Me and my father drove down the quiet city street on our way to my new school, Konaha Boarding.
My name is Zaq Tanaka; I'm a 15-year-old sophomore. Oh and the biggest thing you should know about me is I'm a girl. Yes I know with a name like Zaq most people expect a boy (it doesn't help that I'm tall and skinny, and my body is fully developed). I was named Zaq because my father wanted a son and my mom loved weird spellings of names, at least that's what my dad told me.
"Hunny?" my dad, Mika Tanaka, said bringing me out of my daydream.
"Yah?"
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm really proud of you and I know your mother would be too, god rest her soul" he said with both hands griping the steering weal and staring strait ahead.
I should explain, my mother Raikou died when I was nine, I didn't know her well and most of my memories are fated but my father speaks fondly of her and that's good enough for me.
"Thanks dad"
"Are you sure you want to go to this school?"
"Yes dad"
"But you will be so far away,"
"I know, but Konaha will give me the best education and once I graduate I can get into a good collage and then I can get out of this town"
My father sighed then nodded. "I wish you would have involved me a little more in your decision. For all I know this is a party school." he laughed a little at the end trying to lighten the mood.
"Sorry" I mumbled, there was a good reason I didn't tell him much about the school. It wasn't that it was a party school… it was for a bigger reason…
We pulled up to the curb of my building and I hoped out. Instantly I put on my baseball hat, tucking my hair up into it then put up the hood of my sweatshirt over it. I walked to the back of the car just as my dad popped it from inside. I lifted the trunk and started to pile out the boxes. By the time my dad got out of the car and came to help I was nearly done.
"Why don't you go get one of those trolley things so we can roll all the boxes to your room at once" my dad said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Great idea!" I said and ran for a trolley. Scooted it back half riding on the back of it. We loaded it up and rolled it into the lobby and up to the elevator.
"Dad I think its best if we say good-bye here" I said not looking at him.
"Alright" he sighed.
"Bye dad, I love you" I said and hugged him.
"Bye Hun, I love you too" he hugged me back and walked away. I watched as our old car drove away. I could feel a few tears tugging at my eyes so I pulled my hood over my face and put in my earphones.
When I saw the elevator door open I got in with my trolley. Lucky I was the only one in it. So I pushed five and went up.
It only took only a few minutes to get my floor when the doors slid open I stepped out dragging my trolley behind me.
"I feel the pressure it's coming down on me, its turning me black and blue, oh whoa! You left me on the side of the road and now I've got not place to go." I sang along to one of my favorite Escape The Fate songs as I walked along the hallway. When I reached my room a swung open the door and sang louder. Really getting into the song, "You brought the flood!" I sung.
When I opened my eyes (that I had shut for effect) I saw a strange boy sitting at a desk on the other side of the room staring at me. He had red hair and sea green eyes.
"Oh shit," I said then tried to deepen my voice "my bad I didn't know anyone was in here…" I checked the number on the door and sure enough it was mine.
Damn it, I thought I would have time to unpack before anyone got here… I thought to myself.
"Its fine. Escape The Fate right?" he asked.
"Uh yah." I said and pulled my trolley in. he got up and crossed the room till he met me.
"I'm Garra" he said and held out his hand in the form of a fist.
"I'm Zaq" I said and hit his knuckle with mine.
I walked past him pulling my load behind me and I entered the bedroom. He fallowed.
Okay this is what I didn't want my dad to know… deep breath I'll be living with a boy, in the boy's dorm on the boy's side of campus. Its not my idea of fun or anything don't get me wrong. But it was the only way to get into the school. All the girls spaces were taken up and I really wanted to get into this school like so bad so I deicide that I would resign up as a boy, I knew it would be unlikely that I would get in but I did…and now we pick up were we left off.
I started to unpack all the boxes and lay them on my bed when Gaara began to talk again.
"You sing like a girl" he said openly honest, "not that you sound bad cause you don't but you really sound like a chick"
I gulped. Did he know! Already! I haven't been in the same room with him for two minuets and he said I was a girl!
I turned around to see if his face would give him up. But no he just looked at me with the same expression as before.
"Uhhh thanks?" I asked, not knowing exactly how to respond.
"Welcome" he said. "So why did you come to Konaha?"
"Better education" I said and placed the last box on the bed.
"Oh I get it" he said and walked toward me. He stared at me for a moment then looked away. "Here I'll get rid of this for you." he took the trolley and started to move it. I fallowed him wondering if he would take it all the way down. He didn't. He got it out of the room then kicked it down the hall so it now sat in front of someone else's door.
"That's your idea of 'getting rid' of something?" I asked in disbelief.
"Pretty much" he admitted. Then walked into our room and laid down on his bed. I just rolled my eyes and proceeded to unpack. After a few moments of silence when I started to unpack my clothes Gaara yawned loudly.
"Your not like most guys…" he finally said.
"And why not?" I asked.
"Cuz you don't unpack right."
"How else am I supposed to unpack?" I just heard him laugh and come up behind me. He grabbed my suitcase and dumped its contents into the dresser.
"Like that" he said and went on lounging on his bed.
"Cool" I said. I would fix it when he wasn't around. I sat on my bed and opened my laptop.
"I hope you don't mind but I have a friend who likes to pop in unannounced."
I looked over at Gaara who was playing with his phone. I did mind but I wasn't about to say so.
"Yah that's fine." I said.
"Cool she'll be here in a few," he said. She? His girl friend? "She not my girl friend" he added as if reading my mind.
I just nodded and waited. It didn't take long before we had our visitor. It still surprised the hell out of me. I was just lying on my stomach playing on my laptop when all a sudden some one burst through the door.
"GARRA!" The person yelled then jumped on him.
"Hi Echo" Gaara laughed.
"So my good friend Gaara buddy where is this new room mate you say you got," she asked.
Gaara just smiled and pointed at me. Echo sat up and looked at me. This finally gave me time to look at her. She had brown hair that was pulled up into two pigtails that were held together with rainbow colored ribbon. She had extremely pretty gray eyes and wore a green skirt and a whit top. Not to mention to die for green knee high converse!
She tilted her head as if looking at me the same way. She then got up and crossed. She held out her hand to me and I shook it.
"Your hands are strangely soft and small like a girls," she said bluntly. "Oh and you bite your nails."
I pulled my hand back and stuck it in my pocket, "you dress like a child" I spat back.
"Why thank you!" she yelled. She looked at me for another minuet then said, "You sure are a pretty boy"
"Echo this is Zaq, Zaq this is Echo" Gaara said.
"Hi Zaq!" Echo said to me.
"Oh and Echo… stop hitting on my room mate"
"I wasn't!" she protested. "Besides I have my hands full with a cretin fox of my own"
Gaara laughed and rolled his eyes, "ya if you ever ask him".
"I will! Maybe…" Echo giggled.
"I swear Echo" Gaara smiled and shook his head.
"So do you guys want to go hang out?" Echo asked then turned to me.
"Uhhh…."
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