Left In the Dark

Dear Readers, this is my first attempt at writing a story like this so I apologize if it isn’t very good. Hope you like it though!

Chapter 1

Marie’s POV

~Timber By Pitbull start blasting~

Ugh. Monday morning. First day of school. Gross. I reach over and grab my phone unlocking it so my alarm shuts off. Yes Timber is my alarm clock. Don’t judge.

Throwing my covers off and getting out of bed, I grab some underwear and a towel, walking into my bathroom. I turn on the shower, stripping my pajamas and hopping in the warm water. Getting out I put my underwear on with my towel wrapped around and plug in my hair dryer. Once I’m sure it’s completely dry I quickly put it in a braid like Elsa’s from Frozen.

Walking into my room, I head over to my closet and try to decide what to wear. Choosing a pair a dark washed skinny’s and a cute top I head downstairs.

“Morning sweetie.” My mom says as I walk into the kitchen.

“Morning Mom.” I reply, walking to the table where there is a plate with some bacon, eggs and toast ready for me. Only on special occasions is breakfast ready for us in the morning.

“BOYS! BREAKFAST!” She screams. I could hear them coming before I saw them. They both slide into the kitchen and plop down in their chairs before digging into their breakfast. God. It’s like there animals but then again what boy isn’t?

“Morning to you to.” I say sarcastically to them.

“Morning M.” They both say. Except their mouths were full so it sounded more alone the lines of “Mronignf M.”

I guess I should tell you who everyone is. Well I’m Marie MacDonald. I have blonde hair, green eyes and I’m about 5’3. I know, I’m short; anyways I’m 15 and about to start my freshman year at White High. I live is Whitefish, Montana. It’s a little town with not much to do. We live right on a forest line that leads to the mountains. I have two brothers, Dylan and Jeffrey. Dylan is 18 and starting his senior year. Jeffrey is 16 and starting his sophomore year. Both of my brothers are above 6’0 and have brown hair. My parents aren’t really sure where my blonde hair came from since both of them and my brothers have brown hair, but whatever I like it. Anyways, back to reality.

Finishing my breakfast I went up to my bathroom, brushed my teeth then went and grabbed my backpack from my room and headed downstairs. I see my brothers waiting by the front door for me ready to go. Dylan with keys in his hand and Jeffrey texting someone on his phone. “Ready?” I ask them. They both nod and we head out to Dylan’s black 2014 Audi A4. “SHOTGUN!” I yell and run to the car. “Dammit.” I hear Jeffrey curse behind me. Dylan unlocks the car, Jeffrey and I hop and we head to school.

As we get closer to the school I start to feel the nerves. New school. New teachers. What if my friends aren’t in my classes? What if everyone hates me? Oh no, what am I going to do?  What if I have to introduce myself in front of the class? I can’t talk in front of people. Nope. Not happening. I may seem outgoing but that’s only around my family and my best friends. Any other time I’m super shy and quiet. I start squirming in my seat trying to think of a way out of this. “You ok Marie?” I hear Dylan ask me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

“Huh?”

“I asked if you were ok. You look like you’re gonna pee your pants.” He tells me.

“I’m nervous. What if my friends aren’t in my classes? Or my teacher hates me? Or what if -” I start asking all the questions running through my head.

“Marie!” Dylan interrupts me. “You’re going to be fine. I’m sure your friends will be in your classes. If not, you can make new friends, it’s the same people you went to middle school with. Also your teachers are going to love you, you little nerd.”

“- And if anyone messes with you, Dylan and I are here, just let us know and we’ll take care of it.” Jeffrey adds in.

“See? You’re going to perfectly fine.” Dylan says. I nod. I’ll be fine, perfectly fine I tell myself. I just keep repeating that in my head for the rest of the way to school.  Pulling into the school, the three of us hop out of the car. Suddenly I can hear a scream and I feel someone jump on my back. “YOU’RE HERE!” Ah yes, this would be my best friend Julie. Julie and I have grown up together our whole lives. She lives two doors down from my house. Julie is about 5’9 and has dirty blonde hair.

“Ugh. Get off me ya bum!!” I groan trying to get her off my back before I fall over. Not saying she is fat because she is far from it, but when she’s six inches taller than you, it’s a lot more weight that I can hold.

“Wow. What a great way to greet your best friend.” She sasses. Yea, she can be pretty sassy but it’s alright, I can be sassy to sometimes. Once she’s off my back I turn around and hug her. “HI!” I scream in her ear. She groans and I laugh. “Now you know how that feels.” I tell her.

“Yea, yea, let’s go get our schedules.” She tells me grabbing my hand and dragging me away from my broth- oh wait their gone, when did they leave? Oh well, I let Julie drag me to the office.

“Hi, I’m Julie Fraser and this is Marie MacDonald. Could we get our schedules please?” She asks. The lady gets up from the desk walks to the cabinets, sorts through them and pulls out 2 schedules.

“Here’s your schedules, there is a map attached and Welcome to White High.” She says to us, her voice completely monotone.

We walk out of the office and immediately Julie grabs my schedule from my hands and starts to compare them. I’m watching her face trying to figure out if she’s happy or not. “Well…?” I start “what do they look like?” I ask.

“Well…” she pauses “we have the same homeroom, then we have 1st, 2nd, lunch, and 4th together. But not 3rd.” She tells me.

“Oh… Well that’s all right. I mean it’s only one period. What could happen?” I state.

“Exactly! You’ll be fine!” She tells me. “Now to homeroom!” and once again, I am dragged to where we need to go.

Hopefully this day goes well I think to myself.

~~ Hey Readers! Thanks for choosing this story! I know the first chapter is boring but I promise I’m going to try to make it more interesting!

Next chapter – Find out how Marie’s first day goes! ~~