"I know"

•Chapter One•

~This is gonna be a long day~

"I just made it to the airport mom, I can't get kidnapped that fast." I say on the phone. "I know sweetheart I'm just worried." my mom replies.

Well maybe you shouldn't have sent me across the country alone.

"Okay okay, I get it. We had this conversation a million times before i left. I'm gonna be fine mother." I put on my head phones and open the door of my uber, grabbing my purse. I walk to the trunk where the driver hands me my duffel bag and suitcases and waves me goodbye. "I'm sure you will. Text me when you board and land, your father scheduled a uber to pick you up at the airport. Call if you need anything, we love you Lilah." I walk to the end of the bag check line to check my two suitcases. "Okay thank you, I will. Love you too mom." I say hanging up.

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Lord.

Don't get me wrong I love my mother but she drives me crazy. She knows that I don't consider Matt my real father. He's my stepdad and he and she both know that and he respects it, though she still insists on calling him my "father." My mom and my real dad divorced when I was four and her and Matt met when I was 8 and got married two years later. I don't mind Matt as a step dad, he's really nice and loves my mom a lot. She just forces a relationship that I already have with my real father.

My dad lives in New Orleans, Louisiana and Matt and my Mom live in Dallas, Texas. I live with my mom majority of the time and see my dad once or twice a month depending on our schedules. My parents are decently wealthy so I fly from Dallas to New Orleans pretty often to see him. My parents didn't have any hard feelings really after the divorce so my parents are still friends. My mom always encouraged me to go see my dad as often as I could and now he's my best friend. My dad is my favorite person in the world. I don't know what I'd do without him being completely honest.

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Finally I make it to the front of the line and scan my two bags. "Flying to Boston?" the woman asks scanning my boarding pass as I put my suitcases on the scale. "Yes ma'am." I quickly reply. "Okay that'll be $135 today." she says putting the stickers on both my luggage. I grab my wallet out from my duffel bag and scan my card. "There you go, have a great flight." "Thank you!" I reply. God this is gonna be a long day.

I finally make it past security and begin walking to my gate. Nothing beeped so great I didn't accidentally bring a bomb. There's a Dunkin right next to my gate so I stop there and order a medium cold brew with sweet foam and continue my way to sit down at the gate. I have about 45 mins of time to waste before boarding so I look up stuff about my new school.

I check my email to find the message my mom sent a few days ago about Ballard Academy.
It's in Worcester, Massachusetts so around an hour drive from Boston. The Headmasters name is Mr. Daniel Hudson who's been working there for around 12 years. It's got a huge library, a dining hall, every sport you can imagine, a gym, separate girls and boys dorms, and it even has music rooms. At least it has that so I won't want to strangle myself.

45 Minutes finally passes and they begin calling groups to board. I quickly find my seat and situate all my stuff, putting my backpack in the overhead bin. I got lucky with the window seat and slide back over. Fortunately, an old couple sits next to me and don't have much to say to me but a small hello. I let out a sigh and put on my headphones. I open spotify and shuffle Fleetwood Mac and drift off to sleep.
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•CHAPTER ONE IS COMPLETE!•
Finallyyy we made it! First chapter of my first book yahoo. I'm planning on getting out several chapters this week since it's summer so i have the time!!! I really hope you guys like the concept and feel free to share what you think and any ideas/ criticism you have in the comments!! And if there's any spelling/grammar errors reply in the section and i'll be sure to fix them!

See you guys in the next chapter! Spoiler.. she gets to the school :))