BANG! I hear the sound of my bedroom door opening. My older brother, Tony, quickly rushes to my bed and pulls away my blankets and yanks open the curtains, leaving me in a curled up ball trying to keep warm and shield the blinding light from my eyes. Yes, I know, vampire-ish, but that's just me I guess. I'm half asleep when Tony grabs my alarm clock and cranks it up for it to ring.

RiRing!

Now that woke me up! I immediately did what my instincts tell me to do whenever something startles me. Grab my baseball bat and kill it!

CRuNCH!

And there, right under my baseball bat, was my BRAND NEW, old fashioned alarm clock, smashed into pieces. "You never do learn, do you Chrisi?" says Tony. I can tell by the gleam in his eyes that he was teasing me. "Well, I'm sorry that I was born with high senses!" Tony chuckled and sauntered out of my room. "Well, I guess your senses aren't working because you're going to be late on your first day of school!" he says just before he closes my door. Late on my first day of school? Late? First day of school. I replay those words in my mind like a singer trying to think up lyrics for a song. When I don't remember or understand something, I always replay it in my mind like a movie strip. Everyone always told me that I was more on the creative side then the academic. But that doesn't mean that I'm stupid or anything!

I run into the bathroom and strip off my clothes for a nice long shower. Taking a shower usually helps me think faster. As I step out of the shower, I remember that it isn't summer vacation anymore, it's the first day of school! And this time, I'm not going to be going to St. Creek Academy! I'm going to be going to Sweet Amoris High School! I pull on my clothes, a black hat at a forty-five degree angle, a white crop top with a black tank top underneath, a pair of black shorts and black knee-high boots. I grab my backpack. A nice white one with different types of quotes and short forms for texting neatly handwritten in different coloured pens. Obviously by moi.

Okay, now you just have to open the door Chrisi.

I know that inner voice! Quit mocking me!

Then why don't you just open the door?

Okay, now I was being silly. Sure I'm pretty bummed that summer vacation is over and all, but now I'm thinking of my life like a movie! Think about it, you wake up on morning, all happy and cheerful, but then find out that you are now a new student! Doesn't that look like a typical beginning for a teen movie to you or not? Okay, now I was being silly. Breathe in, breathe out, and open the door with a smile!

I quickly scramble down the stairs getting ready for a commotion in the kitchen. You see, my parents may have ditched the family years ago, but that doesn't mean that it's just me and Tony. No! There are three more girls here. There's Blair, my older sister, who is in the eleventh grade, just a year older than me. She's sort of like one of those self absorbed popular girls in the movies, but she's pretty nice. Then there are the twins, Anna and Lisa. They're in the 7th grade. Anna is very emotionally sensitive, and Lisa is the opposite. But they get along fine.

As I embrace myself for a piece of toast to knock me on my face I notice that everything is quiet. Too quiet. I slide the kitchen door open and see Tony washing the dishes and I well made breakfast made for me lying casually on the table.

"Where is everyone?" I ask, gobbling up my breakfast.

"They left for school" he replied, still washing the dishes.

"I can understand about Anna and Lisa, but Blair?"

"Not so much huh?"

I nodded. You see, Blair and Lisa aren't really that fond of going to school. Anna, the older twin, would always have to drag Lisa there, and for Blair, well lets just say that she has some sort of blackmailing technique for them.

"I believe I remember Blair saying something about meeting new boys," Tony smiled, still with that strange gleam in his eyes. But that gleam soon vanished and was replaced by a shadow. "I'm sorry,"

"Hm?" I pop my head up so I can look at him, a piece of toast hanging on my mouth. Tony chuckled, but then the shadow came back. "Because of me, you have to go to a new school,"

Now I get it. Tony is in university now. "Don't worry about it. The best brother ever deserves to have a good education!" I exclaim, quickly finishing my glass of milk. I get up and give Tony a big hug. I feel his arms around mine and he gave a light squeeze. "You should get going now, Nathaniel's waiting for you, and you know how he gets when you're late," I nod and rush out the door.