BTY Chapter 1
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Leeann: Hey Liza
Elizabeth: Hey Leeann
Leeann: ...you still up for goin' to the Big Apple tomorrow?
Elizabeth: you bet! What about you?
Leeann: you kiddin' we've been planning this for months!
Elizabeth: I know right?!, I can't wait!
Leeann: Me neither I got to go though, I have to finish packing
Elizabeth: alrighty same here, talk to you later
Leeann: No! talk to you tomorrow!
Elizabeth: Ok haha tomorrow then
~*Leeanna's p.o.v*~
I hang up the phone connected to the kitchen wall and run upstairs to my room where my suitcase sits on the scarlet covered bed. The open suitcase contains various items of clothing for every possible circumstance, I'm going through the luggage when my mother walks in and closes the door behind her.
"Have you got everything packed?" she asks me, by her tone I know that she isn't happy at how far I'll be going from home, I walk over to the closet.
"Yea mama I've got everything I'm gonna need for school" I respond as I throw a few of my favorite books in my suitcase, I continue in as comforting a tone as I can to ease her obvious nerves "and if I don't then once I get a job I'll buy whatever I need, the dorms aren't too far away from a supermarket"
"Well I hope you know that you can always change your mind and stay home" she says hopefully, she chuckles when I close my suitcase and sit on it, trying to get it to close.
"I know mama but I don't think I'm gonna change my mind, if I don't go to New York I'll never get into NYU!" I stand and sigh in relief as my suitcase zips with ease, standing and turning to face her with my hands on my hips in triumph "Besides it's not like you'll never see me again, I'll come to visit every chance I can!"
"I know you will because if ya don't I'll come to you! Well, anyway I have something for you" she says, laughing as she pulls a thick white envelope out of her back-pocket and hands it to me, I take it from her slowly, suspicious of what's inside.
"Open it" she says quietly. I raise an eyebrow as I rip open the seal and bring to light its contents, which happens to be around $350 cash, my jaw drops.
"Whoa! Where did you get all this!" I ask her, thoroughly surprised, I look my mother in the eye as she explains.
"Ever since you told me you were going to culinary school in New York I've been saving up for you" she says proudly but she looks down, knowing what I'm about to say.
"Are you insane? You have bill's to pay, why are you giving me this?" I say to her, she looks at me with a smile on her face as she takes the money from me and puts it back into the envelope, placing it in my army issue duffle bag that I got from my best friend, which I'll be using as a carry on.
"No I'm not insane I just wanna be sure that you'll be able to pay for your dorms" As she explains my eyes widen, our family has never really been able to express our emotions out loud, we only express them through actions and I know that this is her way of giving me her blessing to go to New York.
"Thank you mama, I love you" I say as I crush her in a hug which she returns after momentary shock.
"Your welcome sweetie I love you too" she says softly, smoothing the hair on top of my head carefully.
*~Elizabeth's POV five minutes before, just states away~*
I hang up the phone, walking over to my bed. Finally I'm done with high school. I'm not just happy cause I'm done with the work I had to do to graduate, I'm happy that I don't have to put up with all the crappy people at my school. I'm just happy to be getting out and away from it all. I do have to admit though, I'm gonna miss Oklahoma. I mean New York is totally different then here, I'm goin' to have to get over my claustrophobia of bein' in a big city. Been in one before, we were in DC. It was nice there but just not a whole lot of space, mostly buildings. Me, living in a little town most of my life makes me not all that used to it, I go to grab my make up bag from the bathroom and come back looking at my bed.
"Muzzie!" I laugh, shooing my dog off of the clothes he's laying on "I know." I sit on the bed and scratch the back of his ear.
"I'm gonna miss you too buddy." I say to him, after I got all my clothes you know the usual pants, shirts, bras, and what not, ready and packed. Then Mom walks in...oh Lord.
"Honey. I got some money for you when you need it and I got you some gum for the plane ride so your ears won't pop and I got you some of your favorite cookies and some-" as she went on I pick up the money she placed in my bed.
"Mom! This is like almost 500 dollars!" I say, holding out the money.
"Me and your Father just want to make sure our baby girl's gonna be okay off on her own." she says, her eyes watering.
"Ugh Mom don't get all teared up. You're gonna make me cry." I say, hugging her.
"I'm sorry sweetheart. It's just my baby's all grown up." she exclaims, looking at me with a sad smile, I smile up at her reassuringly and she takes a deep breathe "Well I'll let you finish packing." She wipes her face and walks to the door. "You know you're always welcome back here honey."
"I know Momma. Thanks." I say, smiling and she leaves to go find my little brother who only God knows where he could have gone. Then I got back to my packing. I grab my iPod and it's charger, some CD's, and my Camera. Then finish packing some other things.
~* the next morning Leeann's POV*~
" GAAH!" I, who had been enjoying a peaceful night's sleep, am wrenched abruptly from my dreams when my cell phone starts to ring jarringly loud in my ears, majorly due to the headphones I had forgotten to remove last night before falling asleep.
