To Be Different

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It was 6:30am on Monday morning when my alarm started beeping. Oh boy, was I tired! I had been thinking on how I was going to start today's journey to school that I only got just 3 hours to sleep.. Not just thinking,I was also preparing myself making sure I wasn't forgetting anything.

Oh I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Anie Jones. Actually I'm a Nigerian, I just relocated to New York a week ago,and I have no idea how things are going to work out for me.
I'm internally and physically freaking out, I'm so scared! I have no idea how the other students are going to treat me when they see me.. I have no idea how they would react.. I'm so confused.
But let's see how this goes..pheww

As I switched off the alarm from beeping every single time,I hopped out of the bed to go to the bathroom.. As I was heading towards it, I caught a glimpse of a picture with my best friend and I hugging each other passionately when we went to the amusement park back in Nigeria. We were grinning so widely, you could say our faces were really going to spilt in halves .But who cares, It was a memory I'd never forget. I'm sure she still has the same picture with her too. Lily and I were inseparable, both partners in doing things together. We were almost doing everything together, oh I miss her . It hurt me to think that I really left her back there.

I really wished she could have come with us. I miss her so freaking much that I can't hold back the tears any more. I didnt even realise I was crying until I noticed a drop of tear on the frame.. I look miserable! . The day we were about to board our plane to New York and saying bye to my other relatives and Lily, was the day I knew I could really cry my eyes out. It wasn't even funny.

Now that I'm here and have no friend to call my own, I have no idea what to do or how they would all react.

After looking at the picture for a moment, I heard mum calling me from down stairs that I have just 20 minutes to go. I literally just jumped into the shower and relaxing to the warm water splashing against my skin.

As I came out of the shower, I looked for my clothes from my closet. I did not even know what to wear, I mean was my first day in school. And I just have 10 minutes left,Yes! I spent just 10 minutes in the shower, you cannot blame me bruhhh.

I took out a red crop top and a tight skinny blue jeans with a pair of vans sneakers and then tied my red hoodie to my waist. I really love red, it's literally my best colour! After that, I tied my red bandana around my head, making it look all reddish . I'm a Nigerian, I don't really have long hair like that of the Americans, it's silky, kinda long and natural. I'm actually proud of it.

Rushing out of the room, I took my bag,but before that I crossed checked to see if I left any other thing even though I already did that like 50 times already. Just kidding.

I slung my bag on just one arm and got out of my room sprinting down stairs.. When I reached down on the last step , I bumped into some hard thing. No, no, no it isn't a thing .It was Alex, my annoying and caring twin.

"Alex seriously,its bad luck to hit your head on some one else's on Monday morning " I rubbed my head as I joked.

"Good morning to you too Anie" he said smirking widely after just literally hitting his head with mine. I just pray I don't have a bump. I scoffed and put my hand on my face, trying to relax then I realized something. We just had 2 minutes to get out of this house and I hadn't eaten breakfast, and yeah! I actually forgot my glasses upstairs. That now explains how I didn't see alex quickly. When he was actually in front of me.

It was too early for all these to happen and I was already late. I quickly sprinted upstairs to grab my glasses and ate breakfast quickly.

With dad already waiting for us in the car, I kissed my mum goodbye and hopped in the back seat of dad's black Audi that he bought a year ago when he relocated here without us. We just came here to live with him, cause he was feeling lonely. When I sat down I looked for my head phones out of my bag while was Alex already sitting with dad at the front seat.

I just did this breathing exercise and put on my head phones to listen to loose you to love me by MY Camilla Cabello . I love herrr.
It actually relaxed my physical tension as my hands were visibly shaking....

"What's wrong with me, I'm strong, I'm beautiful, I'm brave, I'd over come this" I muttered under my breath repeatedly.

Alex just turned and gave me a weird look and growled at him in return.
"Honey are you okay" Dad asked worried.

"Yes dad, never felt better.. I'm just kinda... you know.... Uhm.... Scared, yeah scared "I stammered.

" Don't worry you would do just fine. Don't just think about it.. You are my strong girl, you would get through it like you always do. I love you Anie"

" Love you too dad, thank you so much " I said tapping his back, I was so relieved ,those words encouraged me. I'm feeling so courageous right now that I wouldn't bother about anything today. I need to keep my head up high. I'm strong!

Hey guys, thanks for reading my book, actually it's my first and I need your support. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. Thank you so much. And please don't forget to vote. I love y'all. 🎈🎈🎈 .

And I'm still trying to look for a better suggestion for the title. I would need help from you guys on that too please.