"The big white suitcase already in the car right?" Mom asks Sam.
"Yes, the plane ticket also here with me." Sam answer.
I'm just sitting down on the sofa and looking straight. I've been crying for three days because of this. Because I dont wanna leave Lima.
"Well, this is the new apartment key, and some cash, also emergency credit card that you can use only for emergency. I will send your stuff soon." Mom says to me and give me a pouch.
"What time the plane will take off?" Burt asks Sam.
"In one hour and it will takes 45 minutes from here to Dayton." Sam says.
"Honey, you will be late and lose your plane." Mom says to me.
"This is first time I have to leave." I simply said.
"Honey, you are not leaving. You just going to get your dream. I also did the same when I have to enter the colleges and then moved from Montreal to Lima brough you and Finn after your father dead." Mom holds my sleeves.
I didnt say anything and let out a sigh. I stand up from my seat then hug mom. "I will call you when I get there."
"Of course." Mom rubs my back and pulls my body away. "Just promise me that you wont cry there."
I just half-smiled at mom. I turn my face at Burt and hug him. "Take care and make sure that you will call us right after you get there."
"I will call." I nodded and take my cardigan.
I take my cardigan and wear it. I take my mini sling bag and put my pouch with room key and some cash inside. I let out a sigh and went out from my house.
Mom and Burt wave me a goodbye from the door. I enter the passenger seat of Sam's car and wave my parents a goodbye.
Sam start driving away to the airport. I'm just being quiet and turn my face to the window until my house disappear from my gaze.
"Everything will be fine." Sam strokes my hair.
I didnt answer him or turn my face at him. I keep looking at the window until tears slowly fall down to my face. I really dont want to go actually.
Yesterday, Rachel went to New York and Finn set her free. I can see that she is also cant stop crying because of that and now I'm the next one.
I never go abroad. I never enter boarding school and I never have any guts to sleep in a room alone and now my parents rent me an apartment where I will live there alone.
Sam is still driving and his right hand is holding my hand and sometimes he strokes my hair. I keep looking at the window and didnt have any guts to face him or it will make me more sick.
I wipe my tears but I'm still sobbing. I know that this is one of the process to grow up but I dont want to face it. At least not now because I'm not ready.
"Alright, it's arrived." Sam says as he parks his car in front of the airport.
"Can we just go back home? I dont want to go." I said without looking at him.
"Babe, please. You've been crying for three days because of this but you know that you have to face it." Sam says to me.
"I'm not ready to face it." I simply said.
Sam open my seatbelt and hold my sleeves and makes me turns my body at him. "Listen, you have to go. You have to reach your dream to New York. I want to see you be a star. I want to tell the world that you are my girlfriend and I'm proud with that."
Tears slowly fall down to my face again and I'm crying in front of him and this is first time I'm crying in front of him like this.
"I dont want to leave you and anything here." I'm crying.
"Baby, you dont leave me. You just have to go to New York and reach your dream there. Just please dont cry because of this." Sam holds my hand.
"I cant live in a big city alone. I cant be independent." I'm crying out loud.
"Listen to me, listen to me. You can. You just afraid. You are the brave one and you will break all those walls in front of you. I love you so much and I will always be here to waiting you back home. This is your home and make me as your home. Promise me that you will back home because your home isnt someplace but someone and it's me." Sam wipe my tears away.
"Sam, please I wanna go back home." I'm crying.
"No, I want to see you get on that plane and then in next two hours you will call me and tell me about your new apartment. That's it, baby." Sam holds my hand. "We can tell each other story every day and those things will make us more miss each other. This is hard for me too but I dont want to be the wall for you. I love you so much and will always love you, baby."
I'm crying out loud in front of him. Sam cup my cheeks and wipe my tears away. I just looking at him as I'm still crying. Sam kisses my forehead and the whole of my face that full with tears. Then he kisses my lips softly until we pull our lips each other.
Sam strokes my hair then went out from the car and take my suitcase. I'm still crying and still sit down in the passenger seat.
"Come on." Sam opens the passenger door and shows me his hand.
I take his hand and went out from his car. Sam hold my hand with his right hand and he hold my suitcase with his left hand. We then walking enter the airport and I'm still crying with my head down.
"You can always go back home by using Lima Express, baby." Sam says to me.
I didnt answer him and keep walking together with him until we are close to the check in gate and the others already waiting for me.
"You've been crying for three f*****g day because of this. Take care and we will go back home for Thanksgiving until Christmas okay." Finn suddenly hugs me.
I pull his body away and half-smile at him. I turn my face at Kurt and he hugs me and wipe my tears away.
"Take care and my phone will be available for you. Just call me anytime you want to." Kurt says to me.
I'm still sobbing and turn my face at the others and they smiles at me.
"Dear all passengers the plane to New York from gate 3 will be take off in five minutes."
"Come on." Sam says to me and takes my hand.
I walk passed them and they still smiles at me. Some of them rubs my sleeves to comfort me. Sam and I keep walking until we arrived right in front of the check in gate.
