Just to clarify, this story follows the life of Max and Warren's daughter, Chloe.

I wake up to mom yelling for me. I sit up in bed and stretch, just usual waking up things. And then it hits me. Today is the last day of summer. Tomorrow I will be at Blackwell Academy for senior year.

I still don't understand why mom wanted to move to Arcadia Bay so much. Nobody even knows about this town. She says she just wants to go back to the place where her and dad grew up, but I think it's more than that.

I hop out of bed and get dressed and ready. I pick a light pink hoodie and some ripped jeans. I get my casual style from my mom. I get a lot of things from my mom, actually. I look way more like her than dad, but I get my long, dark brown hair from him.

I'm brought out of my daydreaming when mom yells for me again.

"Chloe! Breakfast!"

"Coming," I yell back. I grab my bag and run downstairs. I walk into the kitchen and dining room area where I see mom and dad talking across the super nice island.

The house is the only thing I'm actually happy about in Arcadia Bay. It's huge, and really nice. The kitchen is huge, functional, and modern, which mom loves. The living room is spacious as well, with a fireplace. Mom and dad both have their own offices, and all of the bathrooms are amazing. My rooms awesome too, but I'm gonna have to leave it tomorrow. I'm so not excited.

I walk into the kitchen cautiously, so my parents don't know I was running.

"There you are" mom says. "You're breakfast is on the table."

I walk over to the table and sit down. Pancakes, awesome.

"Your dad has to go in to work today, so I'm gonna take you to set up you're dorm room."

Ugh. I totally forgot about that. Guess this isn't really my last day of summer after all.

"Good thing we moved everything over there already, now we just have to set it all up." Mom explained.

"Ok," I say between bites. "When are we going?"

"Soon, about an hour."

"Okay." I get up to bring my dishes to the sink.

My dad walks over. "Okay, I got to go. Coworker just called. Bye."

He kisses my head and I look away as him and my mom kiss. That's just awkward to watch.

That's another good thing about my life. My parents still really love each other after the twenty years of marriage. And me and my parents are really close. Which is great.

My dad leaves and I go sit down in the living room. I pull out my phone and realize I have like a million texts from Em.

Em: ugh, first day. wish me luck

Em: it's so lonely without u

Em: I have mr Morris right now. I wish u were here so we could make fun of him together

Em: check ur phone girl!

Em: text me back and save me from my boredom

Damn. She really blew up my phone.

Chloe: sorry, was eating

Chloe: ik, school is gonna suck without u

"Chlo! It's time to go." Mom shouts.

I shove my phone back in my bag and meet mom at the front door. I get in the passenger seat as mom starts the car.

"So, you excited?" She asks, trying to make conversation.

"Eh, I'm more nervous than excited."

"Yeah, I get it. I had the same thing happen to me in senior year. Moving was hard. But I'm sure you'll get used to it."

"I hope so. I still don't understand why we had to move though. Jobs weren't an issue or anything," I say, trying to get some information out of her.

"A lot of things happened to me here. That's why. Plus, Blackwell is a great school."

Ugh, she's avoiding the question again. I'll never get an answer out of her at this rate.

Mom reached over to the radio and turned on some music. She's always listened to that soulful, indie type of music. Not exactly my taste, but I deal with it.

A few minutes later we pull up at the school. Wow, it's way bigger than my old school. Probably because my old one didn't have dorms. We get out of the car and mom leads me to the girls dormitory.

"Wow," mom laughs. "It's just like I remember it, except a bit bigger."

"Oh yeah, which dorm was yours?"

"This one." She says, gesturing to one of the rooms.

As we approach my room she starts smiling. "Look, they still have the whiteboards for every room. You can write something on it."

"Hmm, okay."

I grab the marker and think for a minute. How do I want all these new people to see me? I sit there for a few seconds with the marker under my chin until I decide what to draw. The marker was blue, so I drew a butterfly. A blue butterfly. I don't know why, but I always see that butterfly in random places around me. It just felt right to have it outside my room.

Mom watches as I draw. I notice her smiling a sort of sad smile. I wonder why.

"Done," I say as I put the marker back it its holder. "Let's do this."

I push open the door and enter my cluttered room. All of my furniture is already in here, we moved it all a few days ago. This is the fun part. Decorating.

I knew right away when me and mom were picking everything out that I wanted a color theme. So all of my furniture is either mint, white, or gold.

I begin by moving my bed to where I want it. It's a twin bed with storage compartments on the bottom, and it's all white. Because of that, I chose a mint comforter with a few thin white stripes. My pillows are all mint, with a few white details. I move the bed to the wall across from the door, the front of the bed on that walls with the side of the bed on the left wall. Next to the bed, I put my white chest of drawers with my gold decor items on top of it. Then next to that, I put my white desk with a few white shelves behind it, and place some pictures and decor on that as well. My laptop with its mint case will go on the desk, along with a gold lamp.

In the next area, I open up my built in closet and hang up my mirror with a mint trim on the outside of it. Then I fill my closet with the clothes I brought, and put my socks and underwear in the drawer on the bottom of the closet. Done!

Lastly, I have my mini living area. I put my mint couch against the wall, with my white fuzzy carpet under the area. Then I move my glass coffee table with gold edges in front of the couch. Lastly, I put my white end table on the end of the couch, and put a picture of me and Em on the table with a gold frame.

I hang a few pictures on the walls that have a mix of mint and gold frames on the empty wall next to the couch and desk.

I step back to the door and me and mom look at it all. I love the colors, and it looks so clean and organized!

"I love it!" I tell mom.

"Me too, looks much better than my room used to." She laughs.

"Well," she continues. "We should get back now, have lunch."

"Ok, let's go." We walk out the door and I lock it behind me.

As we walk out the dorms and back to the car, I notice all the other students milling around. There's so many different types of people. I notice some obvious jocks and cheerleaders, by the stuck up way the carry themselves. I see some shy kids, who walk with their head tilted a bit down. I notice some social butterflies, running around excitedly talking to everybody. I could go on and on, until we reach the car.

I climb into my seat and I see what time it is when I pull out my phone. It's been four hours!?

I could tell mom knew exactly what I was thinking when she laughed at me as my eyes got wide.

We drove home, and the day continued as the majority of the summer had gone. I laid around the house, texted Em, hung out with mom and dad, and before I knew it, it was the morning of my first day at Blackwell.