How it started

Getting Settled

(Soffia's Pov)

"Sof, wake up baby," I hear mom say as I roll over and rub the sleep out of my eyes. "I'm up, mom," I say to her in a raspy voice. "Good, I thought you were going to sleep the day away," mom says laughing as she walks out of the room. I sit up, unplug my phone, check the time, see that it's already eleven, and groan.

I stand up, stretching, and quickly make my bed. I kiss Ben, my stuffed polar bear, on the head and tuck him nicely in the middle. I walk downstairs and grab my box of clothes and bring them up to my room. I search through my clothes and grab a green tank top and some grey sweat, along with a pair of fuzzy socks and a black hoodie.

I walk into my bathroom, do my business, quickly wash my hands, and then brush my teeth. After I finish brushing my teeth, I quickly get dressed and throw my hair into a high ponytail. I hum happily and walk downstairs and see Mom unpacking the kitchen.

"Do we have anything to eat?" I ask as I sit down at the table. "Yeah, I went shopping while you were still sleeping," I hear her say to me while putting away the dishes. I get up and look in the fridge to see what she bought. I grab a water bottle and see some fruit and take it out of the fridge.

I quickly rinsed the strawberries and blackberries off and put them in a bowl. I put the rest back in the fridge and sat down at the table to eat. "What are your plans for today, Sof?" I hear mom ask me, "Well, I think today I'm just going to unpack and decorate my room, and maybe go exploring later," which I say to her while getting up and rinsing my bowl out and setting it down in the sink.

"Do you want any help, hun?" I hear her ask me as she finishes putting everything away. "No, that's okay, I've got it, thank you I just want to get it done before school on Monday," I say to her and quickly give her a kiss on the cheek. "You've got time Monday is still three days away, love," mom says softly to me and kisses my head.

"I know mom," I smile towards her and walk upstairs to my room, where I sigh softly seeing all the boxes. Today is going to be long, but I'm looking forward to decorating my room the way I want it. My room is already painted gray, and my bed is sitting on top of a wooden pallet that has been painted white.

My dresser is white, as is my desk. I scan my room slowly and try to picture in my head how the room will look. This is going to be fun. I grunted well pushing my dresser up against the opposite wall of my bed. Nodding my head while smiling, I move my desk up against the wall that has nothing on it.

I move my chair over to the corner right next to my windows and add a pillow to it. My big plant is sitting in-between my chair and my bed. I stand up on my bed, hang some lights around my bedroom, and move over to my window and put up my curtains. As I'm putting my curtains up, I see two pairs of eyes staring at me from the edge of the woods.

My eyes must be playing tricks on me. I look down and then back at the woods again. Whatever was there isn't there anymore. Shaking the feeling off, I start putting my clothes away. After about thirty minutes, all my clothes are nicely put away. Walking over to my bed, I grab my laptop, plug it in, and set it on my desk.

I sigh happily seeing that now my room is coming together. Flopping onto my bed, I scroll through my phone for a while. An hour passes, and I decide that I want to explore. Quickly grabbing my earbuds, I head downstairs, slipping on my shoes. "Mom, I'm going to go for a walk and explore," I yell to her. "Okay, be safe, please, and be back in an hour, when dinner will be done," I heard her yell back.

I walk out the door and put one of my earbuds in. I walk over to the edge of the woods where I saw those eyes staring at me earlier and decide to just go into the woods. As I'm walking through the woods, I can't help but feel as though I'm being watched. Hearing a twig snap, I snap my head to the left, sighing in relief when I see a squirrel.

I laugh to myself as I notice a small clearing and head for it. I smile seeing all the flowers and sit down on a stump in the middle of it. This place is a perfect place to just get away from it all and be at peace with nature. After awhile, I stand up and pick some flowers. I head back home, still having the feeling of someone's eyes on me.

I walk through the door and kick off my shoes. Walking into the kitchen, I go up to mom and hand her the flowers. "I picked these for you," I say to her. She smiles at me, "Thank you, Sof, they are beautiful." Mom says, kissing my forehead, and goes to grab a vase to put them in. Smiling, I grab a water from the fridge and sit down at the table. "So what's for dinner?" I ask her to sip on my water.

"Spaghetti," mom says as she sets down a plate in front of me. My stomach growls, and I giggle at not noticing how hungry I actually was. Quickly digging into dinner, "Slow down, no one is going to take it from you," mom says, laughing at me while she eats her food. Blushing, I slow down. "I saw your room, baby its coming along nicely," mom says to me.

"Thank you, mom," I say with a big smile on my face. I finish eating, get up, rinse off my plate, and put it in the dishwasher. Kissing my mom on the cheek, I say goodnight and go to my room. I grab a matching pajama set and go into the bathroom. Quickly getting changed and doing my nightly routine, I go back into my room.

I was thinking for a couple seconds before deciding I was going to decorate my room a little more before going to bed. I grab pictures of me and my mom and other pictures I have and put them up over my desk. After putting up my pictures, I set a pink fuzzy rug on part of my wooden pallet that's sticking out and somewhat on the floor.

Yawning I plug in the lights I hung earlier and turn off my big light. Crawling into bed, I cuddle into my stuffed animal, sighing contentedly, and I close my eyes.

If anyone is willing to give me tips on how to write better please do! I'm struggling lol.

AN:
This is what Soffia's room looks like along with the dresser and stuff. Found the picture on safari.

Also this is what the little clearing looks like that she found.