I'll Be There For You ~ Lams College AU

Chapter 1

Alex's POV

I waved goodbye from my friends. It would be a long time until I can see them again. Tears streaked down our faces, from sobs to hard crying. I embraced each of them tightly; I ended up nearly choking one. I then thanked each for the help they gave for sending me to King's College. My life was ahead of me, and the reason was right behind my back.

The screen that had all the flights, or whatever foreign stuff that is, said that my flight was due to take off in a couple of hours. It was quite early; but I just wanted to make sure I did not miss it from dozing off or something similar. Taking a deep breath, I followed the rest of the travelers (which were mainly tourists) to check-in. With one final look at everyone else, I gave them a smile of gratitude.

After the next two hours, I went through this airport procedure and soon boarded my flight, covering my ears. Is it always this loud? I sighed and finally found my seat by the window.

I plopped in some minty gum to my mouth and listened to Panic! At The Disco, hoping that I wouldn't get dizzy as soon as we started the flight. Of course, this being my first time, it took some time getting used to it. (I had to run to the bathroom to throw up a piece of my lunch just after the plane took off.)

I was in awe. I gazed down the deep blue waters of the Carribean Sea. It had only be a few moments, but I felt really insignificant considering that the sights below was immense. I grinned. Well, we're definitely going to fix the insignificant part once I landed.

The flight turned out great, surprisingly, in spite of all of my discomforts of the passenger who was snoring quite loudly beside me. The food was decent enough for me.

The journey had only lasted for five hours when one of the pilots announced through the speakers that we had to land. I arched an eyebrow in confusion before I realized the dark clouds grumbling outside my window.

Well, shit.

If you have a fear of storms on the ground, shouldn't you also have a fear of flying through one?

I gasped, soft enough for my still snoring seatmate to not hear, as my heart and breathing quickened its pace.

I noticed that the place started slowly descending. After what seemed like hours to me but apparently minutes to my watch, we finally landed. The temperature has dropped immensely. I shivered. I was totally not used to it compared to others.

All of us got to the airport before the rain dropped. Luckily, the rain wasn't that loud inside. The passengers had to stay inside for the night since all flights were canceled.

I had money in my wallet, so I decided to buy something that would feed my stomach until the morning. After parts of my mind debated on which food to feed myself, I ended up getting pizza.

I moved myself and the bags to the side where most passengers came sleeping. I made my backpack to a pillow and my small luggage behind my back. It wasn't that bad.

It was worse.

My back ached for the whole night and I had a cramp in my left forearm. Yet slowly, I drifted to sleep. I couldn't let a little pain steer me away from my goals.

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I woke up to the sound of my alarm set in my watch. It stated it was 15 to 6 in the morning. I yawned, all, if not most, passenders asleep with not a care in the world about their luggages. A thief's dream..

My flight moved to 7:10 so I thought I better freshen up. I went to the nearest bathroom with my bags. I know, it's pretty weird to do that but it's better to be safe than sorry, right? I quickly walked back then waited for a couple of hours. We then boarded the second flight.