Hannah's POV
As I walk to my car, I turn to see Kat's ho- old house empty. She's gone, and I just can believe it. I don't even try to hold my tears anymore. My walk turns to a run, and now tears streaming down my face harder than they ever have before. My mom comes over to try to comfort me; but it doesn't help. Even knowing that she will most likely come back and visit doesn't help my current situation.
When we get back to my house, my first instinct is to run to my room and just try to make myself feel better. Before I can even get past the hallway from the front door, my mom hands a box. I take it willingly, not knowing what it is. I look for a tag, and I find one saying,
Dear Hannah,
You're not the only one with scrap booking skills
I hope you like this as much as the one you made for me
Love,
Kat 3
I walk to my room to open the box. I find a sharp pair of scissors and gently cut it open. I see a blue and green scrapbook, with a picture of us in the front. As I flip through the pages, I see pictures from when we were little kids, things that we made for each other, and some very recent pictures of us. I actually smile for the first time today without faking. I will treasure this forever.
Kat's POV
It's probably close to being morning now. My dad says it's only a few hours more until we get there. After stopping in 4 of these so called "districts" I'm about done sitting in this car. We have groceries, and clothes. I honestly just want to sleep. I wonder if Hannah liked the scrapbook I made her. It was originally going to be given to her on her 13th birthday, but things have changed. I mean its one thing to move to a new neighbourhood, or even a close by city, but a whole country? Could they have not waited for me to at least graduate grade 8? I already miss my friends. I'm probably not going to see them until summer, or if I try hard enough, Hannah's birthday. I decide to put my headphones in and listen to some music. It helps calm me down a bit, but not entirely. A whole new wave of nerves comes rushing through me. What about school? The only thing worse than being the new kid in the middle of the year is having no friends. By now everyone probably has their groups together, and I don't want to fit in with losers. I've had enough of not being noticed. I'm going to get my sister Jaime to try and help with my clothes and hair. The last thing I want, is to be made fun of.
*4 hours later*
Dad: Girls, Maryann, we're here.
I look up to see a house about twice as nice as our old one, but the one thing it won't have is comfort and memories for me. We still own our old one, but it's empty, except for our old living room furniture that remains there. Almost immediately my dad and uncle start unloading furniture. My uncle is a truck driver, so we got moving fees covered by him and some other guys that work alongside him. My sister, mom, and I walk in. The house is obviously larger than our old one, and it looks almost brand-new. I love my old house, but 16 years has done its job there. Jaime and I walk up stairs, good, I think, there are 3 rooms upstairs! The reason why I'm happy about this is in our old house, there were only 2 rooms upstairs, and one down, this time there'll be no fighting. The biggest on goes to my parents, obviously, I choose the middle one. I walk in and there is a nice view of a beach coast. I guess that's nice. The closet is a medium walk in, and the rest of the room is only a little bigger than my old one. I think this is okay, I'll never like it as much as in Windsor, but I guess I have to live with it. My dad and Uncle Chris start bringing up my bed set. I make sure to tell him to put it facing the window. I want to wake up to that view. I like it. I walk out of my new room to let them put my bed together. The kitchen is much bigger than our old one, including an island in the middle. The two living rooms are nice, and the basement can actually be used for something now. In the backyard, there is a garden, an in ground pool, about the size of Hannah's, and dark red apple trees. My favourite.
It's almost seven now, and I'm in the same time zone too, which will be helpful to me. Our house is basically set up now. The only new furniture here is the kitchen stuff. Tomorrow we have school right away. In a way I'm glad, so I don't just randomly walk in on like a Wednesday. I am feeling pretty tired. All this exhaustion from moving around is tiring. I decide to make an instagram post before I go to bed, and check my kik. I try to text Hannah, but I don't receive an answer back. I'll try again in the morning. I turn my TV. on, crawl in bed, and drift asleep.
*next day*
I hear my mom's alarm clock going off. I cannot believe it's already 7:00am. I slowly to sit up to avoid the rush that comes with sitting up to fast. I see a faint light coming from the kitchen; I soon realize that my dad doesn't start work until next week. He's probably making breakfast. I feel awake enough to get up. I grab my bathrobe that I hung on the corner of my bed where I left it last night, and put it on. I walk down stairs, and see my dad has made me some nutella toast. I grab the plate and say "thanks" quietly.
When I finish eating, I walk back to my room, and put on the outfit my sister put together for me last night. My hair is already straightened, so I'll I have to do is brush through it, and brush my teeth. My backpack is ready. My mom hugs and kisses me goodbye. I walk out the front door, then head over to where my mom told the bus stop was. I get there and just wait until the bus comes. When I walk on, I have no idea where to sit. I go towards the back, and one of the girls waves me over. I walk over to sit with her. I hope she's not some crazy girl who's gonna make me loserish. Once I sit down she turns to me.
Girl: Hi! I'm Meredith. I think you just moved in across the street from me right?
Me: Yea, I'm Kat. Nice to meet you. (Smiles)
Meredith: You're also in my class. I think you'll really like it here.
Me: Hah, at least I won't be alone.
After this short conversation, we arrive. I follow Meredith, mostly because I don't know where I'm going. She stops, and starts walking next to me. She doesn't seen crazy. This is a really good thing.
Meredith: Hey guys! This is Kat. She's the new girl here and just moved in across from me.
Me: Hi (waves)
Guy: Hey, I'm Will!
I smile. This is a nice place to be right now, I'm not a loner, and these people look like theirs... Popular? I hope so.
Girl: I'm Jessica
Girl: I'm Roo.
Guy: I'm Ryan, and you're super fine.
Meredith: Ryan don't scare her, honestly, do you have to hit on everyone you meet?
Guy: And I'm Jordan
Meredith: Don't worry; you'll learn everybody's name eventually. Now we should head in, the bell is going to ring soon.
We head inside, me still following Meredith not knowing what to do. We go up a level to some lockers. Meredith said I could share with her. I take what I need, she closes the locker, and we head off to class.
Hey guys!
So We havent gotten a review yet, but im patient, so We'll wait :) But im going to get into to references to the books soon. I have read both series, many times over, and saw the hunger games movie countless times! If you have any suggestions, or comments please leave them in the reviews! I dont want to write for no one.
~Kat & Meredith
