--= 1 =--
Sigh, depressing thoughts again. I can't help myself at this point. All I can think of are all the bad things, all the wrong people have done to me, and all the worthless feelings I have of myself. I'm twenty-effing-two and literally don't have a life. I have no job, no money. I'm not in school, and I live at home in Vermont with my parents. (Doing absolutely nothing.) Oh! You may call me Sobbing Sophie.
I haven't helped the cause much, I admit. I've completely closed myself out from the outside world. (Aside from the direct family situation. I can't exactly shun them from me.) My closest girlfriends from High School have grown closer to each other, and farther from me. Of course, I have moved away for my first year of school. But I tried to keep in contact. I guess we were never that close, where distance makes you stronger. Well, fuck them. (Cries)
'Stop it Sophie! Don't go down that road again,' I tell myself.
I have to change something. Or make some plans so that I have something worth looking forward to. I have no idea what though, I'm not that inventive. But if I was, man I wouldn't be in this situation. Nope nope nope.
As I browse my email, I notice I have another post on my Facebook wall. Why is it called a wall? Lost in the idea of people literally writing on walls, I clicked the link.
'Man, only God knows when I last logged in here.'
Five unread messages, and 10 or so lost comments on my wall. I call them lost because I never reply. I always read them in my e-mail, and delete.
I think it's time to reach out. Just this once. I decide to write to my long-lost brother, Danny. He's 27 now, and the last time we saw each other was when he was 9 or 10, and I was 4 or 5. So yeah, it's been a while. He found me on here just last year, and I have to say, I was shocked at how quickly I let him in. All throughout my life, he was taboo because he was associated with the "Bad Family."
Long story short, we share the same father, and that's pretty much it. Danny was always cool to talk to, though. He made talking easy.
So I wrote: "Hey. umm yeah... Its been a while I kno. Sorry I just up'd n left for 4 months. I dont really have an excuse, other than Im miserable atm and would like someone to talk to. I think you still have my # so if you could call that would be.. cool. Thanks - Sophie"
'That oughta do it.'
--= 2 =--
It didn't take long to get my reply from him. He's one of those nuts who has Facebook and Myspace as well as Twitter all on his phone. As if texting wasn't enough, you have to add in all the crazy internet crap. But, I wasn't complaining. I liked the quick response, maybe I would feel better sooner.
"Holy crap Soph! How's it goin'!" exclaimed Danny on the phone.
"It's been... goin'," I replied.
"Yeah! I haven't heard from ya in like, five months!"
"Four," I corrected
"Yeah yeah. So what's this you gotta talk about?"
I spent maybe four minutes in total talking about my sucky life. It's always hard to be depressed when you talk to him. He's like a kid on sugar. Never a dull moment with him, that's for sure. Always excited about something, and this time he was just excited to talk to me.
"So I just got the guys at work off my back about my injury when--"
"Injury!" I exclaimed, "What injury!"
"Well... Me and Jen were uhh..."
"Oh my God you broke your--"
"Fractured actually."
"Oh ew, I was kidding about that. Next topic!"
"I was getting to that. So I finally got the guys off my back about my injury..."
I giggled.
"When one of the boys was like, 'Yeah man, your sisters pretty cute!' Then an outbreak of, 'You have a sister! Woah, lemme see this!' I'm all like, 'What the fuck I'm not lettin' you see my sister.' I was just weirded out, y'know. Haha. Well anyway, I showed 'em your page and I have to say you have quite the collection of fans goin' on here."
I blushed. "You sure have a way of cheerin' me up."
"Oh I didn't tell ya that to cheer you up, haha. Actually I told you to forwarn you when you come up to visit!"
"Come again?"
"You have to come this summer!"
"Two problems: One, I have no cash. Two, my mother." Then I got to thinking about the problem with mom.
Danny piped up, "Oh don't worry about the flight, Ill buy the tickets for you. You just need to find a way to get to the air--"
"Shh-shh! I'm trying to think. Oh my God, I forgot! My mom's goin' to visit her sister for like a month this summer. Wait this is perfect! This is exactly what I needed! How long can I stay?"
"A week, two weeks, three weeks. However long you want!" I could hear him smiling on the other end. "And about dad, and grandma and pa. Don't feel pressured at all to see them. If you want, I won't even tell 'em you're here."
"No no," I paused. "I want to see them." And I did, despite how much it would crush my mom if she found out. Well, I guess that's why I'll never tell her.
This was beyond perfect. I would be spending about a month away from home, doing lots of... well, stuff! And with people my age, too. Eh, kind of. I know Danny, and I know he goes out a lot. A lot, a lot. Whether it's to a bar, or to the beach for a barbecue. I would never be bored. And to top it off, I would see family I haven't seen or even had the leisure to talk about for the last 15 plus years.
Oh, and it doesn't hurt that his buddies think I'm cute. Hearing that definitely lightened my spirits. Mm, well now I got my "something" to look forward to. Maybe my life doesn't have to be a suck-fest after all.
--= 3 =--
Since my talk with Danny, I've had a new outlook on life. I'm much more optimistic about the little things, like today, when I peeked into the mirror. Instead of seeing plain brown hair and brown eyes, I saw rich chocolate hair with sun-kissed strands, and honey eyes with a tint of green. I ran my hands over my breasts, holding them firm in my hands. They're full B-cup and they just love to be teased. Stepping back from the mirror I stretched my body to its full 5'11" potential, admiring it from afar.
I have to admit, I love my body. I spent all of last night frantically packing my luggage, making sure that what I had packed would make me look great. I have my tanks and tees, as well as shorts and skirts. I've got a couple of my favorite summer dresses, a couple of my cutest bathing suits, and to touch it off, a few hoodies for the cooler nights. I'm still bummed we can't take liquids on the plane. I don't want to have to buy crap like shaving cream when I get there. I like to keep myself "trimmed," especially if we'll be doing some swimming. What a drag.
The ride to the airport was short but sweet. My dad did his usual, "Be good kiddo. Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" I kissed him good-bye, and walked into the airport.
As I went through the whole security process, I thought to myself, 'Boy, do I hate flying.' Whenever I had to fly in the past, I had multiple planes to catch until I finally arrived at my destination. I lucked out this time, however, I managed a non-stop flight. Since it was still early, I was pretty tired. Not to mention I didn't sleep much through the night due to over-excitement, so I dozed off pretty quickly. The gentle nudge of the tires hitting the runway woke me up letting me know I've arrived.
I grabbed my small bag from the overhead compartment, and I waddled out along with the other passengers, following them down the twisty and narrow hallways. I got the last bit of my luggage, and made my way to the front enterance.