Sam give the plane tickets to me. Tears fall down to my face again and I shake my head. Give him a code that I dont want to go.
He wipes my tears away and then hugs me really tight and kisses my forehead. "Take care. I love you so much and I will wait for your call." Sam says to me.
"I love you too." I half-smiled at him and take my suitcase.
I take my suitcase and hold my plane tickets as I enter the check in gate. I turn my face and the others are smiling at me and wave me a goodbye.
Sam is still standing there and smiles at me. I wipe my tears away and keep walking to get into my plane and they disappear from my gaze. I'm gonna miss them.
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New York City
I went out from the taxi and standing in front of my apartment building. I let out a sigh and get in while holding my suitcase.
I look at the room key and the brochure that Burt gave me about this apartment. I enter the lift and press the number five because my room is in the fifth floor.
After that I went out from the lift and looking for my room until I get the same room one with my key and open the door.
I enter my apartment. One room apartment with one big bed, a mini kitchen, a bathroom, a wardrobe, and a desk for study also a mini dining table for two people.
I close the door and lock it. I look around and I got a big window so I can see the sky is really looks blue and the sun lights filter this room.
I place my suitcase near the bed and then I jump to my bed. I lay my body there and take my phone from my sling bag. I guess that this place is seems comfortable but still too big for me.
I keep looking at my phone and dial some numbers. I will call my parents that I just got here and I just hope that I wont cry anymore.
"Mom..." I said over the phone.
"Honey, you already in New York?"
"Just got into my new apartment."
"How? You like it right? Glad that you already there. Take care honey, I will send the rest of your stuff as soon as possible." Mom says.
"Alright, I just wanna make sure that I just got here and I'm fine."
"Great! Dont cry anymore and dont forget that you have to be thriffty and use the emergency credit card only for the emergency okay. I love you so much and take care."
"I know that. I love you too." I hung up the phone.
I let out a sigh and place my phone near me and still laying on the bed until suddenly my phone is ringing and I got a call from Sam.
"Already arrived?" Sam asks from the phone.
"Yeah, just got into my new apartment." I answer.
"You are not crying arent you?" Sam asks me.
"No, it's just I'm bit lonely here." I sigh.
"Alright, move to skype. I gotta call you to skype." Sam hung up the phone.
I let out a sigh and open my suitcase. I take my laptop from my suitacase and sit down on the bed with my back against the wall until I got a skype call from Sam.
"You didnt cry but I dont see a smile from your face." Sam frowns at me.
"Sam, I'm lonely here." I sigh.
"Baby, it's just beginning. You will be feel comfort there especially when you can find a friend." Sam says. "Besides that your new apartment is kinda cool."
"I just wanna go back home right now." I sigh.
"Say that again and I will hung up this call." Sam warns me. "I know something that can make you happy." Sam grins at me and leave his laptop. "Hello mommy." Sam giggles as he hold Lady Junior in front of the camera.
I built a smile on my face a bit then Lady Junior is trying to claw Sam's face and I cant handle it and laugh so hard. That cat never likes when Sam lifts her up and all she wanna do claw Sam's face.
"God, thank you so much, Lady Junior because for three days someone finally can laugh right now." Sam chuckles.
"That's disgusting." I simply said.
"I'm pretty but I aint disgusting." Sam makes an impression.
I cant handle it and laugh so hard. "I guess I'm feeling better now."
"Listen, everything will be fine. Because I have this picture with me." Sam grins at me and shows me my graduation photos in a frame.
"Photo stealer!"
"Dont forget that I'm also a heart stealer." Sam says proudly.
"No, you are a kiss stealer." I shake my head.
"I didnt." Sam protest.
"Yes you are, remember on valentines week right after the boys helped Artie sang a song for Sugar you suddenly kissed me and that day we werent officially dating." I roll my eyes. "And those day before. You always tried to get a chance to kiss me in glee club although we already make some rules."
"I told you that if I get a dollar everytime I kiss you, maybe I already rich now." Sam says.
"Sam, I miss you." I let out a sigh.
"I miss you too but hold up, we just met two hours ago." Sam rolls his eyes.
"Can you come here and spend your summer with me here? School will start in three months from now but my college will start in one week." I'm sobbing.
"Why I didnt think about that? Dont you dare to start crying again." Sam sighs.
"I dont know tonight I can sleep here or not because I cant sleep without someone next to me or at least in the same room with me." Tears slowly fall down to my face.
"You have to learn or find a roommates, baby." Sam says.
"What if I cant?"
"You can. There is nothing that Emily Hudson cant do. Baby, I love you so much and everything will be fine. Trust me." Sam says and take a guitar behind him. "Want me sing a song for you?"
"But I will fall asleep if you sang a song for me."
"And I'll be here watching you sleep. It's better than see you cry."
"Well, I guess that I need to pack my stuff but I still want to talk to you so you have to stay online and pretend that you are here and I will place this laptop here." I said and place the laptop on the mini dining table.
