The New Girl

Chapter 1

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Excuse the mistakes..

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Katerina Gilbert

I freaked out when I heard my alarm wake me from a dream I was having. I laid there wondering why I wasn't in my comforting bed when I realized it was I was in my very old and very small sleeping bag. I had to pack my bed up for I was moving out of my house today. I'm moving to a place called Springfield. At least that's a long way away from where I am in Virginia. Ever since my dad died from being shot by a drug dealer my old babysitter used to be friends with, leaving us struggling for money even more than we were already, my mom and I have been saving up for six years for a new house far away from this place. A good house. So, determined to get the hell out of this town, I jumped out of my bag and headed for the shower. I scrubbed at my skin in excitement as the water cascaded off my back and face. When I was done, I wrapped myself in a old towel and headed for my pathetically small closet to see the outfit I laid out last night before I put every thing else in a box. It was a black and white striped tank-top with a denim jacket, and some green skinny jeans. After towel drying my black hair like usual, I grabbed my bag and everything that I didn't pack, which consisted in sleeping bag, toiletries, and dirty clothes, and grabbed the last empty box from the hallway and put everything that I didn't need in there. I stepped back into my room and grabbed the last three boxes and took them outside to find my mom loading the mini-moving truck we rented for the long distance move with boxes from the kitchen.

"Hey mom! Here. These are the last from my room. I'll come back and help in just a minute," I said the her as I put the boxes in the back of the truck. I heard her mumble something along the lines of, "Ok honey. Just hurry." Or something like that as I headed back inside. I went inside and went strait for my parents-excuse me- my moms- bedroom and saw a piece of paper sliding under the door of the little closet in her room. I walk over and bent down to pick it up. Tears brimmed in my eyes when I realized it was a picture of me and my dad on my tenth birthday. My mom bought me my first set of make-up and my dad bought me a big stuffed dog. Since I was his only girl, is only kid, he always treated me like his world and spoiled me with everything. He wanted me to stay his little girl for as long as I could and the make-up didn't help. Tears were streaming down my cheeks as I remembered this was only a month before he got shot. I should be happy. They caught the drug-dealer and he went to jail for murder and use of illegal drugs. Not to mention I'm leaving.

I returned to the present by wiping the tears away from my face and stuff the picture into my bag. I stood up from where I was sitting on the floor and turned to come face to face with the last person I wanted to see at the moment. My old babysitter. Paige.

"Hey Kat. I heard you were moving out of town today and I came to say bye." I didn't try to hide the sneer that went up when she said my nickname. She saw me and flinched back which made me feel a little guilty. But hey, her friend shot my dad, what do you expect me to do. Shower her hugs and say I missed her. No way in hell.

"Look, I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now but I just want to say I'm sorry. Your dad was one of the-" she started rambling but I cut her off before she could get to far.

"Don't," I growled. "Bring my dad into this. You may have been my friend when I was younger but I was a hell of a lot more naïve when I was young but now I'm not that little girl you made frozen pizzas for. I'm grown up and moved on. I'm healing but I will never be able to forgive someone who tried to defend the... Creature." I refused to say person because a murderer is never considered a person. Not in my book. And it was true. When Derrick, the creature, went to court, Paige tried her best to keep him out of jail. I never forgave her for that.

"I understand. I'll just go." She turned to leave but stop short to say one more thing. "Just so you know, I wasn't in my right mind six years ago. I know what I did was wrong and I'm sorry. I know you'll never forgive me but you just needed to know." And with that, she left. Left me standing there dumbfounded at her little speech. I just stood there repeating her words in my mind when I remembered I should be helping my mom with the boxes.

"I'm back." I said loud enough for just her to hear. I didn't see Paige anywhere. She must've left. No problem with me.

"Hey Katerina. So... I'm guessing you talked to Paige." My mom hated my nickname. So she rarely ever used it.

"Yeah." I replied. "How'd you know?"

"She asked me where you were and apologized. When she came out she was wiping tears away. What happened?" There were about five more boxes to be packed and I decided to tell her on the way to the new house.

"I'll tell you later. Lets finish packing and get going. Then I'll explain."

We finished packing the truck in twenty minutes. I was hoping my mom would have forgotten about everything with Paige but as soon as we were ten minutes into driving down the road, she asked me about it. So I had no choice. I explained everything to her. All but the picture. When I finished, she said nothing at first. Just nodded her head and stayed quiet.

I wasn't in the mood to talk either. I just stared out the window. Just as sleep was about to take over my mind, I familiar building flashed in my sight.

"STOP!" I yelled and my mom slammed on the breaks. "Turn right," I told her and she pulled into Rocket Lanes. The place where I had my tenth birthday. It was a skating rink, arcade, and bowling alley all in one. It was truly my favorite place in this town. My mom noticed where we were and pulled in and parked. As soon as the car stopped, I jumped out and headed inside. I was immediately greeted by Halley. The 17 year old, a year older than me, who works there. Beside her little window, there was a bulletin board where people posted pictures of the fun they have had here. I pulled out the picture of my dad and I and pinned it up on the wall. Halley understood what I went through. She lost both her parents in a car accident and started living with her friend after her grandparents started abusing her.

"Hey Halley! I just wanted to say bye. I'm moving today and I found this pic of me and my dad. I'm putting it up on the wall!" I informed her and pointed to the picture on the wall.

"Okay. I'll miss you! And you better come visit!" She pointed at me and I laughed and nodded. I yelled bye over my shoulder and headed back to the truck and jumped in.

"What was that all about?" My mom asked once I got in my seat.

"Just saying bye to Halley." I didn't want to, nor was I gonna, tell her about the picture.

"Oh. Ok." She mumbled and started driving again. Once again, I just stared out the window and waited for sleep to take over me. But it never did. Hanging up that picture reminded me of Paige. I might never see her again and that is how I say goodbye. Some might think I was being a complete ass for doing that and even I feel a little guilty. But put yourself in my position. Man I couldn't wait to get out of here.

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A/n:

That seemed like a good place to end. This is going to be a long book and I was hoping it wouldn't be bad. Please tell me what you think!

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