Twinflame

PT.1 BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL

I got a call at 8 in the morning.

It's Saturday my good people. I wanna sleep. I haven't slept for the past 2 days. I'm getting flashbacks from my first year of university.

I have been working on my exhibition for 6 months now and I finally finished it last night. Or morning. I don't even know what it was. It was still dark outside. It's March, so it could have been morning.

I'm lucky that I live in London and in London people find out about you. Whether you like it or not.

This time around, some curator told me that he wants me to launch my exhibition in L.A.

Now, I'm a person with serious trust issues, you see. When something good happens I twist and turn it around to analyze it, in case it's a false alarm.

I told him that it would be nice and I would be happy to exhibit there. I was half asleep. This is all I could do.

And then 10 minutes later I get another call from my MA course tutor telling me that the same curator called him and told him the details for the flight to L.A and how my work will be transported.

It was going too fast. I didn't realize what was happening yet.

I live about half an hour from the center of London with Izzy. We have been best friends since high school. She moved to London after me. She realized university isn't worth it and decided that she liked hairstyling better anyway. And what place is better to stay in than London for hairstyling?

Her room is on the other side of the apartment. I went to her room just to realize that she is in the kitchen. Since when was she a morning person?

'How come you are up so early?' I asked still trying to get my eyes fully open.

'Well some of us have stuff to do, Keri.

'Heyy...i was working all night. Ain't fair. Oh yeah! Guess what?'

'Amaze me.'

'Someone wants me to exhibit in L.A.'

'..L.A???' She was a bit shook too. 'REALLY? THAT IS SO COOL! HOW COME IT'S L.A AND NOT LONDON? WHERE IS THE LOGIC?'

I Laughed ' I don't know! But my tutor called me telling me that I already have a flight booked at the the beginning of May. And guess what?'

'You'll be going to L.A. and judge there without me ?'

-I'll be judging peole in L.A WITH YOU there.' I said and smiled wide, waiting for her reaction

'WHAT?'

'I can bring a person of my choice with me. So I chose you.'

'OH MY GOD WE ARE GOING TO L.A!!!' she jumped up from the table.

'Yup! I hope it won't be too hot at that time of the year. Tell your salon that u busy in May.'

'Consider it done!'

-MAY-

My technique for long flights is that I don't sleep for a day before so I can sleep on the plane. Weirdly, I couldn't sleep this time.

'Why do you keep staring out that window? It's dark outside. You can't see anything.' Izzy was making fun of me.

'What else am I supposed to do? I forgot to bring my book.' How could I forget though? I knew it was going to be a long way.