The Magic In Me

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The sharp sound of Isabel's alarm clock ravaged the room. Slowly she opened her blue eyes, while stretching her legs and hands like a hungry yawning lion.

Turned over to the buzzing alarm clock displaying 6:30 am on the nightstand next to her bed and turned it off.

She sighed and laid back down again, tired. Thoughts of the next day being her eighteenth birthday quickly invaded her mind, lightening up her mood as a smile sprouted out from her face.

Excitedly she jumped out of bed and walked over to her window. She parted her blue curtains, to see her regular boring neighborhood which instantly killed her smile.

It had been just four months since Isabel and her father, Mr Jacob Andrew moved to NOMAY. A beautiful town just along the coast of ocean road.

The reason for Isabel's sudden disappointment wasn't because the town was boring, it was because she was starting to love the town and her new school. She was starting to get acquainted with some of its students.

The town was starting to feel more like home, and that was the problem. That's how it always feels until her father, Mr. Andrew gets another transfer in his office and they would have to move again.

She always hated moving, the worst part about it for her was having to part with her friends every time, only to go to a new place just to do it all over again.

The longest they had stayed in a place was a year, others had been three months or even lesser.

She never knew the typical reason for them moving from one country or continent to another, only that it was business for Mr. Andrew. But finally, she will be completing eighteen.

Maybe Mr. Andrew wouldn't see her as a child anymore, he might listen to her and stay in one place for a change.

Little did she know that her whole life, and how she saw the world was about to change. She had noticed that as the days of her eighteenth birthday drew closer, Mr. Andrew became worried and distant.

It was almost as if he was afraid of her completing eighteen, but that did not change Isabel's happiness for the big day.

She exhaled, closed her curtains and prepared for school. Dressed in blue skinny jeans and a white T-shirt, she flipped her long blonde hair to the back and finally she was ready for school.

She walked downstairs to the kitchen to get her breakfast, there she saw her father looking so worried and tired.

"Good morning honey, how did you sleep?" At the sighting of Isabel, Mr. Andrew forced the biggest smile up his face.

He dropped two plates of fried eggs on the dining table and sat down on the dining chair.

"Good morning, dad." She replied, with a half smile on her face.

"I made fried eggs for us."