Based on the Novel "Looking For Alaska"

I had just come from my, what my mother would like to call, "my going away" party. And you wouldn't even guess where I'm going. Oh wait, yes you would. Rosewood Day Boarding School. My parents thought it would be an excellent idea to leave all my friends and meet new ones way on the other side of the country. Well sure, it let me experience the feeling on adventure, but they know how bad I suck at making new friends. It took me a while to make the few I have.

Let me introduce myself before I go any farther. I am Emily Fields. I am your typical high school freshman going on sophomore. But in some ways, I'm not typical. I live in San Antonio, Texas and Rosewood Day is in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. It's a small, friendly town so I've heard.

"Emily," My dad smiled across my bedroom. "It's time to say goodbye to your friends." I groaned and folded my arms over my chest. Dad sighed heavily and said, "We've been through this Emmy. It's for the best."

"How is sending me across the country for the best?"

"It's not across the country.. it's just in a different time zone."

"Same thing, father." I replied. "Why am I even going to this thing anyway? Is it because I told you I'm gay?"

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I was a lesbian.

He rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed and said, "Just go say goodbye to your friends."

I huffed and made my way out of my bedroom with my arms still folded. My dad followed close behind as I stomped downstairs to see my friends: Toby Cavanaugh, Jenna Cavanaugh, and Noel Kahn. They were the only three friends that I actually trusted. The others(which were about two.) were just for when my three main friends were busy.

"And where were you guys when they were making this decision to send me away?" I asked, irritation showing.

"We didn't want to cause any trouble." Jenna smiled nervously as she glanced over at my parents, whom were now in the kitchen talking about god knows what. "But on the bright side, we get to talk to each other on weekends and on holidays, you can come see us."

"Yeah." Toby added. "What she said."

I let my arms fall to my side. "You don't have to be afraid of them, you know."

I heard Noel scoff and I turned my head towards him. "Look, I don't know about them but there is no way I'm scared of a bunch of old people."

I playful smirk appeared on Jenna's face. "Mrs. Fields, Noel has something he wants to say to you."

My mom soon appeared out of the kitchen with her arms folded and a light smile onto her face. "Yes?" She said.

Noel glared at Jenna and I tried really hard to hold in my laughter as Noel was trying to think of something to say. "Uh.. I was just wondering uh.. where was Rosewood Day located?"

"Didn't you live in Rosewood for a year Noel?" My asked quizzically. "Are you feeling okay?"

Okay I couldn't hold it in anymore. I burst into laughter and Toby soon followed, then Jenna. "I'm going to miss you guys so much." I breathed out, my laugh now devouring into a simple sad smile.

"And we'll miss you more, Em." Toby smiled. "Now group hug."

I chuckled and wrapped my arms around Toby's neck with Jenna and Noel following shortly. The hug lasted longer than I expected. I soon felt something on the back of my neck. Oh no. Tears.

"Jenna, you better not be crying." I broke the hug to look Jenna in the eye and yes, she was crying. I huffed and soon felt my own tears threatening to fall. "I'm going to kill you."

"I'm sorry. I just.." Jenna laughed, tears still streaming down her face. "I'm really going to miss you."

"And I'm going to miss you too Jenn."

"Okay," Noel sighed. "Looks like we better let you finish packing." His face twisted into a weak, sad smile.

I only nodded and said, "I love you guys."

Noel Kahn and I met in a club for our school called GSA, which was abbreviated for Gay Straight Alliance. He was fascinated at the fact that other people can actually like the same gender so he joined just to hear our story and how "hard" it was for us to come out to our parents. One day, after everyone presented their essay on "What Do The LGBT Do On Christmas", Noel came up to me and said, "What do you do on Christmas because honestly, this essay is bull crap." From there on, Noel and I had been inseparable.

"We love you too, Em." Jenna said, her voice breaking with every word. "Don't make any new friends because then I'll get jealous."

"For real," Toby added. "Me too."

Toby Cavanaugh, Jenna Cavanaugh, and I met at a "Stand Proud 4 Christ" fundraiser. They were staring at me for a long period of time and everywhere I went, they followed. Finally, they both faced their fears, walked up to me, and asked the question they've been dying to ask at the beginning of the fundraiser: "What's a lesbian doing at a fundraiser like this?" How did they know that I was a lesbian? Only because I was the only gay girl in the city of Rosewood. Well besides Amelia Pennythistle, but that girl never comes out of her house.

I watched as my friends crawled into Noel's Mercedes and drove off. My heart dropped into my stomach. I can't believe I won't see them again until Thanksgiving. My friends were the only people keeping me alive because clearly, my parents didn't care about me. If they did, they wouldn't be sending me across the country, or in another time zone as my dad says.

After they vanished from my street, I ran upstairs and sobbed into my pillow. "Emily?" My mom called out. "Emily honey, are you okay?"

"No." I frowned. "I don't want to go.." I sobbed. "I can't leave my friends like this."

I felt my mom sit next to me and I heard a sigh escape her mouth. "Mom please don't let me leave." I cried out. "Please." My mom rubbed my back softly and I jerked away from her, sitting up on my bed.

