A New Life

Author's Note (must read): Attention to those that have been reading High School Meant To Be's, Midnight Stalking, and An Interesting Vacation, i'm sorry but I have to erase them and start fresh. School has been keeping me busy that I had no time to write or continue any of the stories' chapters. Also, I have lost track in every story. So, i'm starting fresh with this new one. Thanks to all who read and reviewed and please forgive me. Enjoy reading.

1. Flashbacks

2. "Conversations"

3. 'Thoughts'

Chapter One

Carlos POV

I'm in a pretty bad mood today. I had to stay home from school to help my family pack. We're moving away from Florida to start out fresh again in a new place, other than Florida. My parents told me that we were going to be moving to Minnesota. Figures, I don't even know how we even got that much money into moving there but I never wanted to ask any questions. My dad got a promotion from his job and said that he was being transferred to Minnesota to his new office. He was a real estate agent. I was very close to him during my childhood years, but all of that slipped away ever since he got his job, and high school got the best of me.

I was going to miss my old high school, all of my friends that i've come to know and love. I wasn't really the popular type of kid, but I had enough reputation to get the awesome friends that I have now. But now, I fear that our friendships would be slipping now that i'm moving so far away to the other side of the country. I'll miss them so much, but my parents said that it's good to "let go of the old things and start of the with the new ones." I didn't really understood that metaphor but i'm guessing they're telling me to make new friends. I was so nervous, even at home, thinking about how my life would greatly change after we've settled into a new house, me going to a new high school, and how my parent's would deal with the regular things they always seem to know how to deal with.

It was 6PM already. My mom and dad called me to the kitchen to have dinner. I was hungry. All I did the whole day was pack. I couldn't bear not eating for the whole day. The only reason why I skipped breakfast and lunch is so that I could get it over it. Yeah, i'm the type of person that likes to get things over with so I won't have to deal with them later. The dinner, the last dinner we were going to have in Florida, was almost like a little fiesta. There were Spanish and also a little bit of Italian food and and delicacies that were making my mouth water. The only ones I was going for was the spaghetti and pizza. We all sat down on the table and began to eat. I stayed silent the whole time, while my parents were having a conversation about the "What Ifs" and "What Abouts" on moving to a new home. I just ignored them. Even when they were talking about how it could effect my whole life, I just ignored them, pretended like they were just fading voices in my head that didn't really matter.

Dinner was done, and I had set all the plates in the sink so that my mom could wash them and pack them into the boxes. I just walked up to my bedroom and sat on my bedside, thinking. I wasn't down or depressed, I was just wondering about what was going to happen when I get transferred to a new school. New classes, new people, new friends, new surroundings, I wasn't even prepared for any of those. The thing is, i'm sort of shy when it comes to these situations. There was no way someone would come up to me and asked me to be one of their friends. This is the first time this has happened to me, and I don't know how to handle it. But, i'm going to have to stay strong, for the sake of my parents, so they know that nothing would go wrong.

I laid on my bed, faced up, staring at the ceiling while I cuddle with my fluffy pillow. I was thinking about who I would meet. Will I like them? Would I fit in with them? And they real question that really got me thinking, will I fall in love with them? One thing some people, except my parents, do not know about me, is that im gay. I never wanted anyone to know. Just my really, really close friends know about it, but she and I never brought it up. We both knew that I didn't want to let it go out in the open. One reason was that most of the people in my school were open minded and full spirited, which meant that if they knew something about someone, all the hate and rude opinions and comments would be bursting out. This was also another thing I was really terrified about. Would the people in my new school be nice, or mean?

[ The Next Morning ]

I had no idea I fell asleep. My alarm clock rang so loud on my night stand next to my right ear and it shot my eyes open. I sat up, getting the sand out of my eyes so that I could see clearly. I looked at the time as I stopped my alarm from beeping. It read 7AM, the usual time that I would be getting up and getting ready for school. But no, not today. Today was moving day. The movers will be here in an hour and I had to help my parents grab all the boxes and get ready for the movers to take them. I got out of bed and proceeded walking into the bathroom, where I brushed my teeth, rinsed my mouth with mouth wash, washed my face, and took a nice morning shower. I walked back into my room and got dressed with my purple hoodie and jeans. I walked down to the kitchen to eat some Special K breakfast, where I saw my mom and dad sitting at the table reading newspapers and drinking coffee.

