Chapter 7
406 Words
January 3rd, 2017
Jade,
Happy New Year! I’m a day late with saying that, but this is my first letter in the New Year, so I think it’s valid. Also, I swear I have a good reason why I haven’t written in a few days. Not that you really know that I haven’t written, but that’s beside the point. So what is my reason, you ask? Well, I almost drowned in lava.
Okay, that sounds a bit more dramatic than it was, but it’s also true. You see, after Christmas, I decided to follow a friend’s family to Sicily to go skiing. Anyway, the big mountain there is actually an active volcano that hasn’t erupted in a year and a half. Actually, now that I think about it, I think it last erupted the same week I first called you by accident. That’s weird.
Anyway, we were skiing and all of a sudden there was a shake in the ground and lava started bubbling out of a slit in the ground just above us. To be fair, it wasn’t that much and according to the people there it wasn’t a full eruption. Sometimes it cracks on the sides when it gets cold. Everyone started speeding down the trail, but I’m not the best skier in the world and to be honest, I stayed a little too long watching the lava. It was this bright orange color that slowly trickled through the white snow, darkening slightly as it hit the cold. It was beautiful.
Of course, I then had to hurry down myself, but I’m not the most graceful person in the world. It’d nearly reached the end of the trail when…let’s be honest here…I totally just tripped over my own skis.
Anyway, I dislocated my left shoulder and sprained my right wrist. Writing this with a brace is definitely a b***h, but I’m bored on the train to Croatia. I met an old man while waiting for the train and he wrote me a list of Croatian words I should know, so I should probably start learning them. Sretan put! (not sure what that means, but it’s at the top of the paper).
Love from a Train,
Perrie
- Writer
