Oh how I wish for a life.
The name is Octavia a strange name for a strange girl. I'm not normal but to be honest I quite like it. I'm nothing like my family but then again I never thought I would be you can tell by just a glance that I don't belong. One glance at our Christmas photo we send out every year in the crisp white snow, in our white sweaters and their white skin. I stand out. Just by my natural milky brown skin.. My hair is enormous ( my mom had no clue how to handle it!). I never really understood how different I was until high school. My strength picked up as did my speed. I can beat anyone. That's probably why we move so much one wrong look and bam you've got yourself a bloody eye! I've tried to control my temper but it's like something else controls me, like something takes over. My mom tried to get me help but nothing really worked so here I am in the car moving to some random place in North Dakota.. I've never even heard of anyone going there!
"We're almost there honey!" Mom said with a huge smile on her face. I watch as my dad smiles too and puts a hand on her knee. I sigh I want that.. I want the love my parents share. I look out the window right as we pull into a small town. I don't know if it's just me but it felt like all eyes turned to stare at me. I tried to look away but something made me stare right back. Something just felt right.
"Ah this is it!! Isn't it stunning?" Mom says as we go down a gravel road to an old Victorian house. A smile grows on my face.
"It is!" I say in awe.
My dad parks the car and turns around. "well what are you waiting for Octavia? Go pick your room!" I giggle as I jump out of the car and run into the house. I don't even bother to look around as bound up the old rickety stairs to find the perfect room. I open the door to a smallish room with an attached bath but I decided quickly to move on. I skip a few doors until I get to the last door I open it to revel a large room with a large walk-in closet and bathroom. I instantly fell in love with it! I ran back down the stairs to tell the movers where to put my boxes and then went to explore the rest of the house. It definitely needs some work but my mom and I will enjoy to decorate and give life back to it.
"Octavia!" My mom shouts so I turn back around in search for her as I shout back that I'm coming!
I find my mom in the kitchen writing on a sheet of paper in what I can only guess as the kitchen.
"Oh good! Octavia here is a list of groceries can you run back to the town went through earlier, you can take your fathers car!" She says with a pouty face
I roll my eyes but say "fine" with a grin.
"Maybe you can even meet some people while you're there!" She says happily
I just grumble in response and head out to the car.
I got to the grocery store and parked my car in the first spot I could see. I head inside as I glance over the list my mom gave me. I grab a cart and head into the store, it's tiny but I shouldn't be surprised based off the size of the rest of the town. I notice some more people staring at me as I walk through the aisle but this time I pretend not to notice. Soon I'm done so I head home. I notice a black car following me but I try to shake it off as I pull onto my driveway. The car slows down but eventually keeps going. I let out a sigh of relief as I park my car. I get out and head inside to put the groceries away. Surprisingly almost all the large furniture was out and the place was really coming together!
"Mom I'm home!!!!" I shout
"Oh good! But you should go up and get ready one of the neighbors came over while you were gone and invited us all to dinner!"
"Do I have to go?" I pleaded with a puppy dog face
"Honey we have to make a good first impression! We know absolutely no one from here! So you're going."
"But-"
"You are going Octavia end of story."
I just grumbled and stomped away as my mom chuckled to her self like a lunatic.
I get up stairs and head directly to my room all of my boxes from earlier are lined up against a wall. I groan again, as I open up the first box hoping it's my bathroom stuff! Much to my dismay however it's just clothes. I open up another, and then another until I finally collected what I needed to get ready!
Once I'm all done I'm in a white sundress with combat boots. I left my crazy long curly hair down and applied only a tad bit of makeup.
"Are you almost done Octavia" my dad yells up.
I shout back my response as I grab my phone and head downstairs. We all hop in the car and head off to well I don't know where.. But in about 5 minutes we pull into a drive way up to what one could only describe as a FUCKING mansion! I think it kinda looks like the White House.. Who the hell lives here?!
