Everything I had convinced myself of all night had now been proven wrong. He wasn't giving me a ride because of Cara. He was giving me a ride because he wanted to. Why? Maybe he felt sorry for me having to ride with my mum. But why would he even care about that? He didn't even know me.
All of this was swirling through my head as I slowly walked to his car. He had already opened his door and climbed out.
"Good morning Georgia. Mrs Harris."
I didn't even notice mum follow me out.
"Good morning Dean." She said eyeing off his car. "I do hope you will drive carefully with my daughter."
"Absolutely Mrs. Harris. I promise she will be fine."
"Thank you Dean. Come on Josh." she called into the house.
Josh flew out the door and almost collided with me when he saw the Mustang.
"Woah! Sweet car!" he grinned at Dean, then threw me an envious look. I wanted to poke my tongue out at him but I just smiled.
"Come on Josh, or we will be late." Mum finally coaxed him into the van.
"I think maybe your brother is a little jealous?" Dean chuckled.
"Yeah." Man I really need to start forming actual sentences soon or he is going to think I am verbally challenged.
"So we had better go, or we will be late aswell." he opened up the passenger door and I slid into the seat as gracefully as I could. He closed the door and it gave me about 5 seconds to take in the interior of his car.
It was immaculate. Like not a speck of dust. It smelt of leather and aftershave. I moved slightly in my seat and the leather creaked beneath me.
The driver door opened and Dean slid into his seat and closed his door.
"You ready?" he smiled at me and started the engine. It was almost silent. Not what I expected from such a powerful looking car. I was no expert on cars but having a brother you do tend to pick up things here and there. We drove for a time in silence, me looking out the window, having no idea what to say.
"Do you like football?" he finally asked. It was such a random question that it took me a minute to answer.
"Um not really, why?" I was puzzled.
"Well there is a home game on Friday and a bunch of us are going and I thought maybe you might like to come."
"I would have to ask my folks but yeah sure."
"Great! And even if you don't really like football its more just to hang out anyway. Most of the time we don't really even pay attention to the game." he flashed that smile at me again then looked back at the road.
As we pulled into the parking lot I noticed that there were still quite a few people standing around talking so we weren't late or anything. I glanced at my watch and we still had 10 minutes before the bell. I opened my door and got out at the same time as Dean and swung it shut. As I looked up I noticed a few people were watching us. I felt my cheeks burning and looked around to avoid them. I found a familar face walking towards me from another expensive looking car. Red this time. But I couldn't see the tags.
"I am so glad my brother didn't kill you. He does tend to drive a little fast. If it scares you too much I could always give you a ride home."
"Cara, I will have you know I kept under the speed limit the whole way here. Didn't I Georgia?"
"Uh I guess so." I actually had no idea how fast he had been going.
"So anyway, we have English first and we had better not be late. Have they assigned you a locker yet?"
"I have to go to the office and pick up my key sometime today." I answered, aware that Dean was standing very close behind me now, listening to our conversation.
"I can go to the office with you now if you like, I have study hall anyway so its ok if I am late and they will give you a late slip." Dean offered.
"Ok thanks. Cara I'll see you in class then."
As he walked to the office he asked me about music I liked. I named a few of my favourite musicians and although he had heard of them, it was obvious his taste differed to mine. Again our conversation drifted into silence again. I realised he was making an effort to talk to me and I was closing up as usual. I racked my brain for something to say and was relieved that at that moment we got to the office and I wasn't on the spot.
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Walking to class I decided to at least attempt starting a conversation so I asked him about the upcoming football game. Funnily enough he wasn't really into the game itself, he just enjoyed being with his friends and hanging out at the games. I was so engrossed in listening to him that I kept walking after he had stopped in front of my class.
I laughed at myself and blushed as I opened the door.
"See you at lunch?" he asked before I went in.
"Sure. Thanks."
Cara spun in her seat and beamed at me as I sat down.
"So did you get your locker? Where is it?"
"Uh its number 369. I was going to find it after class."
"Oh man that bites. Mine is 867. I was hoping we would have lockers near each other." she pouted which actually made her look really young.
"Miss Samuels, are we interrupting you? I would hope that you are not teaching our new student bad habits?" Mr Newman boomed from the front of the room.
Cara spun around in her chair and apologised.
I was secretly grateful for his interuption. Cara was a bit overwhelming.
