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Let's dive into episode 01!
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Anna Greg is eighteen and she's the only child of the Greg's. She's a beautiful girl with round blue eyes and a long black straight hair. She's not chubby, she has just the perfect body shape and height of Sabrina Carpenter the famous actress and singer. Sabrina loves listening to rock music and she's also good with playing rock guitars. She's not the typical nerd girl, but she's a smart and brilliant girl which always have her A's and B's. She just got an admission into Trinity University her dream campus to study microbiology and she's so excited about it. The campus was in another city called Dublin which was just 6hours away by car from England, while on flight is an hour 15minutes.
Despite the short distance of both cities, Anna's parents weren't cool with her leaving them to another city to study. They wanted her close to them and even advised her to apply for a school in England. But that wasn't what Anna wanted, she wanted to leave home and start her own life. She loves being independent, so starting up in an early age was a way she thought she could become what she desired. And today she'll be taking that bold step that she has always wanted.
It's a sunny Saturday afternoon and Anna was in her room packing up her bags and everything she needed to live in the new city. While she was doing that, she heard a knock on her door.
"Come on in, mom" she yelled out and the door squeak open. Her mom walked in with a sad face. Anna's mom, named Hannah is an older version of Anna. They look alike so much that people often mistake Anna's mom to be her older sister.
"Mom" Anna called in almost a whisper and dropped the cloth she was holding on the bed and walked up to her mom and hugged her.
"I'm going to miss you so much my baby" her mom cried hugging her so close to her body.
"I'll miss you too Mom" she whispered back to her mom and patted her back. "I promise I'll always video call you everyday and I'll come visiting once in a month" she continued and released her from the embrace.
"Once in a month is quite a long time, Anna" she sniffled and Anna felt sad as she stared into her mom's eyes.
Anna has been holding back her tears, she didn't want to start crying right now so she won't change her mind on going.
"Mom, at times you just have to accept some decisions you can't change. I know you care for me, but sooner or later I'm bound to leave your side. It'll be better you start getting use to it now than later" she tried consoling her mom.
"I understand my child, but I don't think you understand how I feel" she sniffled and touched her cheek.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine" Anna replied holding her mom's hand. Her mom nods slightly and glanced at her baggage on the bed. "Would you like to help me finish up packing?" she asked her mom.
"Of course, it's the least I could do now" she smiled and walked over to her daughter's bed.
Anna smiled and followed right behind her. They both sat on her bed and began folding up her clothes to her bags while her mom makes fun of some of her daughter's undies.
"This one looks too sexy, is it for your new boyfriend over there?" she teased wiggling her brows.
"Mom, would you stop teasing me?!" Anna scolded her playfully and laughed.
"Huuuuu.... This one looks like something you wanna wear on your first night of having sex" she teased again holding a black lingerie that came with a bra.
"Mom, stop!" she whined reaching out to collect it from her hand but she raised it higher.
"Do you have a boyfriend already and you didn't tell me?" she raised a brow at her daughter and she gasps.
"Of course not! I don't have any boyfriend. Can't I just buy some sexy stuffs that I like?" she asked with a pout and her mom laughed.
"Sure you can, but this ones are too....."
"Okay, enough mom, I don't want you to help me out anymore, please leave my room" she said playfully.
"I'm sure you didn't mean that" her mom replied while she reached out for another of her daughter's undies. The one she picked up this time around was a pink bikini that Anna had bought while she was doing her last shopping few days ago.
"Leave my room mom, I don't need your services" she said and snatched it from her hands. Anna mom frowns and folded her arms to her chest.
"My daughter is sending me away from her room, where did I go wrong to have a daughter named Anna?" she whines not making a move.
"You know I'm the best daughter in the world, you can't find someone like me so just stick to me" Anna replied and winked at her.
"I hate you, Anna!" she half-yelled wiping out an imaginary tears and Anna laughed so hard.
"I love you too momma" she replied blowing her a kiss.
This was Anna and her mom, they are both full of fun and act like sisters. Anna made her mom the best friend she could always talk to at any time and she'll not feel bad that she did. The love and trust is higher than the little misunderstandings they do have some times.
