Chapter 1 - New change
“Yuki! Come down, now! I’ve called you about 3 times!” Her mother’s voice echoes through the stairway to her room. She groans, “Im coming...what’s the time anyways?” She asks. “ 7:40, and if you don’t get up, you’ll be late!”, her eyes widen and she sits up quickly in her room, rushing out and calling from the stairway, holding the hand rails, “7:40? And you didn’t think to come up here and wake me up?!”, she rushes to her room and brushes her teeth, puts on her uniform, pulls her socks up to her knees, grabs her bag and runs faster than usual. Her bag is slumped on her shoulder, her shoes halfway in, and her tie loosened. Her mother side-eyes her, “fix yourself! You look hideous, I mean, what would people think of us, of you? Make a good impression for your first day.” Yuki rolls her eyes, “thats what you care about, I don’t. I’ll fix it on the way.” She gets out of the house quickly, just in time for the bus, she sits at the back where her friend and her usually sits and fixes her tie, shoes and hangs her bag on the peg stuck loosely on the back of the seat in front of her. Maya, her best friend, snickers, “I almost thought you’d miss the bus, again. Are you okay, your uniform looked funny.” She says in a mocking way. Yuki looks at her with an expression that reads, ‘do not test me right now’ and she settles down. “Why did you wake up so late anyways?” She asks, genuine this time. She leans in her seat and sighs, “ I was on my phone..until 4am..I'm wrecked.” Maya facepalms, “imagine your patience today, it’s going to be depressing.” Yuki chuckles and they laugh together. After a short while, the bus driver parks and stands up, announcing something, “Excuse me! Everybody, please exit the bus, something is wrong with the engine and we are not able to carry on driving. Please find another bus, or walk it. Your choice, thank you very much!” Everybody groans, one starts to cry, “I’m going to be late! I’ve never been late before!” She sniffles and her friend escorts her calmly, everyone else gets out too. Maya whispers, “why is she crying, being late isnt such a big deal.” Yuki shrugs, “well she’s never been late before so..maybe she’s scared.” Maya scoffs, and they walk to school. 25 minutes of walking to go through.What a pain. Eventually they make it, and there it is, Crestview Academy. The one and only annoying private school. “Well, here we are!” Maya says, with feigned excitement.
