Authors Note: Hopefully you guys and gals, find this chapter to be more interesting. Im currently working on Chapter 3 right now, hoping to fit some teenage drama into it, making it more interesting. So please Review & Enjoy :3
Chapter 2: The Gorgeous Brunette
I hear the sound of my alarm, Im trying my best to avoid it. I finally get tired of the stupid ringtone and shut it off. I look at the time, 6:00. I let my phone ring non stop for 15 minutes? I shrug it off and turn on my lamp. I sit up in my bed, and look out the window. Its raining, great way to start my first day of school. I get up and open my door, walking down the hall to take a shower. I grab a towel from th rack and place it on the toilet. I start to water, and let the steam fill the room. I strip my clothes, throwing them on the cold tile. I step into the tub and let the hot water cascade down my back. As it relaxes my muscles, I close my eyes. My skin starts to burn, I move away from the water and grab my bodywash. I lather the dove soap into my body, letting it sink into my skin. I wash it off, then shampoo my hair, my shoulder length hair. When Im all clean, I turn off the water and step out of the shower, the cold air hitting my body. I quickly grab my towel and wrap it around my body. I walk to the mirror and wipe away the mist.
"Sara your going to be fine." I lecture myself.
I shake my head and grab my toothbrush. I brush my teeth, then rinse with mouthwash. I look at my teeth in the mirror. My mouth feels clean. I smile and walk out of the bathroom. I run to my room and dry my body off. I lather my body in baby lotion, and put my clothes on. First I put my shirt on, I grab my skirt and pull it all the way up. I look at myself in the mirror and shake my head. I drop my skirt al little, and tuck in my shirt. When I look, at least okay, I shrug. I slip on my high knee socks and do a little foot dance. I giggle to myself and run my fingers through my long chocolate locks.
"What to do with my hair?"
I ask myself in the mirror. I go to my suitcase and grab my blow dryer and my straightening iron. I quickly blow dry my hair, then straighten it. I go into my closet and grab a pair of blue and white converse. I slip them on and chuckle.
"I look stupid."
I say to myself. I look at the clock and see that its 7:05, I walk out of my room, and my Dad walks to the bathroom.
"Im up, I'll be ready in 15 minutes."
He waves me away, obviously still half asleep. I chuckle and walk back to my room. I pack up all my stuff, my suitcase is big and puffy. I grab the bag my dad bought my yesterday and pack away all my shampoos, bodywash, hairspray, ribbons, and a bunch more. When everything is packed, my dad walks into my room and smiles.
"Ready?"
I turn around and smile.
"Wow, you look so pretty Sara."
I set my face to serious and he laughs. He walks in and grabs my suitcase, I grab my two bags and we walk down the stairs. I grab a bag of poptarts before leaving, we walk outside and put my stuff in the car. I put my jacket on as the rain pours down. We climb into the car, the drive all the way to my school is silent. We pull up to a big brick building, it looks like those catholic schools in movies. I look at my dad and he smiles. I take a deep breath and get off the car. We grab my things and I pull out the papers that have my school info on them. I look around, the outside of the school is pretty dead, no kids walking around. We walk up the steps and make our way inside the building. We get inside, and all I see are girls, walking around, gossipping, talking, some on their phones. I follow my dad into an Office and I sit down. Hes talking to a lady, explaining to her my situation. A couple of minutes later, I hear her voice on the loud speaker.
"Ronnie Beckens, your AP."
I close my ears as the sound of her English accent rings through the halls. My dad sits down next to me, and places his arm over my shoulder.
"If you want to go home, let me know, I give you permission to text in class."
We both chuckle and I nod. Suddenly a little red head walks into the office.
"Im here."
She tells the lady, she then points to us and the red head smiles. She walks up to me and extends her hand.
"Im Ronnie Beckens, your tour guide."
I smile and shake her hand. My dad and I stand up, I turn to him and he takes a deep breath.
"Well knock them dead Kiddo, I'll call you."
I smile and he hugs me. He pulls away and hands me my suitcase. He walks out of the office and I look at Ronnie.
"Sara Q-."
"Sara Quin, I know."
She says all happy. I nod and she smiles bigger.
"Lets show you around."
I nod and she grabs my two handbags, leaving me with my big suitcase. We walk out of the office, and into the yard. The rain has stopped, but theres still a little bit of mud. As we walk across the yard she speaks.
"This is the courtyard, this is where we come to eat, breakfast lunch or dinner. You just find a spot on the ground and sit on the floor. If its raining, then you could stay inside those halls right there."
