"You know, I still don't get why you're leaving my dear, what are you gonna do in San Fransisco, you have a wonderful job here, everyone loves you here, an-"
"Gramps I promised"
"That was 14 years ago sweetie, just give up on this childish dream"
"Give up? grandpa, I have been waiting 14 years for this day to come, and a promise is a promise, no matter when or where you make it, besides I have been accepted in a flight school there in San Fransisco"
Peter Miller signed at his grandaughter's stubbornness
"There is no winning with you is there?"
"Nope," said Antonia cheerfully
Flight to San Fransisco is now boarding
"Well there is my flight, goodbye gramps, I will miss you, and if anything happens, remember I am just a phone call away"
said Antonia hugging hr grandfather
"Take care, my child"
Antonia, POV
Hello readers, I am Antonia Miller, I am 23 years old, and I am from Vermont you know the one with the most beautiful green mountains, skiing, Ben & Jerry's, dairy farms, and all that, yeah I am from there, and today is the day that I leave Vermont and move to San Fransisco it's really hard and painful to leave the place where you were born and raised in. Ever since I was a kid I had 2 dreams, one, I always wanted to become a pilot and two, find my childhood love, my parents died in a car accident when I was three, after that my grandfather took me in and raised me the best he could
Now I will be leaving to pursue my dream to become a pilot and meet my childhood love, even though I haven't seen him for 14 years now.
I just hope that he will keep the promise he made 14 years ago
And this reader is just the beginning of my story
-in the airplane-
Toni took out the picture she and her childhood sweetheart took after they parted ways 14 years ago
-Antoni's flashback-
"Say cheese"
"Cheese"
The camera in the boy's hand made a click sound.
"Hey, what do you say we meet up when we grow up?"
"When exactly?"
"hmmm maybe in 14 years?"
" 14 YEARS?!?!??"
"Yeah because by then we will become adults, lets meet up then"
"where?"
"uhh in a park called The Presidio in San Francisco"
"hmmm ok then, I can't wait" laughed, Toni
"And then I will propose to you, I promise," said the boy
"What? why?" said Antonia surprised
"What? Don't you want to become my wife?"
"hmm alright we will meet in 14 years in San Fransisco and get married, that's a promise," said Antoni happily
"Yay" shouted the boy
-Flashback ended-
"Hey Stephen, how are you doing? I hope you are doing well," said Antonia to the picture she was holding
"Aww they are adorable," said an old lady sitting next to her
"oh thanks"
"Seems likes he takes after his father"
"His father?" said Toni confused
"Yeah, he doesn't look like you at all"
"oh no you got it all wrong ma'am he isn't my son"
"oh? Then who is he?"
"Well, hopefully, my future husband"
"My dear how can you marry a-"
"OH NO NONO you got it all wrong, look, this photo has been taken more than a decade ago, right now he grew up, and hopefully we'll get married............that is if he keeps his promise"
"Oh is that so? But why would he propose to you?"
"And at that young age," said another woman sitting next to the old lady, it seemed like she overheard their conversation.
"I will tell you why its because 14 years ago I saved his life"
-Flashback-
Two boys were playing around a lake and while one boy was chasing a frog the other one, out of nowhere jumped into the lake,
the boy who was chasing the frog was terrified he couldn't swim to save his friend so he started to shout for help all of a sudden a girl jumped into the lake and swum the boy to the land while the other boy was watching from afar
-Flashback ended-
"And that's how ladies and gentlemen I saved the love of my life," said Toni to all the people in the plane that took interest in the story and listened to her
"So you believed him and waited all these years?" said a random woman
"Yes" responded Toni, the woman looked at her strangely
"My child 14 years ago is a very long time, who these days wait for someone that long," said the old lady next to her
"Ma'am, there are times that waiting for something or patience is the most beautiful thing, besides what is there to life without patience, and imagination?"
"You are such an optimistic and lovely girl, I hope that boy keeps his promise," said the old lady smiling
"And they do say that waiting is a sign of true love and patience, anyone can say 'i love you but not everyone can wait and prove it's true," said a middle-aged man in another row"
"Thank you, both you ma'am and you sir," said Toni happily and looked back at the picture in her hand
"We will reunite soon, wait for me Stephen"
At the exact moment, a guy woke up in a flash looking horrified them signed in relief and told himself
"oh thank god, that was just a nightmare" and went back to sleep
"Stephen it's 7:25 wake up son," says Daniel entering his son's room
"Dad there is 5 more minutes for 7;30 let me sleep these 5 minutes"
"No, because I know you will ask for '5 more minutes and then you will end up being late for your job interview," said Daniel puling the blanket on the Stephen
"Daaaaaaaaad" whined Steph
"What?"
