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Evan and her dad sat at the breakfast bar of their new home eating dinner and arguing about living arrangements.

"Do I really have to stay in the dorms? Why can't I just stay home and go to school from here?" Evan asked sitting back in her chair picking at her slice of pizza a sullen look on her face.

"Because I won't be home very much until I get my workload under control and with the business trips that I'll have to take, we discussed all of this before" Her father Ben replied taking another bite of pizza. Normally the two made dinner together every night but because they had spent all day unpacking and hadn't actually gone grocery shopping yet, so there wasn't much food in the house.

After 19 years Ben Kirk had come back to Ipswich bringing his reluctant 17 year old daughter Evangeline - only her mother called her that, she preferred Evan, but her dad called her Angel his pet name for her - with him from Chicago, Illinois. He had taken a promotion to the office situated in Salem but had opted to live in Ipswich. His ex-wife of one year still lived in Chicago in their marital home with her new fiancé.

"No you just decided, there was no discussion on my part, if there had been I would have disagreed"

"Stop being so childish, you are going to the dorms and that's final"

"Dad I'm nearly 18, the age when I can start making my own decisions"

"Yeah nearly, as in not yet, so you do as I say"

"Fine but I don't have to like it"

"That's why I'm allowing you to come home on weekends as long as there are no parties, and for being such a good sport and getting into Spencer I got you a gift, it should get here tomorrow"

"What have you bribed me with this time?" Evan asked rolling her eyes.

"You'll just have to wait and see, and it's no bribe"

"Maybe not from where you're sitting" Evan muttered.

"Did you say something Angel?" Ben asked.

"No dad" Evan replied taking a bite of her now cold pizza. Ben had informed Evan earlier that her surrogate Aunt Evelyn and her son, Evan's childhood friend Caleb still lived here. She had yet to see them as her and her father had only arrived yesterday and they had spent that time in the house getting things organised.

Why in God's name did her father have to take that promotion that had them transferred from Chicago to Ipswich and in her senior year for that matter? She had been happy where they were. Minus the whole divorce situation.

She had been popular, had great friends, got good grades and was a force to be reckoned with on the soccer feild. Now all that had changed and Caleb the only person she knew here hadn't spoken to her in months and she wasn't sure if he wanted her around anymore. She had written a few times but hadn't gotten a reply and his phone was disconnected.

Oh well new town, new start.

After dinner Evan washed their plates and glasses while her father dried and put them away. She then went upstairs to her room. Looking around it was kind of bare but that was because a lot of her things were still in boxes ready to take to her dorm room on the weekend. Walking over to her stereo - the one thing she had unpacked that was going with her - she plugged her iPod into it's dock and put it on shuffle. 'Addicted' by Saving Abel started to play. Humming along she walked over to her desk and opened her laptop and while she waited for it to turn on she got changed into a pair of black and pink striped pyjama bottoms and a black tank-top. Pulling her hair up into a sloppy ponytail she sat down at her desk then logged into her MSN account. There were a few random people on but no-one worth talking to, she was about to log out when a message popped up.

Cay says: Hey stranger, long time no see.

Evan scoffed and started typing back furiously then hit the enter button a bit savagely.

Ev says: Not my fault, I wrote to you a number of times and you're never online when I am.
Cay says: There is such a thing as a phone and what letters? I never got any.
Ev says: Lame excuse Cay and as for phone calls I tried but your number had been disconnected.
Cay says: Damn, I got a new phone a few months back and didn't give you my new number.
Ev says: Nice Cay, real nice. Way to show the love.
Cay says: Sorry, I've had a few things on my plate the past few months. Here's my new number 978-312-3235.

Evan got a piece of paper and wrote it down ready to be put in her phone later when she got around to it.

Ev says: Better late than never I 'spose.
Cay says: How's Chicago and Uncle Ben and Aunt Gillian?
Ev says: Chicago is as great as ever, dad's doing good and mom is… well mom. Well I was about to go to bed so I'm gonna go now.
Cay says: Ok night Ev.
Ev says: Night Cay, it was good to hear from you.
Cay says: It was good to hear from you to. Take care Squirt.
Ev says: :) you too.

Evan logged out of MSN then shut the lid on her laptop and sat back in her chair with a sigh then she stood up and went over to her bed and crawled in between the covers then flopped over onto her back with another sigh and slowly drifted off to sleep.