Safe Inside

Beginnings- pt. 1

Sienna POV.

"Dad, please. I do not need your shitty attitude. "

My dad has been on my ass as of late. I cant blame him though. About 2 months ago my parents split and my mom moved away and married some rich guy in the matter of weeks. I'm not upset by it like a little kid would be though. My mom was a cheater and hurt my dad, but even when they were together their relationship wasn't good. So right now, hes just taking his anger out on me, which i am used to.

My dad is hot on my ass now as I walk to my room. Hes yelling at me, but my mind just considers his voice as "white noise." His yelling just gets louder and louder but I don't hear a damn thing. Once I made it to my room, I looked behind me and saw my dad standing in my doorway, but i just slammed my door in his face and locked it. Outside the door i can hear his yells and swears, but I just sit at my desk and look over my syllabus for school.

Yes, I'm a college student; studying psychology and women's studies. I don't know what I want to be when I graduate, but I'm just going to school now so I at least have a chance at life somehow.

My parents never had anymore kids before or after me, so I'm just an only child. No brothers, no sisters, just me.

As i analyzed my syllabus for the upcoming semester, i realize that i have a ton of shit to do. And it all just started...this is my first day and i have to be at school in 30 minutes. I put the syllabus down, grabbed my boots, scarf, and backpack and walked out the door without saying bye to my dad. He didn't deserve a goodbye after the way he yelled at me today. Once I got out the door, i locked the door behind me, walked to my car, threw my backpack in the trunk, got in the drivers seat and drove off to school. This quiet time in the car is my time to think about everything going on, but man was i excited to get to school...just 10 minutes.

Once I got to the school, I realized how big this school was compared to others in the state of Virginia. This was the best school in Richmond, but they offered me the best scholarships, which is why i'm here. I parked my car right outside of the main building on campus where my first class would be, but as I walked up the steps into the building, i got a text from my best friend, Kathryn. I haven't seen her all summer because she went away for an education program.

Immediately I got super excited. I opened her text and it read, "happy first day!!! turn around ;)"

I whipped my body around and Kathryn was there standing with her arms wide open. My jaw dropped and i started laughing. "OH MY GOD KATHRYN! " I ran into her arms and we hugged for a really long time. I missed my best friend, and I was so excited to have her back.

"I'm so happy to be back. Spain didn't do it for me."

We laughed once more and started to walk. "So Kathryn, where is your first class?" She stopped walking right before me as i kept walking to my room a couple feet away from her. "This is my first class" she said with a smirk. Our classes were right next to each other. I don't know how she does it. For the past 7 years of friendship, she has always found out a way to impress me, and to this day she hasn't failed. The announcements started to come on, so we parted ways into our classes.

I walked into the room, only to see about 30-40 seats in a very large, average looking classroom. I walked to the very back, which was where I sat the most in high school. So I grabbed one of the many seats in the back of the classroom, put my bag down, took out a notebook and pen, and sat down. I had nothing specific to do, so I just sat and watched everyone walk in, and tried to see if i would know anybody.

"no...no....no....don't know you...nope."

I was losing hope. My luck, i wouldn't know anyone. I was used to it though. High school was always the same way since Kathryn and I never had any of the same classes. The class started to fill up, and that's when i noticed one other kid come and sit at the back of the class with me. In fact, he sat right next to me.