Everyone was concentrating on their work and I glanced around the room and I locked onto a familar pair of brown eyes. Right away I relaxed. I smiled at Liam without even thinking about it and he returned it instantly. He made a face at Mr Newmans turned head and I had to bite my lip not to laugh outloud. That made him smile even wider.
As we filed out of class Cara told me she would see me at lunch and headed off to Gym. Liam took her place beside me as we walked to Biology.
Talking to Liam was not hard at all. We were able to fall into a conversation about anything. I was also able to initiate conversations without even thinking about it. I never felt I needed to impress him. I noticed his folder had many band stickers that matched my tastes. He told me about upcoming concerts and new albums.
We even walked to the cafeteria together even though I knew I would be sitting at a different table. I actually wished he would sit with us at lunch so I could keep talking to him but I knew that was not a possibilty. That made me a little sad. I was actually thinking of asking to sit with him when I heard Josh calling my name from behind us.
"Georgia, wait up!"
"I guess I'll talk to you later." Liam walked off.
"What's the emergency?" I asked Josh.
"I want to know what the deal is with you and that Dean guy?" I knew it. I knew his ridiculous protective big brother crap would kick in soon enough.
"It's none of your business." I could feel my face burning and I knew people were watching us. I grabbed his arm and although he was like a boulder I managed to get him to walk up the hall with me away from the crowd flocking into the cafeteria.
"Georgie, don't get mad at me ok. It's just I have heard not so nice things about him and you are my sister. I am just trying to look out for you."
"What the hell! We have been here not even 2 days and you are already checking on my friends!"
"Actually I didn't really care that much until Britney told me about him. She used to date him. They were together for almost 3 years."
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Chapter 7
I didn't even realise the bell had rang until everyone at the table had started getting up and walking off.
I shook myself out of my Dean coma and got my bag and checked my schedule.
"What class do you have now?" Cara asked looking at her own paper.
"Algebra."
"Eww I have gym. Do you know where to go?"
"I have Algebra too Georgia I can show you."
I hadn't even noticed Liam walk up.
"Thanks. See you later Cara."
She waved and walked off towards the doors.
As we headed to class I thought I would see how well Liam knew Cara and of course Dean.
"Do you know her at all?" I asked Liam.
"We have been in school together since Kindergarten. But we don't hang out or anything. I am not part of the "in" crowd."
"They are the "in" crowd?" I was puzzled. Back home the in crowd were the rich, blonde, tanned goddesses who basically snobbed anyone who's parents didn't drive a BMW.
"Yep. Well there are a few "in" crowds here and I am not part of any of them. Geeks don't tend to be popular." He winked at me.
"Your not a geek!" I paused.
"Oh Georgia, so much to learn." he laughed and held the door open for me as I walked into Algebra.
I was so thankful I had Liam next to me through the class as I hated any form of Math and as it was the first day there was no real work, only the teacher talking about stuff I can't even remember. Liam chatted to me about all kinds of things and I pretty much forgot all about how uncomfortable I was. For some reason I felt very calm around him.
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Josh was supposed to meet me out the front of the school and we would walk down to the corner and wait for mum. But he caught me in the hall outside class and told me Britney was giving him a ride home. I told him that was fine and laughed as he ran down the hall to where Britney was waiting for him.
"He sure didn't waste any time." I heard from behind me. My breathe caught in my throat as I recognised the coma inducing voice.
I turned slowly to give myself time to breath. There he was, smiling at me. His blue eyes sparkling. Oh god I was starting to sound like the bad romance novels my grandmother reads.
"Hi." Was about all I could manage.
"Hi yourself. So he ditched you on your first day? Well how about I walk you to meet your mother?"
Breath god dammit. Breath. What the hell was wrong with me. I was not one of those girls who goes all weak at the knees at boys. Or maybe I was. Maybe I just hadn't come across the right boy yet.
"Umkaysure." Jesus. I can't even speak English now.
As we walked towards the exit he asked me how my first day went and how I was liking the school. I managed only 1 word answers for the most part. I was concentrating on breathing more than anything. We cut through the car park and I saw Liam leaning against an old Camaro watching us. I smiled at him and waved and he waved back but he didn't return my smile, weird. He got in his car then but didn't drive off.
"You've made friends with the geeksquad I see." Dean said looking at Liams car.
I was a little taken back by that. But then again Liam had called himself a geek, so maybe Dean wasn't being nasty.
"Yeah he is in most of my classes so he has helped me alot."
"Lucky you or should I say lucky him." he smiled that smile again.
