"This isn't fair!" I complained.
"This is fair Kim! I gave you so many chances and you never learn. You've pulled the last straw!" My mom shouted
"I just lost track of time" I mumbled
"No Kim you didn't. You just thought I would ignore it like I did last time. And all the other times!" She responded
"It was a mistake! I only made it once!" I shouted
"Twice including this time!" She shouted back "let's not forget about that pool party last week. You honestly thought I wouldn't notice about fifty kids in my house, tearing everything apart Kim!"
"Mom-" I began
"I've been too lenient on you Kim!" She started
"Whatever" I mumbled before trying to go upstairs.
"Where are you going?" She asked
"Upstairs. To my room. I'm grounded remember?" I asked mockingly
"Go pack" she spat out
"What?!" I shouted
"Pack" she repeated
"Why?" I asked cautiously.
"Because you're going to Winchester Academy" She said monotonously
"Seriously? That threat again? It's getting old mom" I yawned to add effect
"I'm serious this time. Go pack" she demanded. And by the look in her eyes, I could tell she wasn't kidding.
"No! You can't! Please mom, don't do this to me!" I begged.
"My minds made up!" She adamantly replied.
"So what am I supposed to do?!" I asked "pack my clothes and randomly show up at an Academy that I haven't even applied for and demand a room?!"
"I already applied for you" she admitted
"What?" I asked slowly
"I already admitted for you" she repeated "it was only a matter of time unti-"
"Until I screwed up? Let me guess. You knew that I would do something, so you already applied for me. Nice to know you have faith in me" I spat
"Was I wrong?!" She shouted "Was I wrong to think you were going to mess up? Look at the situation we're in Kim! It was bound to happen!"
"I love you too" I sarcastically replied before running upstairs.
"Kim..." She started.
"No. I know how much you trust me" I threw over my shoulder.
"Your uniform comes in the mail tomorrow!" She shouted
I internally screamed and ran into my bedroom. I kicked off my converses and flopped onto my massive kingsize bed before using the pink house phone next to my bed and called up my best friend Kelsey
"What Kim?" She asked groggily "why are you calling me at 3am?"
"I'm in so much shit right now" I complained
"What happened?" She asked "I'm fully awake"
"Okay, remember that party that Brody asked me to last week?"
"Yeah, you weren't gonna go because it started at midnight-oh"
"Yeah well I went anyway and I came back at 2:30am expecting mom to be asleep"
"No such luck?"
"At all"
"It's fine. It's a grounding. Plus you don't have a window in your room for no reason" she stated
"Yeah it's not just a grounding"
"She took your phone?"
"No bu-"
"How am I going to call you and talk about how you haven't even kissed Brody yet?"
"Kels-"
"How am I going to send you screenshots of mine and Aiden's conversations?"
"Kelse-"
"God. How long for Kim?!"
"That's not it Kelsey!" I shouted into the phone
"What then?!"
"I'm going to England" I sighed
"WHAT?!"
"Yes. Winchester Academy. The snobby school full of snobby people to create promising snobs" I muttered
"When are you leaving?"
"Well it's Saturday. And school starts on Tuesday morning. So I'm guessing I'm leaving on Monday, to get my room and start school on Tuesday" I groaned
"So tomorrow's my last day with you?"
"Most likely"
"Way to end the perfect summer vacation"
"I heard in England their rainfall average per year is 1331mm"
"What does that mean?"
"I have no idea but it sounds like a lot!"
"But your clothes are all summer" she complained
"There's more!" I added
"There's more?!" She asked
"There's a uniform"
"Ew!"
"Tell me about it!"
"Alright, Kim. My moms screaming at me to shut up. I'll be over at your house in the morning" she said
"Okay, bye"
"Bye"
I hopped off my bed and removed my clothes to step into my pyjamas, I also removed my makeup and then tucked into bed. If anybody wakes me before 3pm I will single handedly snap their neck.
I woke up to the feeling of someone jumping on my bed repeatedly. I opened one eye and closed it again, because whoever the jumping jerk was; had opened the blind so the sunlight was literally drowning me.
"Who is it. And why would you wake me up so early?" I groaned.
"It's not early. It's 1pm. Kim get up, your uniform is here" I heard the voice of none other than Kelsey Vargas.
"My uniform?!" I asked as I shot up. She laughed a little before throwing a package at me.
"Please don't be hideous. Please don't be hideous" I mumbled repeatedly whilst tearing open the package.
"What. The. Hell?" We both uttered at the same time.
"It's gross!" I shouted
"Kim. You have to wear that the rest of the year" she said in a disgusted tone.
It was a black blazer with a blue border rim. The pockets were massive and you could probably fit an Ipad in there. The school logo was also hideous, it was just a shield with all the school colours on it. The tie was thick red striped with a thin blue bordering it. There was a light grey v-neck jumper. The neck also had a blue stripe around the neck.
"I'm guessing the school colours are blue and red" I stated not taking my eyes off the disgusting pieces of material laying in my hands.
"You better try on the uniform. See if it fits" I heard my mom say. I glanced up at her and saw her leaning at my doorway. I whipped my head away from her direction so fast I'm surprised I didn't get whiplash.