She points to a long hall, where most of the girls are now. I nod and keep walking.
"Those right there are the bathrooms, thats the cafeteria, thats the softball field."
I perk my ears and look at the huge, nicley groomed field.
"Those are the dorms."
I turn my head and see 4 buildings, 4 large buildings. I nod and she smiles.
"Now want me to show you the girls here, who hangs out with who?"
I shrug, not really interested but don't mind.
She smiles and keep walking.
"Those girls."
She points to a bunch of blondes, their hair up in buns, wearing nike free runs, big windbreaker jackets.
"Those are the athletes, they all hand out together, either they play la cross or softball."
I nod my head and she points to another group of girls.
"Those, their the gamers, they play video games all day, spending everyminute on those Ds thingies."
I nod my head and she points to another group.
"Them, their the Theatre girls, you know drama club."
I look at the girls, painting masks, playing with glitter. I chuckle and keep listening.
"Those are the nerd girls, you know good grades, teachers pets."
I laugh and notice that every girl here is a blonde. As we keep walking, she keeps explaining each girls click, singling out some girls, telling me the good stories about them. When I think were done, were standing in front of the dorm rooms. I turn around and see a couple of boys, kissing their girlfriends, wrestling with them. One of the boys is a brunette. I turn back to Ronnie and look at her.
"I thought this was an all girls school?"
I ask her. She eyes me and nods.
"It is."
She states. I shake my head and point to the boys.
"Then why are they here? They let boys roam the campus?"
I ask her and she starts to smile.
"Oh, their not boys, their dykes."
I eye her and start to get confused.
"Whats a dyke?"
She walks up next to me and smiles bigger.
"A dyke, a butch Lesbian."
When I hear the word butch, I know what shes talking about. I didn't know thats what a dyke was. I look at them, theirs about 6 dykes, 2 red heads, and 4 blondes. Their sitting with their girlfriends on the wall. Then I see the brunette, her hand on the wall, her body leaning, as she talks to a blonde girl. From the looks of it, they seem like their dating.
"That there, the red head with the blue shoes, thats Amy, and her girlfriend is Annie. The other rehead is Romey, her girlfriend is Regina, Then the blonde dyke with black shoes, thats Tammy, her girlfriend is Lola, The one next to her, thats Monica, her girlfriend is Abby, then next to Monica is Mika, her girlfriend is Amber, then next to them, the last blonde, thats Charlie, her girlfriend is Paulie."
I study all the girls, taking in their names with the looks. They all of course are from here. I look at the blonde, whos leaning against the wall.
"And them?"
I ask her and she smiles.
"Well the blonde, thats Molly, shes the most popular girl here. Now the girl in front of her, Thats Tegan Hart. Shes the cutest."
She squeels and I laugh. While were staring at them, the girl Molly sees us. She turns to her friends, and tells them something, seconds later, they all turn around and stare at me. I see the brunette turn around, I get a good look at her face. This girl is breath takingly gorgeous, her beanie is maroon, she has peircing eyes and she has the labret. When Molly eyes me, I quickly turn around and look at Ronnie.
"Can you show me to my dorm?"
She nods and I start to walk away. Before I get into the dorm building, I turn around, to get one last look. Their all talking, and laughing, except for Tegan, the brunette, shes still staring at me. I turn back around and walk inside. With her face still in my mind, Ronnie grabs the paper from my hand.
"Wow, your rooming with Lizzy, shes great."
I look at her and question her.
"Lizzy, shes nice?"
She nods and we walk passed the lounging area. We get in front of the elevator and she presses the button. We step into the elevator and ride in complete silence. We get off on the 3rd floor. I walk out of the elevator and my eyes grow wide. Theirs tons of girls walking around, from dorm to dorm. I follow Ronnie and she smiles.
"That room is the kitchen, only open during the daytime."
I look into the room, and see the tile, all the girls sitting on the table and counters, laughing. I smile and keep walking.
"Right there, those are the showers, and Loos."
I look at her and laugh.
"Loos?"
She nods.
"Loos, what do you americans call them?"
"Bathrooms?"
I ask her and she nods.
"By the way, Im canadian."
I inform her and she apologizes.
We stop in front of a door, and I look at the number.
"Dorm 212 C." I read it and look at the paper in Ronnies hand.
When the number matches I feel my heart skip. Ronnie smiles then knocks on the door. The door swings open and I see a girl, frizzy blonde hair, glasses and braces. She smiles big and walks up to me.
"Sara Quin, were going to be great friends!"
