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This was it.
The last night at home, before she was going away for 10 long months. She was going to spend Christmas with another family. She was going to spend her birthday without her best friend. She almost regretted it now. What had she been thinking? Why on earth did she think that travelling to another country far away to be a foreign exchange student was a good idea? She looked down into her two large, neatly packed suitcases , and almost thought about unpacking them again. «Stop it Lexa!», she said loudly to herself. «This is your dream, you are not backing out now.»
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If anyone had told Lexa a couple of years ago that she would be going on this big adventure on her own as a 17 year old, she would have been the last person to believe you. She had always been shy and quiet, and she liked it when things stayed the same. New things usually stressed her out, so she would just avoid new things and new people. But, in her junior year, her best friend Anya had been talking so much about the fact that she was going to Australia as an exchange student, that Lexa had started to think about it aswell. But instead of Australia, she had chosen to travel to the USA. The family that had been picked for her, lived in a small town in Virginia, and she thought that Would be a nice change from her City life in London. She never cared Much for big cities anyway, she was more happy when she was in a quiet place.
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Lexa laid down on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She picked up her phone, and looked at the email the family had sent her. It said that they were looking forward to meeting her, and that they would be waiting in the airport when she arrived. She looked at the picture that was attached, and she couldn’t help but smile. They looked like a nice family, thankfully. Their daughter Octavia, was the same age as her. She was pretty. Long dark hair, and a sweet smile. And the brother of the family, Bellamy, was away at college. A Mom, a dad, and two cats made up the rest of the family. Lexa was excited to meet them, and hoped that she would be able to show them the real Lexa. Not just the Lexa that blushed and mixed up her words when strangers talked to her. "You can do this!" she told herself, and almost had to smile at how geeky she actually was sometimes. It was a little scary that she would be living with someone she would be going to school with, but she hoped that living with Octavia would make it easier to get to know other people aswell. Even if she wasn't a "people person", she would like to atleast have a friend or two to keep her company during her year away. This was her big adventure, so she might as well try to do something different. Like getting to know new people. After all, living with a whole new family for almost a year, that was so out of Lexas comfort zone, and yet, here she was. She was doing this.
After a while, she let out a sigh, and climbed of her bed. She almost felt like she was avoiding her own family here at home, because she felt so emotional. But she knew that she would regret it if she didn't spend time with them now. She walked to her door, and then down the stairs to the livingroom. Her parents looked up at her, and smiled. « Everything ok there Lex? Did you finish packing?» Lexa Just nods, and says « Where's Aden?» Lexas little brother may be annoying, but since it was her last night at home, she wanted him there. « He will be right back, he is Just out getting some ice cream. We could all use some dessert today».
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Later that night, when Lexa was getting ready for bed (after eating way to much chocolate ice cream), there was a knock on her door. She expected to see her mother when she opened her door, but instead it was Aden. «Hey..», he started. He looked almost shy. Like they didn’t just eat a crazy amount of ice cream together an hour ago. «Whats up Aden?» Lexa went over to the table where she had left her hairbrush. Her mind wandered of for a little bit, as she was looking at her little brother. She almost couldn’t understand that they were siblings, they were so different. The 15 year old boy was blonde, straight hair, had blue eyes, was tall and very outgoing. Lexa, on the other hand , had curly brown hair, green eyes, was not excactly tall, and she was shy, something her brother used to tease her about all the time. « I..», Aden looked uncomfortable, so Lexa walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. « I know Aden. Im going to miss you aswell.»
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