Chasing Dreams

Prologue

I sighed and spun in a circle slowly, soaking in every detail of my childhood room. I sighed once more and rolled my last suitcase out of the room shutting the white wooden door behind me. I rolled my black and white polka-dotted suitcase down the stairway; it hitting each stair with a thud. "I never imagined that you would actually be able to do this."my mum told me as I entered the room. "Neither did I!"I breathed. I heard a sniffle and looked up to see my mum whiping her teary eyes. "Don't cry mommy you'll make me cry!" I said my voice cracking at the end tears welling up in my own eyes. "I'm going to miss you so much! Especially since you will be all the way in London!"my mum said hugging me tightly, while tears occasionally escaped from her sea green eyes and fled down her slightly rosy cheeks. "I know I will miss you too! You can call and text me any time you like, just remeber I will be 8 hours ahead of you so I might not respond right away." I replied hugging my mom just as tight. I heard a knock at the door before it opened to reveal two of my best friends. "Are you ready to leave Alyssa?" Hayley asked, her chocolate brown curls hanging past her shoulders. I nodded and looked at my mum. "Hold on girls I have one more thing for you."she said looking at our confused expressions. "Well as a goodbye gift since your all off to collage in London I figured 'Why not?'"she explained. Then she brought her hands from behind her back and revealed our gift. We all gasped as she held three concert tickets and backstage passes to a One Direction concert in non other than London. My eyes widened to the size of quarters and I squealed excitedly. I looked at Hayley to see her frozen in surprise and her eyes so wide I thought they would pop out of her head. Chuckling I looked at Ivey to see her jumping with joy, her ginger hair bouncing and her blue-green eyes shining with excitement. "Oh my goodness Mrs.Anselmi! Thank you so much!" Ivey and Hayley told my mom. "After all these years do I really have to remind you to call me Meleah" my mum chuckled. "Thanks a ton Meleah, but we really need to go or we will miss our flight."I stated. My mom nodded saddly. "I love you!"I smiled. "Love you too sweetheart have fun!" With that the three of us walked out of the front door. I turned around looking back at my home one more time. "Ready?"Ivey asked stopping my flashbacks. I nodded and walked to the yellow taxi awaiting us, put my belongings in the trunk, and hopped into the right side of the back seat.