"Good morning, Carlos," my mom greeted as she put down her newspaper.

"Good morning, mom. Good morning dad." I greeted back.

"Good morning, son. Did you sleep well?" he asked/

"Yeah, I guess. I didn't even know I fell asleep."

"Ahh, I see. Well hopefully today would make you feel better when we move." he said. 'Feel better? Yeah, hopefully.' I didn't even know how to respond to that. So I just got out my cereal and milk, poured them into a bowl, and starting eating.

An hour later, the movers parked in our drive way, honking their horn to signal us that they're here. All of us started grabbing boxes and setting them out on the sidewalk to that the workers could load them into the truck. As usual, my mom was signaling them to be careful because her precious things, her vases,, china wear, glasses, and other womanly belongings, were in most of the boxes. Much later in the day, we got all of the boxes into the truck. The movers drove off to our new address as quickly as possible because my parents wanted them to be there when we get there. I didn't know what kind of house we were going to be living in, but I knew I was in for a surprise.

We drove past so many states, roads, inter states, gas stations, routes, pathways, mountains sides, and lakes that I didn't even know where we were going. I was so lost. We drove for three days, taking no stops, just for gas, food, directions, and bathroom breaks. We finally got to our destination, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Though it was the state's capital, I still didn't know where we were.

We came across this big house. It looked like a mansion, but smaller. It was bigger than our place back in Florida. I saw the movers on the side of the side walk waiting for us. Thank goodness, I wanted to just get the unpacking over with so that I could move on. We all got down and started to help unload all the boxes while my mom opens the door with the new house key. I was really amazed at how big the inside was. Like you'd find this house on the Malibu beach front.

Hours and hours had passed through the day and we finally unloaded all of the boxes. We all were exhausted. My hoodie was damn soaked in all my sweat, so I decided to take a shower. Not thinking at all, I roamed around the house looking for the bathroom. After ten minutes of searching, I finally found one on the s floor in the east wing of the house. I went inside it and it was absolutely shining with all the white tiles on the floor and walls. Aside from the amazement of the bathroom, I stripped out of my clothing and stepped into the shower for a nice, warm shower. It was relaxing.

More than 30 minutes had past and I had finally finished. I stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel from the towel rack where it was hanging from and went out to the hallway to go inside my new room, which already had all my clothes and stuff in there, ready and set. As I went in, I looked at my alarm clock that was set on one of the night stands beside my bed. It read 8:30PM. I never knew that the time had flew by so fast. I went inside my closet to search for my pajamas and finally found it. I loved my hockey printed pajamas. I slipped them on and proceeded down into the living room, where I found my parents sitting down and talking. I decided to sit down next to my mom and ask them what's up.

"Hey. I just finished taking a shower." I said.

"That's great, hun." my mom said, hugging me with one arm, "so how are you liking our new house?" she asked.

"Umm, it's pretty great. Big, actually. I almost got lost finding the bathroom." I said. Giggling.

"Well, thank goodness you are taking a liking to this new house. Remember that there is school tomorrow, so I want you to be up early and getting ready for your first day in a new high school, okay?" she told me.

"Yeah... about that. I'm not sure if i'm ready for going to a new school, just yet." I said.

"Carlitos, you have to go. This is the only time of the year they are accepting transfer students." my dad told me. I sighed.

"Okay, fine. I'll go. But I won't like it, that's for sure." I said.

"Of course, you will Carlos," my mom said, "I'm sure you'll make lots of friends like you did back at your old school. And maybe, if you're lucky you can...you know.. find-"

"MOM! Can we please not talk about that?" I said.

"Okay, i'm just saying. You never know." she replied.

"Ai mami. I'm going to bed. Goodnight." I said, while getting up and walking upstairs to my room.

For 3 hours, I couldn't sleep because too much was on my mind about what my day was going to be like tomorrow. I didn't know what was going to happen. Will I meet nice people? Will I encounter a problem? I don't know how this is going to change me, but I hope its for the better.

Author's Note: well, I hope that you guys liked this new chapter and new story. I'm sticking to this story now. No more multi story writing :) I REALLY apologize but it's what I have to do. I hope you all understand. Reviews will be greatly appreciated! Love you all! See you next chapter :) - Drew