"Wow I can see your room now." Sam says over the skype.
"Yeah Burt said that the former owner was a girl so the stuff not much different for me." I said and unpack my stuff.
"Where is the big barney?"
"I left in Lima with Finn." I said and put my clothes inside my wardrobe.
"Eww you left your doll that already full with your drolling with your brother." Sam says.
"You have to be glad because we only talk in skype so I cant throw my shoes to your head, Sam."
"Babe..."
"Hmm?" I turn my face at the laptop.
"You want to change your clothes right in front of me?" Sam asks.
I realize that I'm about to take off my jeans. "Close your eyes or turn around." I said to Sam.
"Like I never seen you naked before." Sam sighs.
"Just dont blame me when you are horny there." I laugh and change my clothes.
"I can have s*x with your cat." Sam simply said.
I roll my eyes and take the laptop from the dining table and sit down on the bed with my back against the wall.
"I'm wondering that I might be getting fatter because I live alone here and no one wont remind me to stop eating." I sigh.
"I will always remind you with that, baby. Because I cant dig with fat chick."
"Sam, you dated Mercedes. Just admit that okay." I roll my eyes.
"Well the fact I love you for the way you are." Sam grins at me.
"That's super sweet." I giggle.
"Babe, I have to go. Mom needs me. I promise I will call you again tonight." Sam says to me.
"Alright."
"Okay, see you. Talk to you later and I love you so much."
"Love you too." I hung up the call.
I place the laptop on my bed. I walk to the mini kitchen and there are no food stocks and seems like I have to buy first in ranchmarket.
I take my wallet and went out from my apartment door to buy some food stocks. I just hope that I wont be lonely here or maybe I will be happy and fine here.
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It's been three days I'm living in Manhattan alone and seems fine I guess. Even though I dont have friends here.
"Miss. Hudson, your package is coming." Someone yells from the outside.
I walk to the door and open it. An officer is smiling at me and bring a big box one. "Just place it here. Is there any box left?" I said to the officer.
"Yeah, two mini box miss." He nodded.
"Well, I guess I can take that. Thank you so much." I smile at the officer and give him a tips.
"You're welcome miss." He smiles back at me and walks off.
I lock my room and walk to the receptionist floor so I can take my package and it must be from mom who sent me my stuff here.
I look around until I got two box with medium and small size and seems that this is not really heavy so I guess I can take that.
I took those box and enter the lift. And press the number five.
"Wait!" A guy running over and want me to hold the lift.
I tried to press the button but suddenly the small box fall down from my hand. I let out a sigh and about to take my box but suddenly that guy take my box and hold it.
"Let me help you." He smiles at me.
"You dont need to actually." I giggle.
"No, it's fine." He giggles. "What's your apartment number by the way?"
"I live in fifth floor." I said to him.
"I can see that because I'm also live in the fifth floor and I saw you press that number five button." He chuckles.
"I'm sorry." I said to him and went out from the lift as we are arrived on the fifth floor. "Well, this is my room and thank you so much."
"You've gotta be kidding me." He laughs.
"What?" I raise my eyebrows and open my apartment door and get in.
"You are the new lessee of Ms. Watson's apartment? I live next door in 514." He chuckles. "She told me that the one who wanna stay here was a congressman not a high school girl."
"That must be my step-father and I'm just graduate from high school." I said to him.
"Well, I'm Sean Harrison by the way." He shows me a hand to shake.
"Emily Hudson." I shake his hand.
"So you are new? What college are you in? I'm a sophomore in Columbia University majoring arts."
"I'm a freshman in Juilliard School." I smile at him.
"Damn! You cool. I mean, you can enter that school." He chuckles.
"Yeah and please dont scare me because it's been three days I lived here and I let a stranger in."
"I'm your neighbor. I live right next to you and dont be afraid because I'm not a biter and I wont bite." Sean smirks at me.
"Well, at least I have someone when my sink is break." I chuckle.
"How you can guess that I can fix that?" He frowns at me.
"Every guy can fix that except my brothers." I said to him.
"And right because Ms. Watson ever asked me that." He says proudly.
"Well, thank you so much for this. Or you wanna drink? Juice maybe?" I raise my eyebrows at him and place the food stocks to the refrigerator.
"I'm afraid that you will put something inside my juice haha just kidding but thanks for the offer. I guess I wanna go back to my room and take a bath. I'm not comfortable talking to a beautiful girl with this smelly sweat." He chuckles and walks to the door.
I roll my eyes and chuckles. "Then, thank you so much."
"You're welcome. Oh and wait, I'm straight and single by the way." He smirks at me and walks off.
I shake my head and lock the front door. What a kooky guy. I open another box and unpack all the stuff that mom sent me from Lima.
It's been three days I stayed here and college will start over in couple days. I dont wanna miss every moment actually. And now, I guess I can handle the atmosphere here.
It's been three days and I miss Sam already. I miss him like crazy and a lot. I just wish that he wanna be here.