Take My Hand
Let it Be
Raquel's POV
There I was waiting on the platform for the train to come, like I do everday. I heard the train coming down the tracks and I felt the rush of cool air hit my face, I heard the screech as the train came to a hault. I smoothed down my maroon skirt down not wanting any creeps to get a peek at my underwear. I stepped on the train, put my headphones in and took a seat, preparing myself for the hour train ride to university. I attend the University of Manchester three days a week. When im not in school I intern at a law firm late into the night. They give me the weekend off but because lately i have little of a social life i spend my weekends there. I've been living in London for a little over a year now, I'm not orginally from here, I was born and raised in New York City. The train was going underground now so i peeked out of the window to see the last bit of sunlight, three more stops until Eleanor baords the train. I take the train everyday but an hour is a long time and I bore easily. I didnt really think ahead when i moved to London instead of Manchestser. I was too excited that i overlooked the hour train ride that i would have to take everyday. When i got really lazy i would just crash at Eleanor's and that was usaully a weekly occurance. I met Eleanor at university, we share a mutual class even though she is majoring in politics and i'm majoring in law. See there is something you should know about me, I am a libral, an activist, and a major feminist. Back in New York, my parents raised me to to never relay on a man to take care of me, they taught me how to be self - sufficant and independent. my parents are the main reason why my back bone is so strong. Lost in my train of thought i didn't realize Eleanor boarded the train and was now sitting next to me. But she didn't shake me like any normal person would to make me aware of her presence, she was used to me being lost in my own mind. I took out my headphones, which were blaring, "Wake Me Up," by Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran is really the only pop singer i listen to. I mostly listen to the classics, like the Beatles and the Doors, and Indie/ Alternative. Mumford &Sons are currently my favorite band.
" Hey, did you do that paper?" Eleanor asked me
I quickly snapped out of my daze again and became aware of my surroundings and responded, "You mean the one due in three weeks, no I haven't got up to it yet, I've been swarmed with work."
she just smiled, because she knows how busy I've been,and how i was still getting over my ex- Charlie. She saw me get a little teary eyed and pulled me in a tight hug and said, " Raquel, are you okay? are you ready to talk about it yet?"
"no, not yet" I simply answered, thats what I loved about Eleanor she respected the fact that I wasn't ready to discuss what went down between me and Charlie. I haven't told anyone yet only Sarah, my best friend from back home. I know i couldn't keep my feelings locked inside and repressed i'm too smart to self-destruct. Right after me and Charlie broke up Sarah called me, and she just knew from my tone of voice that something was wrong. She didnt annoy me every five seconds though to try to find out what happened, she gave me time to cry out all my tears, and when i was ready to tell her two nights later i did. Also truth be told I didn't feel so comfortable telling Eleanor. She had an amazing boyfriend for almost a year now. He would literally stop the world if she told him to. His name is Louis? I'm pretty sure it is I don't know They were friends since before i moved here and four months after i met Eleanor, on the first day of school they became official. since i was adjusting to my new life i only met him once for a quick five minutes. It happened to be one of the nights that i crashed at Eleanor's. The next morning I saw him and this is literally how it went,
"HI IM LOUIS,"
"Hey nice to meet you im Raquel," and then i rushed off to work. He seemed very enthuastic ecspecially for the morning.
Since then we've both been to busy to officially meet even though Eleanor really wanted to double date, with four busy schedules it was hard to meet up, apparently he had a really demanding job, all I know is that he is in a boyband who are constanly in the tabloids. Then me and charlie started fighting and Eleanor knowing this didn't want to shove her realtionship in my face. But they've been going really strong ecspecially since I broke up with Charlie. Wow now that i think about it we broke up four months ago, and even me thinking his name caused me to become teary eyed. Now with the awkward aoura around me and Eleanor we just put our headphones in and waited for our stop to come.
A half hour later we got off the train, and made our way onto campus. She pulled me in a quick hug,
"meet me during lunch well grab a quick bite together," I said as we broke apart she responded with a smile.
