A Fresh Start

Chapter 3 • 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙

♬♪𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 ~ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫✧:･

❅◐𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩◑❅

I woke up first thing in the morning at 5.30AM and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and take a hot shower. Afterwards, I slipped my school uniform on.

It consisted of a white blouse, a moderately short black pleated skirt then a white blazer with black stripes on the sleeves. The jersey was a beautiful cream colour. I could tell this was a very prestige school because of the fancy uniform.

I packed my bag before going downstairs for breakfast. Claire had come up briefly to say goodbye since she went to work then told me that breakfast would be ready for us on the dining room.

I slung my bag over my shoulder and finished sending Claire a text message telling her to have a good day at work. My gut dropped when I found Camille seated at the table, scrolling through her Instagram whilst eating some cereal.

I contemplated on whether or not to go in and eat my breakfast quietly or to get a fruit from the kitchen and go to school. I decided to face my fear and went to my usual chair. She looked up at me before returning her attention to her phone as if I hadn't passed by.

I put some berries and vanilla yogurt in a bowl then poured myself some orange juice. I sat down then started eating as silently as possible, hoping she wouldn't say anything mean to me. I was very sensitive. Too sensitive.

The grating of the chair on the tiles told me that she was standing up. After a brief shuffle, I heard Camille walk out of the room, leaving her cereal bowl full. She was really wasteful. She didn't know the pain of having nothing to eat, the pain of being deprived of having food.

I reached over to take the bowl so the food wouldn't go to waste. After eating everything, including her cereal, I placed the plates neatly on the table then went out to where the driver was.

"Good morning ma'am. I'm Roberto, your personal driver but you can call me Rob," he outstretched his hand as I studied his face. I couldn't see his eyes because of the dark shades but he had a stubble, signaling me that he was a grown man.

"Good morning Rob." I shook his hand. He opened the door of the black limo for me and I thanked him before entering. I noticed Camille sitting in the front row of the car, still scrolling through her phone and sipping on her drink.

Rob began to drive as I just looked out of the window, wondering what kind of people I was going to meet at the new school.

After a short while, the limo parked in front of a huge white school with a small lot of students congregated outside, conversing with each other probably about the latest gossip in the school. Rob started by opening the door for Camille since she was in front.

"I finish sports at 4PM. Don't be tardy and come at 1PM." Was all Camille said to Rob before getting out of the car and prancing towards the school. She was so mannerless for a rich kid.

He opened my door and I stepped out before giving him a polite smile.

"I don't know what time I finish but I just want to thank you for driving me safely to school. Anything could've happened," I tilted my head as his lips uplifted into a smile.