"Alex!" I stage whispered, my voice sounding loud as it echoed through the silent night. I threw dirt from her lawn at her window, hitting it dead center, trying to get her attention.

I'd called her a week before with my plans of leaving, and she was packed and ready to go… hopefully.

"ALEX!!" I chucked more dirt at her window.

She looked out, saw me, and opened it.

"Are we leaving?" She asked in a hushed tone.

"DUH! Now hurry! We need to go now!!!!"

"'Kay! Throw me the ladder!" I'd already had it in my hand, so I tossed it lightly up to her with perfect aim. She dropped her bags down, not as quietly and carefully as me, and I hauled them over to the Jeep as fast as I could. Leave it to Alex to pack everything she owned.

When I turned back, she'd climbed down the ladder, and was just pulling it down so I got in the driver's seat and started the car. She hopped in a few moments later.

"This is fun!" She enthused while I put the car in drive.

"Yeah." I agreed weakly. I pulled away from the curb and accelerated 15 miles above the speed limit.

"You okay?" She inquired.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you've been talking about this forever, I would expect you to be totally ecstatic right now! What's wrong?"

"I'm just…" I sighed. "Worried, about my sister, I mean. She always gets bullied when I'm not at school, and, well, you know she's kinda wimpy, and-"

"Oh c'mon! She'll be fine! She maybe 'wimpy,' but she's brave when she needs to be, and has a lot of common sense."

"I guess…"

It became silent, and I wasn't used to that, so I reached back and grabbed my iPod, then plugged it in to the Jeep.

After a half an hour or so, Alex fell asleep, but luckily, she didn't snore. Much.

But despite it all, I didn't feel tired, but free. I couldn't believe the staggering feeling of release that came instantly after Alex fell asleep.

Maybe this was a better idea than I thought.

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We arrived on Monday, September 7, since it was Labor Day weekend. Because we never stop for an entire 24 hours, we cut off a days time. We expected to be there early Tuesday.

We went straight up to our dorm building and picked out the dorm we wanted, being two of the first people there. Since everyone got their own little room, boys and girl coexisted in the same buildings.

They whole day went by fast, since we toured the entire campus, which felt like a college, since it was so big! At the end of the day, I put on my black tank top and black and red plaid PJ pants after a 2 hour shower.

It felt good to finally get off my feet and settle into my bed, but I knew that the first day of school loomed like a gianourmas black could heading my way, but instead of worrying about that, I thought about the people.

Before I fell asleep, it had the strangest sensation. I kept hearing someone calling my name, and voice was so familiar, though I had never heard it before….