Tessa stared at herself in the full length body mirror they have recently moved to her room. "I feel like on of those terrible boarding school movies…"She muttered to herself. Tessa was around 5'8 which in her case was tall for most girls her age. Tessa felt that she is considered an odd girl, with her height ad her looks she felt different. Her hair was in loose dark brown curls which many girls are usually envious over, her eyes were cat like and the color of the gray rainy sky, her nose and cheeks are splattered with faint freckles. She was dressed in a awkwardly short plaid uniform skirt, a white v-neck and a plaid uniform vest to match her skirt, she slid on some brown boots to match and sighed softly. "I can do this, I can survive another school, with new people, new faces…new…everything." She looked around her single bed room. Her parent requested that she would get single room instead of a roommate for privacy issues, the same with her brother Nate at the all boys academy. She never understood the point of her going to a Co-ed boarding school and he ends up at a All boys, but with the records Nathaniel had, she probably would have done the same.

She remembered when her parents pulled up with her at the school, the place was a guarded by iron gates, when her parents helped her unpack along with the other attendants in the dorm building, they reported to the main entrance hall where they met with the Headmaster, Dean Starkweather, who was an old rough looking man, he ushered them in the office which was a darkish colored room, they sat infront of his desk as he took a seat and started chatting away while Tessa looked outside, he had a perfect view of the quads, she watched all the kids walk around in uniforms, some sat in the grass reading their books, others kicked around a soccer ball. She then saw a group of kids walking through the quads, one was a black haired boy, his hair was slightly curly and he had sunglasses on with the boy's uniform on, he was beside a boy with bright silver hair which was odd for a kid, his was tall and lanky like the boy wearing a uniform. Beside the two guys was a girl wih dark blonde curls that formed perfectly around her round face, she looked sort of like a model.

"Theresa…" She heard her mother's voice fade in and she snapped back into reality making a "hmm".

"Miss Gray, what I want you to endure in this experience here is Education, Friendships and Scholarships to higher colleges, which with your intelligence would be easy." Mr. Starkweather smiled. "We have a few rules that we should go over,

No Boys in your Rooms, not even for the weekends when they're allowed in the lodge areas.

No fighting, no matter what.

You cannot leave campus without parent consent, only your parents or the contacts could check you out, but only for the weekend.

Do not go into the woods past curfew, we want all our students to be safe.

No Illegal Substances.

But that is all for now, you will get a list of more rules, but those are the most important ones."

Tessa smiled and nodded and walked out of the office followed by her parents. They looked at her and smiled softly, they gave her a final hug before leaving.

"Be good dear, have fun, make friends, call us daily, I love you." Her mother hugged her tightly, she was kissed on the forehead by her father and they walked to the car and she watched the Iron gates closed as they drove away.

Tessa sighed softly and looked around the empty room; it was so plain the only since she hasn't had time to unpack. She ran her fingers through her hair and grabbed the stack of papers that included a map, her classes and syllabuses. She looked around her room and noticed on her vanity was her clockwork angel necklace; she grabbed it, clipped it on then grabbed her bag and left.

Tessa walked across the campus, her first class would be Art, today was her off day to make sure she knew where her classes were and everything. She readjusted her bag and followed the sidewalk to a large gothic looking building, she walked into the building, it was quiet except a few murmurs of the students in the halls. It was a Sunday so no one had classes today, but kids seemed to still show up. She walked until she saw the numbers 325 written across the door, she opened the room to see a huge art studio, the smell of paint filled her senses, she saw the rows of desks and behind them were canvases, some blank, others were colorful, there were statues, drawings, and many more common art studio projects. She smiled and memorized it.

She headed out of the hall her next class was Literature Studies, which would be her favorite, climbing up the stairs a after the 3rd flight she was on the English hall which she realized that all the Senior Classes were held in the same building. She walked around the hall seeing a few doors opened, she passed by the one she needed seeing a young looking teacher in there, he was in his mid twenties, which a slight beard growing. She knocked on the door and he looked up, his bright blue eyes were behind some glasses before he took them off. "May I help you mam?" He asked in a helpful tone.

"Yes, I'm Theresa Gray, the new transfer student, is this Literature studies?" She smiled shyly as the man stood up and looked around.

"Well yes it is, I'm Mr. Raphael." He smiled and walked to her holding out his hand. Tessa shook it gently and looked around at the various posters of Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Fitzgerald and Hawthorne and her favorite, Charles Dickens. Her eyes were wide with awe as she stared. "I'm guessing you love reading, that how most people react when they look at these posters, other's just see old men losing their minds." Mr. Raphael slowly made his way back to his desk. "If you love books, you should check out the studies building, we have the best library in the boarding school system, it's quite magnificent." He smiled and looked at her. Tessa smiled and nodded.

