The room looked so big, especially since it was vacant. To my right, were double doors. They left me curious. To my left was a single door. Across from me, was an archway, where I could see my dad entering through the front door, carrying two boxes, careful not to trip on Bella, or the cats. My mom followed en suite, carrying a box titled, "Katherine's Clothes" in cursive. I jogged up to her to retrieve my clothing.

"I heard that the previous owners had a daughter that left a some things behind; you should check it out." My mother smiled.

"I will!" I responded, excited. I went up the stairs, and saw two big rooms. I went inside the smaller one, and I was surrounded by pink: baby pink and white stripes, bordered by white, and then baby pink again but in a slightly darker shade. Even the windowsills were pink. She had left behind lacy light pink curtains, why she left them behind, I'll never know. She also left behind a white dresser, which was detailed with intricate pink flowers on each drawer which reminded me of my home, a small conservative town.

I soon heard my dog running up the stairs by hearing her nails click against the wooden floor, chasing my cats, Loki and Thor, into my new bedroom. They ran around the room, and quickly left, to chase them downstairs. I put my box of clothes near the dresser, and decided to see what was inside this white door that seemed to be at the far left corner of the room from where I was previously standing at the doorway.

The pink in the bathroom was in a darker than the bedroom, lining the ceiling. Then white tiles, then pink tiles again. The floor had white tiles. The next thing I noticied was that the handles for the sink, toilet, cabinets, and bathtub were gold; so was the towel rack. The weren't any windows, the only light were the lights on the wall next to the mirror which had pink borders, and one on the ceiling. The cabinets were at least white. I heard a familiar pattern of footsteps walk up beside me.

"Could use a little more pink, don't you think?" My mom joked.

"Maybe, I think my pink and purple towels will look nice." I said in seriousness.

"Well, I'll bring up the rest of your things, and the Move It guys should come soon to bring our furniture. I'll leave you be." She rubbed my back, and patted it.

I went towards my box, and decided to fold my clothes to store them inside the dresser while listening to Heavydirtysoul.

•••

As soon as I had finished storing clothes, moving furniture, and decorating my room, I was called downstairs for dinner. I rubbed Bella's head to wake her up. She did, and jumped off the bed to follow me into the kitchen. My cats were already there, at their bowls, waiting for supper. I smiled at their cuteness. I gave them all food and water, then I grabbed a plate for my self. We didn't have any groceries, so my dad ordered pizza. I grabbed a slice, a Beam Cola, and sat down with my parents at the island counter.

"So, school starts Monday-" my dad began. I bit into my pizza, not reacting to his statement.

"It's a boarding school. Boarding school means uniforms, and this one means prefects." I felt the piece of food that I just swallowed lodge in my throat, and quickly forced it down with soda to stop from choking.

"W-what?! Uniforms?! Again, why am I never told these things early? And what are prefects anyway?" I didn't want to be caught dead in a uniform, and felt myself die a little knowing I'll have to be wearing prudishly-long skirts every day, five days a week.

"Prefects are there to watch over you kids, make sure there is no violence, drugs, or harassment." My dad scrolled through his phone, sipping from his soda.

"Oh. What do the uniforms look like?" I looked at him while eating.

"No clue, but school colors seem to be blue and green." I hummed in response.

"Hmm. What about my schedule?"

"You'll receive it tomorrow. I read into the way the school functions, and noticed you have two classes per day." I perked up.

"Really? That's so cool!" This school sounds pretty great so far!

"Morning classes begin at 9:30am, ending around 11am. Noon classes begin at 1:30pm, ending at 3:30pm." I groaned, and face planted the counter. Every day was going to be a block day, which I sort of hated.

"When it isn't time for class, it's free time. Curfew is at 11pm, which your mother and I will apply to you even if you don't live in the dorms." I shrugged. It sounded reasonable. My mom stopped using her phone, and looked over at me. I quickly glanced to check the time on my phone, to see it was 5:14pm. I looked up, giving her my attention.

"Sweetie, have you finished unpacking everything?"

