"I can't seriously believe my boss is actually sponsoring her to school!" Aunt Mary argues for the thousandth time.
After that night Mr Hart decided to sponsor me through school, aunt Mary hasn't been at peace.
She doubled my chores
She doubled my beatings
She doubled the way she acted towards me.
Mr Hart came the next day and signed all the papers needed for my transfer.
And now, I'm in my room. getting ready for school while Lisa and aunt Mary are arguing.
"If you had just let her stay in her room like always, this wouldn't have happened." Lisa shouts.
"Where would I have told him she went to?! He already knows about her!"
"You could have said she went to visit grandma or something!"
My uniform came in yesterday. White shirt, black pleated short skirt, white socks, and black blazer.
The socks weren't long enough to cover the marks on my legs, so I got myself a pair of knee high socks.
I pack my hair in a ponytail, loosing some strands so they can cover parts of ny face, and I carry my bag. My uncle got me a new bag, but I couldn't bring myself to use it.
Uncle Mark only abuses me when he's drunk which is like almost everyday.
He comes home late, then straight to my room, and does like it's nothing the next day.
I try my very best to avoid him in anyway I can.
When aunt Mary told him about the transfer, he looked excited and got me supplies.
Of course, I kept them in a corner.
I walk out of my room and into the living room.
Both Lisa and aunt Mary stopped talking and they both looked at me.
"Just know she's not riding with me to school." Lisa finally speaks up.
"Over my dead body would she do that." Aunt Mary hissed and walks out.
Lisa walks to me and glares.
"Just because you are going to the same school as me doesn't mean you are worth something." She pushes my shoulder with her index finger.
"You're.Just.A.Piece.Of.Trash. Got it?" She says with each push and then picks up her bag before she walks out, slamming the door behind her.
Of course aunt Mary has a driver who takes Lisa to school everyday. While I just stick to taking the bus.
Yay happy me.
I forget about breakfast since I don't normally eat any, and walk to the bus station.
If I'm right, the bus would drop me half a mile from school, and I'll have to walk the rest.
Thirty minutes bus drive, and fifteen minutes walk. If I increase my pace, I'll make it in eleven. That's a total of forty-five minutes.
Great.
Forty three minutes later, I'm in front of the school.
I was told by Mr Hart to walk straight to the principal office and everything would be settled from there.
But what he didn't tell me was how big the school is and how hard it'd be hard to find the principal's office.
I've been searching for the principal's office for the last fifteen minutes with no luck.
"How hard is it to find a damn principal's office!" I say to myself.
"For a new student, I'd say pretty hard." I jump when I hear a voice behind me.
I turn to see a blue eyed guy standing behind me. He has a sinister look in those dark blue eyes that made me shiver. He looked the same age as me.
"You lost?" He asks and I nod. "Well, who isn't. The principal's office is in the next block. Take two turnings to your right and the second door by the left."
"Thanks."
"Sweetheart, it's no problem." He winks and walks away.
....
"Class, we have a new student." The principal, Mr Martins, interuppts the class as we walk in together.
After I got to his office, he cleared me and gave me my timetable. He then insisted on introducing me to the whole class.
"This is going to be your new classmate." He turns to me. "Introduce yourself."
All eyes are on me and I gulp.
I scan through the new faces and I spot Chloe. She smiles at me but I was too nervous to smile back. I also spot Lisa in the far corner of the class, chewing a gum.
"H....hi. I'm Raven Evans. Nice to meet you all."
Not.
"Well miss Evans, it's nice to meet you too. And I hope you have a fantastic time at our school." He turns to face the class. "Now, I'd like a student to volunteer to give miss Evans a tour of the school."
Chloe's hand instantly goes up.
"Good miss Hart. You can give her a tour during lunch. Now you find yourself a seat and I will see you all later." He says and walks out of the class.
I move forward and when I get to the middle, Chloe calls me.
"You can seat beside me." She turns to the boy beside her and glares at him. "Scram." Immediately, he stands up and she smiles innocently at me. "Free seat."
I chuckle and move to sit beside her.
Well, this is going to be an interesting experience.