Moving to the new city

Standing on the sidewalk, there's a girl waving for a taxi ready to leave this city. As the wind blows stronger, she grips on her thick coat, waiting for that yellow car to turn around. Soon, it came. The taxi driver quickly got down and helped her with my luggage, then he politely opened the door for her.

"To the airport, miss?"

She wouldn't be surprised when he asked her that question. Normally anyone looking at her will probably think the same as him. 

A little girl less than 5'7. A big wool oatmeal beanie covers her long dark golden hair. Her brown leather coat is long enough to cover her own black boots. Luggage full of her hands. She even has a big red scarf around her neck. Her aquamarine eyes spark with excitement like she's ready for her adventure anytime now.

If she were another person, looking at the girl like that, she would properly think the same as him.

This girl is going somewhere far and she needs to get to the airport. 

Too bad! She is not like any other girls. One of the main reasons is she can't stand planes. She has some psychological problems and one of them is she affairs of height. 

"No, haha! I can't stand planes. Please take me to this address!"

She said as she handed him a piece of paper. 

"To another city? That'll be a long way. Ya sure ya don't wanna catch something like a boat perhaps?"

Continuing shaking her head, she gave him a no as a reply. Boat may help her get there much faster. And she really does want to get there faster. But as someone said to her long ago: "Sometimes you need to slow down a bit! You always take things too fast. You'll never understand the meaning of other little details making your life bright!".

That led her to this. Sitting inside this taxi to go to another city. 

Lydia tilted her head leaning on the taxi's window. It's cloudy outside. A lot of people said a sky that cloudy is not a sign of luck. But she pretty much don't care.

Because today is her big day. She's finally become a freshman at Acadia College. Acadia is a medic school. Every year, they only open 700 slots for new students. This year, she's lucky to be one of those 700. How can she not be pleased? After 6 years studying hard. 6 years unable to meet them, her childhood friends, frequently. She is finally able to reunite with them.

She giggled as she put on her earphones and started to play her favorite song. After today, things are gonna get hard. But she knows she'll make it. Because she's Lydia Hayes, the girl who is not affair of anything. 

The taxi keep on going about 5 hours more when it finally reaches a beautiful villa. It's a huge modern mansion with a colorful garden filled with anemone and camelia. She knows they live in a huge mansion but when she finally sees it with her own eyes, she's still surprised by the fact that this place is even much more beautiful than I ever imagined. 

Getting out of the car, she stood there with her luggage, speechless for a moment. But, she's already here. So she came in front of the gate and rang the bell. No sooner, a boy with brown curly fringe opened the door. His blue eyes widened in surprise when he saw her.

"Lydia? Dia? What on earth are you doing here at this time?"

He said as he opened the door for her.

His name is Luciano Lancaster. He's 5 years older than her. And he's one of the two childhood friends. 

"Luca!"

She calls out his name and clinging to his neck.

"It's been a long time since I last saw you so don't be such a bully!"

Letting go of him, she crossed her arm around her chest as I said. It's been a year since she last saw him when he returned to our hometown last holiday. He's also a student from Acadia. Due to his schedule, they really don't have time to talk much after he turned 18 and moved in here.

"I can't reach you two on the phone so I did leave a voice message saying that I'll arrive one week early. Don't tell me that neither off you check it out!"

Luciano scratches his head as she said. He looks at her awkwardly.

"We… you know… we have been a little bit busy lately… Hey, come on in! I'll help you with your luggage!"

Said Luciano when he stepped out and picked her luggage up. He's still the same as always. Kind but shy. She can't help but giggle a little bit.

"Thanks, Luca! By the way, where's Ray?"

"Ray? He's sleeping in his room!"

"It's 2:00 p.m already! Is his work that busy?"

"Yeah, he didn't get any sleep till 5 in the morning!"

"Oh my!"

She tilted my head a little bit when having a small chat with Luciano about Ray.

Ray. Raylan Lancaster. He's 9 years older than her. He's also her childhood friend and he's Luciano's half-brother. After Ray's mother died in a car accident for 3 years, his father remarried. And one year later, Luciano came to this world. They may only be half-brothers but growing up with them helps her know that their bond is as strong as ever.

This present is a perfect example for their bond. Ray is now a professor at Acadia. Luca is a postgraduate there. And together they live peacefully in this villa.

"Sorry we didn't check those voicemails. If we knew it sooner, we would have made something and thrown you a welcome party!"

"Oh? You two finally know how to microwave a cold pizza?"

She smirked as she heard Luca say they'll make something for her. The Lancaster brothers in front of other people is all so perfect. But little did they know, these brothers still have things they can't do and one of them is cooking. 

"Hey, at least we try, okay?"

Luca sighed, unhappy with my comment. 

"Fine! Fine! Then, are you free at the moment? If you do, can you drive her to the nearest store? I'll pick up something and make dinner tonight!"

"You should have a rest. It's 5 hours driving. We can't let a girl do all the work! We'll eat out tonight!"

"But I wanted to! Com'on now Luca! You aren't going to deny a girl's request, aren't you?"

Lydia shows Luca her puppy eyes with a little teary on it. After all, she knows Luca will never say no to this face. And just like she expected, he sighs. But then he grabs his key on the table and then turns to her.

"Let's go!"

She clapped her hand eagerly as she followed him to his car.