With the alarm clock ringing I woke up. It was not long before the memories hit me. The nightmare and Jake. The horrible dream soon fade away and all that was left was him. I felt myself blush when I remembered our conversation last night, it had been strange because it had been so familiar, as if we had known each other for a long time…

Snap out of it Cassie! I told to myself. I knew that I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.

Lubi woke up and claimed for my attention. The cat started to purr as I pet her, Instantly calm run trough me and all my mood went up. She always had that effect on me. A noise downstairs brought me back to reality.

Today was my first day at the new school.

I lay Lubi in my bed and walked to the closet and started to try different clothes on. I didn't want to be seen as the new stranger so I my outfit had to be simple yet pretty. I had gone through three pairs of jeans, two skirts and seven shirts when I looked at the clock and saw I had been trying clothes for forty minutes. Thank god I had had the good sense of setting the alarm so I could have a lot of time to get ready. I knew myself.

I stood there looking at my wardrobe and then at Lubi. We stared at each other for a while when I decided I should do what I knew I would do. I put on a my favorite jean which looked good on my and was comfortable to use, some flats and a simple floral shirt, also a light jacket in case I got cold which I doubted since the day was already quite warm.

Downstairs my mom was waiting for me with a bowl of cereal and some juice.

She saw me and smiled, "Morning".

"Morning, is grandma sleeping yet?" She wasn't in the kitchen and I heard no other noises in the house.

Mom's face went dark when I said this but rapidly changed into a more animated state, "Yes, I think she got tired with the moving since she is not used to do heavy lifting" she smiled while she had said this but I knew better. She was hiding something. I didn't push because I knew that if she wasn't telling me it was because it was better that way. So I let it go, for now.

"Did you sleep well?" She must had seen that I was a little jumpy.

"Not really, I guess I'm a little nervous" I confessed.

"Don't worry honey, everything is gonna be alright" she kissed me and went upstairs.

The drive had been fast and we were soon in the parking lot, my mom wished me good luck, I smiled at her and got out of the car.

At home I thought that everyone was going to stare at me but then I realize how selfish that thought was, I mean they have better things to do than look at the new girl.

I was wrong, people was staring. And it wasn't subtle, Shit! I did my best to ignore them and kept my chin up while looking for my classroom. Unfortunately, and this could have only happened to me, I was trying so hard to ignored them that I ignored the floor and tripped.

G-r-e-a-t! I said to myself, if somebody hadn't been staring they surely were now.

I started to pick up my books when I saw someone kneeling down next to me and helping me collect my books.

"You ok?" She said when she handed me the rest of my things. She seemed nice.

"Yeah, thanks" I offered a small smile.

"I'm Diana"

"Cassie"

She smiled seeming pleased with something.

"You are Jane's granddaughter right?" I'm sure she knew it but I followed along.

"Yes, I just moved here" If it wasn't obvious enough.

"Yeah I know" I looked at her a bit confused so she explained, "Sorry, I mean it's a small town and people talk" she said like apologizing, "they are not subtle, are they?" she pointed to the people staring who seemed to realize what they were doing and looked away, ashamed.

"No, they are not"

"So what's your first class?"

"Maths, because being new and falling in front of everybody just wasn't bad enough"

She laughed. "Yeah, this town tends to do that" and suddenly her mood changed and she got lost in thoughts for a second before she shook her head and said, "So, you know how to get to class?"

"Yes, I think I have to go upstairs and…" I stopped while thinking "second door to the right?" I wasn't really sure.

"Actually is third door…"

"Ah, ok"

"To the left at that corridor" a small gentle smile appeared at her face.

"AHH ok, NOW I got it" I said while laughing, thank god she was there, otherwise I would have spent the entire morning running through the building.

We were both laughing when the bell rang.

"I should go. It was nice to meet you"

"Same here… I guess I'll see you later" Did she sound hopeful just to me?

"Sure, see you"

Math's class was surprisingly enjoyable. The professor explained well so I had no problems in understanding anything. Unfortunately all my class mates didn't appear to share my interest in the professor's explanation, as they glanced at me everytime they could. It was the same in all the classes but I tried my best to focus on the class, after all if I missed something chances were high I wouldn't be able to keep on with it.

As soon as the bell rang I got the hell out of the room; it was lunch time and I really didn't feel like sitting in a table to eat alone while three hundred teenagers were staring at me, so I headed outside and to a vending machine. I was about to put the money when I heard someone calling my name; I turned around and saw Diana running to me.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Did you hear it?" she asked breathlessly, when I say no she explained, "They are calling classes off, I don't know what happened but we can go home while the teachers stay here".

"Oh, well… thanks I guess I'll walk home then" it wasn't really something that I wanted to do but if I wasn't going to stay there until mom could leave.

"Do you want to come with us? We are going to the boat house to eat, do you want to join us?" I instantly shuddered at the thought of hanging out with completely strangers and making small talk but she was so excited that I couldn't say no.

"Sure, I'd love to"

Her smile got even bigger and said "Great! Lest go"

We got into her car, and drove over there. I was afraid that the drive was going to be full of awkward silence but I was wrong, somehow we found the way to talk about any silly thing without being awkward, I think we both felt comfortable even if we didn't know why but we just went with it.

After a short drive we parked in front of an actual boat house.

"Wow, I thought it was just the name"

She laugh and we headed to the Boat house.