She says, hugging me tightly. I don't hug back, I just wait for her to pull away. When she finally does, she grabs my suitcase and shows me inside. When I look to the left, I see my boxes, piled up on my bed. I smile at the room, its pretty big, we each have our own side. I look at Lizzy's side and notice all the band posters. Me and her are probably going to get along well. I walk to my bed, and turn around to look at Ronnie and Lizzy.
"I like it here."
I inform them, they both smile and Ronnie closes the door. I turn back around and look at a familiar case. I smile big and grab a box, I place it on the ground and see my guitar case, stickers and all. I jump up and down, I missed my guitar. I turn around and they laugh.
"What?"
"My mum sent my guitar."
I tell them and they look shocked.
"You play the guitar?"
I nod my head and turn back around. I look at the 5 boxes, just waiting to be opened.
"So, tomorrow I'll come and pick you up, show you where your classes are."
I hear Ronnie say. I turn back around and smile.
"Thanks I'd like that."
She nods and opens the door, Leaving me and Lizzy alone.
"Need some help?"
Lizzy asks me. I smile and she walks up to the bed, right next to me. We unpack all my boxes, mostly pictures, posters, trophies, lamps, etc. She helps me put all my band posters on the wall, most of mines are the same as hers. I put all my self took photots on the wall, adding a personal touch to them. When Im finished, I look at my side.
"Looks great."
She says.
"Thanks, all I need to do now, is my bed."
I open the last box and pull out my bed spread, sheets, pillow case and blankets. I strip my bed of its contents and place my things on them. When Im done, I look at my whole side, now finished.
"Looks really great."
Lizzy says, laughing. I nod my head, laughing with her. She walks to her bed and I sit on mines.
"Wanna come with me to get lunch?" I look around and shrug.
"Yea sure."
She smiles and I stand up. We walk down to the hall again, pass the Kitchen of talking girls, passed the bathroom, and into the Elevator. We ride down to the first floor and step out. I look outside the windows and notice the rain, its back again. I sigh and zip up my jacket.
"I swear the bloody rain is rediculious!"
Lizzy says, putting on her hood. I laugh at the word bloody, and we push open the doors, to the courtyard. I see a couple of girls running out of the rain. I follow Lizzy as she leads me into the hallway. Before I enter, I look at the place where I seen The "Boys" and notice that the spot is empty. I turn my focus back to the hall and follow Lizzy into the cafeteria. When I walk in, Everones in there. Everyones eating lunch, with their friends, again laughing, gossipping. I keep following Lizzy as she grabs two trays and hands one to me. I look at her, and she smiles.
"Just choose what you want."
I nod and we place our trays on the bars. As we move in the line, I grab the things I want. I see a maroon beanie next to me, I turn and see the brunette Tegan. I look at her face, I notice she has hazel eyes, beautiful skin, a mullet haircut and a very sharp jawline. She looks up and I quickly look away. I move down the line, staying close to Lizzy, but stealing glances at Tegan. When we get to the card lady, Lizzy swipes her card. I look at Lizzy and my eyes grow wide.
"Card please."
The lady says. I look at her and then down to the ground.
"I don't have a card, Im new."
The lady shakes her head.
"No card, no food."
She grabs my tray and sets it to the side. I feel my cheeks go red. Lizzy tries to explain to the lady, telling her I just got here, but she doesn't care. I hear a tray smack down and I look at Tegan. She grabs my tray from the ladies desk, and pulls out her card. She hands me the tray, and swipes her card.
"She can have mines Miss B."
I look at the lady and she shakes her head.
"Last time Tegan."
She nods her head and I feel my face blush. She walks up to me, and smiles.
"Uhh Thanks." I say nervously.
She smirks and looks at my tray. She grabs my apple and takes a big bite out of it.
"Dont mention it."
She winks and walks away. I feel my heart start to race and my lungs stop working. I turn back at Lizzy and she smiles. I follow her to a table and we sit down. I look around and see Tegan, sitting down, her arm across the blonde girl Molly. Shes eating the apple, my apple. She looks up and catches me staring. I quickly turn away and look at Lizzy.
"Wow, Tegan talked to you!"
She squeels. I laugh and get confused.
"Why is that a good thing?"
I ask her and she shakes her head.
"Umm yes! Tegan never talks to anyone, except for snobby Molly and her click."
"Her Click?"
I ask digging into my food.
"Yea, well She only hangs around with the popular girls, and the butchs."
I remember Ronnie explaining all the girls and I nod.
"So their basically the Lesbian group?"
I ask, taking a spoonfull of Jello and putting it in my mouth. She shakes her head and takes a bite out of her sandwhich.
