Life and Love Lessons Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Rex sat in protest of leaving until three in the morning. Mom’s parting words before bed was if I didn’t get up and pack, that’d the summer would be a smelly one. Rex admitted defeat at three and made his way upstairs to pack and catch an hour or two sleep before he had to get up and head to the airport with his mom. Flight wasn’t going to be a long one, but from all the stories mom told of her childhood home there’d be nothing but small town living for me for the rest of summer vacation. Wasn’t sure how many times mom told me how well off I had it to be living in such a big city and around so many people. Mom’s hometown was some small backwater country place that sat off in the mountains between the border of North Carolina and Virginia. Said the closest town was the one known for some black and white show called Mayberry. Never saw. Didn’t sound interesting. One thing Rex had done while he sat in protest was talk with Seth and Calvin. Explain to them why their summer plans had been turned on their heads. Wasn’t fun being the one responsible for exploding a well laid out plan of attack for the last summer before college. Wasn’t fair.

“Would you like some water?” The flight attendant asked as she came to a stop in the aisle beside him.

“No, Thanks.”

Rex’s stomach was upside down. Not because of flying. He’d done that several times. All their vacation trips included planes. Nope. It was fact that he was less than half an hour away from walking into an area he knew no one. Not even who to look for when he deboarded the plane. All he knew that one of his mom’s childhood friends would be there to greet him and take him where he would be staying. Then it would a hotel living for the summer and following the rules laid out by whoever would take the time to show me around mom’s old haunting grounds. Her words.

The buckle seat belt light came on. As Rex did so, he took one last look out the side window and sighed. Long way down. Long way away from home. Every other minute of the flight he had wondered why he had not listened to Seth and just told him mom and dad he was going to do as he wished. He was eighteen. Graduated from high school. Legally he could leave at any given moment. He’d considered doing just that, but . . . . He did not want to make things worse on his parent’s already strained relationship. He knew his parents loved one another. Not only that, they were paying for his college education and if he left there went his education. One of his lifelong dreams had been to open his own coffee/computer/arts oasis. Seemed like an odd business, but he believed there would be a great nitch out among the world for the combination of a place that catered to all three areas. He wanted to go about it the right way. Legal way. That required education, which meant he needed money, so he could make money to save up for his dream. He might be losing out on his last Summer before college, but he would gain his dream in the end. That was more important. Right? Yes.

“Please exit the plane in an orderly fashion and thanks for flying with us.”