The sun was shining brightly on the sea and the birds were chirping happily as they flew from branch to branch on the tree tops. I was standing on the balcony of my bedroom while enjoying a cup of Nescafé Latte. When I woke up this morning, I made a drastic decision to travel to United Kingdom today. I wanted to meet someone whom I've been longing to meet for such a long time. I chose today because daddy wasn't around due to his hectic schedule and he won't be around to stop me.
"Do you want to bring this coat, Miss?" I lost my train of thought as Selena, our housekeeper asked. She was busy preparing and packing up my clothes into my suitcase.
Selena was borned in Mexico, but was raised in America. She also could speak English fluently. Her late grandfather, Anton, who had been serving as a gardener for our family for almost 20 years and died at an old age.
"Yes." I replied almost instantly with a nod, before sipping my drink.
In less than 10 hours, I will took the afternoon flight to London and I might stayed there for several weeks. I knew I was leaving home too quick than what daddy and I have planned for our holiday. Unfortunately, this time I was leaving without telling him and I have to admit that I felt a little bit guilty about that.
"Miss?" Selena voice echoed through the silent bedroom.
I turned my face in the direction of the voice. Selena titled her face upward to look at me. She had a gorgeous heart shaped face and bangs that suit her face shape perfectly!
She was silent a moment, gathering courage. "Can I ask you about something?"
"About what?" I asked almost instantly.
She stopped with whatever she was doing and murmured, "are you sure you know what you're doing?"
Her question made me doubt myself. "I know you're upset with your daddy but I don't want you to make a wrong decision." She muttered and there was concerned on her face. Selena may looked a lot older but she was actually the same age as me. Selena and I spent some quality time together since we were young and we shared a lot of things together.
"Don't get me wrong. I'm saying this to you not as your servant, but because you are my friend", she assured me. I turned my eyes away, dart down at my still half full cup of drink.
I circled my finger around the rim of the cup, searching into the dark brew for what to say. "Selena, honestly I don't know whether this is the right decision or not." I paused and sighed, looked at her, then added. "I guess this is the best I can do for now. I'm too tired with all of this drama and I need to take a rest. I really am." I reassured her with soft voice, soft words.
"No offense but you're not running away from your problem right?" She asked wryly as she tucked a strand of tumbling straight black hair behind her ear.
In a sarcastic manner, I teased while staring at Selena as she zipped the suitcase closed."Ouch, that's hurt my friend."
She turned her gaze away from the luggage and rolled her eyes at me before said nonchalantly at me, "because I know you girl, you don't like to run away from your problem." Her thick lips smiled at me warmly and I returned the smile. Those lips can looked great with even a little gloss on.
I turned my direction back to the beautiful scenery of the refreshing morning as Selena continued packing my stuffs and went into my walk-in closet to tidying up the messy closet.
As I took a last sip of my drink, the memories of Karl and I embracing each other on the other day at the hospital appeared on my mind. Sooner or later, I had to confront with him and explain everything to him. He deserved to know the truth about my feelings towards him so that we can stopped guessing and accept the facts of the answer.
I fished out my phone from the left pocket of my jeans and turned on the Whatsapp application. I scrolled through the screens to search for Karl's name and checked on his last seen.
"He's online." I said under my breath and my eyes widen as the word 'Online' appeared below his contact name.
A weak smile appeared on my thin lips. I had a little argument with myself whether to text him or not to text him. After awhile, I've the guts and decided to text him and start typing the words.
Me: Hey, Karl. What are you up to?
I changed my mind and use another word.
Me: Karl, are you busy? Maybe we can grab some coffee today?
I deleted everything and left my keypad in typing mode. I gave up because I had no idea on how to start the conversation with him. Suddenly my phone buzzed and I was so suprised with the incoming notification. Guess who? It's a message from Karl Lanchester.
Karl: Left your keypad in typing mode is so cliché if you want a guy to start the first move, girl.
Me: Hey, sorry bout that. Haha
Karl: It's okay. What are you up to?
Me: Nothing.. Just packing my things.
Karl: You're going somewhere?
Me: Actually yeah haha
Karl: Have fun k
Me: Sure! I will.
Karl: Gtg bye
Me: See ya.
Damn! I was hoping that he will ask where did I spent for my holiday. We both didn't talk or meet for like 3 weeks now. I didn't know why but yeah, I do missed our conversations. I wondered if he had missed me as much as I'd missed him. But hey wait, he did notice my keypad was in typing mode and that means he didn't delete our last conversations. I might have some hope to fix our friendship and I felt glad about it.
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I heard a knock on my bedroom door. "Miss?" A croaky voice said from the other side.
"Yeah, who is it? Come in." I demanded. I was standing infront of the floor mirror while checking out of my appearance. I kept it casual in a leather jacket and a pair of jeans with a pair of red Converse.
The person turned the doorknob and opened the door to enter into my bedroom. Footsteps soundead and my butler, appeared. "Your ride is ready, Miss." He said and smiled gently at me.
I turned my body to face him. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I grinned, running towards the door.
When I walked out the double front door, all of the servants of the house was already waiting for me to say their goodbye. As I left my home, my butler opened the passenger door of my Audi TT and waited for me to get into the car. Today he will drove the car and fetch me to the airport. I hesitantly took one laat look at the house before ploppled into the car. I had to admit I am gonna miss some people when I'm gone.
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"Good afternoon passengers. This is the pre-boarding announcement for flight 89B to London. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you." The operator of the Los Angeles Airport announced.
I stood up from the comfortable chair of the airport and turned to face my butler, trying to collect my words that I couldn't figure out.
He sighed. "Come here." He opened his arms for a hug. I slowly moved into them and wrapped around him. "Take a good care of yourself, my child."
"I will." I said as we pulled back and unwrapped our arms from around each other. Tears slipping down my cheeks and I quickly wiped them off.
A short while later, a beautiful young flight attendant led me to my seat which was located by the window at the front of the plane. I drifted off to sleep as soon as the plane start their journey.
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Author's Note:I'm still in a dilemma whether I want Amanda falls for her best friend or the other way round. Btw who will our main character meet in UK? You can guess if you want. Stay tuned k!
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