"No, the Dykes are, Molly and the girls aren't."
I look at her and eye her.
"But their dating girls?"
"Well were in a all girls school, we get pretty lonely. If you ask Molly, she'll say shes not a lesbian, and shes not."
I shake my head and continue to eat my food.
"So, those . . uh dykes, are the only lesbians here?"
She nods her head and smiles.
"Tegans a a stud though aint she."
I look at her and her eyes are glued to the distance. I know shes looking at Tegan, I would be right now too, If she couldn't catch me. I continue to eat my food. Once where all finished, we throw our trash away. Were walking to the door when I see were about to pass by Tegans table. I start to walk faster, wanting her not to see me. I steal at glance at her table and see everyone talking, except for Tegan. She of course, is looking right at me. I let out a deep breath and smile at her. She turns back around and joins her tables conversation. I sigh and keep walking with Lizzy. We walk back to our dorm and I fall onto my bed. I look at my suitcase, I have alot of unpacking to do. I groan into my pillow and I hear Lizzy laugh.
"Im going to go study in one of my friends dorm, wanna come with?'
Im about to say yes, when I remember about my clothes, and my guitar.
"No its fine, I still have to unpack my clothes."
I look up and she nods.
"See you later."
I nod and she opens the door, I hear the door close and I turn over onto my back. I stare up at the ceiling. I hear my phone vibrating in my handbag. I turn over and reach to the floor, putting my hand into my bag. I search for my phone, once I find it, I press call and place it to my ear.
"Hey Kiddo, hows your first day going?"
I lay back on my back and smile.
"Its going good, I've already made two friends."
I say fiddling with my fingers.
"Thats good, so you don't want to come home?"
I shake my head even though he cant see me.
"No dad, Im doing fine, I like it here so far, we have a kitchen on our dorm floor!"
I tell him and I hear him chuckle.
"That sounds fun, well have you settled in yet?"
I look down to my suitcase, filled with clothes.
"Yea, just my clothes, my roommate helped my set up my things."
"Thats good, well Im here at Fed Ex, asking for a job, so I'll call you back, call your mom and let her know your okay."
"Okay I will, Love you."
"Love you too Kiddo."
I hand up my phone and go to my text messages. I press my moms message and press the call button.
"Hello?"
"Hey Hunny, how is it?"
"Its fine mum, I already made new friends, my dorm is pretty cool too, theres a kitchen on my dorm floor, but its only for the daytime."
I tell her, I hear her sniffle and I already know whats comming.
"Hunny, I mi- miss you s-s- so much."
"I know mum, I miss you too, I'll be there for spring break, dont worry mum."
"I know hunny."
I tell my mum about the school and how nice some people are. I tell her about Lizzy and Ronnie, how their my first friends. After our 30 minute phone call, I finally hang up. I sit up in my bed and look at my suitcase.
"Might as well."
I say to myself. I stand up and put my suitcase onto my bed. I unzip it and see most of my uniforms, and some of my regular clothes. I fold them as I take them out and set them on the bed. I take my sweet time, having all the time to even color coordinate them. When I finish, I set them all into my dresser, thats in my closet. To our advantage we each have our own closets. By they time Im all done, I look out the window, Its dark outside, still raining, but dark. I look at my phone and see that its 7:45. As soon as I put my phone down, the door opens, and I see Lizzy walking in with some of her friends.
"Girls, this is Sara, my new roommate."
They all look at me and smile.
"Hi."
I tell them. They close the door and sit on Lizzys bed.
"Were all going to get dinner, wanna come with?"
One of Lizzys friends asks me and I shake my head.
"No, Im not really hungry, still full from lunch."
"Oh yea, Lizzy told us, that you talked to Tegan Hart?!"
She asks excitedly. I laugh and nod.
"Is she some kind of god here or something?"
I ask them and they all giggle.
"No, shes just the sexiest dyke I have ever seen, I would love to be Molly."
She says. I laugh and shake my head.
"So your gay?"
I ask all of them and they shake their heads.
"Nope."
God these girls are so confusing. Their not gay, but they like Tegan? I sit on my bed and push my back up against the wall.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with?"
They all ask and I nod.
"Yea, but thanks though."
They all say goodbye and leave the room. I plug in the christmas lights that Lizzie and I hung up, as they brighten up the room, I go into my bag and pull out my Lyrics book. I set it on the bed, and reach for my guitar case. I set it on my bed and open it. I smile when I see my beautiful cherry wood acoustic. I pick it up, and close the case, putting it on the floor. I place my guitar on my lap and strum at the strings, hitting the familair notes. I notice that they sound flat. After I finish tuning, I strum them all together. I start to pluck at randoms chords, trying to put a melody together. As I start to create the melody, the words seem to come out with it.
