The girl with the lip ring - (Beau Brooks Fanfiction)

It was 8am. It was Natalie's first day at Penola High and she was already late. Brilliant. Penola was her third school in the four years she had lived in Australia. It didn't seem to matter where she was in Melbourne, she never fitted in. Everything had been so different when she lived back in England.

She rolled out of bed and groaned, as she realized she had half an hour before she needed to leave to catch her bus. She grabbed a quick shower and dried her long black hair. She pulled on her studded shorts, a white vest top, her battered leather jacket and muddy white converse. She did her make up, and with a slick of eye liner she was finished. She grabbed her brown leather bag, glanced in the mirror and left her room.

She looked up at the kitchen clock. 8:30am. She said hi to her mother and grabbed some toast before dashing out her front door and speeding off to the bus stop.

She paid the driver before walking and sitting at the back of the bus. The front half of the bus was full of noisy lads who she guessed were around her age. Behind them were a group of girls she knew were all looking at her in disgust. She guessed they were younger than her so she didn't feel she should say anything about the looks that were being thrown her way. Then there was Natalie. Sat at the back alone.

Natalie slumped in her seat and stuck her headphones in her ears. She watched a little kid kick a ball down the pathway and then watched his face of concern when the ball ended up in a bush. She watched and elderly woman waddle down the road on her walking stick and a middle aged woman jog down the road on her way to work. She twiddled her lip ring and realized she was here. Penola high.