Against You and I

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Gabrielle Amethy Alexander!!! Omygosh! I missed you!!! It’s been 2 years! Look at you, girl! You look H-O-T!” said Sab.

“Sab! I missed you too! Yeah, it’s been 2 years but feels like an eternity! I really missed you. You’re not looking bad yourself girlfriend.” I replied while releasing her hug.

“so? You ready to find love in Rome? I’m soooo excited for you! We’re gonna have loads of fun! Hey, where’s kenna by the way? Thought she was coming with us?” Sab questioned.

“uh, yeah she is. She went to the comfort room while I searched for yo—oh! There she is” I say while waving my hand to Kenna.

Kenna and Sab greeted each other. After our reunion, we decided to find a seat til they announce our flight to board.

Well, you met my bestfriends, Sabrina Kelly Vargas and Kenna Gail Spring. The three of us are 22 yrs. Old. Kenna and I have been like sisters since I saved her from a bully in preschool, since then, we became inseparable.

Sab became my bestfriend in junior high freshman year. She’s very friendly amd jolly, what I love about her is she’s fun to be with and very spontaneous just like I am, so we connected, she’s like another long lost sister of mine. But she went to New York 2 years ago to handle her parents' business.

Kenna and Sab are friends but not that close unlike how I am with the two. They used to be so close until they kind of fought over a guy they dated. Turns out the prick dated my two girls at the same time.

The two of them were really crushed, they liked the douche a lot, I don’t even know what they see in him, too bad he was a dick. Ever since then, they weren’t as close as they were before, probably because of the awkwardness. They’re both fine though as long as they don’t talk about the past.

“Ella! Ella!” I snapped back to reality as both of my girls waved at me.

“she’s having one of her trance again.” Said Kenna and Sab chuckled.

“I’m here. Hey! I heard that Kenna!” I exclaimed while pouting.

“they’re calling our flight! We can board now” said Sab 

“ugh, yeah, let’s go” I said. I took my bag and fixed my clothes.

“don’t tell me you’re having second thoughts about this trip?” kenna asked.

I raised an eyebrow at her.  And stated “are you kidding? We’ve been planning this trip for weeks and I will not go home without having my romantic vacation” while walking pass the two. Hearing them chuckle.

As the three of us found our seats inside the plane, I shut my cellphone off cos eventually they will ask us to, might as well be ahead of them.

I took a deep breath and stared at the window, luckily I got the window seat. I thought to myself, finally, after 6 years of loneliness and fear. I’m finally starting to let go of all my heartaches. I’m finally moving on.  I’ll finally have my happily ever after or if not, just some to be in love with. It doesn’t have to be ‘the one’ it can be just someone to be stupid with or have a good time. I smile as I feel that this trip will make me grow.

Some of you are probably wondering if anyone pursued me or if I tried dating in those 6 years of being single, and yes, some actually, but it doesn’t last long. I’m not bad looking, some say I’m a head turner but I don’t pay attention to my looks until now. It’s just that when it comes to guys, I have this condition where I easily get turned off by guys even if it wasn’t actually that bad, I would avoid him like a plague and get disgusted even if they didn’t  do anything.

This condition started after I broke up with my last boyfriend 6 years ago. My psychiatrist said that it was probably because of what happened to my past relationships that resulting me like this. Yes, I was scared and confused but I got tired of being alone, seeing people in love is depressing knowing you don’t have what they have, you know, those cliché feelings  you get at those times.  

Then after evaluating my life, I woke up one day with the courage to start again, to find my way back in being in love again, to not be afraid to love again. So here I am, with my girlfriends helping me get romance back in my system and we’re on our way to Rome, where better place to find love, right? 

So as the flight attendant closes the door, they proceeded to give us safety instructions, you know, their usual routine. I then put my earphones on ready myself to fall into sleep mode, not even bothering to listen to the attendants cos I already heard those countless times, then i finally drifted to sleep.

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I woke up to the feeling of vibrations of the plane in the air, I’m used to flying but turbulence always freaks me out. I looked at my girls and seeing the uncomfortable look on their faces. Guess I’m not the only one. Though I know turbulences are usually common in flights but this one is off.

 Just before I ask what’s going on, air masks dropped from their compartment and I quickly put the mask on then checking if my girls have theirs on. Panic and fear mirrored our faces but I try to keep myself calm for them. I told them comforting words to relax them as they start panicking. They began to trust my words and silently pray.

I checked at my front and back seat if I can help people put their masks on. I scanned the people and thought that I saw a familiar face at the far seat at the back that made my heart skipped a beat but I quickly brushed that off my mind thinking that he wouldn’t be here at the plane it must be someone that just looked like him,

as I looked at my back seat I saw an old man struggling to put their mask on because of the massive shaking of the plane. I quickly took off my mask as I reached to my back seat and help the old man with his mask. Poor old man, the guy next to him didn’t even bother trying to help as he kept on panicking.

I quickly told the old man to secure his mask on and bend by hugging his knees as I feel the plane dropping pressure. The old man nodded and did what I asked him to do then I went back to my seat and quickly put the mask on.

I checked on my girls, they’re already bending down, hugging their knees and I quickly copied them as I held on my knees for dear life as I felt the plane  crashed down then halted, feeling myself succumbed into darkness…

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so, how's that for my first chapter??? Scarlett as Gabriella--- see the photo? hope you guys read this. thanks and thanks. vote and fan please! :*