Chapter 2: Luna

Well, this was the last hour I would be I my little home town. The last time I would see this place for about four years. My mom transferred me because she would be going a Red Cross mission in the Amazons. I, on the other hand, will go to River Street College. A good for nothing college in a town called Bellfield. It was small but my mom said the community is close and apparently my aunt lives there. I never knew her, but my mom never said something about her family. I never knew my grandparents, let alone my father. My mom filled up both roles and I was fine with it. Okay, I wasn’t happy in going alone to a place I knew no one, especially alone. But I could handle this, I hoped.

      The last two weeks were all about filling in forms, saying goodbye to all the teacher, who were happy see me going. I wasn’t the good girl, I wasn’t smart like others, but I did try my best. I was good at 101 psychology and gymnastics, which surprised many people. Lastly all the time I could spare, I went to the mall with Lida or hanging out with her. I wouldn’t see her for at least Christmas.

      “I will miss you. I will visit you in the Christmas break. I will phone you every day and you have to promise to call me when you need me.” Lida said as she tried to act tough. I knew she wanted to cry, but she wanted to act tough for me. We were always together for fifteen years, now we were separated by a 1000 kilometers. It wasn’t a case of walking a street anymore, no it was a case of taking a plane to meet again. I embraced her.

      “It’s going to be okay. I will be back before you know it,” I said. Look at me acting tough.

      “Honey we have to go, you’re going to be late for the plane.” My mom intervened.

      “I’m coming.” I shouted.

      “Please be careful and if you find yourself a boyfriend, you have to introduce me to his brothers or friends!” Lida sniffed.

      “Yeah, Yeah, will do. I wish I could say the same, but I already know most of the guys since we are the only girls in two grades.”

      “Luna!”

      “Coming!” I hugged my friend once more and wiggled out of the embracement. I looked again at my friend, her long blond hair riding the wind, her matching top which we bought together when we were sixteen. She was taller than me, skinnier and I would not see her for five months.

      “Bye” my friend said.

      “Bye” I said back as I closed the car doors.

      My mom pulled up and we drove away from my house. I looked back at my friend waving goodbye, tears running down her cheeks. I turned my head and only focused on the road ahead.

      We left my street and rode past my favorite ice cream shop, my library and lastly my college. Well this is it, I thought. Say good bye for a long time!

      “Come on honey, you’ll be back before you know it. It’s just four years. It’s nothing. You’ll still call Lida each day, you won’t even notice being away.” my mom tried to comfort me.

      “Mom, please, could you just stay quiet for one moment? It’s you who pulled this. You want to go a crusade to help poor people, which I respect. But I wished you would’ve left me here, where my life is.” I murmured.

      “I know honey, but this is for the best. You will see your aunt right now. Doesn’t that sound a little exciting to you?”

      “Yeah, I will go the family I never heard or saw before. I’m thrilled,” I joked.

      “Luna, please we’ve been over this.”

      “No, mom you’ve been over this, I will have to get used to it, not you,” I set my tone to let my mom know not to push it anymore.

      I was done acting as if I was okay with it, I wasn’t. But I would make the best of it. I would face this with a smile, like I always do when things are tough, for my mom, for the one who will take me into their house. Which frankly scared me more than my mom not being there for me. Being away to a place with no civilization in like 500 kilometers. I would do this. I could do this

As I would say thousand times before I would land at the Bellfield Airport.