"Okay sweetie, you have fun and I'll see you in January!" Sarah said tearfully as she hugged me goodbye. I hugged my friend back and smiled.
"Yes, you will! Tell me what Mark gets up to this year okay?" I said, refering to my long time crush. Sarah laughed.
"Okay. He'll probably realise that he does like you once you're gone.... but that's okay, I'll take his mind off of you"
"You do that and you die!"
"Awww c'mon, think of all those sexy American guy's you get to meet while you're in the USA"
"I don't think there'll be too many of those in Oklahoma Sarah... but Dad did say he'd take me to New York"
"You are sooo lucky" Sarah said. She turned her head around when her Mum honked the car horn and then faced me again. "I don't want you to go!" She cried as
she hugged me again. Tears came to my eyes as I hugged Sarah.
"I'll be back in a year. I love you"
"I love you to" Sarah sniffed, releasing me. She picked up her school bag and flung a strap over her shoulder. "Bye bye sweetie... bring me back something good!
Like a guy for instance!". Sarah gave me an evil grin. I laughed and nodded.
"Okay, I'll stuff one in my suitcase on the way home"
"Sounds good to me. Bye bye!" Sarah called as she walked backward to her Mum's car. I lifted my arm and waved. I was going to live in Tulsa Oklahoma for a year
while my Mum went on a year long honeymoon with her new husband, Jeff. I hated him. He was rich, very rich and didn't want me around so I was being shipped
off to my Dad's. My father and I hadn't spoken since he'd moved to America three years before hand so things were going to be mighty strained between us. I
watched Sarah and her mum drive away and sighed as I entered the house.
"Liz, are you ready to go? We have to leave now honey. It turns out that our flight leaves just a little before yours so we need to head over to the air port now." Mum
said as she breezed past me and into the kitchen. I dumped my school bag in the front hall and followed her.
"Huh? So you and Jeff are leaving me alone in the air port?"
"You're old enough now to be left a lone for a couple of hours, and your Dad will be waiting for you when you get to Tulsa" Mum said, facing me.
"A couple of hours? In an air port? Six months ago, there's no way you'd leave me alone in the house for a couple of hours let alone the air port!" I exclaimed.
"You're growing up, it's time that I let you start taking responsibility for yourself". I glared at Mum and then turned on my heel. I ignrored her when she called out to
me to come back and made my way to my bedroom. I was ready to go. I had packed about a week before. I grabbed the bag that I was going to take onto the plane
with me and threw it onto my bed. In it was a change of clothes, make up, hair brush, compact mirror, portable CD player, an assortment of CD's, two books, three
magazines, some junk food and a picture of me and my friends. I checked to make sure that I had everything and then picked up that and my suitcase. Mum had told
me to pack light because my father was going to give me money to go shopping for stuff that I would need there, school supplies, personal things and more clothes.
That was fine by me. I went and dumped my stuff in the front hall and went back to my bedroom. I grabbed my handbag and walked out to my school bag.
"You ready to go yet?"
"Just about"
"Good. Your Mum and I have loaded everything of ours into the car, you need to do the same and then we can get moving. We're waiting on you you know" Jeff
said. I rolled my eyes.
"So sorry. Maybe you better stop talking to me so I can get this into the car and stop wasting your precious time" I replied.
"Don't talk to me like that. I'm your step-father now. You owe me as much respect as your Mum"
"Yeah, whatever" I mumbled as I exited the house. Once my stuff was loaded in the car I went to the front door and yelled that I was ready to go. I then went and
climbed into the back seat of Jeff's car and waited. I ignored my Mum and Jeff on the way to the air port and said only a breif good bye to my Mum. Before Jeff had
come along, my Mum and I were extremely close but now we were like strangers. Mum cried when saying goodbye. I felt like crying. I wasn't going to see her for a
year, I knew that I would miss her. After they left, I was left to my own devices for the next three hours. This was going to be one majorly long year.