind and before I knew it  we were pulling into the airport terminal.  At this realization my pulse began to quicken and my palms started to sweat, the idea of going to a school filled with people who don't even know me sends me into a full blown panic attack. Oh how I wished Chaz was here, holding my hand while cracking some lame joke to bring me out of this feeling. As my grandparents began to unload my bags from the car it all became more and more real I tugged my duffle bag out of grandmas hand maybe a little to roughly and grabbed my rolling suitcase from grandpa bob.  As they reached for me I flinched but gave them a brief hug as they kiss my forehead goodbye.  "We will see you at Christmas!" they said. My head flew up at the thought, "you mean I get to come home at Christmas?" I said excitedly.  " Oh no dear we will be coming to visit you!" Meemaw said with a snap.  All of that excited I had been feeling a split second before was now gone.  My shoulders sunk " Oh ok, I will see you then I guess." I said as I turned to walk into the airport.  As I walked towards security I felt my world falling apart, almost certain that my time at Azaela Crest academy will be the end of me.  As I reached  my gate I stood looking out the window waiting for my boarding number to be called. out of the corner of my eye I saw a bird perched on the ledge of the window, this bird looked exactly like the one Chaz and I saw in the forest that day.  The one that came back to life in the palm of my hand.  "No it couldn't be!" I thought to myself.   There are tons of birds that look like that.  Just then my number was called and as I turned to head through the gate I could have sworn that the bird winked at me. " Oh great now Im hallucinating." I said out loud and a little too close to the couple boarding the plane next to me. I tried to ignore the strange look they gave and the realization that their pace quickened to board before me.  If this had any inclination as to what waits ahead for me, this is going to be one bumpy ride!