I was so glad we had reached the corner and mum was in the van waiting for me because I wsn't sure I could have said anything after that.
"Hey we are neighbours aren't we?" he asked walking towards the drivers side of the van.
Mum smiled at him and wound the window down as he approached.
"Hello Mrs Harris, My name is Dean Samuals. We are your neighbours." He offered his hand and mum shook it with a huge smile on her face.
"Lovely to meet you Dean. I met your mother recently and I have heard about you and your sister, Cara is it?"
"That is right Mrs Harris. Well I was thinking, to save yourself the trouble I don't mind at all giving Georgia here a ride to and from school. If that's ok with you Georgia."
I blinked and just nodded my head. Mum beamed at me and him and it was settled.
"Great. I will see you in the morning Georgia. About 7:30? Nice to meet you Mrs Harris."
And he was gone. I got into the van and sat there watching him walk back to the school.
I couldn't look at mum. I could feel her eyes boring into me and that smile on her face would have blinded me.
"Well Georgia he was..."
I didn't let her finish, I buried my face in my hands and laughed and laughed and laughed. I was in hysterics. I probably did that for about 5 minutes. I finally stopped and mum asked me where Josh was and that set me off again.
I knew she would want to ask me a million questions I didn't have any answer for. I had no idea why he had offered to drive me to school. I had no idea why he had any interest in me at all. He was unbelievably gorgeous. It was undeniable. Maybe he was just being nice to his sisters new friend. Oh man I bet that was it. I bet Cara told him to ask me so we would ride to school together. That helped me calm down alot. He was just being a nice brother. I got that.
It didn't stop me from making sure I looked the best I could the next morning though. I made sure my hair was nice and straight and that I my clothes were matching. I was ready by 7 and paced up and down the living room, probably driving dad mad as he ate breakfast. He didn't seem at all concerned with a boy picking me up. I assume its because he knew where he lived.
I finally heard a car in the drive and I had to stop myself from flying out the door. I grabbed my bag and took a deep breath and slowly opened the door. There in my driveway was a new black Ford Mustang. And the only person in it was Dean.
I shook myself out of my Dean coma and got my bag and checked my schedule.
"What class do you have now?" Cara asked looking at her own paper.
"Algebra."
"Eww I have gym. Do you know where to go?"
"I have Algebra too Georgia I can show you."
I hadn't even noticed Liam walk up.
"Thanks. See you later Cara."
She waved and walked off towards the doors.
As we headed to class I thought I would see how well Liam knew Cara and of course Dean.
"Do you know her at all?" I asked Liam.
"We have been in school together since Kindergarten. But we don't hang out or anything. I am not part of the "in" crowd."
"They are the "in" crowd?" I was puzzled. Back home the in crowd were the rich, blonde, tanned goddesses who basically snobbed anyone who's parents didn't drive a BMW.
"Yep. Well there are a few "in" crowds here and I am not part of any of them. Geeks don't tend to be popular." He winked at me.
"Your not a geek!" I paused.
"Oh Georgia, so much to learn." he laughed and held the door open for me as I walked into Algebra.
I was so thankful I had Liam next to me through the class as I hated any form of Math and as it was the first day there was no real work, only the teacher talking about stuff I can't even remember. Liam chatted to me about all kinds of things and I pretty much forgot all about how uncomfortable I was. For some reason I felt very calm around him.
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Josh was supposed to meet me out the front of the school and we would walk down to the corner and wait for mum. But he caught me in the hall outside class and told me Britney was giving him a ride home. I told him that was fine and laughed as he ran down the hall to where Britney was waiting for him.
"He sure didn't waste any time." I heard from behind me. My breathe caught in my throat as I recognised the coma inducing voice.
I turned slowly to give myself time to breath. There he was, smiling at me. His blue eyes sparkling. Oh god I was starting to sound like the bad romance novels my grandmother reads.
"Hi." Was about all I could manage.
"Hi yourself. So he ditched you on your first day? Well how about I walk you to meet your mother?"
Breath god dammit. Breath. What the hell was wrong with me. I was not one of those girls who goes all weak at the knees at boys. Or maybe I was. Maybe I just hadn't come across the right boy yet.
"Umkaysure." Jesus. I can't even speak English now.
As we walked towards the exit he asked me how my first day went and how I was liking the school. I managed only 1 word answers for the most part. I was concentrating on breathing more than anything. We cut through the car park and I saw Liam leaning against an old Camaro watching us. I smiled at him and waved and he waved back but he didn't return my smile, weird. He got in his car then but didn't drive off.
