'BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP' is what I woke up to. Yes. My obnoxiously loud alarm clock. Through impulse and irritation, I slammed my fist onto the wretched object and watched it die.

I am evil.

"Kim! Why'd you kill it?!" Kelsey asked coming out of the shower. Her hair was wet and wrapped in a towel but she was already dressed and ready to go.

"How can you wake up so early" I groaned covering my face with a pillow.

"Get up!" She shouted throwing multiple pillows at my face

"You realise you throwing pillows at me is blocking the light for me even more...so thank you" I smirked slightly

"I'll make you pancakes" she offered

"I'm up!" I shouted whilst sitting up in record time, causing all the pillows that lay on top of me to fall off the bed.

"You get ready and I'll make the food" she smiled before skipping downstairs.

This girl is too perky for her own good.

I rolled around bed in hopes of unwrapping the blanket from my body without using my arms.

Yes. I'm lazy like that.

But I soon fell onto the hard ground which resulted in me groaning whilst rubbing the arm that I landed on.

Let this be a lesson to you kids. Laziness brings you pain. Just kidding. Being lazy is awesome.

I managed to scramble off the floor and get dressed into the clothes that Kelsey picked for me last night before we went to bed. It was a pair of dark blue jeans and a black lace sleeved top accompanied by my converses. Now that is my kind of style. I brushed my hair and put it in a ponytail before running downstairs mentally chanting 'pancakes! Pancakes!'

I went to the kitchen where Kelsey was making her pancakes. The batter as at her side and she was pouring, what looks like, her third pancake. Let me tell you one thing: Kelsey's pancakes are to die for. She makes the best pancakes ever and I'm not kidding when I say I force her to make it every time she stays over.

I'm so nice to guests.

I sat down at the dining table, not before stealing a pancake or two from Kelsey's stack and pouring maple syrup on it and biting into it, trying to restrain from finishing it in one go. I saw Kelsey finish up with her last pancake and sit next to me pouring syrup on her pancake.

"Aren't you sad that your leaving?" She questioned

"Of course I am. But I'm trying to make my last moment here positive" I stated sighing. We both sat in a comfortable silence, just trying to finish these heavenly pancakes before we were interrupted.

"Okay girls. We should probably leave now" my mother said whilst running down the stairs.

"We still have a half hour" I replied

"Yeah but I need to get petrol and I want to grab a coffee from Starbucks too" she stated

I wanted to say that doing those two activities won't take up half an hour, and I wanted to accuse her of trying to get me out of the house, but before I could even utter the word 'but' Kelsey, knowingly may I add, interrupted me by stating "we'll go grab Kim's stuff, Ms Crawford, and we'll be down in a second"

Suck up.

"Okay, Kim. I've got your boarding pass an plane ticket. But you need to grab your passport, luggage, laptop etc." my mom ordered.

"As you say mistress" I muttered sarcastically under my breath before I felt a slight nudge at the side of my rib, by none other than the bitch Kelsey.

She grabbed my elbow and literally dragged me upstairs.

"Okay! Okay!" I shouted whilst struggling to get my arm out if her grip

"Just grab your things" she sighed. So I did as I was told. I grabbed my luggage and my side bag which consisted of my laptop, my phone and my boarding needs. Before going downstairs. Apparently dragging the luggage downstairs, watching the wheels bounce at every step, isn't how your supposed to take it downstairs. Because halfway down the stairs Kelsey took it off me.

"Fantastic. Here Kelsey I'll take that into the car" My mom said before taking out of Kelsey's hand and dragging it outside.

"Let's go?" She asked

"Let's go" I confirmed before walking out, Kelsey being right behind me.

The ride to the airport was one hour f silence. It was mostly of me and Kelsey tapping away on our phones. Apparently it was 'nice' to let people know that I probably won't see them for the rest of the year. Yeah... That was Kelsey's idea and not mine, so I let her go on my phone and do it herself. Whilst I just plugged my headphones in and fell asleep. But not for long because I was woken by a

"Kim! Get up!" And vigorous shaking.

Thanks a lot Kelsey.

I shouted "I'm up" before opening my eyes.

"Grab your stuff, we're here" My mom said. I put my phone into my back pocket before lifting up my side bag and getting out the car. I went to the boot and grabbed my luggage as well before dragging it behind me and entering the airport.

We walked in and sat down near a few little shops waiting for my flight which as at 10...even though it'd about 9 right now.

My mom said to start going through security etc. in a half hour. I say down and I could faintly hear my name.

