What Doesn't Break You (Ashton Irwin Fanfic)

Chapter 5

A.J.'s POV:

The next two days were pretty uneventful. We were unpacking and organizing our new house. My Aunt and Uncle made several trips back into the city, but I always stayed at home. I already located the local library in the city while we were out, and I sure as hell wasn’t going back into the Bungaloo again.

I occupied myself by making my room comfortable and reading some of my books or listening to music. We also had a porch swing in the back yard, and I enjoyed sitting outside in the evenings when it wasn’t so hot out. That’s one thing that was definitely not an exaggeration here. It was hot as balls!

I was sitting on this swing reading my favorite book “Pride and Prejudice” on Saturday evening when I heard my Aunt call me inside.

“What’s up?” I asked as I propped myself up on the kitchen counter as I walked in.

“Off the counter please A.J., I just cleaned it.” I smiled and slide off while she walked over to the table and held something up for me to see. “Your school uniform came in the mail!! Along with your class schedule!” She beamed and shook the maroon colored clothing in front of me.

My heart sank. Great. I forgot I was going to have to wear a uniform at this school. I don’t have anything against uniforms really, but I wasn’t down for the skirt I saw amongst the clothes she was holding up. My Aunt must have sensed what I was thinking because she bit her lip a little when she said “I know you don’t like skirts and girly things, but everyone else will be wearing them. You won’t stick out in the crowd I promise.”

“This is definitely going to be an adjustment,” I said. I didn’t have to wear a uniform at my old school, and I hated that I wouldn’t get to wear my favorite jeans or sneakers to school anymore. That would at least make me feel somewhat comfortable. I sighed again.

“I know” my Aunt said. “But you will get used to it. It’s only one year. And look! You are allowed to wear casual clothes on Fridays!!” She held up my schedule and smiled widely at me.

Well that’s nice. I thought. I smiled at her and took my schedule from her hands and examined it. I looked first at the header on the page that read “Norwest Christian College.” Hmm, college? I guess that’s Australia’s version of high school. I moved on to the rest of my schedule. It looked like they went by the A and B block schedule here. That was fine with me. My classes were like that back at home.

This means I won’t have to go to the same set of classes every day, but I would go to 4 classes one day, then 4 different classes the next day, and switch back and forth two more times that week, and Friday I would attend a shortened version of all my classes in one day. I was glad I was allowed to wear my casual clothes on Friday. Being in a skirt was going to be hell every day.

I hung my new uniform in my room and laid my schedule on my desk that evening. As much as I wanted to just get it over with, I was still dreading going to school.  As long as I don’t see that boy again. Only thing worse than being stuck in a skirt on my first day of school, would be running into him again and end up falling on my face in a skirt on my first day of school.

I crawled into bed that night and tried not to think about having to make new friends. But it’s my fault I’m here in the first place. I thought. If it weren’t for me, I would be back at home in my family’s house getting ready to fall asleep. I wouldn’t have to be going to a new school, and I would be seeing all my old friends at school on Monday morning. It’s my fault I lost everything.I mentally shook myself and shut my eyes tighter as I buried my head into my pillow.