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Become progressively worse.~
"I can't believe you're leaving me for tigers..." I slumped with my arms crossed over my chest in the passenger seat of my mothers black Jeep.
My mom sighed, turning into the small town of Amoris off of the highway. "Bengal tigers, Aurora, endangered Bengal tigers. There's people killing these poor creatures, and I can't help it if this is my job. It'll only be a few years, and you'll have your own apartment, teenagers dream of this. Why can't you just be happy?"
I closed my eyes briefly, knowing I had just lost a week long argument. My mother is an animal rights activist with WWF. She's going to Asia for four years, starting tomorrow, to help with poaching and all... Lucky me, I don't have a father, so my mom is moving me into an apartment on my own in Amoris, since my aunt Agatha lives there.
Lost in my thoughts, I barley noticed we had already pulled up to the apartment. My mother stepped out of the car and started taking put boxes and setting them on the sidewalk to bring up-stairs. "Are you going to help?"
After we had brought all the boxes up the stairs, mom took out her phone, and quickly glanced at it, checking the time. "Shit..." She mumbled under her breath. "I'm sorry this is so soon sweetie, but I have to go. Here." She pulled out the remaining cash from her wallet and leafed through it. "500. That should cover food for the month." She passed it off to me, and I set it on the kitchen counter.
"Mom..." Tears started to well up in my eyes.
"Oh, sweetie..." She wrapped me in a hug and set her hand on the back of my head. "It'll be alright, I promise. I'll be visiting every few months to check up on you, and you have your aunt Agatha down the street." I nodded, not even daring to bring up how insane my mothers beloved sister is. "Here," She handed me the key to her car, "I'm going to call a cab, you keep it. Drive around with all the friends you're going to make."I smiled and gave her one last hug. "I have to go now darling... Be good." She waved at me from across the room, before leaving the rather large one bedroom flat for god knows how long.
I watched her get in a cab outside from the window, and stayed watching until she was out of sight. When I could no longer see the bright yellow tint of the small car, I turned to the piles of boxes in the furnished living room, and started to unpack.
"WAAAH-" I fell out of bed to the oh-so-lovely sound of my blaring alarm clock, apparently at top volume. Groaning face down on the ground, I threw a pillow out of it, knocking it off my night stand, landing it upside down, with the speaker facing up. It only got louder. It became apparent to me that sitting there wouldn't do anything. I got up, and flicked the small switch to turn off the alarm sound.
I walked across the hall into the bathroom, and jumped back at the sight of myself in the mirror. My hair was a complete disaster. I ran my brush through it a few times, amazingly evening it out to how it normally was. I threw on a small bit of make up, then walked back over the my bedroom. I scanned my closet. Nothing was exactly 'first day of school', so I settled on a fitting Winged Skull t-shirt, a pair of white, ripped skinny jeans, an over-sized black hoodie, and plain black boots.
I looked over at the clock. Fifteen minutes until a new torturous hell begins. I had a quick bowl of cereal before grabbing my bag and running out to my car. I'll have to get used to saying that.
I pulled into the student parking lot of Sweet Amoris High and parked my car in the first available spot I saw. Probably not the best idea, considering it was an insanely nice day, and most students seemed to be hanging out there before class started. I clutched my fringed grey book bag to my side, feeling possibly hundreds of students eyes burning holes through me. I let my eyes wander from face to face, nerds, jocks, preps, but one guy in particular caught my eye. He was standing next to a guy in classy, Victorian style clothing, and hair that resembled mine, but with black tips, and two different colored eyes, but he himself looked much different. He had fire truck red hair that was obviously dyed, and red eyes that where almost scarily similar to mine. I kept walling, now aware that he was staring back with equal curiosity, but not caring, until I ran right into someone, causing us both to fell flat down on the hot asphalt.
He sighed and picked himself up, offering me his hand. He pushed a piece of his messy, blond hair out of his eye and brushed off his clean, white shirt. "Sorry, I wasn't really looking where I was going..." He held a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird up for a moment with an awkward smile on his face.
I chuckled, "I can see why, it's a good book. I'm Aurora, I'm new."
His face lit up at the mention of my name. "I'm Nathaniel, I'm the student body president, I was actually supposed to handle your transfer. Want to just come with me now?" I nodded and followed along behind him into the building. I turned around to see that the guy who was watching me before had gone already. Who was he?
"I think that's pretty much everything... I just need your signed enrollment form, and you're good to go." He smiled warmly while I dug through my bag. I pulled out the form and handed it to him.
He quickly scanned it over, before turning it over, and pointing to a blank spot next to my moms signature. "You need your feather to sign as well..."
I looked him blankly in the eyes. "My dad's dead." I said plainly.
A look of embarrassment crossed his face, and he looked down, setting the form in my folder. "I'm sorry..." He said, quietly. I turned out of the room, and walked out of the building, needing to get out. I walked around to the side. Minimal windows, dark, quiet, perfect. I sat down cross-legged with my back to the building and pulled a pack of cigarettes out of my bag. It always helped me cope with the stress of everyday life, which with my luck, wasn't all that great.
I pulled one out and slid it in between my lips, and lit it. In between blowing out puffs of smoke, and replying to texts, mostly from my mom, I did't even notice someone come up next to me.
"New girl cuts class for a smoke. Alert the media." I jumped at the sound of his voice, and looked up to see the red-headed guy from before.
"Snaky red-head approaches defenseless girl in dark. Alert the police." I chuckled, and he smirked, and slid down the wall next the me.
"Oh, I'm not that bad, am I?" He said with a fake pouty voice. I let out a small laugh when he pulled out a smoke as well.
We sat in comfortable silence for a while, each with our cigarettes, before I decided to break the silence. "As fun as this has been, I don't exactly want to ditch my full first day, so I'll just be going now..."
I picked myself up off the ground, and slung my bag over my shoulder.
"Do what you want, free country." He shrugged from his spot on the cold grass as I turned the corner. He opened his eyes, in sudden realization. "Wait."
I turned around and saw he was looking right at me. "What's your name."
I paused. It was more of a demand than a question really. I debated whether or not to tell him, quickly, but I came to the conclusion that he would find out anyway. "Aurora."
He let the thought process before nodding once. "Ca stile."
I smiled and turned the corner, making my way through the halls to my first, already-totally late-for, class.
A/N: Hey guys, so I originally published this on Quotev under the same name, but after three chapters, it got no attention from anyone, so I though I would post it here. It felt really short for FF, so I added all 3 chapters for this. If it doesn't run well, it's my fault. I put three dashes in between where the chapters split, but from now on, I'll only be uploading on here, in chapters probably a bit smaller than this one.