"Right here is fine," Ino told the cabdriver as soon as he was in front of the school. There was a huge sign reading BRECKWIDGE-LEAF ACADAMEY connected to a tall black fence that was open. Leaf wasn't far from the train station.

"Hope you have a good time here kid."

She smiled at the cabdriver and handed him a twenty-dollar bill. She stepped out the cab and grabbed her things. She waved the man goodbye and walked through the gate. Good thing she was used to walking in heels. Her outfit was: blue denim skinny jeans, green medium length heels, with a green and pink flowered string strap baby doll top. Her breast looked really filled out in it. Her hair was in a medium ponytail and it looked naturally loose, her black highlights looked great. She had on her black mascara which captured her blue eyes. She had on silver hoop earrings and a two diamond stone drop necklace. On her right hand she had on 3 fat bracelets; one green, one yellow, and one pink. On her other hand she 7 silver skinny bracelets.

She was here. Breckwidge. The grass seemed greener, the trees taller, and the sky cleaner and bluer than anywhere else she'd ever been before. There were lush evergreens on all sides, with a cobble stone path to the campus. A green field spread out to her left and in the distance a few boys in Abercrombie fatigue shorts were kicking around a soccer ball. The whole place smelled of boarding school. Almost like the deep woods, which she'd only been in a few times, before she knew better than to accompany her dad and his kooky hippie buddies on camping trips in southern Vermont. A cream colored Mercedes convertible stopped in front of the campus.

"Yes," she whispered, hugging herself. She had definitely arrived. As she walked down the cobblestone path, the boys with the soccer ball had stopped playing and were now standing together, staring at her. A few whistled and she felt her cheeks grow pink. A tall and handsome boy holding his luggage winked at her as he sped in front of her. She walked to an enormous building with a small maroon sign next to the stone pathway that said front office. She made a beeline for the door. Inside, the waiting room was ballroom size, with shiny cherry wood floors. A large crystal chandelier hung from the double-height ceiling. Four butter-colored leather couches were arranged in a square around a heavy teak coffee table, and a beautiful, amber-haired boy was stretched out on one of them, reading FHM and eating a bag of Fritos.

"Can I help you?" someone asked behind her. Ino jumped. She turned and saw a Laura Ashley— or a middle aged woman, with neck length raven hair and deep coal eyes wearing a name tag that read MY NAME IS MS.SHIZUNE, sitting behind a desk with a little white sign that read NEW STUDENTS' CHECK IN.

"Hi!" Ino peeped. "I'm Ino Yamanaka. I'm a new student!"

She studied the WELCOME TO WAVERLY schedule that was taped to the desk. School didn't officially start until tomorrow night at the orientation welcome dinner, but sports team tryouts would take place tomorrow during the day. Ms. Shizune typed some information into a pristine, gunmetal-gray Sony laptop, and then she frowned, "There's a problem."

Ino stared at her blankly. Problem? There were no problems in magical Breckwidge land! Look at how gorgeous the Frito-eating boy was!

"We have you down as a girl, but your things were sent to the boys' dorm." Ino had shipped over 4 oversized boxes filled with clothes and beauty products and school supplies.

"Wait, what?" Ino snapped back to consciousness. "My things are with boys?!" She imagined them touching her thongs and bras.

"I'm so sorry." The woman looked flustered, flipping through papers back and forth.

"Your dorm is the Grench dorm on the left you can't miss it, your room is 301. Your things are in the Richards dorm across from the Grench dorm. They would have sent your things to the lounge on the first floor—that's where all mailed luggage is held. Monitor your things and we'll send some one to help you."

"Okay," Ino replied happily, picturing all the hot, shirtless preppy boys she was about to see lounging around Richards. "No problem."

"The main door should be open. But, don't go into any of the rooms. They're off limits!" Ms. Shizune called after her.

"Of course," Ino agreed. "Thank you!"

Ino stood on the stone porch of the front office. From studying the campus maps, she'd learn that Breckwidge's dorms, auditorium, and classrooms were all laid out in a big circle, with the soccer fields in the center. At the back of the circle were the crew houses, the Hudson River, the art gallery, the botany labs, and the library. All of the buildings seemed to be made of brick, with old, heavy windows and white trim.

Strolling excitedly towards the dorms, Ino had to will herself not to skip. Girls in beat-up Citizens jeans and ragged grosgrain flip-flops were spilling out of Mercedes SUVs and Audi wagons, hugging other girls and talking excitedly about what had happened over the summer at their country houses on Martha's Vineyard and in the Hamptons. Boys in prep wear or in zip-up hooded sweatshirts and camo shorts were ramming into each other with their shoulders. One guy carrying a Lois Vuitton duffel shouted, "I did so much E this summer, my brain is fried!"

Ino felt her body stiffen remembering what had happened the last time she took E. One of her brother's band mates offered her ecstasy and took advantage of her. Her brother broke his nose and fired him. She really could kill for a cigarette and some booze. She was used to seeing glamorous rich kids, with hidden lives, she was one of them! Ino took a deep breath and continued along the path.