2 Miles Jenny Miller
Being a bird, the feeling of freedom of soaring high up in the sky with its powerful pair of wings that’s what Jason wanted most. He couldn’t think of any other things that could describe his feeling of wanting to be a bird. However, he had a lot of excuses for not being a bird. If you were a sparrow, you might get eaten up by an eagle. If you were an eagle, you might have got caught and put inside a cage. If you were a chicken, you couldn’t fly, but you would be feed till you’re big and fat and then be decorated on Christmas Eve.
It had been two days since there moved to Malibu. The house was still too messy for them to live in. Furniture was all over the place and things were scattered all over the floor. How could they sleep in that house? Jason thought.
Luckily for them, one of his dad’s friend, Aunt Delia lives in Malibu. Aunt Delia wouldn’t mind if they live in her house, in fact she would love it if they came and stayed. Delia was once a wife and a mother. But her husband and child died in a car accident. So, she became a widow. Jason also remembered that she told dad she would never marry again. Jason thought that this is the way she showed her faithfulness of her husband. They eventually went to her house and stay there temporarily.
“Jason! Jackson!” Aunt Deli gave them a warm welcome as soon as they arrived.
“Hi, Aunt Delia!” Jackson greeted as he saw her.
“Hey, Aunt Delia.” Jason greeted her.
“Come inside boys! Here, I’ll show you both of your room.” Aunt Delia lead them into the house and took them to their own room.
There was a bed, a drawer and a desk in Jason’s room. Jason puts his bag on the desk and started to take his things out of the bag.
Aunt Delia walked out to the porch after taking them to their room. She saw Chris, Jason’s dad taking his bags out of the car boot.
“Chris, you can live here as long as you want. This won’t be a problem for me.” She said politely with a low voice..
“No Delia. You have a life of your own too. We can’t keep on bothering you.”
“Chris, really, I can take care of your sons. Don’t you worry about me or them, okay?”
“Fine.” Chris finally gave up and replied, pulling his voice. Aunt Delia smiled. She was always so good at persuading people do to something.
Chris continued. “But on one condition. When I say we have to leave, we will leave. Okay?”
“Deal. And if you need any of my help, just ask me.” Delia said and helped him with the bags.
“Don’t worry, I sure will.” Chris replied with a smile.
“Hey Jason.” Chris walked into the room and saw his son stacking his clothes neatly in the drawer.
“Hey dad.” Jason turned his head and replied.
“How do you like it here?” Chris continued.
“Not bad. It is not like we live here for the first time. Also, the beach is just a mile or two away from here, I can always go there anytime.”
“I thought you hated going to the beach.” Chris said with a winched tone.
“No. I like the beach, especially the sea.” Jason smiled.
“Oh. So you like the sea.” His father smirked at him. He was surprised. He never knew that his son liked the sea.
“Yeah. The feeling of the sea is so good. The seawater running between my toes and splashing towards my body feels so good.”
“Oh, I love what you’re saying. Maybe I’ll add your views in my new novel.” His dad said as he snapped his finger.
“Feel free to use it if you like.” Jason smiled and said. His father smiled too.
“Uh, I would like to go to the beach, you know, feel the cool breeze.” Jason said as he walked out of the room to get his coat.
“Fine, but don’t come home late, we are going out to eat afterwards.”
“Sure. Bye.” Jason opened the door and walked out to visit the beach.
Malibu was so beautiful. Especially the beach. Jason thought as he walked along the beach. The sea, the seagulls and hundreds of beautiful seashells hiding in the sand waiting for you to find them made him feel even more happy than usual. He found a spot and lay down on the sand. His hands ran through the sand. It was so warm and smooth. He thought. He then looked at the sky. It was so blue and so wide. He liked the sky a lot. He closed his eyes and dreamt about being a bird flying in the sky. The feeling was great.
Slowly, he fell asleep… He started dreaming about the same dream again. Since the accident, the dream had always been haunting him. His body started to shivered and shook with fear and made him screamed.
His eyes opened and he noticed that he was still lying on the beach, looking at the sky. His whole body was covered with sweat. He was sweating and panting heavily. Although the weather was hot, he still admitted that it was the dream that made him sweat so much.
He stood up and looked around. He saw that not far away, there’s someone sitting under a tree. He looked carefully at the person. It was a girl.
It was noon now and it was very hot. People who lived by the sea would not come the beach at this sort of time. He started walking towards her. She was sitting on a wooden chair like those that could be folded. There was a book in her hands and she was reading it.
He walked closer but the girl kept staring at her book. She seemed to be focused on the book. However he saw something, something that interested him on the girl’s face. There was a smile. He saw that she kept smiling. She felt that her smile was very special.
“Hi.” He mouthed out.
“Oh! Hi.” She seemed to be surprised. She put down her book and stood up. Then there was a brief moment of silence. Jason wondered what she was reading that made her all spellbound. He took a glimpse of that book. The book’s name was ‘The Girl’. It was a novel written by his dad!
He put his mind back to her and looked at her. The girl seemed to be staring at him. He winched at her which made her took a step backwards and said “Oh.”. Her face turned red. She felt embarrassed about what she did just now. She quickly asked Jason. “So, I haven’t seen you around before, did you just move here?”
“Yeah, I just moved here, with my dad and brother.” Jason replied.
“Oh…” The girl said softly. “By the way, I am Jason Torres. Nice to meet you.” Jason continued.
“I’m Jenny Miller!” She smiled again. Suddenly, both of their eyes met. Something was caught between them through their eyes. They stared at each other like there was a spell. Until Jenny’s phone rings, and spell was broken.
