Chapter 1

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    Today was the day. I was starting at a new school here in London. I came all the way from the United States because of my dad's job transfer.

This couldn't have come at a worse time. I was actually getting close with a boy back home. Basically the only guy I've ever gotten "close" with. It was my friends who got all of the guys, not me. Anyway, his name was Brandon. I've had a year long crush on him and as soon as we start talking and I think he's actually into me, BAM my family has to pack up and move to London all in a month. I didn't want to start anything with Brandon however since I'd have to leave a few weeks after.  

Now here I am in London. Leaving behind 15 years of my old life, my house, and all of my friends. I was excited yet annoyed at the same time. It had been 4 days since I've moved into the new house here in London. I haven't even gotten a chance to unpack all of my boxes and bags but I got around to a majority of them.  

"Beep beep beep" my alarm clock reminded me. I reached over at my iPhone and touched the "turn off alarm" button. I had day dreamed for about 15 minutes since my alarm clock originally woke me up at 6.

I rolled out of bed, automatically regretting that decision. Chills ran into my body, making goosebumps appear on my arms and neck. I moped into my bathroom and turned on the water. I showered for about 20 minutes, spending the last 10 minutes letting the water drape over me and warm me up. Eventually, I realized I had to get out sooner or later. I turned off the water, wrapped a towel around my body, and a towel around my hair and looked into the mirror. "Oh god" I thought to myself. "Gotta fix this mess" I said under my breath, cringing away from the ugly creature i saw staring back at me in the mirror.  

I put on a light layer of make up, trying not to look like I tried too hard... And then I stepped out of my room and into my small walk in closet. "Shit!" I mumbled. I had forgotten to pick out an outfit last night for today. That was always the hardest part of my mornings, finding something decent to wear. No clothes ever looked good on me, in my opinion. I was always jealous of my bestfriend back home. Hailey. She was flawless. She had a perfect body, perfect hair, skin, teeth, and not to mention, amazing clothes. She always offered to share them with me, but unlucky for me, she was 5 foot 6. And I was only 5 foot 1. Not to mention, she was a stick. I don't like calling myself fat, but curvy, I guess is a better explanation, but I just always wished I had her perfect figure.

I scavenged through my messy drawer and after throwing shirt after shirt on my bed behind me, I came across an outfit that I surprisingly liked!  

I pulled out a light blue pair of skinnies and a tan knit sweater. I quickly changed into these clothes and was pleased with my last minute arrangements. It was 7 by now.  

My hair was starting to curl at the ends, perfect excuse for me to practically fry it to death. I first blow dryed it to get it dry, leaving it a frizzy mess and then i straightened it with a flat iron. Not Gunna lie, I thought I looked pretty good today!  (picture of outfit is in comments)

"Cassidy! Are you awake honey?" I heard my mom, knock at my door. I poked my head out of the bathroom. "Yeah mom!" I said with a smile. "Okay good, remember you should be out waiting for the bus at 8!" She reminded me. Great. The bus. Not only did I have to walk into a school in a new country that I don't know anyone in, but also walk onto a bus filled with chatty, judgemental teenagers gawking at you as you try to find an empty seat on the loaded bus.

I finished up with my appearance and fled downstairs.

"What would you like for breakfast hon?" My mom asked, motioning to my little sister Emma sitting at the kitchen table munching on some waffles. "Oh, I'm gonna skip. I'm not quite hungry!" I told her. "First day jitters?" She asked understandingly. "Sorta" I whispered under my breath. It was already 7:50! Oh how the time flew in the morning! I shrieked and put on my brown tall boots, a jacket, slung my leather shoulder bag over my shoulder and gave one last look at myself in the large mirror in my dining room. "Have a good day babe," my dad said, "you'll do fine!" He said kissing the top of my head. I smiled and said goodbye to my family. I opened the door and felt the cold November air hitting my face. I closed the door and leaned my back against it, hitting my head hard on it. I took a deep breath and started down the street. Today was going to be hell.

I made my way to the corner of my street, where the paper my mom picked up from school, told me to expect the bus. I stood there for about a minute or so as I saw a young boy about my age approaching. He hadnt looked up from his phone once. He got to where I was and looked up. From the expression on his face, he was not expecting me, nor did he see me here. "Oh" he said, his eyes bugging out of his head for a quick second. "Hey" he kind of said awkwardly. "Hi!" I said kindly. Maybe a little too kindly for his liking. "Uhh who are you?" He asked straight up like he'd never met someone new in his life. He had a British accent, it was so cute. Wait. What did I expect?! I moved to London.. Of course everyone here was going to speak like that. 

"Oh I'm Cassidy, I'm new around here.." I explained to him. "I actually live right there in that tan house." I said pointing to my house. He followed where my finger went and nodded his head. "Gotcha," he said closing his eyes. He had black, kind of spikey hair and looked like he'd spent just as much time as me getting ready this morning. "I'm Zayn" he said, holding out his hand for me to shake it. A smile spread across my face. I reached out and shook his hand gently. He looked me right in the eyes, for the first time and gave me a warming smile. "Nice to meet you." he said. He had beautiful light eyes. They almost made you get weak inside when you looked at them. I heard a rumbling from up ahead. I turned my head and saw a yellow school bus approaching. So it all begins now...

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