"You've got your lights turned so they can see you
The very best of what you've got to offer
Tell them what your hands were made for
Tell them who your mouth was made for
You've got your profits and your mathematicians
The vocal fuel of a generation
Tell me what my hands were made for
Tell me who my mouth was made for
And please don't be mad at me
You'll get what you ask for so
Come on come on come on"
I let the words spill from my throat, I stop strumming and write them down. I keep the melody in my head, as I write the words in my book. I wait for more to appear. After 5 minutes, I feel my creativity crash, the words wont seem to form anymore. I close my book and put my guitar back in its case, I push the case under my bed and lay down on my bed. I stare at my wall, my photographs of the beaches in california, the mountains in colorado. I remember traveling everywhere with my mom and dad, thats when we were a happy family. Were still happy, were just not a family anymore. I feel my body start to relax. I slowly shut my eyes, enjoying the peace.
I wake up and look around my pitch black room. I grab my cell phone and use the light to shine it on Lizzys bed. I see her sleeping figure, and I feel safe. I feel my stomach start to growl and I clutch it, hoping that it will stop. When it doesn't I get out of my bed and go to my closet, I change into my pajamas, a pair of superman boxers, and muscle shirt, and a huge sweatshirt. I walk to the door and open it as quietly as possibble. I step into the hall, thats barley lit. I close my door and walk down the hall. As I get closer to the dorm Kitchen, I hear moans and groans. As I get closer, they get louder. I shake it off as maybe Im hearing things. I walk into the kitchen and try to open the fridge. I see the lock on it and groan. I look to my left and see paper cups and water.
"That'll have to do."
I walk to the water, and fill up a cup. I drink and drink until my mouth is fully hydrated. My stomach starts to growl again. I shake my head and sit up on the counter. I must look crazy, sitting in a dorm kitchen at 3 in the morning, in the dark. I hear a door knob being played with and I sit still. I hear a door open and then close. I start to get scared, I hear footsteps and I curl into a ball on the counter. I see the shadow figure stand in the hall. They reach for the light and turn it on. I look at the girl. Its Tegan. She looks at me and jumps.
"Jesus, you scared the shit out of me."
She says. My throat feells dry again as I look at her pajamas, shes wearing batman boys underwear, a black muscle shirt, no bra. Her pale white skin glowing.
"Are you okay?"
She asks looking at me. I look back up to her face and nod. My stomach makes the biggest growl and I feel my face turn red.
She giggles and walks to the Microwave, she lifts it up and grabs something. I watch her every move. She walks to the fridge and fiddles with the lock. Its pops open and I eye her. She opens the fridge and looks at me. I see her pick up an apple and my stomach growls again. She looks at me, and I look away. I hear her footsteps walking towards me and seconds later, shes right in front of me.
"Here."
She hands me a apple and a pear. I take them and dig into the apple first. I moan as my stomach slowly gets satisfied.
"Im Tegan . . . Tegan Hart."
I look at her and she smiles, eating her apple.
"Im Sara, Sara Quin."
I notice that she doesn't have an accent, she sounds just like me.
"Nice to meet you Sara."
I smile and take another bite.
"Likewise."
She takes another bite of her apple and looks at my body, up and down.
"Were enemies."
I feel my stomach flutter and my heart stop.
"Why?"
I sound desperate, I sound sad. I look at her and she giggles.
"Our underwear, batman, superman."
I look down to my boxers and understand.
"Oh."
I say and she nods.
"So, can you keep this a secret?"
I turn my head to the side.
"Keep what a secret, our underwear? Uhh sure?"
I make a confused face and she giggles again.
"No the key to the fridge, No one is supposed to have it."
I feel my cheeks grow red as I get more embarressed by the second.
"Oh yea sure."
She smiles and places the key back under the microwave. As she walks away, she stops at the door and turns to look at me.
"Night."
I feel my heart shake and I squeel back.
"Night."
I hear her giggle and hear her door open and close. I let my feet fall as I recall what just happened. Tegan was in her underwear, in front of me, she talked to me too. She very sweet. Her hair is absolutely stylish, she has a mullet look going on. I sit there and eat my apple and pear. When Im done, I turn off the lights and walk back to my room. I get into my bed and snuggle up into the sheets. Now I know why the girls find her charming, shes cute, and funny. I smile as my face hits the pillow, instantly putting me back to sleep.