Brittany S. Pierce stepped into William McKinley High School for the first time. Although she was excited to start at a new school and make new friends, she was also really nervous that the other students would make fun of her. Brittany and her family had moved from Michigan to Lima, OH right after middle school because Brittany's father, Robert, was offered a promotion at the ad company he worked for, but what really pushed Mr. Pierce to take the job was Brittany's rough experience at her previous school.
At her last school kids had made fun of Brittany. They called her stupid, worthless, and dumb. They made blonde jokes behind her back (which she never really understood, like what's so funny about being blonde), but the thing that hurt Brittany the most was when they would take it out on her little brother Nate.
Brittany was four years old when her baby brother Nate was born, and they had been best buddies ever since. They played together and laughed together and now that Brittany was older she gave her little brother advice from time to time. It was true the Pierce kids weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer but they both had an incredible ability to read people's emotions and thus were very good with people, friendly people that is.
Brittany's mom always told Brittany that people picked on her because they were jealous of how happy Brittany was. She explained to her that sometimes when people have a rough life at home or they feel insecure about themselves that they pick on other people. Brittany's mom, Kelly, said not to think about it too much as it would only make the girl sad.
So that was it the Pierce family packed up all their belongings, rented a moving truck, and relocated to beautiful Lima, OH (or at least that's how her dad had put it). Brittany was excited and grateful for the fresh start, so as they pulled into their new house the day before the first day of school, Brittany raced her ten year old brother up the steps and to the door. Her father opened the front door, and the two siblings went running off to claim their bedrooms. Nate got the first bedroom and claimed it before Brittany had even made it up the stairs (sometimes Mr. Pierce said Nate should run track because he was so fast) so Brittany followed the stairs to a door at the end of the hall. The door opened to another flight of stairs. Once Brittany reached the top she was met with the third bedroom it was small but cozy, and it had lots of cool place to climb around (because it was essentially a very spacious attic). Brittany was happy with it and was looking forward to making it her own, which is why at dinner when Nate asked her to trade rooms she refused over and over and over.
That night both of Brittany's parents said goodnight to her, assuring her that her first day of high school tomorrow would be just as magical as the girl so hoped it would be.