I DON'T OWN ANYTHING YOU RECOGNIZE

She didn't mind that her dad got that big promotion and moved the family into a nice neighborhood, in a big house. She didn't mind that she and her brother would be going to a new school. In fact life seemed to be going pretty great for Imigon Davis and her family. They had lived so many years on the other side that it felt good for them to finally get a break in life.

Moving into the house was weird. Imigon's mom and dad never had much money before and they didn't have much furniture to fill the giant house. Her brother, Ivan had already called the bedroom with a balcony as his own and at first she was frustrated, until she discovered the attic was huge and she chose to make it into her room. She was busy arranging her things when her mom knocked on her door.

"come on in ," she responded. Her mom walked into her room with a blazer, a plaid skirt, and a button up white shirt.

"what is this about mom?"

"this is your uniform for your new school," her mom told her, "you know uniforms are great equalizers. The other kids wont be able to make fun of the way you dress now that you all have to wear the same thing."

Imigon just shrugged in response. She really didn't care about what people thought of her clothes. She and Ivan had always bought their clothes second hand and the kids at their old school insisted on taunting them. They were taunted so much in fact that she just gave up caring what others thought. Her mother had told her to try on the uniform and see that everything fits. Once she was fully clothed, she went to her brother's room to see what he had to wear. Ivan stood in front of his full-length mirror in a similar blazer and pleated pants. They both looked at each other and cracked up.

"Mimi, you look like all those stupid rich prep kids we hated." he told her.

"if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black then I don't know what is."

The first day of school was finally upon them. Imigon was more nervous than she thought she was going to be. She woke up early and spent a long time taking a shower. Then she went up to her room and stared at her reflection in her mirror. She saw herself in her uniform, the way she always wanted to look. With her long strawberry blond hair in a ponytail on top of her head. She had to buy new shoes because it wasn't uniform to wear tennis shoes. She read her student handbook and the dress code was a big deal. She even put on a little make up, which was very out of character for her. But as she looked at herself she decided that she would start all over again. No one knew her here and she could actually have friends, that is besides her brother. Suddenly, she wasn't nervous anymore school was going to be perfect.

Her parents bought a car for her and Ivan to share. So he drove them their first day. Her first class was English, she was happy about that because writing was one of her hobbies. She took a seat in the back of the classroom and soon after she was settled, a boy sat next to her. He smiled at her. She checked him out while he was looking through his bag. She thought he was pretty cute, he had dark hair and she noticed that his hands had callouses on them. He must have noticed she was looking at him because he asked her if she was new.

"oh... yeah I just moved here a few weeks ago," she told him. "my name is Imigon."

"hi, my name is Zack."

Zack was nice enough to show her to her next class and he even asked her if she would like to eat lunch with him and his friends. She thanked him and told him that she was probably going to eat with her brother but she would look for him. She found Ivan at lunch and asked how his day was going. He told her that he was asked to eat lunch by a kid named Freddy in his math class. She followed him as he walked up to Freddy's table. Freddy was shorter and had blond spiky hair. He was very nice to Imigon and said there was room for the both of them at the table. He also introduced the other kids sitting with him.

"this is Katie, Summer, Lawrence, and Marta," he said as he pointed to a tall girl with dark brown hair, a shorter girl with long black hair, a boy with glasses and a book in front of his face and a pretty girl with long blond hair.

"hey Imigon I see you found our table," she heard a voice from behind her. She turned around to see Zack standing with two girls waiting to sit at the table. He introduced them as Alicia and Tomika. Ivan asked how they all knew each other and they told him that they were in a band called School of Rock.

Imigon was just happy to feel like she was accepted by these kids. She looked over at her brother and smiled.