We than made our way to our seperate lectures.
As i hurried to my lecture I realized my shoe lace of my cherry red doc martens became undone. I tried to bend down quickly to retie it, but as i bent down, all my books spilled out of my bag. Cursing myself, I quickly picked up my belonings, my face turning a bright shade of pink. Since my mind became preocuppied with the thought of how stupid i must've looked, and how everyone's eyes were probably on me i forgot to re- tie my shoes. I tossed my brown hair over my shoulder and I rubbed my eyes, a nervous tick that i have whenever i feel like people are watching me. I hated feeling like people were watching me. I'm fairly tall for a girl, I'm 5"7, I've always been taller than my friends, making me stand out. Sometimes I hated standing out for my looks, I always felt uncomfortable under anyone's gaze.
"shit," I murmered to myself i only had two minutes to get to my class. I hated being late, usaully i was always punctional but my mind was running wild today. I made it to class in time, thank god. I loved this class and wouldn't want to miss a minute of it anyways! I loved my profesor, her name was Mrs. Richards but she told everyone to call her Barbara. This was one of my libral classes and i loved it!
LINE BREAK
The class was over before i knew it even though the class in reality is two hours. As i was packing up my books I recieved a text from Eleanor saying, " sorry i cant make it louis suprised me with a picnic on campus, but if you want to join your more than welcome!"
not wanting to intrude or be a third wheel i simply responded, " no thanks, thanks anyways love, i have work to cacth up on."
i lied i didnt really have work to catch up on but i lied a lot to avoid awkward situations so i just put my headphones in and played, " let it be," by the beatles and started to sing along while making my way across campus.
I loved listening to the beatles it was the only time i felt as if i can escape my own mind and let me enjoy the music, i started singing along, to block out all extra outside noise, as I made my way to a salad bar to grab lunch.
There I was waiting on the platform for the train to come, like I do everday. I heard the train coming down the tracks and I felt the rush of cool air hit my face, I heard the screech as the train came to a hault. I smoothed down my maroon skirt down not wanting any creeps to get a peek at my underwear. I stepped on the train, put my headphones in and took a seat, preparing myself for the hour train ride to university. I attend the University of Manchester three days a week. When im not in school I intern at a law firm late into the night. They give me the weekend off but because lately i have little of a social life i spend my weekends there. I've been living in London for a little over a year now, I'm not orginally from here, I was born and raised in New York City. The train was going underground now so i peeked out of the window to see the last bit of sunlight, three more stops until Eleanor baords the train. I take the train everyday but an hour is a long time and I bore easily. I didnt really think ahead when i moved to London instead of Manchestser. I was too excited that i overlooked the hour train ride that i would have to take everyday. When i got really lazy i would just crash at Eleanor's and that was usaully a weekly occurance. I met Eleanor at university, we share a mutual class even though she is majoring in politics and i'm majoring in law. See there is something you should know about me, I am a libral, an activist, and a major feminist. Back in New York, my parents raised me to to never relay on a man to take care of me, they taught me how to be self - sufficant and independent. my parents are the main reason why my back bone is so strong. Lost in my train of thought i didn't realize Eleanor boarded the train and was now sitting next to me. But she didn't shake me like any normal person would to make me aware of her presence, she was used to me being lost in my own mind. I took out my headphones, which were blaring, "Wake Me Up," by Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran is really the only pop singer i listen to. I mostly listen to the classics, like the Beatles and the Doors, and Indie/ Alternative. Mumford &Sons are currently my favorite band.
" Hey, did you do that paper?" Eleanor asked me
I quickly snapped out of my daze again and became aware of my surroundings and responded, "You mean the one due in three weeks, no I haven't got up to it yet, I've been swarmed with work."
she just smiled, because she knows how busy I've been,and how i was still getting over my ex- Charlie. She saw me get a little teary eyed and pulled me in a tight hug and said, " Raquel, are you okay? are you ready to talk about it yet?"
