Previously…

"Morning honey. Looking forward for today?" my dad greeted me.

"Not really." I responded.

"Hey, are you new here?"

"Uhhh, yeah"
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"I'M SORRY!"
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"...I'm Eevi Jones by the way"

"I'm Caitlyn Walker."
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Caitlyn's pov

"Is it ok if I put my stuff in my locker first, I'm kinda running late," Eevi sheepishly says. With a smile I responded with an okay.

While walking to her locker we had a mini 20 question game session to get to know each other. The usual 'what's your favorite color?' to 'who is your celebrity crush?'

_Mini Timeskip_

SLAM! "Sorry that took a while." Eevi apologized.

"It's fine I don't really care anymore, I just want this day to end," I shrugged carelessly.

"First thing first, can I see your schedule?" Eevi ask sticking her hand out waiting for said paper. I take out my schedule and place it on her waiting hand.

Class Room Number Teacher

1. World Geography C105 John Thomas

2. English l B101 Eliza Johnson

3. Biology B157 Hannah Smith

4. Spanish l D108 Daniel Santos

5. Lunch - -

6. Algebra l C167 Kate Bell

7. PE G106 Mark Greene

8. Art ll Sketching F117 Samantha Freed

"Well we have 1st period, Lunch and PE together," Eevi pointed out while handing my schedule. "Let's go." She starts walking away and I quickly follow. 'Well at least I will know someone.'

"So… Do I need to know anything? Avoid any foods that will give me food poisoning? People?" I questioned.

"Well...I would stay away from the school's meatloaf, they will say its good but it's really not. I guess any meat related food should be avoided but at least the burgers are decent along with pizza and spaghetti but other than that you're safe. As for people..." Eevi went silent as if debating to tell me or not. sigh "Stay away from the stereotypical jocks, you know the football players they will try to get in your pants but most definitely the cheerleaders they are such… I don't even know where to start, all I say is better to avoid them. They like to pick on anyone that get on their bad side, not sure if it is out of jealousy or pure entertainment." Hearing those words realization dawn to me, when I bumped into Eevi earlier. How shocked she was when I asked for her well-being. I started thinking of the 4 cheerleaders I met this morning. 'Well is not like I like them anyway'

"Are you being bullied by them?" I asked, curiosity getting the best of me.

Freezing mid step, she stopped walking causing me to stop as well. "Was it that obvious?" She whispers, her hair blocking my view of her face.

"I had my suspicions, I guess I finally connected the dots." I whispered back. "I know this won't make you feel better but I know the feeling."

Surprised Eevi looks up with a questioning expression on her face, with a confirming nod from me, she seems to relax and starts walking for a couple of steps then stopped by a door. She turned her head and nudged towards the direction of the door.

Walking up to her I noticed we have arrived to our 1st period, turning to her she gives the look as in saying 'ready?'. With a reluctant sigh I nod, Eevi proceeds by turning the doorknob with one hand while the other is holding her stuff. 'Well here goes nothing, no turning back now, time to prepare introducing myself for the rest of the day.'

-Timeskip end of school day-

RINGGGGGGGGGGGG!

'Finally the day is over' I grab my stuff and make my way to my locker to grab the rest. Grabbing my bag and my sketchbook I close my locker and get out to walk home.

"CAITLYN!" a familiar voice shouted. Turning, I see Eevi running towards me, "Can I walk with you?" she asked, with a nod from me we started walking together.

"So how was your day? Have you made any other friends?" Eevi questioned.

"My day was good some teachers seem cool and I didn't make any other friends, well besides Maggie." I responded. Maggie is a friend Eevi introduced to me during lunch but she is moving in a week or two and she is in my biology class.

"That's cool, well this is my stop." Turning to Eevi's house I see that mine wasn't far from here, maybe a couple houses down. I voiced my discovery, "That's great! We can walk to school together or hang out" Eevi suggested enthusiastically. "Sure, I'll see you tomorrow." With that I continued walking.

'HOME SWEET HOME!' Unlocking my front door, I walk in only to be greeted with a small body hugging my legs causing me to lose a bit of balance. Looking down I notice it was my kid sister, Claire wearing my old owl beanie that I gave to her. "Hey Claire." I greeted her with a soft smile.

Looking up she returns a bright one, "Hi big sis!" Picking her up I kick the door close and lock it. Making my way to the kitchen with her in my arms, I sit her on the kitchen island and drop my bag on the chair. Seeing a note on the fridge I walk towards it to grab and read.

Can you watch Claire for the rest of the day? Your father will be working till night and I'm out job hunting and won't come till night as well.

Love Mom

P.S. I bought easy microwave mac and cheese for you and Claire so you can both dine without us.

"So what would you like to eat?" I asked her.

"MAC AND CHEESE!" she exclaims, figured that she would, something tells me she saw the mac cheese cups. "So how was school?" I asked her while getting the mac and cheese cups to put water in them to microwave. Claire has started her kindergarten year, I'm sure she has lots to talk about.

"Its great! I already made a new friend, her name is Sally and she has a cute teddy bear named Charlie!" she explained. While listening to her talk about her school day for 3 minutes I hear the microwave ding signaling that the first cup of mac and cheese is done. I take it out to heat the next one for me, taking out a spoon I make my way to the table grabbing Claire along the way. I set her on a chair so she can eat her mac and cheese. ding

-Night Time-

After reading Claire a bedtime story and tucking her to bed, I make my way to my room. 'Finally, the day is over, wasn't too bad' I change into my comfortable clothes to sleep and lay in my bed. I hear the front door open, knowing is my parents since I can hear their whispering getting closer. I grab my phone to set my alarm, then I put my headphones on and play music, not too loud don't want to blast my ears. Sleep was slowly creeping up on me, dark spots filling my vision. 'What will tomorrow bring?' With that being the last of my thoughts, I slip into total darkness.