Part 1

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"My alarm sound has been going off for twenty minutes, I need to turn it off" I think.
I reach over and turn it off.
"Oh, it's only been going off for two minutes" I see.
I smile.

I sit up and the sun pours through my windows on the right side of my room.
I put my feet on the floor and pick my phone up.
9:32 a.m.
I haul my ass out of bed and go to the kitchen to get coffee.
As soon as I get down there the coffee pot is empty.
"What the hell?" I grumble.

"Just get coffee at brunch." My mom says as she sits at the counter with her phone.
"Okay..." I grumble once again.
I go upstairs and into my room.
I quickly make my bed and then hop in the shower.
After I get out of the shower I get dressed and sit at my desk.
I moisturise my face and put on some makeup, finishing off by blow drying my hair and straightening it.
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I get out of my taxi which I took separately from my family because I wanted to leave fifteen minutes later.
I walk to the large table where everyone is sitting.

I walk to the large table where everyone is sitting

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Carrie sits next to Louis's little sister Millie.
Louis's older sister isn't present, neither is Leo, my older brother.
Louis sits with an empty chair across from him as the parents fill up the chairs at the other side of the table.
"Sit down Leah."
Louis says.
"Hello to you too." I snap back sitting down in the chair.

Everyone is in conversation and I have nothing to do right now so I pull out my phone.

1 Notification from Noah🥺
Noah
(Hey kid)
(How r u?)

You
(Wasup, I'm ehh, still planning my last week of freedom before uni)
Noah
(Right, I can't believe we're starting together! We're gonna have so much fun at Orientation week)
(Before you leave me🥹)
You
(Shut up that's not happening yet!)
Noah
(One year left...)
(Also, Germany? Really?)
(I liked when you wanted to go to London better)
You
( yeah but then I realised, London rains way too much. My hair doesn't do frizz)
Noah
(Lol yeah, still remember that god forsaken trip you took to Istanbul in the spring, Jesus Christ your hair was fucking giant.)
You
( yeah lol)
(Hey I'll text you back in a lil bit, I'm in a brunch and I have to decide what I want.)
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The waitress sets a menu down in front of me.
"Right um can I order now?" I ask awkwardly.

"Of course" she says taking out her notebook.
"I want a large ice latte with vanilla syrup and an extra shot of espresso, and a Caesar Salad."
"Will that be all?" She asks politely.

"For now yes, thank you."

"I see your still the coffee obsessed maniac as always."

"That's me."
I reach in my bag and pull my laptop I open it on my lap and begin scrolling through the website of the Free university of Berlin.
"Leah, can you save the university scrolling for when you get home?" My mom asks.
She's always so conscious of how we look in front of other people.

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