Hey guys! This is my very first fanfic, but don't judge. My grammar and sentence structure isn't exactly the best out there! So, please just go with. Feel free to give me tips on how to improve!
Hi, my name is Gabriella Montez. I am 17 years old and turning 18 in a few months. Yes, I will be in my senior year of high school in case if you guys were wondering. However, this year is different. My family and I are moving from New York to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I was not happy when I found out as I am graduating with a whole new group of friends and not my friends that I have known since I was little. But hey, I'm going to find a way to enjoy my senior year of high school, even if it is without my friends from New York.
Currently, we are in Albuquerque trying to get everything organized into our new place. We have only been here for about 2 and half weeks now. I have to admit, I really do like this place. I have my own washroom, walk-in closet, balcony, and my room is just the perfect size for me! However, my two favourite parts of our new place is the pool in our backyard and in front of our house, there is a lake with a beautiful view and running paths. Best of all, the lake is basically like a beach, which I love! The running paths are perfect for me because back in New York, every morning…well most mornings, I would wake up extra early to go for a 45 minute run before going to school.
In New York, I played a few sports here and there. I've done volleyball, basketball, wrestling, rugby, cross country, and dance. But now, I only focus on cross country, wrestling, and rugby. I love playing sports. It keeps me in good shape and most of the time, it makes me eat healthy. But my favourite part of playing sports is just being on the team. I have made so many memories and my teams back in New York were like a family. I just hope that I will be able to play some of these sports if my new offer them!
Earlier I mentioned how I moved with my family. We moved mainly because my mom, Maria Montez, got a huge job offer here and she couldn't help but say yes, after she talked to us about it. My mom is a CEO at a huge business corporation. My father, Greg Montez, works at a law firm. He didn't get offer a new job here in Albuquerque, but did talk to his firm about a job opening. Last but not least, my brother, Blake Montez, is currently at his second year in Columbia University studying biological sciences on a full wrestling scholarship. I was a proud little sister when I found out. As the scouts were talking my Blake, they also mentioned my name. They told him that they are also watching for in my senior year. I was very excited, but, Columbia isn't where I want to go. My dream school is to go to Stanford to study medicine. I am just not sure if my parents, especially my mom would be okay going so far for school! But it is my future that I will be living. Right now, my brother is off on summer break. But unfortunately, he is only here in Albuquerque with us for about another 2 weeks. Some people may not get along with their siblings, but Blake and I are like best friends. We get along so well and I'm able to talk to him about most things. Sometimes, we have our sibling moment where we bicker and bother each other.
Right now, it's the beginning of August, and there is still a month of summer left for me to enjoy before school starts again. Except it kind of sucks, because I don't know anyone here! Oh well! I guess I'll make the best out of my summer the best I can. I will be attending East High. They gave me a small tour and the school looks pretty nice! I haven't seen the whole school yet, but once school starts, I will. The biggest thing I'm worried about is how I will fit in. In New York, I was somewhat popular, but not popular at the same time, if you know what I mean. I had a lot of friends, and best of all we all had no drama. Now, I'm not sure if I'll be the lame lone girl or the popular one. But, I guess we'll find out soon.
Once I got pretty much everything organized in my room, I help my mom out to organize the rest of the house. But I kind of got bored of doing that, so I decided to take a break and drive around Albuquerque. If you're wondering how I already have a car, well, I drove a Honda Civic back in New York. When we found out that we would be moving, we sold my car. This made me sad, because my Civic was my first car and it held many memories. Once we moved to Albuquerque, my parents surprised me with a brand new white Mitsubishi Lancer, the car I wanted as my first car. As I was driving around town, I saw a cute clothing store. I parked my car, and went in to have a look. I was greeted by a salesperson who was organizing some clothes on the rack.
"Hi, welcome to Sky Clothing, can I help you today?" The salesperson asked who looked to be about my age.
I replied with "No thank, just browsing. Thanks!"
I looked around some more and I found a couple of cute shirts. I figured I should probably find some new clothes before school starts. After I bought the shirts I drove around some more. As I was driving, I got a little hungry. I drove around until I found a cute café. When I went in, it seemed like a place where high school kids hang out. I found it's a great environment.
"Hi, welcome to Evelyn's, what can I get for you today?" The gorgeous boy with gorgeous blue eyes who seemed to be my age asked me.
"Can I get a grilled chicken wrap with an iced chai latte?" I asked with a small smile.
