"𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫" ~𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐬

1. Second Chance

Pov: Ivy

The car is driving down the road. Music is playing on my headphones. Me and my aunt are driving towards her house, the place that will become my new 'home'. The sun is already going down because it's the end of the summer. I think about this summer. It didn't go how i wanted or expected to go.

I was finally feeling better after being depressed for a year, but then my parents died in a car crash. My whole world was suddenly black and white again. And now, i have to move to my aunt who lives in London, and start at a school next week.

"Only an hour left, then we are home." I hear my aunts voice faintly through my headphones. Dont get me wrong, she's amazing for taking me in, but that still doesn't mean im looking forward to it. I press the volume button up again, so i dont hear my thoughts.

I have to start all over again. New school. Make new friends. But i think it's also a second chance. At the school i was on first, everyone thought i was a freak because of my mental health issues. But this time, my aunt doesn't even know, so as long as i tell nobody, no one will find out.

A while later we arrive at my aunt, her apartment, which is in the middle of London, at least i dont have to walk an hour to go to a store.

While my aunt and I are carrying all my bags inside, we see a group of 5 loud boys walking down the streets. They look like the ones you shouldn't mess with. I hope they are not in my class.

Later that day, im having dinner with my aunt. Im not hungry at all. I haven't eaten normally since the accident from my parents. I dont know why, but it's just hard. Im just lucky my aunt was willing to take me in. She's the best person ever. But still, i dont really feel home yet. I hope that feeling will come soon.

Later, around 9 pm, im in my new room. It's not fully decorated and finished yet, but it has a drawer and a bed, which is good for now. I stare at the ceiling. I'm thinking. Again. Like i did every night last summer. Im tired of it, but i just can't stop the thoughts and voices in my head. Tomorrow me and my aunt and I will decorate my room, and after that day, it's monday. This means i will start at the new school.

I look around the room again. I dont feel at home at all. But i know it's for the better. Im only 15. I can't live on my own yet. So this is how things are gonna be for a while. And i will just deal with it, i guess. And with that thought in the back of my head, i fall asleep.

The next morning, i wake up with a banging headache. It doesn't bother me that much anymore because im kinda used to it after this summer. I get dressed and walk into the kitchen, where my aunt is making breakfast. Im really not hungry, but i will eat anyways, just so she doesn't feel bad.

After that, we start redecorating the room, and in the end, it turned out pretty cute. I look at my phone and sigh. School will start tomorrow. Im so nervous. Im lucky it's quite cold tomorrow, so nobody will call me a freak when im wearing a hoodie again. I have dinner with my aunt and go to bed. I dont think i will get much sleep, but it's best to try. Surprisingly enough, i fall asleep pretty fast.

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