"Bella! You need
to get up!" Renee called. "You're gonna be late for your first
day of school!"
I groaned and rolled out of bed. Literally. I
hit the floor with a thud.
That might not have been the best idea.
I groaned and stood
up. Was Phil coming today?
Phil was Mom's fiancé. I
thought she hated marriage. Why was she getting remarried?
Recently, we had had to move. For Phil. Ugh.
Now, we're living in the dreariest city in Alabama. Cullman.
I mean, it was cloudy and rainy, a lot. And, another thing, it was August, and yet, it felt like December. I mean, what's the deal? Some days it's hot, some days it's cold.
Why can't it just be warm?
"It's a hot
day," Mom informed me. "But it is raining."
I just nodded
and yawned.
I wasn't looking forward to this. Even though I lived out in the county, I went to the city school. Cullman High School.
Why did I have to go to the biggest one? I mean, Cullman had the biggest school system in Cullman County.
Ugh.
I brushed
through my hair, and I put it in a low side ponytail. I put the
ponytail on my shoulder and quickly changed into a black cami, a
white V-cut shirt to go over it, and a pair of black knee length
shorts. I slipped on my black flip-flops and picked up my backpack.
Why couldn't Renee just let me choose what I wear? I mean, this was better than the skirts she tries to buy me, but…ugh.
I walked out the
front door and put my backpack in my car. Shudder. It was a 2011
Mustang convertible. Black.
Way too ostentatious for my taste.
But Phil insisted.
Don't get me
wrong. Phil is really nice and funny. I like him, but I was getting
comfortable in Phoenix. He just had to take me away. And
besides, no one knew me then.
Maybe today would be the same.
No one will even notice me.
I smiled at the though of that. I ran inside, grabbed my keys, and happily jumped into my car.
No one will notice me, I told myself. No one.
I smiled and drove off to school.
I was going to blend right in.