Break Apart

Chapter 1: The Start of a New Era

A/N:

Hi Everyone!! I am super excited to be releasing the sequel to Break! I hope you all enjoy it! New chapters will be coming every week.

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Chapter 1: The Start of a New Era

I am currently on a plane on my way to college, as I look out the window all I can think about is how crazy this year was, especially during spring break. The clouds were so full, and the sun was gently laying on it as it was setting. You could see a perfect gradient from the darkness of space invading the sunny sky. Clouds, full clouds covered the sky, it was absolutely beautiful.

This summer was all about goodbyes, Bridget, Megan, Colleen, and I were off to college and were going to completely different schools. Three hours ago, at the airport, everyone surprised me before I went to my gate. They set up a whole little area with flowers and a flower crown for me to wear. I didn't get accepted into my dream school in Hawaii, but I did get a small scholarship to NYU for creative writing. New York is where dreams come true and I have two dreams, hopefully one of them comes true. I love music, it truly is my passion, I brought my guitar with me to New York. If that doesn't work out, I want to become a New York Best-selling Author.

At the end of the summer I applied for a writing contest and had to write ten pages for it and ended up winning second place! Anyway, my friends waved me goodbye and summer had come to an end.

It was a fun summer, I worked at the aquarium, went to Auntie Labeke's ice cream shop, partied with my girls, and stayed AWAY from boy drama. I realized that I needed to talk to someone about what happened, not just my friends, but a professional.

I'm not ashamed of saying that I needed a therapist, I feel like it's important to have someone to talk to, especially when they don't know anything about you (it makes it so much easier!!). Oddly enough my therapist is Paula's mom (the girl that works at Stevie's). I told her everything from the spring party to my writing contest, she helped me through a lot, I had a breakdown a week after I broke up with Troy and dyed my hair platinum blonde. I hated it, I looked like a cheap Walmart version of Khaleesi, so I dyed it back to my natural light brown. I struggle a lot with anxiety and feel like everyone has bad intensions and to prove that theory, I found out my dad was having an affair and so was my mom. Life kind of sucks right now, my parents don't seem to love each other, my older brother is almost done with college, my little brother will have no one at home, and Colleen... wait... I don't know what Colleen is up to, looks like I'll have to call her when I arrive.

I have another three hours until I get to New York, so I look a movie on the little screen and slip on my new headphones that Bridget customized for me, she recently discovered her new aesthetic and has been obsessed with being ecofriendly. She painted the headband part of the headphones to look exactly like wood and she put some leaves on the strings. Megan got me a super comfy blanket that folded up into a pillow which is the most genius thing ever, I have no clue where she found it. I select Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen; I haven't seen that movie in such a long time.

When the movie ends and I get really excited, I wonder if it's going to be like the movies, imagine being like Lindsay Lohan!! There is so many things I can't wait to do when I get there:

1. See snow in person

2. Go to Central Park

3. See the Statue of Liberty

4. Have breakfast in front of Tiffany's just like Audrey Hepburn <3

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It is currently five o'clock in the morning and I have 20 minutes until we land on the other side of the country. I'm getting a little nervous, I have never travelled by myself, and I have just come to realize that I won't know anybody there. My brother said to go straight to the campus from the airport, then I can relax a little bit before I go explore. I look through my phone and look at all the pictures from this summer, I miss my friends. 

I change my lock screen from a picture from graduation to a picture of all four of us at the beach. That day was the best day I had all summer. It was the day I found out I won my writing contest, we celebrated by going to the pier first. It wasn't as crowded as I thought it was going to be, there was a little shack that was selling crab legs with a basket of fish and chips, it was amazing!! I can't express how good it was, it was probably the best crabs' leg I ever had. 10/10.

After we got food, did a little window shopping near an ice cream shop, it reminded me of Aunt Labeke's shop. The boutique was a flower garden theme, the dressing rooms looked like vines were the doors, the counter was decorated with a faux moss and tiny flowers. The clothes all stuck to a theme as well, boho chic. It was super cool and creative that I never felt so inspired to write about the boutique. And after looking at clothes, the four of us took an insane amount of photobooth pictures with props and costumes.

It was golden hour at the beach where we were chilling and playing games. Colleen decided to get pizza and bought a large Hawaiian pizza for us while Bridget, Megan, and I were playing badminton on the beach. I'm not a big fan of pineapple on pizza, but it's whatever it wasn't too bad. We brought our speaker and blasted some tunes.

 We all have very different tastes in music, but the beauty of it is that we have a rule where we are not allowed to judge anyone's music, so we created a playlist with about 20 songs (5 songs for each of us). Bridget recently has been listening to music from the 60s, like Fleetwood Mac and The Zombies. Megan is more into country, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Stapleton. Colleen is all about early-2000s, she's been obsessed with Avril Lavigne for as long as I can remember. And last but not least me, I love 80s rock and roll, from Aerosmith to Def Leopard, but I also like Taylor Swift and Conan Gray. My music taste is all over the place 😊

The plane comes in contact with the runway and my body crashes into the seat. I can't move my body because it's hard to move. I'm officially in New York! I grab all my belongings which weren't a lot and waited for the line to start moving so I could get off of the plane. It didn't take long, everyone seemed like they were in a rush, people running everywhere around the airport, people anxiously waiting for their bags at "Baggage Claim" and I am so lost that I stop in the middle of my tracks.