"Welcome to your new home, Casey." her dad said triumphantly, letting her take in the small apartment. She'd only been in New York for twenty minutes, but already she knew that life would be completely different for her here. "Your room is down the hall, second door on the left. She nodded, making her way towards it.

"Oh." was all she could manage to say when she opened the door to find a pure white room. Everything was white. From the bed sheets to the curtains.

"Well, Casey, welcome to the asylum. How long will you be staying?" she thought to herself, cynical as ever. However, she did remember to note that she was far away from her past. From Max. From Derek.

"Everything alright, kiddo?" her father asked, popping his head into the door.

"Yeah," Casey replied, trying to sound as sincere as possible. "It's really nice."

"Well, I hate to be a bad host, but I've gotta head down the office. You wanna come?" The office sounded about as good as an asylum to Casey.

"Nah, I'm really tired after that flight. I think I'll just stay here. Is that ok?" Her dad's face seemed unfazed, already moving on to his next task of getting ready.

"Well, there's some food in the fridge if you get hungry and…Hey. Why don't you go down to the school and pick up your books? It's only a block or two away."

"Um…Okay. Sounds good." In actuality, the last thing Casey wanted to do was walk around a strange city in search of school where she'd be the new kid once again.

"Alright, see you later sweetie!" Mr. McDonald called as he left the apartment. And Casey was alone again, in the silence.

"Well, might as well check my email," Casey said aloud, knowing full well that only she could hear. Online she found two emails waiting for her. One she welcomed with open arms, the other…not so much.

Casey!

What's up, girl? I miss you already!!! Feels like we haven't talked in ages!!! Who am I gonna go to when I have a problem now? School pretty much sucks as usual. Nothing new there. Oh! Sheldon and I broke up! I know that should've been the first thing I said in this email, but I'm at peace with it. As though it never happened. And I sort of thought that you wouldn't wanna hear about relationships. I guess that everyone's alright. Trevor and I have been talking. He says hi and he misses you, too. Anyway, I miss you SOOOO much and I can't wait to hear from you!!!!!

Love Ya!

Emily

Casey let out a sigh, a slight smile upon her face. At least she knew that she could count on Emily to keep contact, even if her little sister didn't. Casey put her fingers upon the keys, ready to let the words fly into an email back.

Emily!!!!!

It's SOOO good to hear from you so soon! I seriously thought that I wouldn't hear from you until a week from now. I'm glad to hear that everything's alright. So you and Sheldon are done? Kaput? Again? Geez. At least this time you're alright with it, you know? Don't worry about talking about relationships, I'm alright. It's a part of life. I'll have to deal with it

Every as Casey was typing that sentence, she knew that she didn't believe it.

Yay Trevor!!! Tell him that I miss him, too! Oh my gosh, the flight here took forever. New York's a pretty cool city, it's not home, but I'll work with it. Ah! I've gotta go grab my books for school! Hope to hear from you soon!

-Casey

Casey clicked the "send" button, then stared at the other unopened email for a moment. It was beckoning her, begging her to open it and read its contents. But Casey resisted, closing the webpage, picking up her purse, and finding her way out into the New York streets, looking for her new school.