Everything Stays Different - Annika & Wilma (free ebook reader .TXT) 📗

Finally the day has come! Wilma, some of her friends and I are on our way to Canada for one year! We're about to enter the plane, when Wilma's friend Alva suddenly stops us: " Guys wait! We have to take a picture, before we're going to leave our home countries!" She was right.

Well actually Wilma and her two friends Alva and Amanda already left their home country because they're from Sweden. Wilma is from Ireland but she decided to meet them there before. We're now in Germany, which is the country I live in.

So we go to a corner and Alva takes a picture. After it's all done we go to Alva to see the pictures she took. "Nice!", Amanda says and everyone nods and then we finally enter the plane. We take our seats and sit down.

"So! That's it then...", Wilma says and sighs. "Yeah, so exciting, isn't it?!", Alva says. She seems to be pretty hyper. Wilma looks a little bit sad. "Hey, s'up? Why are you so quiet?", I ask a little bit worried. "Oh it's nothing! I'm just tired and I miss my brothers already!"

Now I know what has happened. I'm sure I can't sympathize that well because I don't have any siblings but I can imagine how she feels! "Well think about it Wilma... You can call them every day and text them and also you can skype with them as much as possible!" You're right! Thanks Annika!" "You're welcome, Brownie!", I say, calling her by the nickname I gave her because of her beautiful brown hair.

The next hours are probably the most boring ones of my whole life. We start talking, watching DVDs on Alva's laptop, taking a lot of weird photos and reading but after three hours it all gets so boring that we end up sleeping.

Wilma and I both wake up two hours before we land in Vancouver, Canada. After eating lunch we decide to listen to some One Direction songs. Probably our favorite band ever.

Some minutes before we arrive in Canada Amanda and Alva wake up as well. I know they are big One Direction fans themselves so I ask them who their favorite is. And even though I didn't even mention 1D they exactly know who I mean.

"HARRY!", Wilma nearly screams and smiles so bright. But after realizes it she blushes a little, which makes me grin. "What about you Alva?" "Louis, definitely Louis!", she says nodding, what makes her look like she's trying to convince herself. "'n you Amanda?" She chuckles and stares on the ground, looking really shy: "Liam!" "Nice! So we all have another guy. No fights then!", I laugh. "Why? Who's YOUR favorite?" "NIALL!", I daydream.

Only a few minutes later we finally arrive in Vancouver.

After getting our baggage, leaving the airport and calling a taxi, we arrive at our hotel. Wilma & I and Amanda & Alva share a room.

"So this will be our home for the next few days!?", Wilma says falling backwards on the bed. "Yep!", I scream jumping beside her so that she nearly falls on the floor. I laugh. "But better not get used to it! You know... this will probably be the last proper 'home' for us for like one year from now on!"

She nods and knows I'm right. We are doing a year 'Work&Travel' so obvioulsy: We'll travel a lot!

Amanda and Alva decided to do an 'AuPair' year but we made sure that we're going to try to meet them as often as possible...

Wilma's P.O.V.

A few days later...

"Bye!", I say and try not to cry. Annika hugs Alva and Amanda and smiles. "See you next time!", she jokes but we don't really feel like laughing. Annika probably doesn't know Amanda and Alva that well but they are my best friends. "Hey Wilma! We've got to go!", Annika says and grabs her suitcase. I nod and follow her, taking the tram.

Some weeks later...
As soon as we're back in Vancouver we call Amanda and Alva asking them if we can meet. But unfortunatelly they've got to work for two more hours so we decide to go to a local park. The weather is great and it's pretty sunny so we get thirsty pretty fast.

"Hey Wilma! Are you as thirsty as me?!", Annika asks and I nod. While she tries to find a shadowy place -which seems to be impossible today- I turn around, looking for a supermarket or something like that, where I could buy something to drink for us.

"Look! There's a guy over there selling orange juice!", Annika says, looking as if she would die if she doesn't get anything to drink soon. So I decide to hurry up, walking over to that guy.