Nonetheless I exclaim my surprise as I'm nearly deafened and fall off my bed, ripping the head phones out of my ears and grudgingly answering the phone.
"Hello? Liza, is that you?" I ask groggily as I sit on the floor tangled in my sheets and pretending not to sound like I'm deciding whether or not to fall back asleep right here and now.
"HEEEYYY LEEANN!" Elizabeth shouts excitedly into the phone.
"Ugh!" I scowl a little and hold the phone slightly away from my ear and then put it back cautiously. I look at the clock, it reads 5:25 AM.
"Liza? Did you forget what time it is in Illinois?" I ask her, just slightly amused by my overly hyper friend as I stand and start trying to make my way over to the light switch.
"Pffffffft, Did you forget what today is?" Elizabeth asks over the phone, I know immediately that she must have rolled her eyes at me.
"Liza! It's too early for me to remember my middle name for Christ's sake! Let alone what today is!" I whisper theatrically, tripping over something large. " Damnit!" I mutter and turn the light on to examine what's assaulted my foot.
"Well look at the calendar!" Elizabeth says still excited, My scowl disappears as my eyes drop to the dufflebag I had thrown in front of the bedroom door the night before.
"I don't have to! Ya know why?!" I ask her suddenly, my sleep fogged mind clearing as said duffle bag brings my memory back.
"Why?!"
"We're going to New York city today!" I shout into the phone, hoping to get a little payback for her making me fall off the bed, along with the fact that I'm genuinely excited about today.
"Aaaah I'm so excited!" Elizabeth yells happily, her voice sounding as if she were jumping up and down.
"So Liza, when does your flight leave again" I ask her, now in a thoroughly good mood as I walk to the bathroom to do something with my wavy thick hair.
"Um 6 I think" she says slightly, questioning herself.
"Really? In the morning?!" I ask shocked, I hadn't thought she would have to wake up that early. I grab a black rubber band, putting it around my wrist like a bracelet as I put the phone on speaker and set it on the counter. I grab my brush, determined to wrestle all the knots out of my butt length, black hair.
"Yea it was the best flight I could get" she says as though this fact in and of itself has exhausted her.
"Oh! Wait when did you get up?" I ask, suddenly curious, as I start to attempt to pull all of my hair into a high ponytail only to have the rubber band snap and hit the mirror with a thunk.
"5" she says matter of factly, I scowl at my refection and pull my hair out of its pony tail, beginning to twist it into a thick braid.
"Holy crap really? That's freakin' early!" I say, laughing a little. I look at the clock in my phone seeing its 5:45 as I tie off my braid and pick up the device.
I exit the bathroom and turn right to go downstairs, not caring that I'm wearing shorts and a tank top until my bare feet hit the tile on the first floor landing.
"Yeah! I'm excited! I can't wait till we get to NYC!" she says ecstatically.
"I know right!" I say, laughing into the phone as I pinch it between my shoulder and cheek, holding out my arms to feel for a light switch in the pitch dark. I can hear steady breathing from the couch and I know my uncle is probably asleep on it again.
"When does your flight leave?" Elizabeth asks, sounding like she's getting into a car. I decide to leave the light in the living room off to better my chances of not waking up the overgrown, leanly muscled, male on the couch and start feeling my way to the kitchen. once inside it I graze my hands against the walls to see where I'm going.
"8- Shit!" I say, running into the island in the kitchen in a way that the corner of it catches me right on my hip, I hear Elizabeth laugh.
"Did you run into the island again? Because I don't think 8-shit is a number" she says still laughing, I raise my eyebrow.
"How did you know I ran into the island?" I ask, laughing a little as I fumble for the light switch, finally flipping it. I don't care if I wake up the abominable jerk face, I'm not going to chance missing my flight because of clumsiness.
"Leea.. You do it every morning!" Elizabeth says slightly serious, I roll my eyes and lean against the counter.
"Oh yeah? Well... Oh hush it" I say, trying not to laugh despite myself. Elizabeth cracks up and soon I'm laughing along with her. A hand drops down heavily on my shoulder, almost toppling me over and I flinch, turning around quickly to find my uncle standing there.
He has cropped black hair and part of a purple tattoo peeks out from his neckline of his wife beater. I try not to return the glare he's giving me.
"Be quiet I can hear you from the couch.." he says, irritated. I try not to laugh or make a comment about how he's always on the couch.
"Leeanna? What happened? Are you okay?" Liza asks, sounding confused.
"Don't worry Liz, it's just Benjie" I say, letting sarcasm seep into my voice as I call him by the much hated nickname my dad had given him back when they were friends, He glares at me harder.
"Watch your attitude or you won't be going anywhere today" my uncle says, with a smug little smirk that just pisses me off. I grit my teeth.
