Chapter 2

I woke abruptly by the screaming of my mother.

"Jonathon Christopher Morgenstern," she yells. "Get your ass up right now before I come up there and drag your ass down!"

Charming woman isn't she? Not wanting to get scolded this early in the morning I quickly get up and put on the clothes for our plane ride. I check my phone for the time and notice it says 4:30 am. Damn it, no wonder mom is pissed. If we want to get to the airport on time we have to leave soon. With that in mind I sprint downstairs to find mom pacing angrily back and forth by the front door. Dad is no where in sight so I assume he's waiting in the car for us.

Mom finally notices me and says, "Good, I don't have to yell for you unlike your lazy brother, which he better be coming down soon."

I simply roll my eyes at that, "I'm sure he'll be down shortly. After all, this is Jon we're talking about." She just chuckles and resumes her pacing.

After a couple minutes mom puffs up, looking like she'll start screaming at him again but right then Jon is running down the stairs. Thank god, I don't know if I would've been able to keep my hearing if she screamed again.

Just as he's nearing us, she starts going off in a rant about how late we're going to be and how much of a lazy ass my brother is, etc. As we pull out from the driveway I simply stare at our old house, wishing we could've stayed. All I could think about was our last few moments with Simon the other night.

(Flashback to two nights ago, at Simon's house)

"Come on, Si," I puffed out. "It's not like I wanted to move! My life is here, with you guys." I stared down at each of my friends faces. We all decided to have one final get together (which included the whole band, Jon and I) and it wasn't going well.

"Clare, I know it isn't your fault." Simon said. "I just hate the fact that you're leaving and that you can't do anything about it."

Next to me, Jon let out an irritated sigh. I knew him well enough to know what he's thinking. Both of us practically fought with our parents on the issue. They wouldn't budge.

After our small fallout, we jammed out one last time and watched movies until dawn. It's what we always did together. I was going to miss these kinds of nights. Sometimes it was just Simon, Jon and I messing around while the rest of the gang were doing their own thing. It made me want to curl up and cry. I had no idea what to expect in New York.

As we left, Jon did something I never expected him to do. He hugged Simon. I was so shocked by it that I could say, "Holy shit." Jon glared at me because of that but turned back to Simon, who was also in shock. Jon isn't the hugging type. Even with me.

"Simon, as much as I hate to admit this in person, I'm going to miss you." Jon said. We continued to stare at him like he was some sort of alien as he walked off. I was the first to shake it off and gave Simon one last huge hug before running after my brother.

(End of flashback)

Finally we pulled up to the airport an hour and a half later. It took another half hour to go through security, which my dad was not pleased about at all. We hustled through the boarding gate and then found our assigned seats on the plane. The plus side of being rich is that we could get first class seats, which meant more privacy. I sat next to Jon while my parents sat together ahead of us. Now you would've thought I went straight to sleep as we took off, right? Ha, nope. Couldn't even close my eyes. During the entire flight I was wide awake. Jon, however, was able to go back to sleep but woke up when there was a little turbulence. He's kind of a light sleeper but I also had a sense that he disliked airplanes.

Next thing I know is we start to land. As we descend I try to look out my window in hope to get a good view of our new home. The only thing I thought of immediately was how huge the city is! There's buildings and skyscrapers everywhere you turn. When we get off the plane and into the airport I noticed how crowded it was compared to the one at home. With my height and small frame, I could easily get lost in the crowd of the hustling New Yorkers. I at least had the sense to cling onto my brother so I wouldn't get trampled on or lost in the crowd. I can hardly imagine how the streets are. I've always heard that it was one of the busiest cities in the country but I didn't know it would be this bad. One woman just bumped into me. She was so engrossed into her iPhone to notice me and even kept on walking without saying sorry or excuse me. How rude. I peeked at my dad knowing he wouldn't take like this too well but his face was neutral. Huh, he must get used to it from traveling so much. I don't see how he stands it though. By now I figured he would be screaming bloody murder at everyone by now.

After escaping the hell that was the airport, we take a taxi to our new home. Yes, I said taxi. This will be my first taxi ride, ever. The experience was awful to no end. It was uncomfortable, it smelled of cigarettes or as if something had died, and I could've sworn our driver was illegal. As soon as we stopped at our destination I literally jumped out of the cab and took in some fresh air. If I had stayed in there for much longer, I might have died and I'm not exaggerating. While taking in the fresh air I decided to look over our new home. Instead of some mansion, it was a huge apartment. The whole building was made of red brick with an accent of some gray stones. It was surrounded with a white trim and picket fence but without a gate. It almost looked like a cute little cottage but it seemed to be tall enough for two floors.

I also looked around the vicinity, my new neighborhood, to find we were settled in a good area, one without violence (as far as I could tell) which I was grateful for. While still looking around our street I thought of Simon and how he would've liked it here. Straight away I knew for a fact I might enjoy living here. Sure, I was going to miss Simon and all but I just need to give this place a chance.

Lucky you! I managed to get this up sooner than expected! I wasn't planning to stay up this late. It just, well, happened. Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter! I knew I said it wouldn't hold a lot of filler but that also just, well, happened. At least it isn't completely filler, right? I don't know. Any reviews or comments are welcome as always! And FYI, I only own the plot here. I forgot to mention that last chapter. :o oops. But yeah, have a great evening, morning, or day. Whichever works for you!

-infamous

(I'll be adding in more characters soon by the way! So have no fear!)

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