When angels cry

One of those

After a few hours of driving. I see the school. It is a huge old mansion with a big garden and some smaller additional houses. Around the property is a big brick fence. When we arrive an old lady come out of the house with around 20 girls all dressed in white. We get out of the car and the old lady welcomed us.

-Well hello Isabel!

-Oh, hello! What a lovely greeting. May I ask how do you know my name?- my mother looked surprised and a bit scared.

-I remember every student that has learned here since 1954- she said in a graceful voice.

-Oh, I don't seem to remember you, time can change us a lot sometimes

-I was the secretary of Ms Thomas. After she died in that horrible accident I took her spot.

-Oh now I remember you, Ms May.

-That's me. Now what's your name?- she walked up to me an looked deeply in my eyes, what a weird feeling.

-Mary, Mary Parks.

-Oh what a nice name, now say goodbye to your mother and come inside.

I hugged my mother and walked inside, I looked at the girls standing on the stairs.

-Gosh they look so disciplined, like they have no personality. They all had their hair in a braid, all in the same dress. It looked kind of creepy, almost paranormal- I thought to myself.

I walked in and after me followed the other girls.

-Do they have this ceremony every time someone comes here, what if two people come at the same time, or one person arrives in the middle of the welcoming- I have such weird thoughts.

-Emily please follow Catherine to your room. Listen to whatever she seas and do whatever she asks.

-Okay

-One thing- she walked up to me and stared in to my eyes -In this home you don't say okay, you say: Yes Ms May-

-Yes Ms May-

-That's better-

A girl with pale skin and dark brow hair came forward and stared walking. A bit surprised I followed her.

-First rule- she said in monotone voice -never be late to anything-

-Second rule, you only can wear white with light coloured accents. Don't wear anything higher than your knees, you can't wear anything without sleeves, no cleavage, oh and only skirts and dresses are allowed-

-Third rule, don't use bad language-

-Fourth rule, your hair always has to be in a braid accept when bathing-

-Fifth rule, you go to sleep at 10pm and wake up at 6am-

-That's quite early- I thought to myself.

-And the last rule no electronic devices- she stopped in front of a door and turned around -please give me them all!-

-Um, will I get them back?-

-Of course after the three years when you will be a true angel- she said in a voice that those infomercial people talk in.

-Oh, I'm staying here only for a year, at least for now that is my plan-

-Dream on! Now give me your electronic devices: phone, tablet, computer and anything else you got there-

I took out all my stuff, my dear phone, oh I will miss those Snapchat filters and my computer, gosh I will miss YouTube so much.

-Now when that is done let's see your room-

She opened the door and there was a long room with sloped ceiling and small windows.

-This is where you will live, your bed is over there next to that girl in the white dress and blond hair, her names is Madison. Before you meet her I have to check your stuff, follow me to the bathroom-

We started walking though the room till the end. The bathroom had only one bath/shower, one sink and one toilet.

-So the normal time schedule is getting up at 6 am, eating breakfast at 7 am...-

And then she continued the whole long list with everyday activities, how are we around 20 girls get ready in this small space in 1 hour, that means each girl has only 3 minutes, that's totally not enough.

-Now open your bags let me sort everything, everything that is not allowed you will receive at the end of the study course.-

-So lets see, throwing all of this out, at least this is wi.. oh never mind that's too short, yeah this is good and then this- she basically threw every clothes out of my bags, accept a a white shirt, a white dress that nearly went past my knees and underwear. -don't worry we have uniforms and sleepwear provided, for those who aren't angels yet. Now take of your current clothes and put on that dress.-

I dressed and then we walked out and she left.

I walked to my spot and started talking to Madison.

-Hi! I'm Mary.

-Oh hello, my name is Madison.

-So why are you here?

-Well I think that this is a great school and it teaches really good life lessons.

Gosh one of those girls

-How about you- I can already tell that she will be perfect at this.

-My mum wanted me to come here so I made a deal with her.

-Oh so you are one of those girls- she pointed at a group of girls in the opposite side of the room.

-Yeah I'm one of THEM- I stood up and walked to them.

-Hey everybody!

-Hi!- These girls didn't seem like me, they seemed just lost and not like me, who didn't wanted to go here, so I just decided to go to my bed and just lay down, because what else I can do.