Friendship knows no distance

81 days before

Another sleepless night in Lia's life. Its the third in a row since her parents took her phone away, because she "laid with it until 5am".

"No dad, that is what my brother do" i said loud to myself, which felt a little weird when i suddenly heard my own voice answering questions i asked myself in my head.

No, the reason why I'm still awake is that I'm thinking of the day when i get into the car and drive 8 hours down to my best friend i Holland.

"If she were just here with me" i thought to myself. "Life would be easier, mom and dad doesn't have to spend this loads of money getting me down there which they think i don't appreciate. they don't know me at all"

When i stared 8th grade i became a punk, or it wasn't planned i was just going with the Michael Clifford look and to be honest i really like it. The best thing about it, my best friend did the same.

I got to know Melissa in April when i was still in seventh grade and she let me be myself. She was close enough to be a clone of me, not to the look but inside, pretty scary at first but cool. Its been almost a year now and to be honest without her i would be no where near where i am today. Im not even sure i would hold on until i turned fourteen if it wasn't for her.

Melissa was born one year before me, so if my math skills isn't that terrible she'll be sixteen this year. But it doesn't feel like she's one year older than me, i look and feel older than i am. People use to think I'm 16 because I'm pretty tall and yeah doesn't look like other girls since my hair is bright pink and i wear lots of black and band tees.

I turned my head to my clock, "goddammit just sleep Lia, just sleep". Falling asleep has been an issue to me the past few months. Sometimes it doesn't really bother me because i get time to think, think about who i am and what I'm actually doing with my life.

You get to live once, don't screw it up.

I looked around, i was in a car. My parents car. Suddenly dad was there. "You ready?"
"Yes" i said, "how long will it take?"
Dad drove out of the driveway and down the little road somewhere in nowhere, it felt like. Me and my family lives outside town and its lots of nothing here in south Sweden.
"About three hours to the boat" he said driving heavily left in the end of the road. "Then 4" with the boat and through Bremen and... um" he said slowly. "I cant remember the other town but, yes seven to eight hours"

Shortly after we came on the highway we came to the boat. "Oh" i said, "we crossed Denmark really fast" i watched the dirty water that were surrounded by the boat when dad drive on. "Yes" he said.

The boat trip lasted not that long as the trip through Denmark did, at lot quicker which felt some of impossible.

"Look!" Dad said pointing at a sign by the highway. It said Groningen. This can't be true, I'm in the same city as my best friend!

But the road to the hotel lasted an infinity. Same things kept showing up by the windows. "I swear ive seen that McDonalds ten times already!"
"Whats that?" Dad said and slowed down a little. He probably didn't hear what i said at all like usual.

Dad looked at a girl, she was tall. Her purple hair was a bit wavy, like she had braids in it. she wore a hoodie, that said green day. I didn't have to see more, i knew who it was.

I threw myself out of the car as fast as i could even tho dad hadn't stopped completely. I stood up as fast as i could after slipping a little and i screamed on the top of my lungs her name.

"Melissa!" I screamed and my head felt like it was about to explode, i couldn't see anything. I sat straight up, once my head stopped hurt i turned my head around and saw my window, it was still dark outside. I threw myself backwards as my pillows catch me. "It was just a dream" i thought to myself.