"Liza let me call you back" I say hanging up the phone without waiting for her response.
"It seems as though you've lost your memory Benjie, so let this be a refresher. I am 19 years old, I can do whatever I want, I can go wherever I want, and I can say whatever I want however I want to say it, and furthermore since you're not my father, you have no control over me so you'd better get used to it. Cause if not then things between us are gonna get ugly" I say angrily, his face turns red and he looks like he's about to respond, but I step back just as someone comes down the stairs.
"Hey Lee, hey Uncle Benjamin!" my 8 year old little brother yawns, stalking sleepily over to me, he sits on the ground in front of my feet and hugs my legs until I pick him up and walk him over to the counter. I'm determined to keep my little brother from getting in the middle of this.
"You want your cereal Xander?" I ask him as I set him on the counter, rubbing his eyes he nods, letting loose another yawn before waving to Benjamin.
I smile, pouring him a bowl of fruit loops and giving it to him as I lower him down from the counter and set him on his feet. I watch as the tired blonde walks over to the table and sits down, resting his head on it to, once again, try to eat sideways. Benjamin turns and walks out of the kitchen, glaring as I pick up my cell again and call Elizabeth back.
"Leeann?! What happened! That sounded like Ben!" she says sounding worried, from the background noise I figure she's already at the airport already, I chuckle a little.
"That would be cause it was kiddo, sorry 'bout hanging up, I had to let him know how today's going to go" I say nonchalant, grabbing an apple and going up stairs to get dressed, throwing Benjamin a cheeky smile as I do.
"Seriously?! You had to give him a piece of your mind! what'd you say?" she says, she sounds exasperated and I recount our entire conversation to her as I go back into my room and to the clothes I laid out on my bed, She sighs.
"Really? Can't you just back down from a fight every once and while?! It's relaxing you should try it!" Elizabeth says, laughing a little.
I chuckle, grabbing the scarlet tank top, pair of grey skinny jeans, red and blue converse, and dad's old tan construction jacket, Which is three sizes to big but comfy as heck, from the rocking chair in the corner of the room. I press the phone between my shoulder and cheek again as I get dressed.
"If I didn't get into sticky situations then who would I be now?" I say, smiling. Elizabeth laughs and I change into my jeans and tank top, laying dad's jacket on my still unmade bed. I sit on the rumbled covers and pull on some socks.
"I guess you're right" she say, a lady in the background makes last calls for a New York flight.
"uh Liz.. Shouldn't you be on your plane by now?" I ask her, a little confused as I glance at the silver watch I've just slipped onto my wrist. She gasps and I hear her say some goodbyes.
"Alright well I'll talk to you later okay?" she says, sounding like she's juggling four things at once, I smile.
"Okey dokey, I'll see you later kiddo!" I say just before we hang up. I grab my converse and lace them up just as my mother opens my bed room door and pops her head in, she looks surprised.
"I came in to wake you but it seems that someone beat me to it" she says, laughing a little. I look at the clock, it reads 6:01, I laugh because if Elizabeth hadn't have called I probably wouldn't have woken up since my alarm clock, that was set for 5:58, has apparently crapped out again.
'Everything happens for a reason right dad?' I think to myself with a small smile, My mom walks into the room and sits on the side of the bed next to me.
"You sure you want to do this?" she asks me, sounding slightly sad, I nod and hug her tightly. I start to hear voices downstairs and doors opening and closing. I look at my mom with an unspoken question.
"Your step mothers here and she brought the entire brood, Brian is on his way too" she says, rolling her eyes but I know she's only joking, her and Maria have gotten real close since the funeral, hell they were close before it too. I smile excitedly as she stands and takes my suitcase away from me, nodding to the duffel bag on the floor. I oblige and grab my uneaten apple and coat, standing with my mom to go greet them.
As we near the stairs I see my dads wife Maria at the bottom, as I descend the stairs I hug her and the rest of my family, finding a very frustrated looking uncle Benjamin, apparently booted form the couch, glaring at the younger members of my sibling tribe.
My 4 year old half-sister Kary is standing by the car seats where my 8 week old little brothers Jess Jr and Jordan Jr are fast asleep as their two year old predecessor Bruce rocks their chairs.
My three older sisters Avery 21, Isabella my twin at 19, and Dona 17 are now sitting on the couch talking and poking fun at each other like they always do. though right now they've migrated to dragging poor Xander into their collective laps and tickling him till he's screaming that he has to pee. Benjamin announces that he has to go to work and quickly makes his escape out the front door, ignoring my sister's glares as he goes.
After a half an hour I'm holding Bruce on the couch while the rest of my family, including Brian who'd arrived just ten minutes ago, plays 'Spoons' at the kitchen table unable to shake the tense foreboding in my stomach as Bruce pulls my hair and Kary climbs up to lay her head in my lap, promptly falling asleep there with a smile on her face, easing my anxiety a little bit.
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