Short Chapter - I had a bit of trouble making this chapter flow, but eventually i found a way.

So this chapter is dedicated to Princess-Bailey16 (who also has amazing stories :D) because she is the best harrasser EVER :) So thank you PB16 because you have made writing this story so much more fun! :)

and on with the story....

I woke up at the sudden sound that rung through the room. Alarm clock. Since when did I have an alarm clock? Never! I looked at the time and groaned. 8.30 o'clock in the morning! I am not a morning person, hence no alarm clocks. Well great, now I can't get back to sleep. I moan and bury my head under the pillow.

"Honey? Time to get up" my mum cooed pressing the snooze button, the noise stopped automatically.

"You, put an alarm in here!" I said accusingly from under the pillow.

She laughed, "Well I had to find a way to get you up in time didn't I? Get up, we have a big day today."

"Big day?" I asked, pushing the pillow off to one side, "What big day? What are we doing?"

"Well we have to find you a school, don't we? And I need to find a new job."

"It's too early to get up. It's only 8.30!"

"C'mon. You're going to school tomorrow so we are going to find one."

"Fine!" I mumbled

"Thankyou. Now did you have fun with Darien?"

I rolled my eyes, "Yes mum, he is the coolest person I have ever met! And he is so modest and caring!" I said sarcastically.

"Well I'm glad you're so enthusiastic about making friends with him. Daphne has invited us out for a dinner party tonight, so we are also going shopping for a nice dress."

She obviously did not get the SARCASM!!!! "I can't go"

"Why not?"

I tried to look for a good excuse, "Um because I need to finish unpacking?"

"Nice try sweetie, but you can leave that to later. Now get up and dressed so we can get a move on. I'm going to ring a few schools to get interviews" she said, leaving the room.

My mum is just way too cheery in the morning. It makes me sick. I can't even begin to look happy in the morning until I have a shower, breakfast and a cup of coffee.

I stretch out my arms before rolling out of my covers and walking out to the linen closet and grab a towel before making my way into the shower.

By the time I had come out of the shower, mum had already dressed and organised breakfast for me.

"Hurry Sweetie! You're omelette is getting cold." Mum called out to me.

"Yes mum," I yelled back, rushing through the house with a towel wrapped around me.

I reached my room and shuffled through my boxes of stuff for clothes suitable to wear. I reached the middle of one of my boxes before I reached a flowing green sundress. I held up to myself and looked at myself in the full length mirror behind the bedroom door. Suddenly I thought of what I was doing. Contemplating on what to wear? I was never like that. Sure I liked to look good, what girl didn't? But it never took this long or this much effort for me to get dressed. I threw the dress onto my bed and rummaged through the box again but this time for a pair of undergarments. I pulled out a pair of bright purple lacy underwear and threw them over to land on the dress. Next I pulled out a pretty red bra.

"SERENA!" I heard mum call

"I'M COMING!!"

I looked at the bra and underwear and rolled my eyes. Who cares if it doesn't match? It's not like anyone's going to see them, except me.

In record time, I got dressed, grabbed a pair of ballet flats and rushed out to meet mum at the kitchen table.

"Well its about time!" mum mocked

"Oh shush!" I smiled, taking a mouthful of omelette.

The sizzling of the kettle filled the room and mum went and made herself and I both a cup of coffee each.

"So I've rang around and because it's halfway through the semester most of the schools are not taking new students. The only school that is, is Raldon High. So we have an interview at 11.30 with the principal. Okay?"

"Yeah, I guess" I mumbled, not really paying attention to what she was saying.

"Good," she smiled back as she handed me my coffee. "Now, It's only 9.15. So do want to do some shopping before the interview and then continue after the interview?"

"You know, you scare me. How can you be so cheery in the morning? Why can't you be like a normal mum and hate mornings and when you have to get up early, you get all cranky?" I asked

"Because ONE of us needs to be the responsible one and get up early"

"That's not fair! How can you imply that I am irresponsible at a time when I am unable to defend myself?"

"Because that's what mothers do" she grinned

I rolled my eyes and placed my plate in the dishwasher. "All finished"

"Good, now get ready to leave. We're going in 15 minutes."

"Okay, be back in a sec." I rushed into the bathroom, pulled my hair up into a high ponytail and quickly brushed my teeth. I grabbed my bag and applied a thin coat of makeup. I small amount of foundation, a layer of mascara and a coat of lip gloss.

I rushed back over to the door and waited for my mum to finish applying her own makeup. Not that she needed it anyway, but I guess we all have our little self-conscious thoughts about ourselves.

After a day full of shopping for suitable dresses for tonight's dinner party, I found myself sitting here on my bed in my mismatched underwear unsure of which dress to wear. There were so many to choose from, short ones, long ones, blue ones, red ones and so on and so on and so on and..... you get the picture? Looking down from my bed at the floor where I had laid every dress out, It looked like I had my own personal little rainbow. The thing is though, I really go out and buy heaps of new clothes, mainly because we always move before I get the chance to shop, but today mum was just itching to buy me anything I wanted. I swear, that if I had asked her for a car, she probably would have bought it for me... Well maybe not, but still. I only exaggerated a little bit.

Anyway, back to my dilemma. What dress?!

I twirled around at the sound of my door opening, "You ready hon- Why aren't you dressed yet?"

"Mum, Good! I need your help. I don't know what to wear!"

'Honey, You have a whole new wardrobe of clothes. Just pick one."

"But WHICH one?" I cried

She sighed and picked up the dress closest to her, "Wear this one. I'll meet you over next door, I can't be bothered waiting for you to get ready."

"Mum! No, just give me 10 minutes. Okay?"

"Fine, but hurry up" she said, leaving the room.

In record time, I grabbed the black dress and threw it on, and applied a coat of makeup. I grabbed my hair brush and quickly ran it through my long hair, deciding to leave it down. I snatched a pair of ballet flats and rushed to meet mum at the front door.

She looked me up and down, and it was only then that I realised that the dress that my mum had picked up, was incredibly short.

I looked down and stalled when I noticed that the hem of the dress only reached my upper thigh. I squeaked. "Mum! I can't wear this! I look like a... a... a SLUT!!!"

"Serena, you look amazing okay! It's about time that you realised how incredibly hot you are when you try. Now let's go" She smiled, opening the front door to meet the cool breeze. I followed, no matter how self conscious I was of showing so much of my legs.

I know I know, Just a short chapter with nothing interesting happening but im in the middle of writing the awesome chapter right now :P

Thanks :)