I shook my head slightly, thinking I was hallucinating or something, considering the two people I know in this airport were sitting either side of me.

"Kim, Kelsey I'm gonna go grab by coffee" my mom said. Apparently we don't pass a Starbuck on the way to the airport, so she had to get one from the Airport

"Can you get me and Kelsey a Vanilla Cream, please?" I asked

"Sure" she replied before walking off. I then heard my name again. I turned my head towards the source, where I saw none other than Brody Carlson.

I felt a nudge to my rib and realise Kelsey was silently telling me to go to him. I got out of my seat as saw him leaning by the wall.

"Hey Kim" he said

"I didn't think you would come over"

"How could I not, your leaving for England" he smiled

"Yeah" I said looking down.

"Sophomore year won't be the same without you" he said

"Yeah...what are you going to do without me?" I asked both kidding and nonchalantly

"I don't know..." He laughed "detentions gonna suck without you"

"Have fun with Mr James" I smirked. Mr James was the worst math teacher ever, he literally gave us detention every class

"Have fun in England" he countered

I scoffed slightly before answering with an "unlikely"

"Is it like a girls school...or?" He asked

"It's separated classes for genders. But the same campus" I explained. "Well, at least that's what I read"

"And the dorms?"

"Not co-ed" I laughed

"I'm seriously gonna miss you though"

"Well I was counting on that" I smiled

"Why?" He asked slightly amused

"Well, I don't want to go without any remembrance" I admitted smugly

"Well you won't. At least not with the trouble you created here"

"Teachers piss me off. Nothing I can do about that" I replied as he chuckled a little.

"We wouldn't expect anything less" He replied

"Of course"

"Does any body else know about your move?" He asked

"They do now. A day was kinda short notice"

"Extremely short notice" he agreed "so you won't be going to the bonfire on the beach?"

"Do I ever?"

"True"

There's always a bonfire on the beach every year to celebrate the last days of summer. I never go because as far as everybody is aware, I hate the beach. I don't necessarily hate it. I just don't love it either.

"We'll that's a bummer"

"Why?" I questioned

"Because I was going to ask you to be my date" he replied. A date? I finally get him to ask me on a date, and I have to leave the continent before it actually happened

"And what makes you think I would say yes?" I smirked.

"Because I sort of have a feeling you like me" he smirked along with me.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that...maybe you'll believe it one day" I scoffed

"It's okay though" he replied "because I sort if like you too.

He likes me?! Okay. Play it cool Kim. It's no big deal. He likes you. Say something back. Make an impression. It's your last day

"Your pretty confident aren't you?" I asked. Yes Kim! That is how you do it.

"Confidence. It's a good trait"

Now where have I heard that before?

I felt a buzz in my pocket and saw that it was Kelsey messaging me.

Your moms coming back, you might wanna wrap this up.

-Kelsey

Great. Perfect timing.

Okay

-Kim

"I kinda need to leave" I said

"Yeah, I figured by the way Kelsey keeps glancing back at us" he chuckled

"Yeah..."

"Kim?"

"Yeah?"

"Just one thing" was all he said before he bent his head and kissed my cheek.

"Bye" he said giving me lopsided smile

"Bye" I replied biting my lips gently out of habit. After that we both went out separate ways.

"What happened? Aww your blushing" Kelsey gushed

"Shut up" I laughed a little

"What happened?!" She repeated

"He kissed my cheek" I answered

"Aww" she replied

"Okay Kim, you better get through security now"

"Okay, can I say bye to Kelsey?" I asked

"Yeah, I'll be over there" my mom offered pointing towards...somewhere.

"What am I going to do without you?" She asked, her voice cracking slightly

"Come Kelsey, it's a year. No tears" I said, even though I was going to cry

"Sophomore years not going to be the same without you" she said a tear slipping down her face

"Now where have I heard that before?" I slightly joked, but I couldn't stop feeling guilty.

"You'll do fine" I continued "you'll get Aiden to ask you out, hang out with Rosie and the girls, and you'll Skype me every day." I said smiling

"I'm gonna miss you" she said hugging me. I returned the hug before saying "me too"

"Okay, I think I have to leave now" I said

"Bye"

"Bye"

And that was all that was said before I grabbed all my luggage and headed for security. I waved a 'bye' to my mom and she blew me a kiss.

I then headed for the check in counter and handed in my ticket. I got my bag tags for my luggage and side bag and headed for the security. I put my stuff on the conveyer belt and went through the scan. I was told not to wear anything metal, including my belt, jewellery, hair-tied and/or bobby pins. The scan alarm didn't go off, so I knew I was safe and available to board the plane.

