One And Only, Netflix Wednesday

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER ONE: SETTLING IN; FREAKING OUT

song of the chapter: figure you out, djo

"how can you get to know yourself

take a test and you get a grade"

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Ivory was the epitome of a people pleaser and on top of that one of her biggest fears was to annoy people. It was obvious that these two characteristics would not go well together and ultimately led to her getting lost on her first day at Nevermore Academy.

Her parents being "normies", as far as Ivory remembered her aunt saying, means that both of them had full time jobs to attend, which is why Ivory was left in front of the school with a kiss on each cheek and her two bags, being told that she was expected by Principal Weems. What both of her parents forgot while rushing to get to their jobs on time, is that Ivory had no idea where she was, what she had to do and most of all who Principal Weems is. The blonde bit the inside of her cheek, a habit of hers that showed her anxiety levels rising, as she walked through the halls of Nevermore Academy. It was rather quiet, indicating that most students were in class, which made Ivory ease up a bit. Compared to her old school, the Academy was huge and given the circumstances of not knowing what to expect of her new classmates, Ivory was more anxious than ever. She wasn't good around new people, especially ones that could harm her, if they really wanted to.

Just when Ivory calmed herself down enough to think logically and ask one of the teachers wandering around, how to actually get to Principal Weems office, a bell rang, indicating that class was over. Students came rushing out of every room and soon enough the halls were filled with faces that Ivory didn't recognise. If Ivory could get any paler, she would.

"Get yourself together Ivy, how hard can it be", she motivated herself to just ask one of the students, but to no avail. Anxiety got the best of her. If it wasn't for the dozens of kids flooding the halls, Ivory would've burst out crying right then and there, cursing herself for being so pathetic and scared. Someone tapping her shoulder pulled the helpless girl out of her thoughts and made her turn around, only to find a guy with shoulder length hair and a friendly smile.

"Are you Ivory Brooks?", he asked the girl, who only nodded shyly. He let out a chuckle. It amused the boy to see another quiet girl come to Nevermore, this time it was a different kind of quiet though.

"I'm Xavier, I was told to get you to Principal Weems. She was wondering what took you so long, but I'm sure it was your impeccable social skills that made everyone wanna chat with you.", he joked, not expecting a reply, so he just took one of her bags and started walking into the direction of the principal's office.

"You know, you're the second new girl in the time span of a few weeks. That's quite the rarity for Nevermore, especially in the middle of a semester. When I think about it, there's been so much going on lately. What's your story?", Xavier came to a halt in front of Weems' office and turned around to look at the girl behind him, who was struggling to catch up with him.

"Well, what are you?", he added with a smirk. He knew he wouldn't get a reply out of her, but it was fun to see her struggle with her words. To him, it was endearing somehow. Before Ivory could even think of an answer, because quite frankly, she didn't know either, a woman with bright red lipstick and a big smile walked out of the office and Ivory guessed it was principal Weems.