New State, New Life

Chapter 7

Banner is the outfit she will be wearing. Backpack will be all year. Please note that dress color is not correct. The one in the last chapter is. I couldn't find the right dress when I made that outfit but I found the right style. So dress color is from the last chapter!!!

I woke up Monday morning feeling more anxious and nervous then I ever have. I lay in my bed, under my covers, and stare at my ceiling.
~I don't want to get up. If I get up I have to go to school. A new school. With new people. Boring.... Sad.... Lonely.... Depressing....~
Someone knocks on my door. "Kailey time to get up!! First day of school!!"
Mom.
She knocks again. "Come on Kailey, up and at em!"
I groan inwardly as I slide my covers off and set my previously warm feet onto the ice cold floor, sending goose bumps up my legs.
"I'm up, mom" I say tiredly to the closed door.
Her foot steps walk away.
I lift my hands to my face and rub my eyes. "I'm so tired," I say quietly.
Standing up, I walk to my bathroom door where my new dress is hanging. I take it down and lay it on my bed. I then walk to my closet and search through some shoes I had brought with me from North Carolina. The ones I found to wear were flats, the same color as the skirt of my dress and lacy like the top.
After I pull off my PJ's, I step into the dress, zip it up the back, and step into my flats.
I walk to the bathroom to brush my hair. I'm not much of a fashion person. I usually just brush my long hair out and leave it down; today is no different. Once brushed, I open the jewelry box on the bathroom counter and find my favorite necklace. A heart.
At that moment mom walks into the bathroom.
"Kailey... You look beautiful.." She says quietly.
I hold back my blush as I say, "can you help me with this?" I hold out the necklace.
"Oh of course," she replies, taking it from me and clasping it around my neck. "Your awfully dressed up for school though.. Not normal for you!"
"Don't get used to it," I say blandly.
She laughs and leaves the bathroom saying, "hurry up. You need to eat breakfast still."

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I walk up to the school with my eyes to the ground. Everything around me is different. And everyone. I'm so nervous my stomach aches.
I glance up as I enter the building to see the swarm of teenager in what I assume is the lobby.

~Where should I sit? Who should I talk to?~ I thin nervously ~Who am I kidding. I'm not going to talk anyone! Or sit by them for that matter..~

I walk through the lobby, staying as close to the walls as I can without running into anyone. I find an empty corner and set my bag down as I glance around the lobby. This is like the epitome of the Mean Girls movie. Cliches galore! There is a table of Jocks, a table of girls that I defiantly don't want to get associated with, a table of obvious band geeks, and even a table of would-be goths. Oh how I wish I was in band. At least then I could make friends easier. Have someone to talk to and sit with. But I'm not. I'm a loner. I would have been a loner in my old school too if it wasn't for my two best friends. But here... I'm on my own. On my own to find someone nice enough to talk to.

I consider going over to the band geek table for a second.. but decide against it. They wouldn't accept me as one of their own.

So I continue to stand here, feeling like an idiot in this dress.

~This isn't me! I promise!~ I scream to everyone in the lobby, knowing they can't hear my thoughts, ~I usually wear jeans and a t-shirt like a normal human being!~

I glance once more around the room and catch someones eye. Butterflies take over my stomach for a second before I look away.

~Woah..~

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