Prologue
...I Wanna Go Home...
"What do you mean, we're moving?!"
"We're sorry honey, but your father's been transferred to a different district."
"I know it'll be hard to leave your friends, but you'll love Ridgecrest."
These words echoed endlessly in Amy's mind as the landscape of northern Nevada flashed by her eyes. Yes, they were moving. All the way from her cozy picturesque home in Idaho down to California. Sure, it wouldn't be too bad. It was California for crying out loud! Besides, Idaho's seasons had a habit of randomly switching to winter for a few days. (Actually, a comedian claimed that in Idaho, the four seasons were Winter, Secondary Winter, Deep Winter, and Tax Season.) Sunny California would be a nice change. 'Pine trees to palm trees.' Amy thought ruefully as sagebrush streamed past their van.
Still, she'd miss her home and friends terribly. Her best friend in the entire universe, Cream, had come to see her off. The whole event had been a tearful, yes-I-promise-to-email-you, I'll-miss-you, goodbye. And who knew if she'd even fit in at her new high school? Thankfully, it was early in the year, so Amy would start Junior year somewhat late, but not by a lot. But one thing was for sure, she would definitely stand out.
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Oddly enough, things started out great. Amy fell in love with the house the moment her family pulled into the driveway. Despite a rather small yard, the view was beautiful, overlooking a sprawling city with the distant glimmer of the ocean just over the horizon. And her room was awesome! Spacious white walls and two double doors that lead to a small balcony right above the front door! Unlike packing, unpacking and moving things into their new places was fun and went by fairly quickly.
However, as Amy lay on her newly placed bed Sunday night, soaking up the odd warmth in the breeze trickling through the doors, and staring up at her ceiling, the giddy excitement that comes with moving in faded away. Tomorrow, she'd start school. Twenty-four hundred kids and she didn't know a single one. Twenty-four hundred kids with different styles, customs, and ways of life. Amy sighed, rolling over.
'It's bad enough it's on a Monday.' She thought.
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"Well, have a good day sweetie!"
Amy didn't move immediately, taking a moment to absorb the scene before her. She knew the school was big, but not that big! The gargantuan building was a skyscraper compared to her old school-no, a football stadium! The student parking lot was filled with cars, many that would give most of the boys back home fainting spells. Sitting in her father's tan minivan made Amy feel even more out of place; if that was even possible.
'A good day? I hope so.' Amy took a deep breath. "Well...see ya dad." With the air of one facing certain doom, Amy stepped out of the car. She steeled herself and walked up the sidewalk, filled with dread.
Today was going to be a nightmare.
Behold-umz! A new story!
Now don't be mad, this just smacked me in the idea section of my brain(actually it was a doodle of Shadow in high school and it went on from there...)
oh, P.S.
DON'T GO GOOGLING ANY OF THIS STUFF LIKE RIDGECREST!! I COMPLETELY MADE IT UP!!!(I'm too lazy to research stuff...)
Comedian quote copyright of Jeff Foxworthy.
Amy belongs to Sega( as if we didn't already know that!)
double P.S.
just a little fun thing. look closely at the chapter titles. For they shall be phrases from songs or song titles.
speaking of which...I Wanna Go Home by Michael Buble.
R&R!!
(seriously, do.)