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I sighed, « Yes Luca ? »

« Did you miss me ? »

That made me sit upright. « Of course i missed you ! »

He looked so sad, standing in the doorway. « Then why didn’t you want to come back to us ? »

I was immediately filled with guilt as I saw the hurt evident on his face. I stood up and crouched next to him.

« Luca, I could never not want to be with my family. It’s just… » I paused, trying to find the right words, « I love London. »

He nodded a little, « So you don’t hate us, you hate America. »

« Hate’s a strong word… It’s more like I extremely dislike America. »

« Good. » Luca stated, giving me a cute little hug before walking away.

I yawned and collapsed on my bed, closing my eyes.

« Pumpkin ? »

I groaned and opened my eyes again.

« Remember, you have school tomorrow. »

I let out a scream of frustration.

God. I hate America.

« Bellatrix ! Wake up now ! » My mum hollered at me.

My eyes flew open and I groggily stood, glancing at the clock on my nightstand. Seven thirty… Wait. Doesn’t school start at seven fifty ?

I let out a high pitched shriek and ran to my closet, where I threw on navy blue romper and my white sandals. I sprinted towards the bathroom and combed down my unruly hair, and completely ditching make up.

« Mum, can you drive me ? » I called out while brushing my teeth.

« Sure, pumpkin. »

15 minutes later

We pulled into the school parking lot, and found a parking spot right near the entrance. Despite my constant deep breathing technique, my heart was pounding and my hands began to sweat.

« Ready pumpkin ? »

I didn’t answer, and just exited the car, making my way through the entrance and into the lobby. I know I was being mean and all, but the nerves took over and they can be a real bitch.

« Urm, hello. » I greeted the receptionist.

Her eyes lit up once she saw me. « And who are you ? »

« Bellatrix Brown. I’m the new student. » I said shakily.

She gave me a warming smile before opening up a file cabinet, taking out a folder labeled by my last name.

« Here ya go, sweetie. » She said, « A map of the school can be found in there, along with your schedule.

I smiled nervously back at her, and took the folder, heading out to what must have been the main corridor- hallway. I meant hallway. Once in the hallway, I opened the folder and looked at my schedule.

Bellatrix Brown Schedule :

Period 1 : AP English

Period 2 : AP U.S.

Period 3 : Spanish 4

Period 4 : AP Chemistry

Period 5 : Gym

Lunch

Period 6 : AP Pysch

Period 7 : AP Bio

Period 8 : Study Hall

Yeah, I guess you could call me a nerd, but this school offers a lot, and I had to take advantage of that.

Okay… AP English first… room 207. I pulled out my map and saw that I had to walk all the way down the hallway, and then take a right and the room would be on my left.

Hmmmm…. Seems easy enough.

10 minutes later

Stupid map.

The whole thing was screwed up, which forced me to have to find the room by myself, because legit, I was the only one left in the hallway.

I took a couple deep breaths before entering the room. The teacher stopped mid sentence and turned to glare at me- the interruption.

Awkward…

« Ahhh, you must be Bellatrix. » He stated, leaning back on his desk.

I flinched at the sound of my awful name.

« Um, you can call me Bella. » I murmured, staring at the floor.

Whispers filled the room, and that sensation of being the awkward on out filled me. Great, just great.

« Well, Bella, would you like to introduce yourself ? » The teacher asked.

I looked up at the rest of the class, embarrassed how all eyes were on me. Come on Bella, pull yourself together.

« Hello, my name is Bellatrix Brown, but I prefer to be called Bella-« Before I could finish, a hand shot up in the air.

« Er… yes ? » I asked, looking at the strange boy.

« You have an accent. »

Ding ding ding ! And the award for best observation goes to…. Weird blond boy in the front of the class !

« Yes… I’m aware… » I said

« Are you like… british ? » Some platinum blondie asked.

« Yes. » I said.

Someone. Kill me now.