"This school is for the best Emily. You won't get a good education down here in Texas. Rosewood Day is one of the best schools in America."

"But I don't want to go to one of the best schools. I want to go to a normal school, with my friends."

"You'll meet new friends. It's not like you'll never see them again."

I rolled my eyes and murmured, "Well that's what it feels like." I used the back of my hands to wipe the tears from my eyes and sniffed. "I hate this."

"It'll get better." My mom smiled sadly. "I promise."

When I first came out, my mom wasn't as supportive as she is now. She never spoke to me, she didn't come to any school events, she would change the channel when Ellen came on, and other things parents do when they find out that their kids are.. different. But eventually, she came around. She started talking to me again and one time, she even took me out to dinner.. with my friend (whom I had a crush on at the time.).

But my father. He was a whole different story. He was very supportive. He took me places whenever I was feeling.. not good about myself, he threw me a party for my fifteenth birthday party, and he was even my wingman(actually, he was trying to be a cool dad and.. yeah. It didn't work.).

"We'll be leaving first thing in the morning." My father spoke. I turned my head to see him standing in the frame of my door. "Your mother and I will be downstairs if you need anything."

Mom nodded and stood up from my bed, grabbing my dad's hand. They took on last look at me and proceeded downstairs. I sighed heavily and screamed into my pillow. Tomorrow is going to be hell.

Saturday Afternoon.

I took a deep breath as we finally stepped out of the plane. I almost wanted to kiss the Pennsylvanian cement but I forgot that this place isn't Texas. It's Pennsylvania. The state that I have to spend the rest of my high school years in. It smelled heavily of fresh trees unlike Texas, whom of which smelled like cow poo(and which I was used to and I liked.). I could hear the horns of the cars beeping and the tires screeching onto the streets. Wow, so this is the city.

"Emmy, our ride is here." My father beamed. "Say hi to auntie Pat."

I groaned at the sight of my aunt Patricia and her three annoying little brats, called kids. I can't remember their names but I remember their bratty attitudes and their horrid behavior. I waved unenthusiastically at them and rolled my eyes.

"Emily darling, you've grown." Pat eyed me. "Pam and Wayne have told me so much of your.. change. I thought you would look like.."

"Different." Her youngest son interrupted, smiling at me.

"Yeah I guess." Irritation feigning in my voice. "I don't think all people who 'change'," I said making air quotes with my hands. "have to dress like they've changed."

"Well true." Pat laughed. "You ready to go to your new school?"

I groaned once more and glanced at Pat's oldest son. He was smirking at me. He straightened out his shirt and said, "Don't worry. There are plenty of beautiful girls at Rosewood Day."

"Oh yeah," My father added. "Uh Emily, Gus here will be joining you to help you.. you know, adjust."

Oh so his name was Gus. I shut my eyes tightly. "Oh great.. Gus." I muttered.

Gus snickered and nudged his middle brother. "And so is Jake." I glanced at Jake. He was smiling widely. Almost like he was excited to see me.

"I've never seen a full lezbo before." Jake whispered softly. "What's your type?"

"Now Jake, be nice." Pat glared at him. "Don't start with the mean words."

My mom and dad smiled awkwardly. Dad wrapped his arm around me and whispered into my ear. "Don't worry because I think all of them aren't allowed to have girlfriends."

I burst into laughter and hid in my dad's armpit, which smelled like Axe.

"Wayne and Pam, you two will be staying with me until you plan your flight back home. I'll take the kids to their school and then be back in time to make dinner for all of us." Pat smiled softly.

I took a deep breath and began walking to the car, not even bothering to say goodbye to my mom and dad. I felt a hand wrap around my arm and I turned to be face to face with Gus. I rolled my eyes and said, "What?"

"Oh I just want to tell you that I call dibs on front seat." He smirked. "Unless you want to have some one on one time with my mother."

"Great." I said, unenthusiastically. "What grade are you in anyway?"

"Senior."

"And your brother?"

"Freshman." He eyed me suspiciously. "And no, just because you're lesbian doesn't mean you share a room with the guys."

I could hear my dad coughing. Guessing he just wanted my attention, I looked over to him. He mouthed, "Remember what I told you." And I smiled and gave him a nod.

"I love you, Emily." My mom yelled as she was getting into a black, clean Porche that had just pulled up.

"Show them what you can do." My father added, climbing into the car. "See you on Thanksgiving."

I sighed and got into the car, waiting for Aunt Pat, Jake, Gus, and the younger boy whom of which I didn't know the name of yet.

"Don't worry cousin Emily." My youngest sibling said, "You'll be fine." He gave me a genuine smile and stepped into the car. "They bully me all the time for being the youngest. It'll get old."

I nodded and leaned back against the seat.

Thoughts of Toby, Jenna, and Noel flew into my head. I missed them already.

I just hope the four months of hell fly by fast so that I can see them again.

SO WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK OF THE FIRST CHAPTER? DOES IT SOUND FAMILIAR? HMMM I WONDER... THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK I GOT MY IDEA FROM KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. HERE'S A HINT. -COUGH- JOHN GREEN. -COUGH- BUT TRUST ME. IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS AND DIFFERENT IN OTHERS? ;) REVIEW PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE.