utah || hemmings au {sequel to camp || hemmings au}

prologue

To say that that I wasn't looking forward to this day would be an understatement. I was absolutely dreading this day. And the fact that I would be starting in the middle of the year didn't help.

What was the day?

The first day of school.

It came way too fast and I wanted to go back in time. I wanted to go back to Frankfort, Kentucky and not have went to Weeping Willow Camp during the summer. That way Luke's face would just be another face in the hall, I would have no idea of who he was.

Yes, I was going to the same high school as Luke. I didn't want to, believe me. I knew I had forgiven Luke for everything but that didn't mean I wanted to see him again. I asked my parents how many high schools there were in Salt Lake City and they said only one as they knew of. So I called Calum and asked him if he knew what school Luke went to, I was hoping that Luke went to another school that my parents didn't know about or something. But Luke never told Calum what school he went to, so it was a lost cause with Calum.

And don't even get me started on Calum. When I told him that I was moving to Utah, his exact words were: "Caroline, I don't know whether I should laugh at you or cry for you." He wasn't really a big help because he kept telling me that everything was going to be okay, that it wouldn't be that bad. We both knew it was going to be bad. But he did promise that he wouldn't say anything to Luke about me moving, though it was a dumb promise because Luke and I would see each other eventually.

But one good thing about the move was that we moved into a bigger house. Our old one was already pretty big but this one was gigantic. It had six bedrooms and four bathrooms. It was nice because the twins finally got their own rooms, something I knew that they had wanted for a long time. I guess having a successful lawyer as a dad wasn't too bad in the long run.

I was content with my life in Utah, though we had only been there for a week. Most of our things were unpacked and my parents thought that it would be okay for us to go ahead and start school. Though we all refused, they insisted.

So here I was, sitting in my mom's car in front of the school, not wanting to get out.

"Caroline, will you tell me why you don't want to go in?" My mom sighed.

I watched as students piled in through that front doors, making me definitely not want to go in because it seemed like a lot of people.

"Its a long story, mom."

"Well, I don't really have time for this. I need to get Dana and Halle to school."

Dana looked up from her nintendo and shook her head. "That's okay, mom. Talk to Caroline for as long as you need. It won't bother us any." Halle smiled and nodded in agreement. We all knew she was only saying that so that they wouldn't have to get to school any sooner.

My mom rolled her eyes and turned to me once again. "We can talk about it later if you want. I mean, whatever it is-"

"Can we please wrap this up? I don't want to be late on my first day." Kyle groaned from the backseat. I had forgotten momentarily that we would be going to the same school.

"Here's your schedules." My mom handed us each an envelope. I thought it was kind of weird that the school mailed us our schedules, I had never seen that before. "Have a good day. Love you."

I sighed deeply and got out of the car, followed by Kyle. I didn't really know what I was so worried about. From the amount of people that seemed to go to this school, I may go a week or two without even seeing a glimpse of Luke.

"This is about that guy, isn't it?" Kyle smirked at me as we walked up the walk to the school.

"What?" I questioned. I hadn't told anyone in my family about Luke. The fact that Kyle knew something creeped me out.