"You've made friends with the geeksquad I see." Dean said looking at Liams car.
I was a little taken back by that. But then again Liam had called himself a geek, so maybe Dean wasn't being nasty.
"Yeah he is in most of my classes so he has helped me alot."
"Lucky you or should I say lucky him." he smiled that smile again.
I was so glad we had reached the corner and mum was in the van waiting for me because I wsn't sure I could have said anything after that.
"Hey we are neighbours aren't we?" he asked walking towards the drivers side of the van.
Mum smiled at him and wound the window down as he approached.
"Hello Mrs Harris, My name is Dean Samuals. We are your neighbours." He offered his hand and mum shook it with a huge smile on her face.
"Lovely to meet you Dean. I met your mother recently and I have heard about you and your sister, Cara is it?"
"That is right Mrs Harris. Well I was thinking, to save yourself the trouble I don't mind at all giving Georgia here a ride to and from school. If that's ok with you Georgia."
I blinked and just nodded my head. Mum beamed at me and him and it was settled.
"Great. I will see you in the morning Georgia. About 7:30? Nice to meet you Mrs Harris."
And he was gone. I got into the van and sat there watching him walk back to the school.
I couldn't look at mum. I could feel her eyes boring into me and that smile on her face would have blinded me.
"Well Georgia he was..."
I didn't let her finish, I buried my face in my hands and laughed and laughed and laughed. I was in hysterics. I probably did that for about 5 minutes. I finally stopped and mum asked me where Josh was and that set me off again.
I knew she would want to ask me a million questions I didn't have any answer for. I had no idea why he had offered to drive me to school. I had no idea why he had any interest in me at all. He was unbelievably gorgeous. It was undeniable. Maybe he was just being nice to his sisters new friend. Oh man I bet that was it. I bet Cara told him to ask me so we would ride to school together. That helped me calm down alot. He was just being a nice brother. I got that.
It didn't stop me from making sure I looked the best I could the next morning though. I made sure my hair was nice and straight and that I my clothes were matching. I was ready by 7 and paced up and down the living room, probably driving dad mad as he ate breakfast. He didn't seem at all concerned with a boy picking me up. I assume its because he knew where he lived.
I finally heard a car in the drive and I had to stop myself from flying out the door. I grabbed my bag and took a deep breath and slowly opened the door. There in my driveway was a new black Ford Mustang. And the only person in it was Dean.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Characters!
I decided to have a stab at creating what I think the characters look like using Sims 3.
There will be more characters later on but here are the current ones.
Georgia. They didn't have the right hair but this was close enough.
Josh:
Liam:
There will be more characters later on but here are the current ones.
Georgia. They didn't have the right hair but this was close enough.
Josh:
Dean:
Cara:
Britney:
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Chapter 6
"I can't wait till we have our own cars so we don't have to get driven to school."
This was all I heard from Josh all morning. All through breakfast and the ride to school. Mum just shook her head and smiled at me. My stomach was already a mess of knots and butterflies so I just smiled weakly back at her and played with my bracelet.
Mum knew how embarrassed Josh would be if she let us out right out front so she pulled into a parking lot about a block from the school.
"Ok kids, have a good day, I'll be here at 2:30 to pick you up."
Josh got out and shut his door and waited for me.
"Georgie, you going to be ok?" she asked turning around to look at me.
I gave her the best smile I could muster and told her I was going to be fine. Then I slipped out of the van.
Josh and I only shared 1 class, Biology, which also happened to be the first that day. We walked to class together and even though I tried hard not to look at anyone directly I could tell people were staring at us. We were the new kids. We were from a different place. Plus my brother is hard to ignore. I was happy that he was with me, I was sure being with him I was basically invisible.
Our Biology teacher, Mrs Bell, was very nice. She introduced us to the class and let us sit down. As I scanned the room for an empty spot I saw Liam towards the back and he waved to me and pointed to an empty place next to him. I quickly slid onto the stool and watched Josh chose his place next to a pretty blonde who was beaming at him. I rolled my eyes and turned back to the front.
Mrs. Bell cleared her throat and everyone was quiet. "Liam, Britney I hope you will help out your new lab partners with anything they need." She then started writing on the board.
"I hope your brother is good at Biology." Liam whispered to me. He must have realised I didn't know what I meant by the look I gave him.