"It was nice to meet you." She made her way out of the hall and went down the stairs, she sighed softly. This school seemed too big, too gothic and also weird for her. She made her way out the building and the sunlight hit her eyes making her squint. She looked around the squad and spotted a few trees but they seem to be occupied by some lip locking couples, until she spotted a giant oak tree by itself, no one around and it was kind of far off from everything, which she wanted. She made her way to the tree avoiding everyone who might even take slight notice she was a new girl. She made her way to the tree and sighed softly in relief, she started to dig in her bag for her headphones and Ipod. She also found her sunglasses and she slipped them on, putting in her headphones. She leaned against the tree, the grass under it was soft and plush, she tree made her feel hidden, which she wanted.

"Nathaniel, you cannot hit people because you want to." The mother scolded angrily. Tessa saw Nate sitting at the table in the kitchen, he help a hold towel to his bloody lip.

"Well, too bad." He snarled throwing the towel down.

"Put that back on so the swelling will go down, why would you even want to hit that Colansanti kid, I thought you two were friends." His mother sat beside him.

"We were never friends, he was an arrogant jerk."

"Honey y-"

"NO, MOM HE WAS TALKING ABOUT TESSA!" Nate stood up and walked out of the kitchen. The mother sighed softly and put her hands on each side of her face. Tessa heard a slight sniffle and then she stood up.

"I'm Sorry Mom." Tessa walked in the kitchen, "I screw everything up, I wish I was never born, no one wants me here anymore."

Tessa suddenly felt a slight shaking dragging her out of her dreaming. She jerked seeing a kid in front of her stare. "You okay?" He was a tall lanky kid, he had sandy blonde hair and green big eyes.

"Yeah, I guess I just dozed off, sorry." Tessa stood up quickly ignoring the kid offering his hand. "I have to go." She decided sighed and looked at the time, it was already dinner time. She looked at the map and made her way across the campus at where other students were heading to, he dinning hall looked like a regular food hall, various lines of different types of foods. She looked around and grabbed a bowl of fruit salad and some water before heading back to her dorm, she went to the lobby sitting in a nice plush chair, and she looked around and saw a few girls eating their lunches too. She sighed and stabbed at the fruit, times like this made her think of Nate and how lonely she really is without him. She finished off her plate and headed threw it away heading to her room. She opened it to see it's the same plain room that she left earlier that day. It will never be the same room either no matter what she tries. She looked through the boxes for her shower supplies and towels. She grabbed a pair of old sweatpants, sports bra, underwear and t-shirt then made her way to the showers. She didn't like the way the showers were set up, they were in time rows and she was tall for them, but she was obviously alone so she started humming softly. After 30 minutes she turned off the shower only to hear another one going. Then she heard giggling, a whisper, with another low whisper. Her eyes grew wide and she grabbed her towel quickly. It was Tessa's first day and she's already had to encounter with stuff like this.

"Will, you have to stop or else we will get busted." She heard a girls voice whispered. Too late.

"I highly doubt anyone cares except for charlotte, but she's focused on Henry and I'm focused on you." The male voice whispered softly. Then she heard another giggle. Tessa quickly and quietly tried to grab her stuff before she heard the door open again. Oh my gosh, I cannot be seen here, if this is some creepy sex club thing, I'm leaving.

"WILLIAM HERONDALE AND LEANNE GRAYMARK GET OUT NOW!" She heard a harsh voice echo through the shower stalls. "DO NOT MAKE ME DRAG YOU BOTH OUT!" The woman screamed, Tessa blinked and stood there in shock.

The two teenagers appeared out of the shower stall, one was a short blonde headed girl, her eyes were bright blue and her hair was in a bun. She was not exactly the prettiest thing eiher. Then she looked at the boy, it was thr same one she saw in the dean's office walking across he quad, he was tall, his dark ink black hair was now wet and curling around his face. His eyes were dark blue, sort of like and endless ocean, he had a towel wrapped around his waist and he had arrogant smirk on his face like most of the guys at her old school.

"Why do you degrade girls, especially here." Mrs. Branwell rubbed her temples.

"Because….they let me." Will smiled heading back into the stall. "I mean charlotte, we're supposed to be teenagers, we have our needs."

"But this is like a monthly thing, or bi weekly, I can't even keep up now."

"You know there is another girl in here, she was in the shower when I snuck in."

"By the Angel, I'm sorry; you can come out of hiding." Charlotte looked around and Tessa stood up from hiding, her hair was still wet and she clutches the towel around her body. "I'm so sorry about him, Will we will finish this later." She glared as he put the rest of his clothes on and made his way out, he turned to Tessa and stopped before leaving again.