"Yes, just need my desk, and bookshelf, I think." I drank the rest of my soda.

"I think you should take your bike and ride around the town to familiarize yourself with it. Meanwhile, your father and I will go buy groceries. And who knows, you might make some friends!" She said with such hope.

"I think I will." I grabbed my plate, and my empty can of Cola. I put my plate in the sink, and recycled the can. As I exited the kitchen, my mom stopped me. I looked at her questioningly.

"What?"

"Here's $25 in case you get hungry." She handed me the money.

"Thank you." She smiled lovingly, and went back into the kitchen. I had been wearing cozy clothing all day, since the time we arrived, which had been around 7am. I left my Rick and Morty shirt on, changing into a blue pleated skirt, black shorts hiding under my skirt so anyone looking for something will only see complete darkness, and slipped on my black canvas shoes, which took a small moment to tie each foot.

My hair was already in two buns since I needed my hair out of my way earlier, so I decorated them with pearl scrunchies. I placed light blue bows in the center of each bun, and smiled at how cute they were. I stared at my face, wondering if I needed any make-up. I decided for a slight "no make-up" make-up look.

After swiping on brown eyeliner, mascara, dabing blush here and there, along with concealer, a bit of red lipstick, I was ready to go. I picked up a small pink gingham blanket from the top of my dresser, and grabbed Bella from my bed. I carefully walked rapidly down the stairs. With my free hand, I took my black bomber jacket off of the coat hanger, which conveniently also had my heart-shaped backpack that had bat wings. It felt a little heavy, and thought to check it once I placed Bella in the basket of my bike.

Once I did, I rummaged through the backpack. I saw that my mom had given me a water bottle, my wallet, and two snack bars. I placed my phone and money inside, then slipped on the straps. I walked my bike up to the gate, opening it. After I closed it, I mounted on the bike, and rode off the sidewalk.

Earlier, when I first arrived, I noticed a huge house in the middle of the neighborhood. I was curious to know what it was. As I was trying to go around it, I saw a lot of expensive looking houses that were at least three stories high, and an entrance to Old Bullworth Vale's Garden. Once I saw what the big house was, I realized it was a retirement home called "Happy Endings Retirement Home". I found it a little odd, but remembered my own hometown had churches and the funeral home in neighborhoods too. Bella barked at me for slowing down.

I went along my way, then turned a right, which went slightly downhill. I was scared to fall face first, so I continuously used my brakes. At the bottom, I saw a burger joint at the right corner simply called "Burgers". I smiled at the simplicity of it. I thought it was a good idea to bike in that path. As I did, I noticed two more restaurants, "Shinjo's", and "Home Made Ice Cream".

'This town must be really straight forward then.' I thought.

There was a shop on the corner titled, "Bikes Shiny Bikes", which sounded as if a 10-year-old named it. Next to it was "Dry Seaman Bear", making me chuckle a bit at the poor wording. Then "Boar Inn", making me assume it's a hotel. I next saw a giant crab hanging over what must be a seafood restaurant, but lacked a name, and so did the building next to it.

I kept going, and saw there was an area for pedestrians only. There was a movie theater, and it made me happy to know I wouldn't have to ride the ferry out of here or need a car ride to another district to see a movie.

The following building was an emergency medical center, another seafood restaurant, Old Bullworth Vale's Coffee Shop, a store for fish bait, an unnamed building, and finally, Yum Yum Market. I wondered if I should take a turn, or keep heading straight. I saw a huge building in the distance, and made a decision.

Drawing near to the building, I saw a huge archway, guarded by iron gates. I finally saw it was Bullworth Acadamy. I sat there, in awe, until I was brought back into reality when someone honked their horn. I moved onto the sidewalk, and put the bike on its kickstand. I stared through the front iron gates, and saw the tall building that had piqued my interest in the first place. There were even stairs leading up to it. It looked very intimidating, I wondered how the students must be like. They're either going to all be snotty stuck up rich kids, or dorks. For a moment, I worried if I'd find anyone to befriend, but I knew ever since I was a kid, I'd always manage to make friends.