"Britney used to be my lab partner but Mrs. Bell split us up so you & Josh wouldn't have to be partners. She kind of relied on me to do everything." he said with a wink. And he smiled at me again.
At that moment what mum had said to me the other night came back to me. She thought he was cute. I took in what he actually looked like while he got out his text book. He had dark brown hair that was neatly parted to the side, not too long not too short. He was wearing a button down plaid shirt and tan pants. I couldn't see his shoes under the bench, but for some reason I guessed they would be brown.
His clothes seemed really conservative compared to the other boys. They wore baggy or torn jeans, black t-shirts or studded belts. I also noticed that compared to the girls I was pretty conservative too. Most of them wore skinny jeans or short skirts. My skirt was to my knees.
The lesson mainly consisted of Mrs. Bell going over our lesson plans for the semester and our homework assignments. Liam talked to me about the school etc. I got the feeling he was keeping the conversation light on purpose. I wondered if he could tell how nervous I was. He offered to walk with me to our next class, English, which we also had together. I wondered what Josh would think of that. Before I even had a chance to consider his reaction the bell rang.
"Come on Josh, I'll show you where your next class is." came the high pitched voice belonging to Britney. I looked around and saw her grab his hand and drag him out of the classroom. I was so glad that Liam and I were the last people in there because the giggles that erupted out of my at that were embarrassing.
"Wow, your brother is a goner now." Liam laughed with me. That set me off again. We were still laughing when we got to English.
liam introduced me to our English teacher Mr Newman who looked too old to be a teacher. And he wasn't as friendly as Mrs Bell. He pointed to a desk that turned out to be on the opposite side of the room to Liam's. I sat down and looked over at my only friend. He shrugged and sat down.
I watched the rest of the students file and most of them gave me the once over and that was it. A girl with short black hair sat down in front of me and turned around to face me.
"You're the Australian girl right?" she asked me, almost shouting. I noticed that all eyes were on us then.
"Yeah that's me." I mumbled, turning red. I could feel how hot my face had gotten.
"I'm Cara. I actually live near you. The house with the red barn? You should sit with me at lunch!"
I can't remember much of the class, all I would think about was trying to get out of sitting with this girl at lunch. I studied the back of her head as the teacher droned on about something, trying to come up with excuses. I realised she had blue streaks in her black hair and she was dressed almost like a punk. Totally not the normal girls I would hang around. But I couldn't think of any way to get out of it. I had no one else to sit with. Liam hadn't offered for me to sit with him and there was no way I was going to sit with my brother.
When the bell rang I still didn't have an excuse so I had no choice but to follow her. She kept asking me questions the whole way to the cafeteria but she wouldn't even pause to let me answer. She asked me about music, movies, TV shows. I turned around at one point and realised Liam was right behind us, shaking his head. I looked at him, almost pleading for him to help me but he just shrugged. Great.
I followed her to a table at the far end of the cafeteria where about 4 other people were sitting. 2 boys and 2 girls. Cara introduced me to all of them, Laura, Shuana, Glen and Blake. I recognised the girls from my Biology class.
"Your brother is cute." Laura said. Shuana laughed. They giggled to themselves and pretty much ignored me after that. The boys were quiet. I noticed them looking at me from time to time, which made me even more nervous.
I saw Josh sitting with Britney across the room. I was a little more relaxed knowing he was close by. Cara started up her tirade of questions again. She was sitting across from me and I just kind of zoned out and stared at the clock on the wall behind her. I didn't even notice when someone sat down beside me.
"Wow Cara, I think you may have bored her into a coma." a deep voice broke into my haze. I turned to the source of the voice and was staring into the bluest eyes I had ever seen. I couldn't talk. I literally had lost my words.
"God your such a jerk. Georgia, this is my brother, Dean."
"Are you ok?" the voice asked again. My hand was on my thigh and I actually had to pinch myself to gain control.
"Um uh yeah." Was about all I could manage. His face went from concerned to delighted and he smiled the most gorgeous smile I had ever seen. He turned to Cara and reached across and took her apple.
While they argued over the ownership of fruit I took a moment to regain my composure. And to take in the vision next to me. Dean. Brother of Cara. Owner of the bluest eyes in the world and sexiest smile in the universe. Also he had a mess of black hair that didnt' seem to have any kind of style but worked so well. When I think back now I still cannot remember what he was wearing.