"I'll really miss these" Anna said quietly and locked gaze with her mom. She's beginning to feel her mom's absence, starting a new life with new faces isn't going to be easy for her.
"We'll miss us" her mom replied and she nodded. "It's for good, we'll get through this" she added and kissed her forehead. "C'mon, let's finish packing your things up before your dad arrives".
They both packed Anna remaining things in silence. "I'll be right back" her mom said few minutes later and she left her daughter's room. Few minutes later she was back with a small box.
"What's that, mom?" Anna asked as her mom took a sit beside her.
"Open it" she instructed grinning widely at her daughter. Anna slowly opened the box and a broad smile spread on her face when she saw photos of herself and her mom when she was just 2years old.
She took it out and then she noticed there were still others inside the box. She brought out all of the pictures and glanced at each of them. Some of the pictures were taken with her parents while some was just herself alone. She chuckled when she saw a picture of herself at age 5 when she first ride on a bike.
"Do you remember how I fell on my butt on my first attempt of riding a bike?" she asked her mom and her mom nodded laughing.
"Of course, I still have all memories here in my head" she replied pointing to her head.
"Thank you mom for keeping this pictures for me" she said and hugged her for a moment.
A car horn startles startled them apart, "that should be your dad" her mom said and she stood up. "Make sure you keep that safe" she reminds her pointing to the box on her daughter's hands.
"Definitely" Anna replied and put it in one of her bags and zipped it locked. She went to her wardrobe, carried her rock guitar and hung it on her neck.
"I thought you were going to leave that behind" her mom joked.
"Never. This goes anywhere I am" she replied and they both chuckled.
"Someone wants to become a Rock star" her mom teased.
"It'll be so damn cool" she replied and played more than one strings while her mom laughed.
"I don't think I have a say on that" her mom said and Anna shook her head.
Anna picked up one of the baggage and her backpack while her mom carried her second bag and they both head out of her room to go meet her dad outside. Her dad was already waiting outside his car in front of their bungalow to give his daughter a ride to the airport.
"Hey Dad" Anna greeted as she and her mom got out of the house. She walked over to her dad and pecked him on the cheek.
"So you're really leaving us?" he asked sadly staring at his daughter. Anna heaves a sigh and squint at her mom before returning her gaze on her dad. "C'mon, let's leave so you'll catch up with your flight" he said collecting her bags and putting it in the car trunk.
"Dad, we've already talked about this, why are you feeling upset right now?" she asked walking over to him.
"I'm not upset Anna" he replied and walked over to carry the remaining baggage his wife was holding.
"You say something different and act contrary to what you just said" she retorted.
"What do you want me to say, Anna? That I'll miss you so much that you shouldn't leave? You of all people know I've said that a million times but you've made up your mind to leave so I can't hold you back!" he half-yelled and slammed the car trunk and walked to the driver's seat.
"Dad you're being so dramatic right now. Do you think is easy for me to leave you and Mom and go to a place where I'm not familiar with?" she yelled back.
"Then why not you abort your decision if is not easy as you just said?" he asked.
"Because I can't dad. I can't just decide not to go anymore, is all I ever wanted. Dad I'm not going to live with you and mom forever, someday I'll get married and build my own family. So what's the difference with now?".
"The difference is you're just eighteen, you're still young" he answered.
"Can you stop treating me like the five years old little girl that I once were? I'm a grown-up now, I'm eighteen and in three months time I'll be nineteen. So, for once just let me be happy with a decision I've chosen. You can't always decide for me" she yelled and rushed up to the car. She opened the front door and got inside and then she slammed the door.
Greg stood there awestruck with all his daughter just said. His wife walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Honey" she whispered and he slowly turned around and stared at his wife.
"Did you hear all she said?" he asked calmly and she nods.
"Anna is leaving us for good, what she's going for concerns her future. Let her chase after her dreams please. She's all ours, she's never going to abandon us just because she's going to campus. She'll always visit us or we can always visit her and spend time with her" she replied.
He stared at his wife in awkward silence and then he glanced at his car and returned his gaze back to his wife. "I'm just trying to be a protective father. I'll miss her so much, she's my baseball game mate. Who do I pick as a replacement now?".
