Chapter II

"Thank you for coming, today. Now, what is the reason you want student-living?" asked the principal.

"Well, I am not treated very well at home so, I decided to move out." Lil said.

"Okay, here are some apartments that you could look at to see if you like them." She handed Lil some pictures.

Lil flipped through them and then stopped, "This one! It is totally awesome, but would I be able to paint the walls?"

"Sure. Would you like to see it?" she asked. Lil shook her head yes, "How about tomorrow at noon?"

That night, Lil spent the night at Kimi's house. She was happy that she had friends like that.

"So how has life been?" Kimi asked.

"Good. I'm moving out." Lil said.

"What? Why?" Kimi asked.

"I'm just sick of everything that is going around at my house." Lil told her.

"I thought everything was going great. I mean there were never any signs, unless I missed them." Kimi said.

"I was going great until we went into our sophomore year. Phil has totally changed, and he is always angry and when our parents aren't he takes his anger out in me. And mom and dad are always making me do stupid things around the house so I'm moving out." She said.

"Oh my gosh! I never would have thought of Phil to do things like that. Do they know that your moving?" Kimi asked.

"Yeah. I told them. They didn't care." Said Lil. Kimi looked at her. She could tell that her friend was both happy and sad at the same time.
"Well, lets get off this subject and onto a fun one. You look like you need a fun time." Kimi said.

"Do you wanna paint each others nails?" Lil asked.

"Sure. Let me get my nail polish." Kimi came into the room with a large basket filled with nail polish.

"Whoa!" Lil said in surprise.

"I know, I have just about every color you can think of." Kimi said.

"Do you have black?" Lil asked.

"Yep. Here ya go." She handed Lil the little bottle. Lil painted Kimi nails black with a pink strip down the middle.
"Dude! These are so cute!" Kimi shouted. She looked through the basket to find the colors for Lil, "Ah, here we go." She pulled out the silver.

"I look really bad in silver. How about all pink with a black strip in the middle." Lil said.
"Okay." Kimi painted Lil's nails. She loved them. The two of them stayed up all night talking.
"It's already six o'clock?" Lil asked.

"We've been up all night! Awesome!" Kimi and Lil laughed.

"Are you hungry?" Kimi asked

"Yeah." Lil said

"I'll make cereal." Kimi got out the milk.
"OMG! You know how to make cereal? You must be the smartest girl in the world!" they laughed. The girls chowed down on the cereal.

"Well, thanks for letting me spend the night. The next time you see me, I'll be on my own." She gave Kimi a big hug and left.

"Bye!" Kimi yelled out the door.