Across the Sea

( Burton's POV) 

This is a story about a girl named Burton…Burton Rose Deveroux…

Okay so I was trying to make it sound like that Britney Spears song Lucky but I failed. Probably because I’m not an amazing celebrity, and this isn’t a story about a beautiful famous girl with no friends. It’s about me; plane boring old B. A girl who up until last week lived in the most non-eventful towns in Vermont piling hay for Pink (my horse).

                  Now! Now I am moving my bags into a beautiful loft bedroom in an amazing city house in London. London! I’m so excited I could scream…okay so I already did several times, once next to an elderly man at the luggage area and he gave me such a dirty look.

                  So far nothing exciting has happened. I’m not sure how this whole thing will go because I don’t know anyone here. How do I have fun in a city like this with no one with me? As ecstatic as I am to be here I feel a little lonely without my friends. I don’t know if I’ll be able to make friends. I t would be so much easier if I was one of those supermodel-like girls I saw on the way here they were so gorgeous and skinny.

                  Now I ‘m not saying I’m this huge ugly ogre, but I’m no skinny girl like the ones on magazines. I’m a thicker girl with long brown curly hair. I have big green eyes, which I hear guys find attractive. I don’t know about that because no guy has ever really noticed my eyes or anything about me. Even in such a boring town back home I was invisible. To everyone except my best friend Ann and best guy friend Parker. Ann is this bubbly girly girl who likes everyone but puts up with nothing. I wish she were here right now to make me smile.

                  I look around my new house, well I guess it’s a house, it seems more like a large apartment. Dad said we could go shopping and buy some new furniture because everything her isn’t very welcoming.

                  Dad lugged my suitcases upstairs while I wonder around. I head outside and see that it’s cloudy. Everyone says it rains a lot in England, so I guess I’ll have to get used to it.

                  “Burton!” I jump when I hear my Dad call my name. Turning around I see him smiling by the door to the deck. “Why don’t you go for a walk while I finish unpacking?”

“Alright!” I say giving him a kiss on the cheek as I head for the door.

“Burton?” he calls again, when I look he continues. “It’s not so bad right? You don’t hate me for taking you with me do you?”

This catches me completely by surprise. I could never hate my Father, he’s everything to me. He’s my hero. I run over to him and jump into his arms. Laughing he lifts me up in a huge hug. “Never Daddy.” I tell him “I love being with you. I will miss my friends but I’ll still talk to them. Don’t ever think that.”

“Okay, okay.” He chuckles and puts me back on the ground “Now go out and explore.”

I hurry outside and rap my jacket around me. I don’t know which way to go so I head in a random direction. I ended up walking along River Thames. It was about five so there were a few people around. For a while I just people watched and then I started to think about Ann and Parker.

                  Now Parker, he is the perfect friend. He’s always there for me, somehow always knowing what I need. If I’m sad he can pretty much sense it. He is a nerdy dork but tres cute. Parker is the sweetest. I don’t know how I will survive so far away from him, from either of them. It will be tough.

                  I have no idea why my Dad thinks this is a good idea. I mean I’m a chubby farm girl from Vermont. This big city is way out of my comfort zone. My Dad has been going of on his “business” trips all these years without me for my whole life. I always stay with Ann whenever he goes away for longer than a weekend. I guess he figured six months is too long to stay so far away from me. So now I am here…in London. There will be no more sad inner thoughts about it. I’m excited about the new adventures this country holds.

*** This is just the first chapter. I hope you liked it, because I really nervous about what you all think. This is my first time writing and I don't know If I'm any good. I just know I love to read and wanted to try writing. Give me all the feedback you have!! I want comments and critiques and everything. 

XOXO Ashleigh