Chapter 1-Palm Tress

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03/09/2022

Y/n's pov:

"Come on y/n! It's going to be wonderful out there! Palm trees everywhere, swimming pools around every corner, beach parties, you name it!" My mom said excitedly. I wasn't too happy about leaving Canada. Well, I wasn't just leaving Canada, I was leaving my friends. And most importantly, I was leaving my dad.

My parents got divorced a few months ago and my life has been a rollercoaster. Mom had a new boyfriend just about every week! None of them treated her well, and she was smart enough so she left them. My mom had full custody over me since my dad was an alcoholic. I wasn't mad because I hated when he got drunk. But when he was sober, he was the bestest dad ever.

I fell asleep on our drive up to California. I'm really hoping to make a good 'first impression' and make lots of good friends.

"Y/n.. y/n! Wake up! We are here! Get ready to live the California dream!" My mother squealed. My eyes shot open and it took me a minute to adjust. As soon as I did, I looked out the window. This was not what I was hoping for. The building looked run down and had a big sign reading "SOUTH SEAS"
"Mom. Are you sure we're at the right place?" I asked hesitantly.
"Yes. This is our new home!" Mom replied.
"Oh boy. I just hope the school is a lot better then this." I thought to myself.

We exited the car and grabbed our bags. Mom gave me the keys and told me we were in apartment 21. I carried my luggage to the gate and it was already open. I heard talking, it sounded like 2 boys. I walked up and say a frail boy helping a guy up. I cleared my throat and they both turned their attention towards me.
"Hi, my name is y/n! Do any of you know where apartment 21 would be?" I asked with my things in my hands.
"Um.." the frail boy said before the other boy interrupted him,
"Yeah! Looks like you're right next too.. hmm. I never caught your name, Jersey Boy."
"Oh, my names Daniel." The frail one said.
Daniel! Thank you. Looks like you're right next to Daniel! I'll show you both too your doors. By the way, the names Freddy." He explained.

We walked up to the apartment and both me and Daniel noticed an old lady. She was telling us to go back to where we came from. I just ignored her. Freddy showed us the doors and I dropped my stuff and unlocked it. The smell of an old peoples home rushed through my whole body causing me to cough. I picked up my stuff and walked in, not bothering to shut the door behind me since Mom would be here shortly with the rest. I looked around and found my room. I set my things down and rush to all the windows to open them. Luckily it was a hot day so I could air the house out to get rid of the old people smell.

After me and my mom finished unpacking I went to look around a bit when I saw Daniel giving the crusty dog some water.
"Hey!" I said startling him.
"Jeez y/n. You scared me!" He chuckled.
"Where y'a goin?" I asked walking beside him.
"I gotta find the 'fix it' guy since our tap is broken." He replied.
"Nice. Mind if I tag along? I have nothing better to do."
"Not a problem by me" he said turning the corner.

Daniel's POV:
Y/n is actually pretty nice even though I've only known her for a few hours and I don't even know what her favourite colour is. We were walking to the 'fix it' guys room when she asked me a question,
"You from Jersey?" Y/n asked.
"Yeah how did you know?"
"Eh Freddy called your jersey kid and I could tell by your accent." She said with a small smile on her face.
"Oh.. I forgot about that!" I replied. "Where abouts are you from?" I ask trying to enhance the conversation.
"Canada. Vancouver to be exact." She answered quickly.
"Is it true that you guys live in igloos and eat straight maple syrup from trees? Oo! Do you go sledding everyday and have to walk in big piles of snow?" I said getting a little too carried away.
She giggled, "No! We do not live in igloos! But, we do eat maple syrup! Not everyday though, but yes it is from trees. Unless you get the 'Aunt Jemima's'!" She said.
"Awe man. I thought you guys lived in igloos." I said in a sarcastic tone.

Before we knew it we were at the 'fix it' guys place. I look at y/n for reassurance and she nodded, so I opened the door,
"Hello? If there a fix it guy in here? Our tap is broken and we need you too fix it." I called out. But nobody answered, so me and y/n walked in. We saw an old man surrounded by these baby trees. I repeated myself,
"Hey are you the fix it guy? We need you to fix our faucet please.."
"After." The old man said as he concentrated on trimming the baby tree.
"After what?" I ask.
"After, after" he said again.
"After what? When's 'after'?" I kept asking and I was getting really annoyed with him.

I kept bugging him but there was no point so we just walked back.
"What was that about?" Y/n asked.
"I'm not sure.." I replied, "but he was really starting to get on my nerves so I just left."
"Oh.." she said in a lower tone, "maybe he's just busy now, we could always ask him tomorrow after school."
"Shoot I forgot we had school.." I said slapping my forehead.

We kept walking until we saw Freddy,
"Daniel! Y/n!" He yelled and ran up too us.
"Do you two wanna go to the beach party tonight? It'll be a great opportunity to make new friends right before the year starts!" Freddy said excitedly,
We both looked at each-other then back at Freddy,
"Sure!" We said in sync.
"Awesome! I'll knock before I leave. Be ready innnn, and hour or so?" He sounded hesitant.
"Sure, see you guys then! I gotta go unpack a bit more.." y/n said and soon rushed off.
"Soo what do you think?" Freddy asked me smirking.
"Huh? What do I think?" I asked confused.
"Yeah, what do you think about y/n? Think she's cute?" He asked.
I could feel my face getting hot,
"W-what! No! I just met her! I mean she's nice.. and really pretty. But that's it." I stated.
"What ever you say man.. I gotta go, see you in a bit!" Freddy walked off.

What it that obvious?..

—hey guys! I hoped you enjoyed this first little chapter. I'm sorry if it's short! I'm really liking how the plot is going so far and I'm hoping for a lot more drama in the next upcoming chapters.
I'll try and post multiple at a time so there aren't too many cliff hangers, but I hope you all enjoy!
Be sure to vote your favourite chapters:)—

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