I had a hard time sleeping that night. I was so nervous and excited for school and I laid awake thinking about everything that could happen. All the new people I would meet, all the new experiences I have have. It was going to be awesome.

I got a few hours in eventually and woke up early the next morning. I went through my routine of getting ready (I won't bore you with the details). I then went downstairs and was going to make myself breakfast. That plan was stopped when I found my mom doing it for me. She turned and looked at me with a bright smile on her face.

"Good morning, Ally! How did you sleep?"

I looked at her strangely. She seemed very happy for a woman whisking eggs and sizzling bacon.

"Good morning, mom. I slept fine. What about you? How early did you get up to do this? It must've been a while…" I stated while glancing at about 20 egg shells in the trash that she probably screwed up before I got downstairs.

She followed my eyes to the trash. "Oh, right. That. Right now in my cooking classes we're working on cooking eggs but I only know how to do scrambled. I kept attempting sunny-side up but it wasn't feeling it today."

I chuckled at her. "Well I'm glad you're at least attempting to make it work. You seem to like cooking class."

She smiled to herself. "I do. It's very fun. You should come sometime."

"Mom, you're burning the eggs."

"Oh shoot!" She exclaimed as she turned around and began flipping them and reducing the heat on the stove. Tom came down and smelled around the kitchen. An unpleasant look settled on his face when he smelled the burning egg smell. My mom turned around to greet him and he immediately smiled a big fake smile.

"Breakfast smells great, honey. Doesn't it Ally?" I give a reassuring look to my mom. When she turns around to get back to cooking me and Tom look at each other and shake our heads.

"Thanks guys! And to think I'll be better than this soon! How crazy."

"Yeah… Crazy alright." I mumble. I look at the time and realize I have to be in school in 45 minutes.

"I'm going to go upstairs and get my stuff together for school."

I run upstairs and get my backpack. I make sure I have my phone, car keys, and necessities for school. I put everything in my backpack except for my phone which I put in the back pocket of my jeans and head back downstairs. I leave my backpack by the door.

I sit against the counter watching my mom try desperately to save the already brown and burned eggs.

"Hey mom, you know what? Tom and I don't even really like eggs anyways. Why don't you and Tom go pick something up together real quick before his meeting and I'll swing by somewhere on my way to school?"

She looked at me with relief. "Okay, that's fine."

Tom looked relieved too. I got my car keys and grabbed my backpack. I got in my car and decided to just get a bagel and iced coffee from Starbucks. Afterwards I head to school.

I get there about 10 minutes early and take that as an opportunity to head to the office to get a map of the school and my schedule. I tell the lady at the office that I'm a new student and my name. She gives me the papers.

I walk out of the door concentrated on the schedule and room numbers. When I open the door I walk right into someone. I drop my papers and car keys on the floor.

"Damnit." I mumble. I bend down to gather everything together. The person does too. They hand everything to me and I look up to apologize and realize I am face to face with one of the most attractive boys I have ever seen in my life. I forget how to speak for a moment. He smiles and brushes his blonde hair out of his eyes.

"Sorry about that." He says coolly. I suddenly recompose myself.

"Oh no don't be. It was my fault. I wasn't paying attention." I smile.

"I'm Austin. Are you new here?"

"I'm Ally. Yeah I am actually. I just moved here a couple months ago."

"That's sweet. I thought I hadn't seen your face before. Where'd you move from?" He looks interested.

"LA."

"Lucky you. I plan to move there after high school."

"Yeah, I loved it there. You probably will too." Suddenly the bell rings. I smile at him and walk away without another word.

I head toward the building my first class is in. I step into my classroom and head to a seat in the front. I sit down and take out my calendar notebook, a composition book, and a pen. It doesn't take long before the entire class is filled and the teacher begins the introductions of herself.

That was the routine all morning long. Every single class was just the boring introductions of the teachers and their syllabus. Thankfully I'm a senior so I only have a half day every day. I give myself a mental pat on the back for making it through the day. The only disappointment?

I never made friends. All day we just sat there listening to the teacher talk and there is no lunch so I wasn't able to socialize. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

I make my way to my car. I unlock it and sit in the front seat for a moment. I left the door open because a light breeze picked up. I look at my phone to see my best friend from LA, Cassidy, texted me.

All of a sudden I hear yelling. I look to my left and notice the blonde boy from this morning is sitting against a car (I'm presuming it's his) having what appears to be an argument with a girl. I notice she's pretty. She has long wavy brown hair, brown eyes, plus she is tall and skinny. She is wearing a cheerleading uniform which means she has to get to practice soon.

I gather her name is Brooke. I gather they broke up. She accused him of not being there for her and said the relationship wasn't working. I decide it's none of my business and that I should leave before they catch me eavesdropping. I close my car door, turn the car on, and pull out.

When I get home my mom is making a Caesar salad. I'm guessing it's for our lunch. I have her sign all of the syllabus' immediately so I don't have to worry about it the rest of the week. I then head to my room. I try to think of what I want to do.

I could play my piano for a while, I could watch Netflix, or I could sit on my balcony and listen to music. That it is! I grab my headphones and step onto the balcony. I sit down on a chair I have out there and listen to my music. It relaxes me and makes me forget about the fact that right now I could be at my school in LA with Cassidy and I would still be moping about how Gavin broke up with me and we'd go out and get mani pedis like we did every year on the first day of school. I text her back finally.

Hey Alls. Missing you a little extra today. Sad we can't continue our tradition anymore. ): Love you. Cass.

Hey Cass. Go get a mani pedi anyways. Even if I'm not there. It's still our tradition, we just can't do it together this year. We'll do it next year when we're in New York for college. Get something I would get so it's like I'm there with you. Love you, miss you. Alls.

I sigh and focus on the music. I sit there for a while watching the waves.