I glanced at the pale girl reflected in front of me as I reexamined my appearance one more time. I tugged the hem of my blue pleated skirt wishing it was a little longer and silently cursing my chicken legs and small chest. On top of my gawky figure and short height I had porcelain skin, ash blond hair and deep blue eyes, giving me a childlike appearance, half the time I was mistaken for a middle schooler.

I bit my lip in nervousness as I fiddled with my hair. Curse my awkward genes.

"Nervous?" I glanced up and saw my best friend behind me reflected in the mirror. I stole one last glance at my small frame and returned my focus on her reflection.

I wish I hadn't. She was beautiful. Her auburn hair lies perfectly on her ivory skin and complemented her blue eyes nicely. Her uniform filled out in all the right places, she was slender but not a stick like me, and she has curves. I silently kicked myself and again cursed my child like appearance.

She seemed to sense my discouragement and put her arm around my shoulder. "Hey," She said as she hugged my shoulder. "You're beautiful, stop giving yourself a hard time. The boys at Destiny High will love you."

I smiled kindly in response. She always knew how to cheer me up. "Thanks Kairi. I'm just kind of nervous. We both know I am painfully shy. I didn't think I would have to do the new kid thing until College in 2 years."

My Dad had recently taken a job abroad, my mom wanted to go with him for support, which is how I wound up here. My parents would be traveling a lot and wanted me to stay closer to home so they asked our old family friends, Kairi's parents, if they could take me in as their own. I would start school here and finish high school in Destiny Islands. I was totally okay with moving because it meant I got to live with my best friend from birth, but I wasn't looking forward to coming into my junior year 3 months later then the rest of the group. Sure I knew a few people from summer visits, but starting over was always so difficult for an introvert such as myself. Kairi was the opposite, she was always so popular, always had confidence that I didn't necessarily have, but she never thought she was better than me, she never thought she was better than anybody. I loved how kind she was. Everybody loved how kind she was.

Kairi squeezed my shoulder again. "You'll be fine, a few people you already know are in our class, and I will introduce you to anybody else." I hated to rely on her so much but I was also so grateful. "And if you need any more encouragement to go," She briefly paused to build suspense as she leaned in closer. "The twins are in our class." She whispered softly, my face flushed as I gave a slight smile.