Lovescapades

 "Love recognizes no barriers."-Maya Angelou  ~******~Summer. The season of blue skies and sunshine, fresh blooming flowers and green grasses. It's a season where the sun shines at the peak of it's golden glow, giving our skins a lovely tan or just burning it with no mercy. It's a season of long vacations and beach parties, and every young adult anticipates it. I do, or should I say, I used to, until I got into Newcastle. It was already nerve wracking that we get to live most months of every school year in exhausting classes, but please, spare us the holiday! It appeared whoever I was appealing to paid deaf ears to my pleas because I'll still be going back to school today and starting tomorrow, the Basic Instructional and Practical Training Scheme, a compulsory training for my overly demanding course- Architecture. Dragging myself out of bed, I swayed la

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that"-Martin Luther King Jr ~*****~'What are you doing here?' My face scrunched in displeasure at the smiling face in front of me.'Hey! That's not a nice way to welcome your dear sister.' she replied, pursing her lips.With my hands on my hips, I watched her intently and she stared back. We continued our staring contest until she gave in. 'Anyways, I'm not going anywhere because I have stuff to do, which doesn't concern you.' She said with an annoying smirk. Okay, I'm in good...okay, let's say, fair relationship with my siblings. Blood siblings mind you. But her? Her mother was a slithering snake, poisonous and pretentious. She ruined our last Christmas and now her spawn was here when I should be having 'me-time' at the apartment for no reason at all, smiling lik

"We accept the love we think we deserve."-Stephen Chbosky~*****~Sunday was a beautiful day. I woke up with this euphoric feeling I couldn't explain. The sun peered through my window, casting it's warm glow around my room. My phone beeped and I checked only to see a message from Allen Briggs, the said leader I'd be working with. Briggs: Good morning Princess.Still up for the meet up today? 'Princess? Really?' I raised my brows as I typed a reply. Me : Good morning Al. Of course. Leazes Park, 5pm, right? I bit my lower lip as I waited for his reply. Was I feeling nervous? Briggs: Yeah. See you by 5 then?Me: Yup. Till then. Have a great day :-)Really, a smilie Annie?I groaned, mentally chiding myself for being so chummy. Briggs: And yo

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."- Brandi Snyder~*****~After lunch, the girls and I hurried back to the workshop building for the next training session. The instructor walked in few minutes after I got in. Sighing, I groggily dragged myself towards the front to carry out the row call. The instructor stammered on with his heavy Italian accent about simple hand tools and I scoffed.'Why are we doing this again? ' I whispered to Allen. 'Well, it's always good to start from the basics', Allen shrugged. To keep myself from falling over out of drowsiness caused by boredom, I started sketching on Allen's hands which was on the workbench, adding a string of tattoos on them. I chuckled when I was done and the instructor cleared his throat. 'Young lady, do you mind enlightening us on