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Chapter 1

"Well you'll have plenty of time to look at them when you get there." She laughs.

"So Georgie, what do you think about going off to college?" My grandma asks her.

Basically the next two months are all about Georgie. Orientation weekend, apartment shopping, apartment supplies shopping, clothes shopping, settling on an apartment, packing up Georgie's room, moving her out, moving her into her apartment, meeting the roommates, and then finally saying the goodbyes.

My entire summer was based on her. Which was fine, I didn't care, I love my sister, so I knew it would be okay. But saying goodbye to her was hard. Knowing I wouldn't see her again for another, oh I don't know, two weeks, was really weird. She was two hours away, and so she wouldn't be coming home every week like some students will for the first month of two. Instead, she's probably going to come home every two weeks. Maybe just once a month. Who knows, I just hope it's not like two months at a time. She came home two weeks later, for my freshman year orientation.

We arrive at AHS orientation. My heart is pounding, I was getting my freshman year schedule. I just couldn't believe it. "Here, orientation is in the cafeteria." Georgie says to me leading the way. I follow her through a door leading inside of the school and down a hallway.

"Oh look, there's my picture!" Georgie says pointing to the Albany High Hall of Fame. She was there, right next to the valedictorian. We reach the cafeteria and see a bunch of freshman in a line.

"This is the line for your schedules." She tells me. I nod my head in understanding. We wait for a good ten minutes and finally reach the front where some teachers were sitting.

"Last name?" An old woman asks without even looking up.

"Uhm Tapper." I tell her. She flips through the papers and grabs a piece of paper.

"Porter?" She asks finally looking up. I smile and nod and take my schedule.

"Thank you." I say and walk into the ID picture line. "Is it like this every orientation?" I ask Georgie.

"Basically. What's your schedule?" She asks. I hadn't even looked at it yet.

My home room teacher was Franks. I had biology honors first period, geometry honors second, english honors third, world history honors fourth, french fifth, early childhood development sixth, and gym seventh. Wait, GYM!

"I have to take gym?" I whine.

"You have to have one credit of gym to graduate. At least you're getting it out of the way this year. So be happy." Georgie says. We reach the front of the line and I stand in front of the wall and smile. I walk over to the girls who took my picture and wait for my ID to be printed out. After a few seconds it comes out and I look at it. It wasn't bad, I mean my smile looks a little cheesy, but aside from that I think I look pretty cute.

"So was that it?" I ask my sister.

"Now you have to get your bus route. Mom and dad aren't going to drive you." We go over and grab my bus route. I have to be at the bus stop and 6:10 every morning. Which basically means waking up at like 5. This should be great.

First Day

"GOOD MORNING!" My mom shouts as I walk down the stairs. I was too nervous to really sleep much.

"Morning mom." I yawn.

"Are you ready for your first day of high school?" She asks me.

I shake my head no and walk back upstairs to change into an outfit. I decide on a grey shirt, beanie, and jeans. Pretty simple for the first day of school. Might as well make an impression.

I walk to my bus stop, and it's still dark outside, just great. There are two other kids already there engaged in conversation. The bus came a few minutes later and I got on. I was on my way to my first day of high school. I was sitting in my seat alone listening to some Katy Perry when two stops later, a random boy sits in my seat. I look up at him and take my music out. He was a bit chunky, wore glasses and smelled like axe body spray.

"This seat is taken." I tell him. He turns to look at me and takes out his music too.

"Sorry, I didn't realize. I sat in this seat all the time last year. My bad, I'll move." He gets up and moves to the front. The moment he moves another boy takes his place before I can even put my music in.

"This seat is taken." I say sternly.

"It's fine, I'm not looking for a relationship anyways." The guy says.

"What?" I was seriously confused.

"It was a joke. You know, you said it was taken and I said I wasn't looking for a- you know what, it doesn't matter. Hi, I'm Chace." The guy smiles at me. He was attractive, that's for sure. He was tanned, had dirty blonde hair, and bright blue eyes.

"Hi Chace, this seat is taken though." I tell him.

"Well I see that we are both sitting in it, so yes I suppose it is taken. What's your name?" He looks at me.

"Porter." I tell him.

"Cool. I'll see you around." He says and gets up and moves to the back of the bus.