Destined To Be Brave

Ibbie Xanders: Breath Don't Panic

Hello there!

I just want to tell you that if you need any support and help, I'm just a message away, yeah? (Just not financial help  I'm also broke af XD)

It's some crazy times these days, the best thing we can do is give out a helping hand. *insert spooky voice* Take my helping hand. HAHAHHAHA kidding, but seriously, you can message me.  

Anywho, let's get to some reading!

Aren't you curious what happens to our runner, Ibbie? And the ever walker Keaton Bezos XD 

Continue reading so you find out! Enjoy :) 

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Ibbie Xanders P.O.V.

One Year Later

"Elizabeth Xanders," the professor's voice called out, "present." I said back. Five minutes early, and I'm always the second one in the room. 

First was always Dmitri, the hottie of the class, he lives close and I'm surprised he is that excited to get to class. I have yet to talk to the guy. We're almost thirty in the class and it's not exactly proper teacher-student ratio. And he loves to sit at the back and I'm in the front row. So, no chance there. 

The professor calls the other students and I just zone him out while I talk with my classmates. It's the second semester, January, the vacation jitters is still in my blood and I'm just not ready to study yet. 

"What's been new with you girls? I heard you got a new piercing Celine, is that right?" I asked my closest college friend. We're in one single row and she's the one beside me. "You're asking like I didn't ask you where I should get it!" She rolls her eyes. I hid my laugh behind my workbook to avoid being seen. "My bad." 

They all laugh with me after seeing my failure to hide my laugh because it ends up echoing throughout the classroom. Mega fail. 

"Nothing much you haven't seen in our social media, but I did discover something new about me!" Sam said with enthusiasm, she was also a close college friend, actually they were close, if close was like you only talk when you're in campus. Amazing right? 

There was an irritating sounds that reverberated from the front to the back, professor Denver finally finished calling all our names and was about to start class. "So I hope you enjoyed you're one month vacation, because boy oh boy are you up to walk in one helluva semester. Literally hell and you wish you weren't in my class. 

Well that wasn't reassuring. Breath. 

I placed my hands on my lap, stood up straight and breathed properly, deep inhale through my nose and exhale through my mouth. I can do this, I want to be a chef. I tell myself. 

Safe to say it wasn't that difficult. If easy meant maybe burning half of your ingredients, to replenish it from the pantry only to burn it again. 

This is gonna be a long semester.

A few hours later.....

"I can't believe Prof. Denvers made us skin a fish blindfolded and then make buttered salmon from it, I almost cut and burned my fingers!" Said Celine with high pitched voice I thought the cafeteria windows would break. Not an exaggeration. 

I took a spoonful of my lunch, "you thought you had it bad? I almost cut of my whole hand." I added. They looked at me then started laughing, "I don't know how you're doing it Ibbie, you've only known how to skin a fish like what six months ago?" I nodded at this. 

Let me explain why, I've never touched animal meat products until just a year ago since I started culinary school, that's because I've always been in a all plant-based diet all my 18 year old life, I still am but I'm now needing to cook meat for a degree. 

You must be wondering what that all plant-based diet mean. It's pretty straight forward, I don't eat meat, seafood or eggs, while I only eat plants, plants, plants. Simple enough? Very. 

"The hardest thing for me is the smell, I dislike fish smell the most, I will gag every five seconds when I try to cook it." I added while eating more of my veggie bacon carbonara pasta. I wanted to moan in its deliciousness. But I refrain. 

They both nodded in agreement, "we're used to the smell but it still smells too damn fishy." They both laugh at that, while a join almost spitting out my precious food. 

More few hours later....

I enter my house and the sound of my feet went, click clack, on my tile floor. Mind you I don't live alone. But most of the time my parents and siblings are at our farm and I'm here in our house which is like an hour away from said farm. They stay there for a few days in the week for work and come home during the weekends whilst I have the entire house to myself. 

With that thought, I head into the coat room and take off my uniform, the best thing about having to live alone in the house? Walking around in your underwear without a care. I walked to the stereo and started dancing to, "sing it with me" by JP Cooper. 

I've been seeing you lately...It started. 

I took a shower afterwards to wash away the day's stress, proceeded to do my after school meditation and then prepared my dinner. 

When I say prepare, I mean reheat, I mean the precooked meals I had made over the weekend. In order to make sure that tiredness doesn't stop me from having proper meals, I make them beforehand, this way I stay healthy despite having crazy school hours. 

It wasn't long after dinner I finished most of my homework and it was 10 P.M. my head hit my pillow and I drifted off to sleep, but not before I hear my phone's notification bell. I groaned stood up and grabbed it from my shelf. This better be good.

The first thing I noticed a) it was only from a number which meant I didn't know who it was b) who the hell has my number that I don't know about? I opened the message with caution. 

Hey, want to join me for a night long drive? 

"Who the hell is this!?" I whisper shouted. 

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OOOOHHHHHHH  I wonder who is that? Are you wondering too? 

I hope you enjoyed a simple and short chapter that gives a little intro to the life of our MC (main character) Ibbie Xanders, we're you shocked that her name was actually Elizabeth?!

Any veggie/vegans reading my book? Let me know in the comments!

I dedicate that one to all my friends who have nicknames that are sometimes too far from their actual names. XD

We will get to know more about this mysterious text message in the next few chapter!

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Love,

Vi.