Once I got my food, I sat down and started eating while texting some of my friends from New York. As I was eating, I noticed some people who seemed to be friends with the gorgeous looking guy was looking at me. It seems like they're talking about me. I just shook it off and continued eating. When I finished, I thanked the boy and left.
When I got home, it was only about 2 o'clock and it sounded like we had company over. When I saw my mom, she immediately greeted me.
"Hey sweetheart, how was your afternoon?"
"It was good. I took a drive around Albuquerque and just saw what it's like. I think I'll like it here."
"Well, I'm glad. Oh, and these are our new neighbors, Jack and Lucille Bolton. And this is my daughter, Gabriella."
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton, it's nice to meet you."
"Gabriella, it's very nice to finally meet you. You're mother has been talking quite a bit about you and Blake. But, please, just call us Jack and Lucille. Mr. and Mrs. Bolton make us sound so old!" Lucille replied with.
"Oh please, you two do not look old!" I laughed.
"Oh, Gabi" My mother laughed, "You are too funny!"
Both Jack and Lucille laughed along with us. Both of them seem very nice. I'm glad they are our neighbors. Our old neighbors in New York weren't very friendly, so it's nice to have friendly neighbors.
"So, Gabriella, I hear you're attending East High for your senior year?" Jack asked.
"I sure am!"
"Well, that's exciting. I am the gym teacher, so hopefully I'll see you around!"
"Yeah, defiantly!"
Then soon after, Lucille started talking.
"And our son is also in your graduating class. So you guys can meet! I would have brought him over today, but he's working right now."
"Oh, well that's awesome!" I said with a bit of excitement because maybe I'll have at least one friend on my first day of school.
"Well," Jack said as he started to get up, "we should get going"
"Alright," my mother started saying, "you guys are welcome over anytime!"
"Thank you and that goes for you guys as well!" Lucille exclaimed as she gave my mother a hug. "And one day you guys will have to come over for dinner"
"Only if you guys come over dinner here as well" My mom laughed. That was the thing with my mom; she is always laughing and smiling. She gets along with everyone! And it seems that I got this from her as well.
"Bye Maria and Gabriella" Both Jack and Lucille said as they left our place.
"I like them, they're nice people!"
"Me too, sweetheart. I think Albuquerque is going to be a great place to live."
"Yeah. Well, I'm going to organize my washroom now!"
It didn't take long for me to organize my washroom. So I decided to organize my clothes and hang them up. And boy! Do I ever have a lot of clothes! I decided to put the clothes that I don't wear anymore into a box and maybe I can find somewhere to donate them. Once my closet was all organized, my mother called us down for dinner. It's always important for us to eat dinner as a family. But since we live in Albuquerque and Blake goes to Columbia, family dinners are going to be a little different. We always joke around with one another at dinner, and we talk about how our day has been.
"So sis," My brother turned to me, "see any cute boys today on your drive around town?"
"No." I lied.
"Mhmm, sure. Just make sure they know that they need the Blake approval first!"
"Alright bro, will do!" I laughed.
"Aw, guys! Family dinners are going to change once Blake leaves" My mom said to us
"Maria, Blake will be back every once in while!" My dad said to my mom.
"I'm going to miss you, bro!"
"Hey now, I still have two weeks more weeks!" Blake exclaimed.
"That's true. Well, I'll just have to bully you more!"
"Yeah sure!" Blake laughed, "good luck with that!"
"Hey now, we've wrestled and I've beaten you!"
"Only because I was being nice!"
"Nah, only because you love me!" I said as I punched him!
Both my parents shook their heads at us and both of them thinking that they have such great kids who get along so well. I truly am going to miss Blake when he leaves back to New York.
After dinner, I decided to go for a small walk around the lake. It was a nice peaceful evening with the sun setting, gorgeous view. Sometimes in New York, I could never see these views. I sat down on the bench to watch the sun set for about 10 more minutes before walking back to the house.
When I got back, I went to the bonus room aka, basically a second living room, and watched "The Proposal." I absolutely love this movie, it's so funny! Soon after the movie ended, I got bored and didn't want to go to bed because I wasn't tired. So, I grabbed a book and went to my backyard and started reading with the backlight on. As I was reading, I heard voices from next door. I figured it's probably Jack and Lucille's son having some friends over. This made me miss New York a little bit. Usually in the summer my friends and I are always hanging out, having sleepovers, and partying. But now, here in Albuquerque I can't do stuff like that because I don't know anyone. It seems like I have no life. But hey, I just moved here and I like Albuquerque already. Meeting new people shouldn't be too hard.