".........you know I remember the times you would wake me up to go to school, I honestly feel like I am going back to school," said Stephen still lying on his bed
"We don't have time for this, wake up now," said Daniel yanking him out of the bed, and nearly losing his patience
"Alright, alright"
“Good morning dear” said David coming down the stairs to the kitchen“Good morning honey” responded Elizabeth while preparing breakfastDavid sniffed something delicious“Dear, what is this delightful smell?”“Well since today is your birthday I thought that I might make your favorite”“OOOOH thank you” said David kissing Eliza’s cheek-upstairs-“Come on come on where are you? You stupid tie” Stephen mumbled to himself while looking for his tie, when his eyes caught a red color under his bed he quickly snatched it
-previous chapter-“…………..I feel pity for your family and friends” said Stephen genuinely feeling sorry for them dealing with this girl, it has only been a couple of minutes and yet he is near to pulling his hair out and with that he ran to the bus stop and quickly rode the bus before it left, feeling relieved that now he escaped the girl, he sat down and the person next to him said “hi, we meet again” when he turned he was mortifiedIt was the girl“What a small world right?”“Actually it’s a big world, but to my luck, it,s got very small r
"So? What happened?" asked the police officer"This girl has been following me all morning-""What? Sir, I was only asking for directions"And they began to have a shouting match, the police officer was just looking at them unimpressed"and because of you I am late for my work, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE FINDING A JOB THAT WON'T FIRE ME WITHIN A WEEK FOR 2 YEARS NOW-""IF YOU WERE HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING A JOB FOR 2 YEARS THEN WHO SAYS YOU WON'T THAT GET FIRED WITH THAT JOBS TOO"OK now they are outside of the issue at hand, The officer had enough and slammed the table causing both Stephen and the girl to flinch and go silence"We looked at security camera this young lady came out of the airport not too long ago, and there is no evidence that she was working with that thief that stole your wallet, we also checked her suitcase there wasn't anything suspicious""But-""ah-ha see I am innocent" Stated the girl looking
All day long Antonia has been looking for her First love and everyone either ignored her or call her crazyShe got tired and sat down at a bench and noticed it was getting dark and that made her lose hope a little"Did something happened to him? D-did he forget?........NO don't think like that Toni I am sure he didn't" then she heard her stomach grumble which was reasonable since she didn't eat anything all day so she decides to go buy something for herself but all of a sudden she bumped into someone that caused what he was holding fall"oh I am so sorry sir, here help you- " when she looked up she was astounded to see that it was the same guy that she ended up in the police station with, When he looked at her, he too was astounded"ITS YOU!!" shouted both of them in union"God please let this be a hallucination" begged Stephen closing his eyes and facing the sky"HEY I am helping you here, and don't be so dramatic"
-Previously-"Thank you so much, for helping me with these decorations and giving me a ride, Elija""Well I did lose that bet, so I didn't have a choice" joked Elija"So you wouldn't have helped me if it wasn't for the bet?" asked RubyElija turned to her direction and looked at her in the eyes and he couldn't tell what her expression was, she did look expressionless but there was something else and he didn't what it was, they kept staring into each other's eyes until"Is anyone home?" asked a voice from the front door"Who is that?" asked Elija"Daniel, I am in the living room" announced Ruby recognizing her brother's voice and ignored Elija"Sorry, I am late, Ruby. I bought dad a present" said Daniel going to the living room and was furious at what he saw. There was an unknown man in the house with his sister"Who the hell are you?" asked Daniel angrilyAt first, Elija was feeling a lit
When David opened the door he saw a young girl with ginger hair and dark hazel eyes and was smiling very cheerfully"Good morning, Father," said the girl"Good morning, wait What?""um, aren't you Stephen Brown's father?" asked the girl"Yes, I am but who are you?" asked David uncertain what is going on"Oh, sorry, my name is Antonia Miller, I am engaged to Stephen, so that makes me your future daughter inlaw""AHHH, oh that was just a nightmare," said Stephen and went back tosleep"My what? what are you saying?" asked David his eyes were widened with the size of a dinner plate"I was engaged to your son at a young age, so that makes you my future father in law""Hang on, I am 100% sure you got the wrong person""I don't think so sir, I spend the entire day yesterday with Stephen""together?""Yes, when the police
"You know you are being really infuriated this early in the morning""It's not that early? Aren't you suppose to be at work now?""he doesn't have a job" answered Eliza"Is that so? Look here Stephen, when we get married I don't you to stay like that" scolded Antonia"Oh my god, what kind of nightmare is this?" mumbled Stephen and proceeded to hit himself in the head to wake himself up"Don't hit you yourself or you will get mental health problems, you know I can't handle you being lazy and all but I don't think I can handle a lunatic for a husband""Please shut up, I came here claiming I am your finance, mom dad please tell her to get out""I don't know son didn't you say you don't know her""I really don't"Antonia gasped when he said that"you turn out to be a liar too?""I am not the liar here, you are" shouted Stephen frustratedly"No she is not I believe her, she wouldn't be here and clai