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[ Jessica's POV ]

As listening to the glisten of spring in the middle of the night, didn't bother me. It felt relieving, open, and susceptible in the light breeze. It feels good to be out in your own by yourself, thinking your own words in your mind. Just letting things pass by while looking at the starry skies filled with beauty in it. Laying on the soft peaceful grass, without interruption.

I wish that things could change, in a good way. My life is just boring as you think it will be. I'm always the curious girl at home, school, and elsewhere. People think I'm not interested into many things that go on, in life. I just like to observe things and possibly learn from them, like three mentos into a soda, explosion occurs in a second, or less than a second.

Sometimes, we can learn through things that we might need later. No one knows what will hold us into the future. Everything is tough that we have to go through it. It's like trying to cross a swiftly deep river with a small canoe, without paddles to give direct.

But, you know what, don't give up. Having my thoughts go by daily, helps me what to do of what might occur to me. I sit up from the soft ground and take a last look of the shining stars, trying to call me from the other side. As I started to take my leave, the night felt peaceful and quiet on the way home.

• At Home •

I grab a small snack and headed into my room upstairs. My parents were out of the house traveling to some places that they wanted to go in their lifetime. They have lots of common things with each other, so they love to do things together often, while I'm busy with school and my older brother is mostly out-going with some of his friends. So he's home when he's able to.

I like to pay attention to my school work, so that I'm not behind on work or have bad grades. You know how these days that teachers want your grades to be good when they really don't matter. To me, grades are just things that you turn in and don't turn in. It doesn't do anything or change a thing, it only shows of how much you are trying in that class, having task. So, I just do my work anyways to distract me from other things sometimes.

My brother tries his hardest to spend time with us, but things just sometimes gets at the way. Anyways, my parents love eachother, me, and my brother. We all have eachother. As I grab my backpack, leaned onto my bed, I unzipped the zipper, and took my computer and notebook out. Gracefully put them onto my desktop with the other needed supplies on top.

I started to feel small headache pains in my head and decided to take a shower. I grab some pajamas, a towel, and headed into the shower. As I turned the handle to turn on the hot water, I put my hand on the water to feel how warm it was. It was perfect. So, I took a warm shower in the hot steamy mist going through the bathroom.

After taking a shower, I laid on my bed and rested my eyes for the night.

• Morning •

I woken up on my own to get ready for school. The fluffy pillow and the soft comfy blanket wanted me to stay in bed, but I had to leave the very warm climate. I move the blanket aside and picked my head up from the pillow to not get more lazy from bed. I sit up and got ready for school.

When I was about to leave home, I checked in my brother's room to see if he was home or has fallen asleep on bed like usual. I put my hand on the cold door knob and turned it slowly for a second. As the door opened, he was on the bed with his eyes shut, under the covers. "I'm going to school now", I quietly said in the quiet house. "Alright", he replied back. "Bye", I said my farewell to him.

I closed the door from outside and locked it. The key that I carry is always on me, in case of an emergency or need it when it's in need. There's about 4 keys to the house which belongs to 1)Obviously me, 2) My brother, 3) My mom, and 4) My dad. We are very protective with the house that we even have cameras roamed around the house. They're unnoticeable though.

I wish that I could be normal, and not be a quiet and shy girl in school, or anywhere I go with my feet. I want to be a regular person. An open person that I can talk to almost anyone and trust them. I can be myself with them. I can be me, just me. I get close to school grounds and started to feel nervous for I don't know what reason.

I feel like I've forgotten something. It doesn't feel right. I kept thinking my hardest of what I may have forgotten. Oh well, no time to turn back.

I get onto school grounds as the bell rings to our first class. I didn't have time to go to my one friend that I trust in my life and only. Sabrina. I grabbed the door and pulled with my weakening arm. I entered in the busy hall with students going to their first class, filled with chattering as I stayed calm, walking through.

Suddenly, I reached to my classroom and greeted to my teacher with a small wave, like always. I calmly took my assigned seat in the back corner. I have no friends or anyone to talk to in my first period class, just minding my own business and paying attention in class.

The final bell rings and some students start coming in late. "You kids need to come to class on time. There should be no excuse to be late, well if you came to school late, then I accept. You guys are lucky to at least have me as your first class cause' I let you guys off the loose, but I also don't mind it", the teacher, Mr. Benson, says to the class.

No one says anything while students are taking their seats from being late. I was always one of the early students to get into class and not be bothered. Mr. Benson makes an announcement, " I have an announcement to make, students", he looks around his classroom.

" There is going to be a new student in our classroom in about a week and a half", the teachers reveals the announcement."How does he look like?", a random student asks. I just got the whatever face expression, not caring if anyone saw me. "You'll see when the student comes here Angela", Mr. Benson replied.

So, there's gonna be a new student, huh? Wonder how he or she is like. I really don't mind a new student coming to this campus, I guess. I mean, there are lots of students in this school, like lots already.

Can't wait to see how this person is like, though I won't talk because you know of what kind of person I am in public, everywhere..

"Now take out your computers and notebooks out. We're going to be taking notes today on the powerpoint", Mr. Benson walks around the classroom, making sure they're doing of what he tells them to do.

𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.

[ End of Chapter ]