"So Georgia, your family are our new neighbours?" Dean asked smiling that smile again.
It took all of my concentration to form the one word I was able to form.
"Yes."
"Your brother," he motioned towards Josh "He isn't in any of my classes."
"He's not a senior Dean." Cara interrupted him.
"What he is younger than you?" He looked at me in shock.
"They are twins." Cara exclaimed.
"Cara, would you let her talk!" Dean glared at her. I went bright red.
"I'm sorry Georgia but my little sister likes to dominate the conversation. I think its to make up for her size. Twins huh. Well you sure don't look alike, thank god."
With that he picked up Cara's apple and took a bite.
This was all I heard from Josh all morning. All through breakfast and the ride to school. Mum just shook her head and smiled at me. My stomach was already a mess of knots and butterflies so I just smiled weakly back at her and played with my bracelet.
Mum knew how embarrassed Josh would be if she let us out right out front so she pulled into a parking lot about a block from the school.
"Ok kids, have a good day, I'll be here at 2:30 to pick you up."
Josh got out and shut his door and waited for me.
"Georgie, you going to be ok?" she asked turning around to look at me.
I gave her the best smile I could muster and told her I was going to be fine. Then I slipped out of the van.
Josh and I only shared 1 class, Biology, which also happened to be the first that day. We walked to class together and even though I tried hard not to look at anyone directly I could tell people were staring at us. We were the new kids. We were from a different place. Plus my brother is hard to ignore. I was happy that he was with me, I was sure being with him I was basically invisible.
Our Biology teacher, Mrs Bell, was very nice. She introduced us to the class and let us sit down. As I scanned the room for an empty spot I saw Liam towards the back and he waved to me and pointed to an empty place next to him. I quickly slid onto the stool and watched Josh chose his place next to a pretty blonde who was beaming at him. I rolled my eyes and turned back to the front.
Mrs. Bell cleared her throat and everyone was quiet. "Liam, Britney I hope you will help out your new lab partners with anything they need." She then started writing on the board.
"I hope your brother is good at Biology." Liam whispered to me. He must have realised I didn't know what I meant by the look I gave him.
"Britney used to be my lab partner but Mrs. Bell split us up so you & Josh wouldn't have to be partners. She kind of relied on me to do everything." he said with a wink. And he smiled at me again.
At that moment what mum had said to me the other night came back to me. She thought he was cute. I took in what he actually looked like while he got out his text book. He had dark brown hair that was neatly parted to the side, not too long not too short. He was wearing a button down plaid shirt and tan pants. I couldn't see his shoes under the bench, but for some reason I guessed they would be brown.
His clothes seemed really conservative compared to the other boys. They wore baggy or torn jeans, black t-shirts or studded belts. I also noticed that compared to the girls I was pretty conservative too. Most of them wore skinny jeans or short skirts. My skirt was to my knees.
The lesson mainly consisted of Mrs. Bell going over our lesson plans for the semester and our homework assignments. Liam talked to me about the school etc. I got the feeling he was keeping the conversation light on purpose. I wondered if he could tell how nervous I was. He offered to walk with me to our next class, English, which we also had together. I wondered what Josh would think of that. Before I even had a chance to consider his reaction the bell rang.
"Come on Josh, I'll show you where your next class is." came the high pitched voice belonging to Britney. I looked around and saw her grab his hand and drag him out of the classroom. I was so glad that Liam and I were the last people in there because the giggles that erupted out of my at that were embarrassing.
"Wow, your brother is a goner now." Liam laughed with me. That set me off again. We were still laughing when we got to English.
liam introduced me to our English teacher Mr Newman who looked too old to be a teacher. And he wasn't as friendly as Mrs Bell. He pointed to a desk that turned out to be on the opposite side of the room to Liam's. I sat down and looked over at my only friend. He shrugged and sat down.
I watched the rest of the students file and most of them gave me the once over and that was it. A girl with short black hair sat down in front of me and turned around to face me.
"You're the Australian girl right?" she asked me, almost shouting. I noticed that all eyes were on us then.
"Yeah that's me." I mumbled, turning red. I could feel how hot my face had gotten.
"I'm Cara. I actually live near you. The house with the red barn? You should sit with me at lunch!"
I can't remember much of the class, all I would think about was trying to get out of sitting with this girl at lunch. I studied the back of her head as the teacher droned on about something, trying to come up with excuses. I realised she had blue streaks in her black hair and she was dressed almost like a punk. Totally not the normal girls I would hang around. But I couldn't think of any way to get out of it. I had no one else to sit with. Liam hadn't offered for me to sit with him and there was no way I was going to sit with my brother.
