BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The alarm was screaming at me, to wake up.
MUM: "Lauryn, wake up! You're gonna be late for your first day at school!"
ME: "Urgh! It's only 06:15! One more minute?"
JOHN: "C'mon. The quicker we leave, the more time you have to explore the school and make new friends."
MUM: "And the quicker you wake up, the more time you have to choose an outfit."
I got up and made my to my closet, which is it's own room. I raided my clothes, to find the perfect outfit. I wanted something that would make me fit in, but stand out. And as I turned, from left to right, I saw it; the perfect outfit. It was black short sleeve crop top (cropped enough to see my belly button piercing), a pair of denim shorts (which were ripped a little bit)and a red and black checkered shirt (that I wore around my waist).
John walked past my room and saw me staring at "The Perfect Outfit". He came in and leaned against the door frame.
JOHN: "It's gonna look beautiful on you."
ME: "Oh ... um ... thanks."
JOHN: "It's a good thing that it's summer, otherwise you'd be freezing."
ME: "Yeah."
JOHN: "Do you want me to drive you?"
ME: "Um ... I don't mind. Are you sure though?"
JOHN: "Of course I'm sure. But if anything happens, call either me or your mum."
ME: "Kk."
As John walked down the stairs, I couldn't help but think how awkward that conversation was. I went downstairs and grabbed my bag.
ME: "Bye John. Bye Mum."
MUM: "Have a nice day, honey."
I walked out the door and took out my phone, to see what time it was; it was 08:05 and I had to be at school by 08:30. As I walked down to the end of my road, I could see Brooklyn Rose High School students walking with their friends. I looked around, to see if there were any students around, and saw a group of boys behind me. They were talking and laughing; I walked faster and faster, to stop myself from hearing them, until I got to a crossing. The cars were driving past, one by one, and I could here footsteps coming behind me. I slowly turned my head around, so that whoever was behind me couldn't see my face, and it was the same group of boys, that I saw first. Before they got to the crossing, the green man came, which means you can cross and started beeping and I raced to my new school as quickly as I could.
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Fight Like A Girl
Teen Fiction15 year old, Lauryn is moving houses because of her parent's divorce. She is forced to leave behind her friends, her dad and her big brother, Chad. She finds it hard adjusting to her new life. Especially with John, mum's boyfriend. On her first day...
