Under an influence

New beginning

It's been about 12 days since I've arrived in New York and I think I'm starting to adapt. Amelia and I have gotten close, she is an amazing soul. She gave me tours of the city, took me shopping and she always found the right words to say when I was missing my mom. She was there for me like my mom was. My father has also been trying to get to know me and after these past few days I've started realizing that maybe he wasn't such a bad person. I've also been in contact with my uncle and aunt and seems things are getting better and the wounds my mother left are healing slowly but surely.

After finding out that my birthday was tomorrow Amelia forced me to get a birthday outfit. We were currently in some high rank store trying out dresses." No Amelia not this go try on something else" she said and I rolled my eyes and sighed heavily. This was the tenth dress Amelia was rejecting and why? Only goodness knew." Come on Lola it is your eighteenth birthday you need to wear something that says wow not just any dress you lay your eyes on." she said with her eyes scanning the place ."Ooo what about that one" she said pointing to a crimson dress not far from us. She asked one of the workers to get it for us and then gave it to me to try it on.It was a beautiful colour and I loved it but it wasn't really something I would wear.The dress hugged to my body revealing my flowed structure, it was strapless with a slit stopping mid thigh and basically my whole back wasn't covered." Now this is something to wear on your eighteenth birthday" Amelia squealed in excitement clapping her hands. " I don't know..." I said full of doubt but she just ignored me and went to to the front of the store where we were to pay telling the cashier there that we would be taking the dress and the one she had on. After all the payments were made we went to buy shoes, some jewellery and makeup then we got some food and headed home.

"Do you like your dress Lola? It suits you so well and the color really goes with your skin" " I don't usually wear things like this but yeah it's not bad I guess" Amelia rolled her eyes shaking her head leading the way to my room. We put all the shopping bags in the wardrobe and we both went to take a shower then Amelia came back into my room dressed in her nightgown." How about you and I have a sleep over today hmmm?" she asked her voice full of excitement "yes that sounds like a good idea" I said back matching her energy."How about we go get some snacks from the kitchen and then and then we can watch a movie " I suggested and she nodded, so we did just that. After getting the snacks, picking a movie and switching off the lights we finally got comfortable and started watching the movie on my laptop. We were watching tee wolf the movie because Amelia said she had never watched it before. I would say that we talked for sixty percent of the time and watched the show for the remaining forty percentage. " So why aren't you studying this year Lola?" " I graduated from highschool last year and decided to take a leap year and think about what I'd like to do with my life. "What about you Amelia?" " I'm currently studying online because dad said I could" she said and the let out a soft laugh. "Which course are you taking?" " Information systems" I nodded then we both went back to the watching the movie. " So Lola you are telling me you have never been in a relationship?" I looked at her with a sad look as that question brought back bitter memories but I forced myself to reply "I have, twice actually when I was in highschool" She noticed my discomfort and didn't question me any further on that topic." What about you Amelia how many lucky boys had a chance with you?" I asked out of curiosity and she laughed " zero, I've never been interested in anyone" I looked at her in shock then whispered a "damn." We continued to watch the movie in silence untill the end. We had to pause it a few times of course, like when Derek died Amelia burst into tears so I paused it and comforted her then after a few minutes we proceeded to watch. When it ended I turned off my laptop and put it away then we both lay on the bed motionless."Amelia I have been meaning to ask you something..." I paused in hesitation "Go ahead" she assured me "What does father do, like where does he work?" she looked at me and giggled for the hundredth time today " He owns businesses he works for himself" she said giving me a hearty smile."okay wow" said I'm amazement and turned on my side now facing her. "Can you tell me how life was after the loss of your parents if you don't mind" I asked out of curiosity and she sighed also turning on her side to face me. I could see the doubt and hesitation in her eyes and was about to tell her to leave it when she started speaking. "I was fifteen when my parents died in an accident. Then I was abducted by someone human traffickers and was sold into p**********n for about two years until I escaped. After my escape they were all looking for me and when they found me and we're taking me back with them dad saw me and bought me from them."she said tears rolling down her eyes. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly "I'm sorry for bringing back painful memories Amelia please don't cry." I said trying to control my own tears. A while passed and Amelia had stopped crying but we were still tightly hugged to each other. No one of us move until we both started losing our consciousness and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.