"She's mad" I heard my mom mutter
Yeah, no kidding mom
"We'll be out in a second Ms Crawford" I heard Kelsey inform. I heads my moms footsteps go in the opposite direction, and then downstairs.
"I hate you for being the perfect daughter" I muttered
It's true. Kelsey's so beautiful you could stare at her for hours and not get bored. She was also a genius. Like she is the smartest person I know, and I am so surprised she's not wearing suspenders and glasses. She's also so very polite. Let's just say, me and Kelsey aren't so similar. But she's still my best friend, don't ask how.
"What about the skirt?" I asked grudgingly
"Uhm... It's... Just look at it" she said throwing it at me.
"I hate this school already...and I'm not even in it's state yet" I mumbled
"Country"
"Huh?"
"England doesn't have states. England is a country"
"Oh. Yeah, well I'm failing at geography" I chuckled
"Whilst excelling at every other subject"
"Whatever"
"What are you going to do about this skirt? It's a pencil skirt. You hate pencil skirts"
"I'm just gonna wear a skater skirt. They cannot make me wear this hideous piece of cloth" I groaned "Okay, next on the uniform list is...?"
"There are knee high socks"
"Okay. I'm changing the uniform now" I said sitting up
"Your gonna fall in trouble"
"I don't care"
I grabbed my plain black skater skirt and a pair of sheer, tan tights. I also grabbed my black converses and tried on the outfit.
"What do you think?" I asked as I walked out the bathroom.
"I think your going to be in so much shit"
"Perfect" I smirked.
I stepped in front if the mirror, I must say, I'm proud of my handiwork. I had unbuttoned the top button of my shirt, keeping half of it untucked from my skirt, which reached mid-thigh, instead of my knee like it should. My tie hung from the first button that I had actually...well...buttoned. Instead of wearing white socks, I wore sheer tan tights with converses. I think it looked nice after curling my blonde hair. But apparently everyone else in the school would disagree.
"Let's show your mom. See her opinion"
"She will agree with this outfit as soon as hell freezes over" I laughed. I saw Kelsey laugh but nodded her head in agreement. Despite my protest Kelsey dragged me downstairs, to see my moms reaction.
Or should I say her own pleasure?
"They are never, not in a million years going to let you wear it like that" My mom announced almost straight after I entered the kitchen
"Told you" I muttered to Kelsey
"I don't see what wrong with it" I complained
"The skirt, you can get away with. But the tights and converses need to go. And you need to button all of the buttons, oh and you need to learn how to tie a tie"
"I need to do a lot of sh-"
"Kim!"
"-ipping"
Shipping? Wow. I'm so good at converting swears
"Better" my mom smirked
"When's the flight?" I asked
"Tomorrow at 10am"
"Is it just me on the plane?"
"Yeah, there's no point to me wasting a few hundred dollars just dropping your there and back"
"Okay"
"Oh and you need to dye your hair back to blonde" my mom noted
"What?! Why?!" I shouted
"Well because your new school will not allow you to have rainbow coloured hair"
"It's not rainbow coloured! It has rainbow ends, but that's it! It's still considered blonde" I protested
"Kim..."
"Mom..."
She threw a box of hair dye at me, luckily with my karate reflexes, I was able to catch it before it hit my face.
Wait.
Karate?!
"How am I going to continue my karate training?!" I shouted
"Karate is the least of your worries Kim" Kelsey muttered
"No! That's not fair! I need to continue training!" I screamed
"Kim. Karate is not girly at all. You can't do something with only guys"
"Wait. You agreed with my training. And now your just changing your mind?!"
"That's not what I'm saying Kim. I'm just saying, it might be a good thing if you-"
"Might be a good thing?! Mom I am so close to getting my second degree black belt" I whined
"You have other hobbies right? You've always had such a nice voice may-"
"I am not taking up singing lessons! Mom you've got to do something" I begged
"Minds made up Kim. Go pack. Your flights tomorrow" she said sternly
"This is so unfair!" I shouted before running upstairs. I heard Kelsey follow behind me and I just wanted to scream
"I'll help you pack" she offered when she walked in the room
"Thanks" I mumbled.
I grabbed my large pink luggage and began stuffing my clothes and shoes in there.
"You are an amazing singer Kim, maybe you ca-" she suggested before I cut her off
"No way. I am not giving up karate" I adamantly replied "I'll teach myself. Yeah. That's what I'll do"
"Good luck Kim" she muttered sarcastically
"Thanks for the encouragement" I replied
"I should go-" she started
"No. Please. Stay, it's my last day with you" I begged
"Okay" she agreed "wait! You still have that thing with Brody on Friday don't you?"
It wasn't an actual date, he literally asked if I wanted to hang out.
"Crap yeah"
"You need to call and tell him it's off"
"Can you pass my phone to me it's on the table behind you" I said. She threw the phone at me, and again, with my karate reflexes, I was able to catch it before it hit my face
"Why is everyone aiming for the face today?" I groaned before dialling Brody's number
It rang a few times before I heard a disgruntled Brody.
"Kim, hey" he said.
"Hi"
"How come you called?"