But times have changed, and I'm not a little kid anymore. I sighed, backing away from the gates. I looked down, but quickly glanced up when something caught my eye. On the pillars that held lights, there was some metallic shield on each one. I took out my phone, and zoomed in on them with my camera. They seemed embedded into the pillars. They had an interesting picture on each four sides of the shield thing: a fist on the top left corner, a snake next to it, a skull under the snake, and a... rat? Next to the skull. I put my phone away, and thought it was so weird for a rat to be to be on it.

'Well, this town is a little peculiar to begin with.'

I got back on my bike, riding into Old Bullworth Vale. This time I went on the path I didn't go on. I found a drug store, right across from Bolt, sounding like a boxing store, with what it advertised on the banner. Two boys exited from the buildiing; a well built blonde boy, standing next to a tall red head, who was well built too. They were both wearing expensive looking clothing. I couldn't help but gawk at the blonde boy, but unfortunately he caught me staring. I looked away, and raced back home.

I had spent about half an hour in town, but I didn't mind. I put my bike leaning against the house, and took out Bella. She ran off the the backyard, where her bowls food and water were.

After I locked the front door, I kicked off my shoes, calling after my mother. The house was usually silent in response. I called out again. I headed into the kitchen for cold water, and noticed a sticky note on the fridge. It read, "Went to buy some more supplies. Xoxo". I crumpled it, throwing it into the trash. I chugged my water as I went into the living room, plopped down on the couch, placing my now empty glass of water. I turned on the T.V. for background noise, and flipped through channels until I found Cartoon Network/Adult Swim. I scrolled through social media on my phone until I passed out.

•••

Three hours later, I heard someone's voice.

"Sweeetie, wake up." I heard a female's voice coo. I groaned.

"Five more minutes.." I turned around, snuggling against a pillow.

"Katherine.." They warned. I sighed, and sat up, rubbing my eyes tiredly.

"What do you waaant?" I whined, stretching. I glanced up at Mom. She looked at me with a face.

"While your father and I were at the store, we met another couple whose kid was also starting school tomorrow! Isn't that such a great coincidence?" She smiled.

"I guess-" I stopped when I saw a cute, small boy step up from behind a couple. He was dressed sharply, but looked down out of shyness. I stood up, and went up to him.

"Hi! You're so cute! How old are you, 12?" I asked, crouching down a bit.

"Um, Elizabeth, he's your age." Mom grimaced. My eyes widened, I felt my face burning up with embarrassment.

"Oh! Crap, I'm sorry." I straightened my back, rubbing the back of my neck. I thought my face must've been as red as a tomato.

"I-it's okay, That happens a l-little often. I'm Peter Kowalski." He held out his hand. I shook it vigorously. He seemed taken aback, but soon laughed at my enthusiasm.

"And I'm Katherine Presley, but you can call me Kat if you'd like." I clasped my hands together behind my back, tilting my head.

"You can call me P-pete." He now didn't look as nervous as when he first entered the room. I soon noticed that both of our parents had gone into the kitchen.

"So, Pete, since our parents are chatting in the kitchen, how about we get to know each other?" I walked back onto the couch, and turned the T.V. on. Rick and Morty was now playing on the screen. I sat down, and pat the seat next to me, inviting Pete. He sat a little far from me, but I didn't really mind.

"So, what are your favorite shows?"

•••

After saying my goodbyes to Pete and his parents, I grabbed a chocolate muffin from the kitchen, a mug of cold milk, and left for my bedroom. Bella followed me upstairs. I set down my snack on my dresser, and changed into pyjamas.

After slipping my socks off with my feet, I crawled into bed, placing my mug on the floor. I checked the time on my phone; 10:14pm. I placed it on my end table, and left it to charge. I had set the alarm to 6:50am. I jumped out, remembering to wash my face. When I finished, I turned on my Xbox, and began to continue finishing off Strangers and Freaks in GTA 5, until midnight, when I fell asleep to the sound of Trevor's insults.