Survive

Chapter One

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Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

August 8, 2022.

Madison Stone's Point Of View.

"Miss Stone, it's time to you get up and get ready to go to school," I wake up to Angelina, my housekeeper, shaking me.

"Good morning Angelina!" I say as I sit on the bed a little sleepy and grab my cell phone that was on the nightstand, taking it out of the charger. I turn it on and I am surprised to see it is 6:12 am, so I get up quickly and head towards the bathroom.

"Good morning!" She says as I walk past her. "I will wait for you downstairs, okay?"

"Okay," I say as I enter the bathroom and close the door, already starting to take my clothes off so I can shower.

I am in my sophomore year of high school and today is my first day of school at the new school, so I am really excited to see what she is like, make new friends and stuff. I changed schools because my parents's friends told them that this school is much better than the one I studied and that their children studied there before going to college, so my parents listened to their friends and put me there.

Class starts at 7:30 am, so I have to hurry, because it might seem like I still have a lot of time, but I know that when I start getting ready, time flies.

I turn on the shower and get under it, taking a shower of about 17 minutes. I leave the bathroom and go to my closet, look at the clothes for a while and then choose a baby blue bodysuit, black pants and nike white sneakers with the brand's symbol in the same color as my bodysuit. I also grab my underwear and put them on before putting on my clothes and putting on my shoes.

I come out of the closet and go back to the bathroom to dry and fix my hair, because to save time, while I was taking a shower I also brushed my teeth. I grab my hair dryer, turn it on and start drying my long brown hair. Sometimes I want to cut my hair and dye it, but my parents will not let me, because they say I am only 15 and too young for that.

After I finish drying my hair, I turn off the dryer, put it back where it was, grab a brush and start combing my hair with the intention of going down a few strands, because my hair gets a little bouncy when I dry it.

I put the brush on top of the sink, take my sunscreen with fundation and apply it to my face, then I take the powder and spread it on my face, then I take the blush and apply it on my cheekbones, right after I apply a mascara to my eyes and then a lip tint on my lips.

I leave the bathroom, go back to my closet, grab one of my perfumes and pass it on, leaving my closet after away. I take my backpack that I left yesterday tidy on my desk chair and put it on my back, I take my cell phone that I left it on the bed and I see it is already 7:12 am, so I put it in my pocket and leave the room.

I go donwstairs and go to the kitchen, where I have a pineapple juice quickly and go upstairs again. I look for my mom and dad in their room to say goodbye to them, but I do not see them, because they've probably already left for their respective jobs, so I go downstairs again and head to the garage, where my driver and friend Anthony is waiting to take me to school.

"Good morning Miss Stone!" Anthony speaks as soon as he sees me and I smile.

"Good morning Anthony!" I say and get in the car when Antony opens the door for me and after a few seconds we are leaving the house on our way to school, which is just minutes from my house.

"Looking forward to your first day of high school sophomore year and your first day at your new school?" Anthony asks me, but I already know he knows what my answer will be, because if there is one person who knows me, it is him.

"You know very well what my answer is Anthony," I say happy and he gives a cute laugh. "I'm very excited." And he smiles, turning all his focus back to the traffic.

I do not consider myself an anxious person, but I confess that I am today. I've always heard that high school is the best part of students' lives, it is where you experience unique and memorable things, where you can find your first love, who will either stay with you forever or break your heart for the first time, where you can make friendships that will last a lifetime, and among other things, so I am really curious to know what is going to happen to me, what stories I will have to tell about my last years at school, what friendships I will take from high school to life, if I am going to live any romance or not during this period and stuff.

If I was happy at the school I went to the freshman year, I imagine that I will be even happier in this school that is said to be better than my old one. And as I am a person who loves to live new experiences, I am really excited about this new phase of my life.

I spend a lot of time thinking and creating theories in my head of what my experiences are going to be like, until Anthony talks to me and snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Miss, we are here!" Anthony says, causing the butterflies in my stomach to attack, my heart to race and my happiness to increase.

I get out of the car as soon as Anthony opens the door for me, say bye to him and walk to the front of the school nervous and happy at the same time.

I think to myself "May this school be as cool as my old school was" and finally I walk in.