"I need to tell you something..."
"Your not cancelling our plans on Friday are you?" He asked, slightly worried
"About that... I'm moving to England" I rushed
"England?!" He exclaimed "Why?!"
"You see that party I went to last night?" I asked waiting for his approval to continue speaking, he only hummed along sounding like an 'mmhm'
"Well I came home at like 3, and my mom totally flipped out saying I'm moving to England to go to the academy of snobs" I explained
"Oh god. It's my fault"
"No! No. I've done so much crap recently, she always used the threat but I guess I pushed her too far"
"You pushed her too far 'cause I forced you to stay late" he blamed
"No! It's not your fault. She already admitted my name into the school, expecting me to do something bad. I was bound to end up in the school sooner or later" I consoled
"I don't want you to leave, Kim" he admitted
"I don't want to leave either"
"Can't you just try and convince her?"
"She's just booked the tickets. I can't really say no"
"So how are we going to say goodbye to the great Kimberly Crawford?" He asked
"I don't know" I replied flirtily "you decide"
"I'll keep that in mind" he said. I could practically hear his smirk through the phone. I then heard a lot of buzzing and decided to question it
"What's all the vibrating in the background?"
"That means the guys are trying to contact me, I better go. When's your flight?" He asked
"Tomorrow at 10am"
"I'll meet you at the airport"
"Sounds awesome"
"See you there"
"Okay"
"I miss you already Kim"
I rolled my eyes before saying "bye Brody" and hanging up
"Well?! What did he say?!" She squealed
"He's gonna me at the airport tomorrow" I smiled
"Aww. What else?"
"He said he'll miss me"
"What did you say?"
"I said bye and hung up" I replied
"Nice" she smiled "isn't it weird to continue playing hard to get with him, considering your leaving tomorrow?"
"I don't know..."
"We'll you haven't even kissed him yet, don't you think it's time to like...tell him you like him?" She questioned
"I don't want to make the first move you know? With any other guy it's clear when they like me...but with him; it's all the teasing and the flirting...it's hard to tell if he likes me" I admitted
"Oh he likes you" she smiled, emphasising the 'oh'
"Then he should've asked me out. Or at least kissed me" I explained
"Come on Kim. Any guy would be lucky I have you" she explained
"I don't care what any other guys think. I want to know what he thinks"
"Well he is meeting you at an airport at 10am tomorrow. For guys that's practically dawn" she admitted
"That's true"
"Okay. Tomorrow. Your outfit. I'm thinking of that little black dress that your mom bou-"
"No"
"Please"
"God no"
"Please. Your wearing a skater skirt to school anyway"
"It's not about that. I'm not gonna wake up so early in the morning and wear a dress"
"Come on...I'll let you wear your converses"
"You won't catch me dead in anything but converses" I dead panned
"I don't understand. Like one minute your gushing over guys and blah blah. The. The next your tryna escape wearing a dress whilst whining about continuing your karate"
"Exactly. I'm hard to read" I explained "mysterious. It's a good personality trait"
"Uh huh, yeah keep telling yourself that" she said laughing
"Whatever you know it's true" I smirked
The rest of the day was spent doing things normal teenage girls would do. We started off watching a few movies, with 27 dresses and Another Cinderella Story. And then we began watching The Vampire Diaries (Preach for Ian Somerhalder) accompanied by home made popcorn. We started off as normal teenage girls, drooling over Damon Salvator whilst chanting 'Delena' repeatedly. Of course us, being us, began throwing popcorn at each other instead of putting it in our mouths.
Yeah, we spent about 20 minutes after picking up every popcorn kernel on the floor, the action ordered by none other than Ms Crawford herself.
We then had to go to bed at 10pm. And yes, I know what you are thinking; what type of people go to bed at 10pm during summer vacation? Well we both had to wake up at 7am tomorrow so an early night in was best for us.
Speaking of timings. My mom is making us wake up at 7am, getting ready and leave the house at 8am. Then be at the airport at 9am.
But, Kim... Why would you go to the airport an hour early?
Because my mom is a control freak that's why.
We both went to bed at 10, and Kelsey had fallen asleep at midnight, but I had still been awake.
It was at least 1am when I decided to look through my phone and reminisce the memories. I went through my pictures and I felt as if I would break down. Surprise, surprise; all the pictures on my phone were of me and Kelsey.
Whilst scrolling I stopped in front a picture that wanted to make me laugh and cry at the same time. It was the day that me and Kelsey went to the beach. She had forced me into a turquoise bikini, which I literally had to fight her. In the end she won. I spent most of the time trying to sunbathe and read at the same time. Let me tell you something:
That's almost impossible to do when there are a group of boys hitting on you.
Don't get me wrong, they were hot. But what does a girl have to do to have some peace and quiet around here?
Anyway, whilst I was 'reading' she spent most of the time in the sea with her crush Aiden Daniels.
The picture was of me and Kelsey, me holding a book in my right hand whilst Kelsey was soaked from the sea water.
Don't tell her this, but I had so much fun that day. Even though I denied it countless times.
I wiped my cheek, before I had realised I was crying.
God knows what the next few months hold for me.