I do not own twilight.
"Have you got everything, passport, cash...condoms." Alex groaned as at least three people turned to stare at the grandmother and granddaughter in the departure lounge.
"Nonna!" Alex groaned embarrassed.
"What, it's a perfectly harmless question, you're going to Europe for six weeks, I would expect you to get some." Nonna spoke simply.
"Nonna... Just, yes I have condoms, happy." She asked her face turning tomato red.
"Good girl, I don't want no grandbabies until I'm at least 70." She insisted.
"Okay, cane we please change the subject... like how about we talk about... just... anything else." Alex began.
"Why not, sex is a perfectly natural part of life, your grandfather and I had sex until he died, gods rest his soul."
Alex scrunched her nose and gagged dramatically.
"Honestly Alexandra, still so young." Nonna smiled running her hand through her granddaughters dark hair. She smiled sadly.
"If only your mother was alive to see this, her baby handpicked to attend an arts programme in Europe... she would be proud as punch."Nonna Smiled.
Alex smiled sadly nodded, in lieu of an answer; she loved her mother, though the only thing she could remember about her now was that she smelt of Rosemary. Everybody that knew her mother told her that she was the spitting image of her mother, but looking at pictures, Alex guessed she only really had her mother's hair, thick and dark. She had her father's eyes something she hated as much as she hated that man.
Her eyes flashed with anger, behind her the lights flickered and the departure times in the background flickered on an off.
"Alex, stop that." Nonna demanded firmly, causing her to gasp and shake off the anger, she was new to this witchcraft, still learning, though she had gotten better over the year she had been practicing, she still had little moments like this, when out of anger or fear she would cause a minor technical glitch.
"Sorry Nonna, lost control for a moment." She smiled sorrowfully.
"Have you been practicing, doing your exercises, Alex, you're not going to get better until practice." Nonna began. "Nonna, I've been practicing... I promise... I just lost control for a moment." Alex snapped.
Her Nonna raised her eyebrows and folded arms across her chest "Excuse me." Nonna asked.
"Sorry, just panicked about the trip." Alex offered, causing Nonna smile to brighten.
"It seems, like just yesterday I was changing your diapers and teaching you how to levitate your first leaf." Nonna smiled.
"Well, I'm 19 now, all grown up; I can dress myself and everything." Alex laughed.
"Now announcing Pacific flight 3432 direct to London England, could passengers in with row 33 to 66 please make their way to gate 15."
Alex looked down at her ticket and smile, "That's me row 34." She smiled sadly.
"Oh, my baby's all grown up." Nonna spoke before pulling her granddaughter into a tight hug that seemed to last forever.
"Nonna, Nonna... I really have to go now." Alex spoke through muffled fabric.
"Right, of course... Now you be a good girl, have a good time and learn lots." Nonna spoke sadly, her eyes bright with unshed tears.
"I will, promise... I will write you every day, and call all the time." Alex promised.
"Of course you won't, you will be having much to much fun, but I do expect a phone call every now and then, Just to see how things are progressing." Nonna spoke sadly.
"Now run along, you don't want to miss your flight." Nonna spoke, Alex smiled and hugged her Nonna once more.
"I'll miss you." She whispered, before quickly turning away and rushing over to the gate before her Nonna could see the tears falling down her face.
The departure clerk smiled sympathetically as she handed her a tissue "First time away." She asked Alex nodded.
"Not to worry, time will go so quickly you will be crying because you have to leave." She smiled handing Alex back her ticket.
"Have a nice flight." She smiled, "Thank you." Alex crocked before taking one last look at her Nonna, offering her a small wave before disappearing behind the doors.
She settled into her seat on the plane easily enough. She pulled the arts brochure that had been sent to her out of her hand luggage; it wasn't long before the seat next to her was taken.
"Hey are you doing the summer programme in Europe too." A cheerful voice asked, pulling her out of her reading, she smiled at the guy sitting next to her. "Yeah, Alex, Photography." She smiled pulling her reading glasses from her face, the guy next to her smiled. "Evan, painting...mainly." he corrected.
Alex nodded, "I'm hoping to get some sculpting experience while I'm learning, maybe a bit of painting, but to be honest, the only thing I can draw is stick figures." She laughed.
"I'll make you a deal, you teach me photography, and I'll teach you a few sketching techniques that helped me through." Evan offered.
"Deal, you know Evan this is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship." She laughed, "That was so corny." Evan laughed.
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The Plane ride went quickly with people to talk too, she and Evan met a girl named Sophie who was also joining them on course, the three of them got along great, trading stories about where they lived and what they were interested in, Sophie as it turns out was very much into writing, she was already in the process of writing a novel, though she refused to show it to anybody, only occasionally looking over her laptop to answer a question or to readjust her screen when she felt somebody could read her work.
The plane soon landed in England the the group was met by their tutor, a guy who was way to preppy at 4am in the morning.
"Okay guys, welcome to England, I know the flight had been long, and you probably just want to get to be, but there are a few ground rules we need to sort out.
Number one, there will be no unisex rooms, female and Male only, you will remain with your allocated dorm buddy on trips, and will not play walk about during tours, there is to be no Alcohol consumption, drug consumption or any kind of sexual activity, this is grounds for immediate expulsion from the programme, you will be sent back to your home country, under your dime. Do I make myself clear." He asked.
"Yes Mr Garrotte." The group muttered.
"Great, now when I call your name, please step forward to greet your buddy,
"Abbot, Sean and Daniels Richard." He began, Alex felt herself slip off into a day dream until Evan nudged her in the shoulder, raising an eyebrow and cocking his head in the direction of a blonde girl standing next to the tutor.
"Is there a Warren, Alexandra here, Alexandra Warren." The tutor continued. Alex raised her hand quickly and walked up to greet her Dorm mate.
"Hi, I'm Alex." She greeted kindly, she got a grunt and a mumble "Jenna" in return. Great her Dorm mate was a bitch.
Alex shot a look towards Evan who was smirking away, and Sophie who gave her a sympatric smile.
The hotel wasn't anything great, a small room with two beds, and beige walls, their room had a window which over looked a busy motor way swarming with traffic and a few traffic lights.
"You think with the amount of money my parents are paying, your rooms would be better standards." Sophie scoffed, sticking her nose up at the room; she quickly threw her bag on the bed closer to the window and stormed off to the bathroom.
"Great, that's just Great." She muttered to herself, as she threw her bag onto the bed closer towards the door, she was so tired that as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was fast asleep.
I hope you like this chapter, I wrote it like four or five times, I was going to jump right into the action and have her in Italy at the moment, but decided to prolong it a little, maybe add a little of Bella and Alice's trip, or maybe a bit of Demetris Situation. Who knows, but right now its 2:37am and I'm tried, so this chapter may suck and not make sense, because my writing mood stopped the moment I wrote the first chapter lol, this was forced.