I was waiting in the car, waiting for my dad, and I was even more nervous than I had ever been before. I had just moved and I didn't know what to expect from living here now. I didn't get why they had to move just because Cheryl got promoted here. They just could have stayed and Cheryl left. I believed that they didn't all need to come. I just thought it was unfair just because her dad married Cheryl, it was like they all married her. Finally my dad, Marcelo Chavez Martinez, got in the car. He noticed that my facial expression was not happy.

"Honey, are you okay?"

"Does it look like I am okay? You made me leave the one place I felt I could fit it. You made me leave my friends. More importantly you made me leave mom."

"Honey, that was uncalled for. We are a family. Where ever one of us goes, we all go. You will make new friends and sooner or later you will feel comfortable here."

"And what happens if I don't?"

"You will. Trust me."

"Daddy, I love you. I do but you married that woman, not me. So I don't see why I have to put up with her."

"Honey, she's trying but it would help if met her half way, okay?'

"She's not replacing my mom. So I don't see why she's trying."

"She's not trying to replace your mom. Nobody could ever try to replace your mom. She was one in a million."

"Can we just go now please? I want to be able to find my classes before school starts

Knowing better than to dwell on that my dad started the car and backed out of the garage.

It took them more or less a half hour or so to get to school. They pulled up to the school and I kissed my dad on the cheek and go out of the car.

I stepped on the new campus not knowing what to expect. I knew that freshman year made me worry enough but I had thought at least I would have been with people I knew. But nooo my dad and his new wife made my move all the way to Clovis (Fresno) so starting freshman year would be even harder on me since I didn't even know one person. I had my dad drop me off early so that way I could walk around, look for my classes and try to get the lay out of the campus. I was looking around and not paying attention to where I was walking so being my clumsy self I walked straight into somebody.

"Oh, my God, I am so sorry. I... I didn't mean to walk in you." I said with a little smile forming on her face.

"No its cools don't worry about it, accidents happen. It's alright." The person said with a smile. "I'm Shane Reynolds." The person continued with the smile on their face.

"Annalisa Martinez," I said I she returned a smile and a handshake.

"And to let you know. She isn't a guy even though she looks like one." A voice said coming out of a guy with glasses and a white complexion.

"Sorry about Victor." Shane said right away, and Victor waved at the sight of hearing his name, "He seems to want to let people know right away that I am girl, EVEN though I don't care if they think I am a guy or not. I like making them think I am a guy that way when they find out I am a chick they feel bad about thinking I'm a guy." She said with a chuckle.

"Oh, that's nice." Was all I could manage to say because I was nervous as it was. Now I was even more nervous because I realized that I may have thing for Shane. But trying to shake that thought from my head i then said in my most polite voice as i could trying not to have that high pitched like i normally did when I nervous , "Well if you'd excuse me I would like to try to find my classes before school starts. Sorry about bumping into you again. And nice meeting you."

"It was nice meeting you too. Annalisa. Maybe I will see you around," Shane said with a smile and a wave.

"Yeah. Maybe" I replied and then turned to walk away.

"God. Victor! Why?" I heard Shane say as she was walking away from the group.

Victor replied with a smile on his face, "What? What did I do?"

Shane turned around but I was no longer in sight.