"I'm right here, I'll be her replacement" she replied smiling and he snorted.
"You don't even know what baseball game is all about" he retorted and she chuckled.
"You'll teach me" she replied and he groaned.
"That's like telling me to teach a five years old how to play a baseball" he teased and she swats his chest.
"That's so unfair for you to say" she frowns and he laughed. Anna peeked her head out from the car to see what was going on.
"Thanks for lightening up my mood" he said tilting her chin up.
"That's my duty" she replied and winked at him.
"Should I order an Uber ride to the airport?" Anna yelled out from the car and they glanced back to her direction.
"You can pay the money into my bank account instead" her father replied and his wife laughed.
"Screw you, dad" she retorted and relaxed back to her seat.
"Your daughter is losing her proper use of language" he told his wife and began walking up to the car.
"She's also your daughter, so teach her the right language to use" she grinned widely behind him.
"Young lady you should get behind the backseat you're not my wife" Anna dad said as he got inside the car.
"Who wants to marry an old man like you?" Anna retorted teasingly and got out of the car.
"Hannah, did you hear your daughter? She called me an old man" he whines and his wife laughed and got into the front seat.
"Of course you're too old for her but you're ever young to me" she giggled and a wide grin spread on his face.
"Could you say that again?" he asked locking gaze with her.
"You're my forever young love" she said and he moved closer to place a kiss on her lips.
"Can you two stop acting like some horny highschool lovers?!" Anna half-yelled causing them to startle apart.
"You see what I told you, she's loosing her use of proper language especially to us her parents. We should send her to the school of nuns" Anna's dad said and turned on the car ignition.
"Hell no! You wouldn't do that!" she exclaimed and her mom laughed.
"Your dad is kidding sweetie, he once told me he hates it there" Anna's mom said.
"Maybe I changed mind after so many years ago" he replied driving out of the garage.
"You can't change your mind when it has to do with my daughter" she defended.
"Whatever" he replied and glanced at the rearview mirror. "So, Anna, tell us about your new city. What does it look like?".
"Finally, someone got to ask of my new abode" Anna replied with an eye roll.
"I think I know a nun school not far off from here..."
"Dad! Fine, I'm sorry" she apologized with a giggle and her parents chuckled. "It's actually a beautiful place. Until I get to my rented apartment, I wouldn't really tell much".
"Okay, make sure to call us immediately you get there, okay?" her mom said and she nods.
"I will" she replied.
"And if you don't like it there, you're always welcome home" her dad added.
"Okay" she replied. "Please can I hear my favorite song from Dierks Bentley?".
"Must you always request for that song whenever I'm driving?" he groaned aloud.
"At least for the last time" she pouted.
"You don't have to say it's for the last time, it sounds like you're not going to ever come back to us" her mom said frowning.
"Mom don't jinx it. I'm just saying it's no longer going to be often I'll get a ride in dad's car".
"That sounds better than the latter" her mom sighed and reached out for the radio. She turn it up and 'hold on by Dierks Bentley' began playing.
It's just an old beat up truck
Some say that I should trade upNow that I got some jangle in my pocketBut what they don't understandIs it's the miles that make a manI wouldn't trade that thing in for a rocketWhat they don't know is my dad and meWe drove her out to TennesseeShe's still here, and now he's goneSo I hold onIt's just an old beat up boxIts rusty strings across the topIt probably don't look like much to youThey sang along to the song and nodded to the beats. This was Anna's favorite song as a rock music lover. She made her parents fall in love with the song and now they can sing the full lyrics of the song off-hand. She's been in love with this particular song since when she started playing guitar at fifteen. They continued singing to the lyrics.
But these dents and scratches in the wood
Yeah, that's what makes it sound so goodTo me it's better than brand newYou see this here flat top guitar'sHad my back in a million barsSinging every country songSo I hold onTo the things I believe inMy faith, your love, our freedomTo the things I can count onTo keep me going strongYeah, I…Couple of minutes later, they arrived at the airport.
"It is time to shed some tears" her dad said turning his head back to stare at his daughter."I'll really love to see you cry" she replied smirking at him.
"Men don't cry" he said and glanced away.
"That's a lie, you cried in the church on our wedding day" her mom replied and Anna burst into a fist of laughter while her dad rolled his eyes and bowed his head to the steering wheel.
"Mom, why didn't you tell me this little secret all this while?" she asked giggling.
"I never knew it's going to be a weapon tool to break his ego" her mom replied and winked at her. Both of them burst into more laughter and Greg groaned frustratingly.
"I just wish you'll miss your flight" he said and that caused both ladies to stop laughing.
"Dad, why do you choose to be so mean to me today?" Anna frowns and unlocked the door.
"Don't mind him sweetie, you won't miss your flight. He meant to say he'll miss you" her mom replied.
"Whatever" he said and unbuckled his seatbelt. His wife smiled at him and unbuckled her seatbelt and they both got out of the car and took out her baggages.
They walked into the airport terminal and entered the arrivals. "I guess this is where we get to say our goodbyes" her dad said in a low tone with his hands in his pocket.
"Yeah, I'm going to miss you both so much" she replied glancing from her mom to her dad.
"We'll miss you badly my baby" her mom said at the brim of tears and pulled her to a hug.
"You're not leaving until I get a hug" he said stepping forward.
Anna snickered and released herself from her mom's embrace. "When would you stop the tough guy thing huh?" she asked jokingly and hugged him.
"I love you so much, Anna. I'm going to miss you so fucking much" he whispered as he wrapped his big arms around her body.
"I love you too, Dad. I'm missing you already" she whispered.
"C'mon, you need to get in there before you miss your flight" he said releasing her from the embrace.
"Okay. Please do take care of mom. And make sure you teach her baseball" she giggled after saying that and grabbed her baggage.
"That's going to take like forever" he replied and squint at his wife and she nudge him while Anna laughs and waved them goodbye. They waved at her back and watched her leave. She blew kisses to them couple of times before she got into the departure room.
Anna got to her new apartment in Waterford Lismore Ireland, it was a bungalow which had a furnished room and a parlor combined with kitchen utensils and bathroom. Here she felt safe and comfortable since she won't have to share anything with anyone just like it is in the hostel. When you talk about privacy, Anna Greg so much get freaked out with it. She singlehandedly put her belongings in her wardrobe and she flop her body on her mattress. "This is so perfect, I love it here!" she said excitedly rolling back and forth on her bed. While she was still giggling and rolling on her bed the song of Zara Larsson ft Mnek titled Never Forget You came alive, immediately she sat up and dig her hand in her pocket and brought out her iPhone and placed it on her ear. "Hey mom, missing me already?" she shrieked smiling. "I was missing you even before you left me. Have you gotten to your apartment?" her mom replied on her end. "Yes, just got here. Mom the place is reall
It's midnight and Anna's phone kept buzzing disrupting her perfect sleep. She ignored her buzzing phone and changed her sleeping position to laying face flat on the bed and using her pillows to cover her ears. To her she felt it was too late for anyone to be calling her. The phone stopped buzzing for a moment and then in few seconds it was back to buzzing. Anna woke up upset and reached for her phone."Who the hell is it? Don't you know the rules for calling me?" "Woah. Take it easy Missy, I'm sorry I didn't know you've got rules for taking calls, perhaps I'll have to read them before calling you next time" the male's voice answered calmly. "And who are you?" she asked rudely causing the caller to sigh heavily. "It's your new boyfriend at the grocery store" he said in humour and laughed. "Why are you calling so late? Don't you sleep at night?" she asked smoothening her hair with her hands. "I'm sorry I'm calling late, is becau
Playlist ~ Alan Walker - Spectre Anna's alarm woke her up at 6.30am the next day. She sat up and raised her fist in in the air and screamed "Woohoo" excitedly. Her face was plastered with a wide grin that could easily make one think she just won billions of dollars lottery. But to Anna, having the opportunity to attend her dream campus and have lectures is worth more than that. She stood up and rushed to the bathroom and did the usuals. When she got out from her bathroom she reached for her closet and glanced through her clothes looking for the right clothing that matches her happy mood. After a moment of searching, she settled for a white crop top and sort of a baggy black pants. She paired it with her white sneakers and grabbed her phone and wallet and put them inside her white backpack on the bed. She stared at her reflection in the mirror and she picked up her hairbrush and brushed her silky straight hair which cascad
