(Lena's POV)
"Oh my God, Ma. It's so freakin' cold!" I grumbled from the back seat.
"Oh hush. And don't you say 'freakin'' again. Not one more time." She glared at me from the front of the car.
My brother, Jack, was sitting beside me and, like he usually did, ignored me. I can't believe we were moving all the way to freaking Washington! Once I graduate, I am so out of here! I'm a junior in high school and I'm 17 (almost 18!) and the school year was almost done when we moved. How stupid is it that we have to move right when it was so close to the summer?! Who knows what the summers are even like here. Probably like the winters in south Texas. In Texas, we hardly ever saw snow. I'm sure we'll see it on a regular basis here. Ugh.
"Almost there?" I asked my dad impatiently. He didn't respond so I looked at my mom for an answer.
"Geez Lena. Can't you just wait, like, 5 minutes? Yes, we are almost there," My mom replied.
"Chill dude!" I muttered. Gah, I can't wait to move out of this craziness!
"We're here," my dad said.
It wasn't too shabby. The town was tiny though! My hometown was small, but this place makes it look as big as Houston! When we finally pulled into a driveway, I immediately jumped out and ran inside so I could pick my room. Jack followed close behind me and we actually chose our rooms without fighting. There were two bedrooms on the left side of the house that were clearly ours and they were roomy but the same size so we didn't have to attack each other for the bigger room or anything. The house was bigger than our old house but still a one story. It kind of reminded me of a cabin. And it smelled incredible! Just like the woods that were right behind the house. Cool!
"So what's the school like here? Is it, like, huge? I don't want to be the only kid lost in the school. It's different when it's not the first day of school for everyone," I said.
"Lena, calm down. I'm tired. I'll go take a nap. Go with Jack into town and explore or something." She waved me off.
"Jack, will you please take me to town? I don't want to unpack yet." That's going to take forever! No thanks! "Please?" I asked sweetly.
"Fine. Whatever. Hurry up," he said gruffly. Yay!