Chapter 1
"But, I don't understand why I HAVE to go. It's not like I'm doing anything THAT bad" I remembered saying to my parents when they told me they were shipping me off to a boarding school in London. "It will be good for you to get away for a while, I think your 'friends' here have brainwashed you. What ever happened to the respecting young lady we raised?" My mother had told me. "She grew up" I said harshly. I did not want to leave, I definately didn't want to go to a stupid school where I would be watched all day everyday. "Enough" my father had said, "you're leaving Friday morning so go pack what you want shipped to the dorm."
I was now on a plane halfway to London. I sighed and lookedd out the window, at least I got a window seat. Just a few more hours and I'd be in the land of crumpets and police boxes. Not to mention the hell I'd have to live in for a whole semester. It was the spring semester but that didn't change the fact that I was going to hell. I realized I wasn't getting around the fact that I'd be there for a while so I read up on English words, so I wouldn't be so clueless when people tried to talk to me. "We will be landing in five minutes" the flight attendent said. I buckled my seat belt and exhaled, landing was my least favorite part of flying.
I grabbed my bags and lugged them towards the door, there was apparently a taxi waiting for me. "Morning miss" the driver said as he took my bags and put them in the trunk. I got in the back seat of the taxi and waited to arrive in hell. About 15 minutes later we were there. There were three huge buildings behind a massive gate. The driver handed me my bags and I lugged them threw the gate.
"Welcome, welcome!" Came the voice of a mid-aged lady standing by the main building steps. "I'm Amelia and I'm the dorm advisor for the female's house here, follow me and we'll get you set up" I followed her into the right building and up several flights of stairs. "This will be your room, you will have a roommate. You may leave your stuff here for now. Follow me." She talked as if she were being rushed. We walked outside into the main building and up even more flights of stairs, then into an office. "This is my office. Here is your schedule, memorize it. Your uniform is in a box in your room, you are required to wear it to all school events including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During the weekends and free time you may wear whatever you like, as long as it's within the dress code guildlines. You will find the school manual in a box with your uniform. You have been excused from sport considering your health condition" She was referring to my anemia, "any questions?"
It took a while but I think I got everything. I walked back to my room and selected my bed, I was told my roommate was not suppose to arrive until tomorrow evening. After claiming my bed I started to unbox some of the things my parents shipped over. I placed my sheets and blankets on the bed and started to decorate my side of the room. I hung up my melted crayon art and set up a few of my nick-nacks. It was already pretty late so I decided to call it a night.
The next morning I was told I could go into town for a few hours. I put on a cute flowy dress and an oversized sweater, it was so cold here but then again I'm always cold. I grabbed my new English cell phone and walked through the streets until I saw a shop that caught my eye, an arts and craft store. I walked in and was imediately hit in the face with the sweet smell of crafts, mmm crafts. I walked around for a while until I found the section that sold mini bottles. I examined them for a while before selecting the one I wanted, then walked around till I found an aisle that sold various kinds of glue. There were four men in this aisle looking at glue as well.
"Just pick one" One of them said sounding annoyed. "It's not that easy!" Said the one looking intensly at the glue. I shyly walked past them and picked up some clear glue. "Excuse me, do you work here?" said the one with black hair. I soon realized he was talking to me. "Uhm no sorry, but if it helps I just use hot glue for most projects." They were all staring at me now. "What?" I said.