***

"Dammit! I don't have a clue where I am! And where are the others?" I know, some minutes ago, they were right in front of me, but then I saw this restaurant and looked at all the tasty food people were eating, while I was about to starve! mh... foooooood!

"No! Niall! You've got to concentrate on what just happened!", I say to myself, "So I saw the food and then I kind of lost the other guys... Why didn't they wait for me? Did they even realize I'm not behind them anymore? And where the hell am I?!" ...I should probably ask someone for help but I don't see anyone around and also the sun is blinding me!

I start singing 'Stole My Heart' to myself for diverting my fears because I'm all alone now and I'm not really familiar with this town.

"The light shines | It's getting hot on my shoulders | I don't mind this time it doesn't matter | Cos your friends they look good | And you look better | Don't you know all night | I've been waiting for a girl like you to come around | Under the lights tonight...", I stop because I recognized someone.

Someone I know. I smile relieved and speed my walk up. I start to sing again. Loud this time. But I change the lyrics a little, being totally hyper because I finally found someone I know, in this unfamiliar city.

"Wilma turned around" -which she really does the moment I sing it- "and she didn't steal my heart | But with just one look | When I saw her face I knew who she is!", I nearly scream the last few words, running up to her, falling in her arms.

"Wilma! I'm soo glad to see you! What are you doing here? Why are you in Canada? Are your brothers here too? Wilma, are you okay? Why don't you say anything?", I stop abrupt because I talked so fast without paying attention on my breathing.

"Well I was just so overwhelmed!", Wilma says and laughs, "and also you kind of didn't stop talking!", she adds and winks. "Oh right", I realize, keeping my mouth shut, which makes Wilma laugh even more.

"So? Why are you in Canada?", I ask after she calmed herself down. "Work&Travel with some friends!", she says as if it would be nothing special. "But hell, Niall! Why are you here?", she screams excitedly. "Well... America Tour, ya know!?" "Yeah. Nothing interesting then...", she says in a serious way which makes both of us laugh out loud.

"So? Where are the others?" "That's the problem! I kind of lost them...", I explain pouty,"and now I don't really have a clue where I am and where the hotel is!", I add. Wilma bursts out laughing: "Oh Niall, you little slob!" "Help!?", I say, hunching my shoulders. She nods: "Sure! But first I've got to go back to my friend over there", she replies, pointing at a girl laying in the grass and staring at the sky, "but you may want to know, that she likes One Direction a lot and that YOU are actually her favorite!", she winks.

I smile, while Wilma goes back to that girl with two drinks in her hands.

This might get interesting...

Annika's P.O.V.

Finally Wilma comes back with the drinks in her hands. I take the juice and drink everything at just one glup. "Hey Wilma! What has happened? Why did it take you so long?!", I ask. "I met someone I know..." "Someone you know!? In Canada!? Do I know that person?" "Probably..."

"Who is it?", I nearly freak out because she doesn't want to tell me anything. "Well ya know Niall from One Direction!?" "Yeah!", I say pretty annoyed, "what's with him?" "I met him...", she nearly whispers. "Are you trying to kidding me?", I'm totally not amused anymore. But she shakes her head.

"Great joke, Brownie!" "I'm not lying!", she replies shocked. "Then where is he know?" "He's in the kiosk near here, some meteres away", she says pointing at something but I just stare at her trying to find out whether she's right or wrong. I fail. "Okay then! Let's go! I want to see him!", I say because I still don't believe her and IF she's right then I want to see him of course. So she walks up to that little kiosk with me following her.

First I can't see anyone looking even a little like Niall but then I see someone right in front of me with a big newspaper covering their face. "Wilma come on! This isn't funny!", I say looking at the newspaper guessing the person behind it is Wilma. "Yeah you're right! Let's go home then!", I hear Wilma saying but suprisingly it's not from the person standing in front of me. Again I turn around and see Wilma right in fornt of me now, smiling.

"But who's that then?", I ask myself again looking at the newspaper-covered person. I take the newspaper