"no, not yet" I simply answered, thats what I loved about Eleanor she respected the fact that I wasn't ready to discuss what went down between me and Charlie. I haven't told anyone yet only Sarah, my best friend from back home. I know i couldn't keep my feelings locked inside and repressed i'm too smart to self-destruct. Right after me and Charlie broke up Sarah called me, and she just knew from my tone of voice that something was wrong. She didnt annoy me every five seconds though to try to find out what happened, she gave me time to cry out all my tears, and when i was ready to tell her two nights later i did. Also truth be told I didn't feel so comfortable telling Eleanor. She had an amazing boyfriend for almost a year now. He would literally stop the world if she told him to. His name is Louis? I'm pretty sure it is I don't know They were friends since before i moved here and four months after i met Eleanor, on the first day of school they became official. since i was adjusting to my new life i only met him once for a quick five minutes. It happened to be one of the nights that i crashed at Eleanor's. The next morning I saw him and this is literally how it went,
"HI IM LOUIS,"
"Hey nice to meet you im Raquel," and then i rushed off to work. He seemed very enthuastic ecspecially for the morning.
Since then we've both been to busy to officially meet even though Eleanor really wanted to double date, with four busy schedules it was hard to meet up, apparently he had a really demanding job, all I know is that he is in a boyband who are constanly in the tabloids. Then me and charlie started fighting and Eleanor knowing this didn't want to shove her realtionship in my face. But they've been going really strong ecspecially since I broke up with Charlie. Wow now that i think about it we broke up four months ago, and even me thinking his name caused me to become teary eyed. Now with the awkward aoura around me and Eleanor we just put our headphones in and waited for our stop to come.
A half hour later we got off the train, and made our way onto campus. She pulled me in a quick hug,
"meet me during lunch well grab a quick bite together," I said as we broke apart she responded with a smile.
We than made our way to our seperate lectures.
As i hurried to my lecture I realized my shoe lace of my cherry red doc martens became undone. I tried to bend down quickly to retie it, but as i bent down, all my books spilled out of my bag. Cursing myself, I quickly picked up my belonings, my face turning a bright shade of pink. Since my mind became preocuppied with the thought of how stupid i must've looked, and how everyone's eyes were probably on me i forgot to re- tie my shoes. I tossed my brown hair over my shoulder and I rubbed my eyes, a nervous tick that i have whenever i feel like people are watching me. I hated feeling like people were watching me. I'm fairly tall for a girl, I'm 5"7, I've always been taller than my friends, making me stand out. Sometimes I hated standing out for my looks, I always felt uncomfortable under anyone's gaze.
"shit," I murmered to myself i only had two minutes to get to my class. I hated being late, usaully i was always punctional but my mind was running wild today. I made it to class in time, thank god. I loved this class and wouldn't want to miss a minute of it anyways! I loved my profesor, her name was Mrs. Richards but she told everyone to call her Barbara. This was one of my libral classes and i loved it!
LINE BREAK
The class was over before i knew it even though the class in reality is two hours. As i was packing up my books I recieved a text from Eleanor saying, " sorry i cant make it louis suprised me with a picnic on campus, but if you want to join your more than welcome!"
not wanting to intrude or be a third wheel i simply responded, " no thanks, thanks anyways love, i have work to cacth up on."
i lied i didnt really have work to catch up on but i lied a lot to avoid awkward situations so i just put my headphones in and played, " let it be," by the beatles and started to sing along while making my way across campus.
I loved listening to the beatles it was the only time i felt as if i can escape my own mind and let me enjoy the music, i started singing along, to block out all extra outside noise, as I made my way to a salad bar to grab lunch.
Notes
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p.s. harry will come in, in the next chapter this is sorta a filter introduction chapter for you to meet raquel hope you like it
oh and sorry in advance for grammer and spelling mistakes, i know i should read this over but im insecure about re-reading my own writting
8/16/13