"I know he's a moody guy but I've never seen him get so angry, especially over something so little as a seat plan" Tilly spoke as us four girls were walking to our next class. Frankie just laughed in the background.

"I can agree on that, he's always grumpy and to be honest, he barely talks yet he speaks up in class about having to sit next to you?" Adira questioned to herself, "-must of slept on the wrong side of the bed last night" she finished her sentence, and the girls laughed in response.

"Or maybe one of his many girls was being too clingy this morning" Frankie sneaked into the conversation, her eyes hinting at something. The girls laughed,

"I saw that Bronte didn't leave his room until 7am, saw her sneaking out this morning" Tilly mentioned raising her eyebrows at the girls.

I just stay quiet, once again not wanting to even speak about him and the girls seem to be keeping themselves pretty entertained as we walked through the school.

The rest of the day of was pretty slow, getting through the first day of classes was always going to be hard, trying to understand everything, all this new information. Getting used to classroom etiquette, what to do and what not to do.

The final class finished and I was in the kitchen with Tilly, Axel and Flynn. The common room was honestly quieter than I thought it would be but I'm assuming all the students were getting ready in their rooms before the party started.

There were a few people setting up, moving the furniture for a better set up for the party and cleaning up the space.

"How'd you find your first day of class?" Flynn nudged his elbow into me and his eyes taking in mine as we all stood near the table top in the kitchen. Tilly was looking around the cupboards grabbing different little snacks.

"It was interesting but glad the first day is over" I say taking a deep breath in and out like a big sigh, a good weight off my shoulder.

"The first day is always a lot, and can be pretty boring" Flynn spoke with a warm smile towards me, his eyes examining my face as he spoke, "once the first day is done, it gets a lot easier." He promised me,

Tilly turned around and stopped her scrummaging for snacks and looked at Flynn and I. "On my first day I vomited when the teacher asked me a question, in front of the whole class" she explained and gesturing with her hands what happened, "I'm pretty much saying, you can't get lower then that."

The group laugh at her story, "Yeah you can't get lower then that" axel joked around as he stood up taking a bag of chips off from Tilly's pile of snacks that was slowly building bit by bit on the counter top,

"Hey! Put that back" she squeals as she attempts to snatch right of his hands but he was too quick for him, "these snacks are for us girls when we we're getting ready" she explains,

Flynn turns around to axel and his eyes focus on the packet of chips in axels hand, he swiftly stands up and ever so quickly Flynn managed to grab a hold of his hand turn him around so he couldn't move or do anything unless he wanted to pop his shoulder out, axel struggles as Flynn takes his chips from axels hand and chucks it back on the table for Tilly,

"Cmon man I was hungry" he laughs, even though the swift movement of Flynn and axel almost getting injured in the process, it looks as though this is the usual around here.

We all laugh at the encounter and playful joke but in all honesty that was impressive.

Impressive that he was able to do that so effortlessly, to be able to grab his hand, turn him around and have him pretty much unable to move all in one swish. It was impressive yet intimidating, sort of hot yet scary.

"Anyway, we better go and start getting ready" Tilly says grabbing all the snacks in her arms and looking at me,

"So we'll see you later Octavia?" Flynn asked me, his face hopeful. I think it about it briefly but quickly reply back,

"I think I'm just going to stay in" I say without any confidence knowing they'll be annoyed I'm not showing up.

"What?" Axel asked,

"Your lying" Flynn states looking at me with confusion, before I could speak to explain myself, Tilly cut me off,

"Don't worry guys, I'll convince her. We'll see you guys later" and with her one free hand she grabs and pulls me along with her and up the stairs before could even explain myself.

Tilly and I head up the stairs and walk through the corridor until room thirty seven. She swings open the door with her free hand and we walk in. The room had such a vibe to it, the sun was starting to set in between the shades of the curtains, the subtle music playing in the background, and the girls getting ready.

"I brought snackssss" Tilly squealed as she shucked them all over her bed, "oh and the cups for our drinks" she finished as she sat on her bed.

"I am beyond excited" Frankie spoke highly, she was curling her short blonde hair,

"I can't wait to drink" Adira walked over to her bag and taking out these two large bottles of what looked to be clear water but even though with my abusive past, I knew a bit about alcohol. That's all I could smell every time my dad would come down those stairs.

He almost always had a drink in his hand, he'd always put it down by the stairs before he would deal with me, then pick it back up once he was done and left. One day he left it near me and forgot about it, me being so incredibly bored, I thought I'd try it. I spat it out immediately, the alcohol was so strong and my mouth was already dry from the little water and food I was given.

I'm trying to move away from my past, trying not to let it affect me but it's so hard when they are so many reminders of what I went through. I shake my head subtly to try and forget.

Adira takes out four red cups, my brain realised she was pouring one for me, I immediately stop her,

"Oh you don't need to pour me one, it's okay I'm not going tonight" I say shaking my head and half smiling to not feel bad because I know their going to push me to go.

"Well that's just not happening" Adira stopped pouring the liquid into the cup, and faced me with a cheeky yet demanding smile,

"Yeah c'mon girl, you have to" Frankie bursted out as she was putting on some makeup, she looked beautiful, they all did.

"I fully one thousand percent agree" Tilly chimed in herself before she took a deep breath, "look, we understand it's been a big day, Buuut it's your first house party, you can't miss this opportunity to kiss a few hot boys" she pauses for a second as she comes over to me and releases a smile my way, "how about I do your makeup quickly and fix up your hair, pick an outfit and see how you feel?" She looked at me with so much hope in her eyes,

I really didn't want to let her down.

"Okay, yeah we could try that" I say but honestly I don't think I'm going to go, so many people, alcohol, it'll be too much.

But I suppose I have to start getting ready and then see how I feel.

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