The entire ride was about 10 hours, and let me you one thing, it was the most tedious 10 hours ever. Not being entertained sucks, and the movies were pretty crap. I tried to catch some sleep, but I only got two hours worth of it. The rest of the time was spent catching up with 'The Vampire Diaries' -Thank god for TV shows. I watched about five episodes before food was delivered.

Airplane food sucks too.

I hate planes so bad.

The plane had landed and I looked out of the window shocked. It was pitch black.

I saw a flight attendant walk by my way and I decided to ask her to why it was so dark.

"Excuse me Miss, what time is it?" I asked

"It's midnight right now" she answered.

Midnight?!

When I finally got outside the airplane and into the airport, I had checked the massive clock on the wall. And to my displeasure, the flight attendant was right. The clock read 00:21.

I called up my mom and decided to ask her what to do

"Hi honey, I suspect you landed already?" She asked

"Yeah, mom it's midnight over here!" I shouted

"Midnight?" She questioned

"Didn't think this through did you?" I asked

"The entire thing was so last minute, and this was the only flight I could find that was available" she explained

"God mom! What do I do now?!" I asked

"The Hilton hotel is near the airport, you can use your credit card to stay in that for a night and I'll call someone from the school to pick you up tomorrow morning before school starts" she explained

"It's already midnight here mom. And school starts at 8am. I'll probably only get about 6 hours of sleep" I groaned

"Honey there's nothing we can do about that" she replied

"Whatever" was all I said before hanging up. I really wish I had a flip phone for this situation, because tapping a button on the screen was not doing it for me.

I dragged all my belongings, outside and waited for a cab. A black car with the words written 'Taxi' pulled up in front of me. There sitting was a women, in her late thirties smiling at me. She seemed nice enough, and to be honest; I'm not so comfortable sitting in a car, for got knows how long, with a random guy at midnight.

"Where to sweetheart?" She asked

"Uhm...the Hilton hotel" I smiled

"Hop in" was all she said before I headed in.

The drive wasn't long, it was about 15 minutes when we pulled up near the Hilton hotel.

"That will be £3" she said. Crap. Pounds. I only have five dollar bills with me.

"Foreign right?" She asked as I nodded

"Don't worry about it" she said before driving off. I smiled to myself and walked into the hotel.

"Hello Ma'am how can I help?" A kind lady asked sitting behind the desk.

"Can I have a single room, one night only?" I asked

"Which floor?" She asked.

"No specific" was all I said

"That would be £130" she replied

I gave he my credit card and entered my pin in a swipey thingy.

"Here is your key, enjoy your stay" she said handing me a room pass.

British women are so nice.

I went into the elevator dragging my luggage behind me and clicked the third floor button. I walked down the corridor in search for room 210. When I found my room I opened the door and stared at the massive room.

It was huge. It had a kingside bed in the corner, a mini fridge next to it and a TV in front of it. It was about double the size of my bedroom. And that's saying something. I checked the time and saw that it was 12:43. I need to sleep now, if I want at least 6 hours of rest.

I woke up to my annoying ringtone. I scrambled for my phone and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked groggily

"Kim. The car will be over at your hotel in an hour. Get ready. Into your uniform. And for gods sake wear it properly please" she exclaimed

"Why are you up?! It's like 2am in California" I told her

"Just get ready" was all she said before hanging up.

I hope she didn't think I would listen to her, because I wasn't going to. I put on the uniform with my skater skirt, sheer tights and converses. I did however, button all if the buttons. She better be happy I did that.

I then started straightening my hair and called room service. Being a girl who can get ready in fifteen minutes flat means that I have enough time for breakfast. And I seriously needed it at the moment, because airplane food is sickening.

This hotel, being a 24 hour hotel was probably the best news I had heard all day. I called room service and ordered a stack of pancakes. The man with the food came up in 5 minutes and I was ready digging in.

I was halfway through my third pancake when I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in" I said setting my plate on the bedside table.

"Miss Crawford your car has come to collect you" he said

"Thank you" I said smiling politely before getting up and grabbing my stuff.

By the time I got to my car, I saw there was this man in a suit smiling at me.

"Your Kimberly Crawford?"

"Yes, Kim Crawford" I corrected

"The drive to the Winchester academy is an hour, so make yourself comfortable" he informed

"Okay" I smiled even though I was severely annoyed.