Hi Guys, this is my new story! I have finally come back and am really excited about this story! The first chapter is more of an introduction to the story and doesnt shed much light on what is to come but the good stuff will be coming very soon! Let me know what you think! =)

"Flight 313 boarding to Los Angeles at Gate 3", A loud voice called through the Sydney airport speakers.

"I guess that's my cue to leave then huh?"

It was here. The time had finally arrived. In approximately 14 and a half hours I would officially be an exchange student at UCLA. After 6 months of waiting to see if I would be accepted, organising accommodation, working every waking hour on school work and at my job to earn more money for my stay in the city of stars, tinsel town, HOLLYWOOD, the time had finally arrived.

I would be seeing it all. On my own. Half way across the world from everything I have ever known. Those thoughts alone spread exhilaration throughout my body. I needed this, to get away from normalcy, that was far from normal to others, from the world that I was constantly surrounded in, where there was no excitement or sense of adventure, only a constant protection that loomed with me everywhere I went.

My one-year of absolute freedom was about to begin.

"Bella Bear stay safe! Don't even look at boys, and if you need anyone or anything, money, clothes, a new place to stay you let me know, any hour of the day or the night you are to call home in an instant you hear me young girl?" I think my dad is having a hard time letting me go, but I guess that's what comes with being the baby of the family.

"Yes daddy I promise! Don't worry about me, I will be fine, I think I am going to be too excited to be in LA to even look at boys for the first month!"

"Well once that month is up I still want you safe!"

"Yesssss daddy." I rolled my eyes internally, seriously were all dads ingrained with an overprotective gene?

"Well I guess it is that time then. Stay safe my Bella Bear."

"I love you." Aw please don't let him go all teary eyed on me, that's just the pitts!

"Love you too Daddy, but I'm not sure if they are going to let me on the plane if your still attached to me " I told him as I tried to pry myself away from his protective hug.

"Final boarding call for flight 131 to Los Angeles" The voice from the speaker called once again.

"Ok I'm letting you go now" My dad said as he slowly let me go, both of us feeling the double meaning of him letting me go. My father actually letting me go on my own to another country for a year was his way of showing that he finally realized I was an adult and mature enough to make my own decisions.

With one final hug with my older brother Patrick and a watery smile my loved ones I walked away from my life in Australia.

"Bye daddy, I'll miss you."

"Bye Bella Bear."

As I walked through the boarding gates taking one final glance back at my friends and family I questioned whether I was making a colossal mistake. Being away from the people who have protected me for my entire life was begin to feel daunting, but I knew there was no going back now.

LA here I come.

"Welcome to White Horse Airways can I please check your seating number?" The airhostess asked me as I walked onto the jumbo plane.

"Ok Miss Montez your seat is the first through the curtains to the right, window seat as requested by your father."

The airhostess seemed nervous as soon as she saw my name, but it hardly fazed me anymore. Being born into the family that I was came with perks but also a lot of misconceptions.

Of course my dad had to go and make a fuss so that I would have the best seat on the plane and of course the safest, so that if by any chance something happened on the plane I would be the one lucky survivor. Being a daddy's little girl was good though, I definitely wasn't complaining, flying first class all the way from Sydney to Los Angeles in economy just would not have been as fun, but here I am sitting in my chair which is more like a lounge chair sipping on a complimentary champagne to calm my nerves and thoughts that seem to be swimming through my body at 100 miles an hour, trying to imagine the adventures that will come into my life once I stepped off the plane and into my new reality.

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