I head out of the plane and into the airport. I'm still kinda shaken up by the plane, I mean the landing is bad enough but my fear of heights makes it worse. I look around for my aunt Molly and uncle Lucas, whom I've never met, but once I spot 2 hippie looking people I know it's them and hesitantly make my way towards them. When they spot me their eyes light up and come rushing towards me.
"Karma!" aunt Molly beams, and rushes up for a hug. A long hug. A tight, 'I can barely breathe' hug. "Oh, Karma, we are so happy to have you! I've seen you in pictures before. I hope you had a nice flight!"
"Uh...it was fine" I reply coldly with an eye roll. I'm still kinda upset about having to move to Austin and leave all my friends and stuff behind in California. You're probably wondering exactly how I ended up here in Austin, Texas, with my aunt and uncle, but we'll get to that some other time.
Their facial expressions changes a bit and I instantly regret being distant.
"I'm fine now that I'm here though! With uh, my favorite aunt and uncle…" My only aunt and uncle to be exact, but whatever.
"Karma, you're probably upset about your current situation and we're here if you ever need to talk or let your feelings out. I know what you're going through must be very difficult. Here, let me take some of your bags then we'll drive back to the house. Molly can make you some tea when we get there." Uncle Lucas grabs my 2 suitcases and then we proceed to the car. He manages to get my suitcases in the trunk and I stick my remaining bags in the back seat. The drive wasn't too long. I spend most of my time looking out the window when the car slows down and parks in a very...alternative looking house. You'd think with a name like 'Karma' I'd be into the whole hippy dippy thing, but actually quite the opposite. Back home I had pretty much the ideal lifestyle, that is, until the thing happened. (I'm not really comfortable talking about it yet so for now we'll just consider it non-existent.) There's a lot a plants and shrubs around with some weird statues scattered around. Can't wait to see what the inside looks like. Once we walk inside, it instantly screams 'Ashcroft'.
"Okay Karms, I'll show you to your room and Molly will make you some tea." Uncle Lucas carries my suitcases up to my new room and I carry my bags. We make our way down the hall to a room will yellow walls. Well this isn't bad. It has plants scattered around and a bookcase full of novels and other stuff. I'll admit it's pretty nice.
"Here we are! I hope you like your room. I'll set your things here. You might want some space right now and we understand. Just come to us for anything at all. Our home is now your home."
Lucas puts my suitcases on the bed then walks away. I really don't feel like unpacking right now. I go explore my new 'home' and get some tea from aunt Molly, which tastes disgusting. I gulp it all up anyway and go back to my room. I decide to take a shower, unpack, and decide on my outfit for the first day of my new school, Hester High. I'm a junior this year. It's gonna be kinda hard to start school in the middle of February but I'm sure I'll be fine. I need to make a good impression though so I decide to go for a red sundress with long sleeve that are wider at the end and some brown boot-heels. Once at dinner I realize I might be a goner in this household...I forgot hippies eat weird vegan food. Tofu for dinner. Definitely not my favorite, but I guess I should be grateful, I mean they have been nothing but kind to me since I arrived, even though I am a total strangers. They have a weird way of making me feel really welcomed, which I really like about them.
"By the way, Karma, honey, you'll have to start school tomorrow. Make sure you have your stuff in the morning. We'll drop you off if you'd like. Or you can ride the bus." Aunt Molly tells me after eating some weird rice thing with the tofu.
"Uh thanks Molly, I'll ride the bus. I also just wanna thank you guys for being so kind to me." They give me the whole 'no need to thank us' and 'you're our family!' ordeal then I excuse myself to my room to do some things for my first day.
I start to pack for tomorrow. I need everything to be perfect. At my old school I wasn't with the super popular bitchy crowd, but I did have quite a bit of friends and we did get invited to a lot of parties. I hope it'll be the same with school, maybe even better. Thinking of all my old friends, my old memories, my old life, I get in my bed and drift off to sleep.