“Make sure to not embarrass our family name. Remember where you come from Regina, you’re not one of those little people.” Regina remembers her grandparents telling her. She had not gotten a ‘be well’ ‘we love you’ message from them just a ‘do not embarrass us’ message before the rolling of eyes and going back to their house. Regina was free again, was all she could think of. She had her freedom from her grandparents currently. Regina tended not to curse a lot but the only word that came to her was ‘fck’. Those words were below her, such typical words that teenage boys tended to use and words that displayed a low vocabulary but currently that was all Regina could think of and maybe sometimes the word ‘fck’ was enough. She was happy to leaving the dreadful place, she was happy to be freed from the chains that were her grandparents for some time but she was not happy to leave her family nor was she happy to leave the only friend in her life who wasn’t her sibling but it was whatever.
Regina arrived at the airport in a limo with her parents. Her parents had wrapped themselves around Nina as soon as they stepped out of the limo and told her ‘be safe. We love you’ her mom gave her a kiss on the left cheeks and her father gave her a weak smile. Nina gave them a warm smile, before she had turn around. The smile like a fallen angel had falling from her face and it was back to normal- her usual scowling and calculative face. “Nina?” Her father called, making nina to turn. “Yes, dad?” Her father gave her a sad smile, “We’re sorry.” Nina did not say anything. She knew what they were talking about but there was really nothing to say. Except ‘ok’ which were words she only said in her mind. She gave her father a soft smile before turning away again and walking towards the airport lounge.
Nina put on her headphones as she walked in the longue, the song, one of her favorites ‘you right played’ and Regina humed to the lyrics. I got a man but I want you, I got a man but I want you and And it’s just nerves, it’s just dck Makin’ me think 'bout someone new. I hope I never experience something like this, was the thought that crossed Regina’s mind. The idea of having to be forced to be with someone just because you feel like you own them something, the constant thought of whether she should stay in a relationship when she’s not really feeling anything and she’s starting to feel really attracted to others. Does she break up with her partner just because she’s lusting after someone who she has 0 idea if they would be fit to be together in any other way but physical? does she have to stay with someone just because they were with her when she was at her worst. Regina shuddered, she would never like that happening to her. Rolling her eyes she thought, it’s not like it would ever happen to her really. She has never even been kissed in her life and in the future she would probably be wed off to whoever her grandparents saw fit. That was right, Regina remembered, she didn’t have control of her life. Not even her parents did but her grandparents. Regina removed her headphones, the song was starting to annoy her now thinking of how her life was. She scrunched her nose, a habit she tended to do when she was annoyed. She needed to sit down. Regina walked towards a seat closed to a brown hair boy with bangs and sat, crossing her legs.