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Chapter 12: Behind the glasses
It hasn’t even been a whole day yet, but I am sitting on a boat once again. It not like I wanted to be here. I would rather be on land. Instead I had two choices I could either stay in Italy for the rest of my life or come with our senior class to Greece. The only problem with choice two is that I had to take a boat to get to Greece, and right now all I wanted to do is throw up and cry. I decided to man up and face my fear. Yeah that was a stupid idea because here I am in the middle of the Mediterranean sea wanting to kill myself. On top of all that Sal has been complaining about what I am wearing.
It is 6’oclock in the morning when we had to leave and I didn’t have the chance nor the energy to dress up. So instead of looking like a plastic Barbie today I decided to wear my baggy clothes that I wore on the plane. Now saying Sal was upset was an understatement. If she was a cartoon right now I am pretty sure smoke would be coming out of her ears. So here I am on a boat before the sun has even come out with Sal yelling at me like she is my mother.
“Seriously Sal shut up before I shove my fist down your throat!!” I am not a morning person, and with Sal screaming at me as if I am a two year old makes me more cranky then I usually am.
Sal being her dramatic self-gasp at my insults and gets up and leaves me with Raj and Aman. She claims until I apologize to her that she won’t talk to me. I roll my eyes because I know once I let her cool down she would forget about the whole fight and start talking to me about the latest celebrity gossip.
“Damn that girl can talk.” Aman says while stretching his arms.
“ I know jeez. I love Sal and all but seriously she knows how to give someone a headache.” Raj says while drinking his coffee.
“At least she is not yelling at you.”
“True.” They both reply in unison.
No one really talked after that. While Sal may be a morning person us three are cranky teenagers whose morning starts at exactly 12 o’clock. It wasn’t even ten minutes till I see Aman passed out on his chair snoring like a maniac. I tried to fall back a sleep, but Aman snore is too damn loud to let anyone fall asleep. I shut my eyes trying not to focus on the sea rocking us back and forth.
“Naina.” I hear someone say while poking at my side.
“What?” I hiss.
“I like your clothes.” My eyes snap open to see Raj staring down at me.
“What?”
“I like your clothes. Like don’t get me wrong you looked pretty in your dresses and all, but these clothes are you. You know?” There was only one thing my ears heard, and that was the fact Raj said I was pretty. I was pretty sure my face was about to crack because my smile was as wide as the moon. This happiness was cut short when I felt my breakfast coming back up.
“Raj I think im gonna…” Raj doesn’t even let me finish my sentence because he runs off trying to find me a brown bag.
“You look like you are about to throw up.” I look up to see Ethan staring down at me. God it isn’t even the crack of dawn, but yet this guy looks like a model. His hair is flowing through the wind like in the movies and his green eyes are staring intently down at me.
“That’s because I am.” Ethan sits down in Raj former seat.
“What no dress today?” He ask.
“Seriously what is up with people and my clothing? Honestly it is too damn early for me to care how I look.” Ethan chuckles at my response. It was silent for a few seconds until Ethan starts talking.
“I am going to tell you something Naina. Something you need to realize. Please don’t interrupt me while I tell you this. Anyways what I want to tell you is that you need to find out who you are. What I mean is you don’t even know who you are. The clothes you are wearing aren’t you and never were you. These clothes represent who your parents want you to be not who you want to be. The dress you have been forcing yourself to wear aren’t you either, but instead is who Sal is. I suggestion you figure out who you want to be,and who you are during this trip.” I just stare at him because I know every word that has come out of his mouth is true. He is right I have absolutely know clue who I am. It is then I realize that even though I have been friends with Raj my entire life he says these clothes represent me while Ethan who I have never talk to until this trip sees right through me.
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Because I am your friend and I think it is my job to help you figure out who you are behind these glasses.” I just stare at him. I have never been so speechless in my life. Ethan doesn’t say anything else but instead gets up and leaves me astonish. Raj comes back with a brown paper bag, but I am too lost in thought to even say thank you.
Who am I? For the last eighteen years of my life I have no clue what type of person I am. I don’t even know what I want to do for a living. My parents decided that I should become a doctor so I just assumed I should become a doctor. My parents decided what college I should go to. My parents decided what I should wear, eat, and even when I should breathe. But what did I want? I didn’t even know the answer to that question.
I decide to talk to Sal. Even though she is pissed at me I need to talk to her because honestly I have never been so confuse in my entire life. I have no clue how I manage to get on my feet and walk towards the railing without puking.
“Sal I am..” Sal hand is right in my face.
‘Don’t apologize Naina. I am sorry I shouldn’t have been screaming at you. Its just I have been dealing with something and I just didn’t know how to handle it.” Curiosity got to me and I forgot about my problems.
“What wrong Sal?” I place my hand on her shoulder.
“its just…”
“Sal tell me. I am your best friend.”
Silence dreaded the air and what Sal said next was unexpected.
“I think I am in love with Raj.” It was at that moment I threw up in my brown bag.
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