My One With The Guys

Chapter 1: Atsuko Hara

"You don't belong in this school," someone kept telling me "go back to where your mom is, that's the only place you'll belong" I was mostly bullied, it never stopped, not even after transferring schools they would still find a way to get me, either online, in the mail, written on my desk. I got used to it, I mostly got along with the guys better than the girls because there wasn't as much drama, but I never bothered the guys with all of my troubles. My parents divorced three years ago, and two years later my mother died, and I was under my father's custody, I'm happy to see him smile with his new girlfriend but aren't both of us supposed to be depressed? Nothing is wrong with this girl, and her son Daichi, but still feels weird. We moved from America and went to Japan, the reason why we moved continents was that my father found out about the bullying and figured moving was the better option, it's not like I had friends, so there was nothing to lose.
The plane ride was boring, but I tried to use the time to escape from reality, but as soon as we landed I went back to isolating myself from my new family. We got in a minivan that didn't have enough room for four people and luggage, so we had to improvise. We put our luggage on our laps. I could barely see out the window, I was squished wishing that they had bought a bigger car. They should have known that there would be this much luggage. It took us about 2 hours to get to our new house. As we were approaching our house, I noticed that the neighborhood was brand new, did they want to fit in right away? Or make us stand out more? I looked at our new house mesmerized, I'd never seen a house this nice.
It was two levels, mostly made out of glass. I sort of recognized it, it sort of looked like a glasshouse in Argentinian, just smaller and darker wood. I walked in with my luggage, realizing that half of the things in my suitcase I would be able to put anywhere yet, and it may take a while before I can decorate my room.
"Hey, dad, where is my room?" I ask while holding my luggage in my hands hoping my room is on this floor because I don't think I can go up those stairs
"Just upstairs and to the right," my father says as he is opening his luggage in the middle of the living room. I don't know why, but I didn't question it.
I started going upstairs, having a real struggle, but finally made it. As soon as I came up the stairs I saw my father's girlfriend with her son putting things away, I looked to the ground walked past that, and went to my room. My room was a good size, more prominent than my last house, I could probably buy a double bed in my room with full furniture and still have room to move around and work on anything, maybe I can have friends over! Wait, did I just think that? I start to remember all of the things that happened at my old school and tense up, that's not happening again. I opened my luggage and pulled out a new outfit for tomorrow. My dad had already enrolled me in a Hokkaido High School. I haven't looked at the school yet, so I grab my computer from my carry-on and searched them up. They have good arts and sports programs, so it wasn't a total loss to come to Japan.
"Atsuko! Can you come downstairs please!" my father yelled from the bottom of the stairs
"Coming!" I yell back, I put away my laptop before going downstairs
I head downstairs to see my father, his girlfriend, and her son waiting for me at the table. I sat down next to Daichi without saying a word. The whole time it was very boring and no one talked. I know we don't have much food right now but one scoop of soup and half a piece of bread, seriously? I finished before them all and put my bowl in the sink and headed back to my room, closed my door behind me then open my laptop, I looked for some information about the school, and open their school's homepage. I look at all these options:
Interesting facts about the school
Graduates
Programs and learning
About
What's happening
Sports
I click sports and go to the boys' basketball game. It's amazing that they made it to the school homepage, they must have a good team. I started reading about them and their year so far. They are undefeated and one of the top five teams in their region but they are only like this because of one player, his name is Genki Nishio. I watched the videos, and I got to say he's talented. I thought he was the only good player but turns out the whole team has good teamwork. After researching some more about the school and the people, I'm more interested in going to school now. I put away my laptop and head to bed. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a good day.
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