Drake was waiting up for Anna outside her classroom for him to take her home after the day's lectures. During their break earlier, Anna had showed him her timetable and that was how he knew the last lecture she would be having for the day which was Mathematics. "Hey Drake, you were waiting up for me already?" she called out to him as she stepped out of the classroom. "Yes before Nicole will steal you away from me again" he answered smiling and walked up to her. "Is someone beginning to get jealous of my friendship with Nicole?" she teased. "I wouldn't be if she doesn't interfere with my time with you" he replied. "Anna!" a feminine voice squeals from behind them and when they turnaround it was Nicole. "Speaking of the devil" Drake groaned with an eye roll and Anna chuckled. "Gossiping about me?" she chirped in
Few days later, Drake and Anna were off work duty. It's a Sunday and Drake had invited Anna to his family's house to meet his sisters and Mom and she had accepted the invitation. Anna is at the doorstep feeling nervous as she pressed the doorbell once. The door flew open within a minute and Drake appeared in front of her. "Hey" she greeted shyly. "Hey, you're right on time. Come on in" he said ushering her in. She nods and followed him inside. When she got inside Drake's two sisters were standing halfway to the door smiling widely. Drake's immediate younger sister Kylie who is fifteen years old walk up to Anna and stood in front of her. "Hi, you're welcome" Kylie greeted and hugged her briefly while Anna slowly hugged her back. "Thank you" she smiled and released her from the embrace. "Hello Anna, my brother has told us so much about you" Julia the youngest of Drake's sister who is 8years old said and stepped forward. "
Anna went on her knees and gently picked up the frame. She gasps when she saw how badly broken it has become. "Oh my God, how did this happen?" she cried out touching the picture of the broken frame and then a tiny piece of the broken glass pierced her right middle finger. "Ouch" she squealed and threw off the frame on the floor and held her right middle finger tight and blood gushed out. She stood up and rushed to the kitchen sink to wash it off. "Shit!" she cussed as she washed off the blood but more kept gushing out. She off the tap and walked out of the kitchen to her room. She searched in her cupboard for some first-aid kits and luckily she found one. She hastily clean it up and put on a plaster on it. "Oh no, I pray it goes before morning, I can't afford to take a day off from work over a silly mistake like this one" she puffed an air and shut her eyes closed for a moment. When she flutters it open, her gaze narrowed down to her window, it was half-opened. She
Anna woke up the next morning with a knock on her door. When she got out of her room and went to check who was at the doorstep, she saw no one. She looked around finding who had knocked but no one was in sight. "Is this a joke or what?" she asked feeling upset and her gaze never left her surroundings. "Drake are you out there?" she half-yelled and no response came her way. "It obviously can't be Drake, if he was the one, his bike would be parked outside" she thought. Anna went back inside and slammed the door closed. "Maybe I heard wrong, right?" she thought again and glanced back to the door briefly before returning her gaze back to where she was heading to which was the kitchen. She tried to shut all negative thoughts but the more she tried the more the thoughts of her being in harm keeps coming up. She lost appetite of eating and she turnaround and went back to her room. When she got in front of her room door to open it and get inside, another knoc
When Drake released Anna from his embrace she was still feeling scared. "Please don't leave me here he might come back for me" she begged holding on to his shirt and he stared at her for a moment and a chuckle escaped his mouth. "What do you mean he'll come back for you? Who is coming back for you?" he asked with open arms. "He... that person I saw...he..." "Ann! Stop being dramatic! You're just imagining things, there's no one out there. Have you been seeing a horror movie lately?" he interrupted. "I've been seeing horror movies before now Drake and nothing like this has ever happened". "I think you should stop seeing them". "Drake this is no joke, he/she is out there waiting to get me!" She whisper-yelled. "No, I disagree with you. If it means me going out there to prove it to you then I will. I'll be right back" he touched her cheek and headed out to glance around the surroundings. He heave a long sigh when he found