When the bell rang I still didn't have an excuse so I had no choice but to follow her. She kept asking me questions the whole way to the cafeteria but she wouldn't even pause to let me answer. She asked me about music, movies, TV shows. I turned around at one point and realised Liam was right behind us, shaking his head. I looked at him, almost pleading for him to help me but he just shrugged. Great.
I followed her to a table at the far end of the cafeteria where about 4 other people were sitting. 2 boys and 2 girls. Cara introduced me to all of them, Laura, Shuana, Glen and Blake. I recognised the girls from my Biology class.
"Your brother is cute." Laura said. Shuana laughed. They giggled to themselves and pretty much ignored me after that. The boys were quiet. I noticed them looking at me from time to time, which made me even more nervous.
I saw Josh sitting with Britney across the room. I was a little more relaxed knowing he was close by. Cara started up her tirade of questions again. She was sitting across from me and I just kind of zoned out and stared at the clock on the wall behind her. I didn't even notice when someone sat down beside me.
"Wow Cara, I think you may have bored her into a coma." a deep voice broke into my haze. I turned to the source of the voice and was staring into the bluest eyes I had ever seen. I couldn't talk. I literally had lost my words.
"God your such a jerk. Georgia, this is my brother, Dean."
"Are you ok?" the voice asked again. My hand was on my thigh and I actually had to pinch myself to gain control.
"Um uh yeah." Was about all I could manage. His face went from concerned to delighted and he smiled the most gorgeous smile I had ever seen. He turned to Cara and reached across and took her apple.
While they argued over the ownership of fruit I took a moment to regain my composure. And to take in the vision next to me. Dean. Brother of Cara. Owner of the bluest eyes in the world and sexiest smile in the universe. Also he had a mess of black hair that didnt' seem to have any kind of style but worked so well. When I think back now I still cannot remember what he was wearing.
"So Georgia, your family are our new neighbours?" Dean asked smiling that smile again.
It took all of my concentration to form the one word I was able to form.
"Yes."
"Your brother," he motioned towards Josh "He isn't in any of my classes."
"He's not a senior Dean." Cara interrupted him.
"What he is younger than you?" He looked at me in shock.
"They are twins." Cara exclaimed.
"Cara, would you let her talk!" Dean glared at her. I went bright red.
"I'm sorry Georgia but my little sister likes to dominate the conversation. I think its to make up for her size. Twins huh. Well you sure don't look alike, thank god."
With that he picked up Cara's apple and took a bite.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Chapter 5
The next week consisted of more shopping and sight seeing. Dad had already started at the University so mum took us all over the place, checking out as many stores we could. She was determined to stock the house and our closets to the point of bursting.
Friday was open Day at our new school where we met most of our teachers and some of the other kids we will be in classes with. I tried hard not to bring too much attention to myself, which was hard when I had Josh with me. Luckily not many of the girls who flocked around him even spared me a glance. I noticed that most people seemed to have at least 1 or 2 friends and they were all standing in small groups chatting. I seemed to be the only person who was quietly taking it all in.
As I stood studying my fellow classmates I noticed a constant clicking noise. I finally located the source. Someone was taking photos of the events. I couldn't see their face behind the massive camera, but I coulkd tell it was a boy. Great. Another of my fears. I hate my photo being taken. I realised I needed fresh air as I was starting to feel claustrophobic. Mum was busy talking to one of the teachers and Josh was surrounded by a group of girls.
I slipped out of the side door of the auditorium and into the heat. I leaned against the brick wall and closed my eyes. I hadn't had a panic attack since the morning we left Australia. I had learnt to control them through breathing techniques which I used now.
"Are you ok?" a nervous voice asked me to my left.
I opened my eyes and saw the face of the phantom photographer. He looked worried but all I could think about was the camera in his hands.
"Um yeah I am ok. I just needed some air." as I spoke his concerned look changed to a huge smile.
"Oh hey you're the Australian girl. I'm Liam." and he held out his hand.
I shook his hand and told him my name. He smiled again and asked me what classes I was in and we realised we shared about 5. He was very excited that I was taking photography, which was I had actually forgotten I was in. I had only chosen it to fill a spot. Being behind a camera was much more appealing to me than being in front.
I hadn't realised we had been chatting so long until my mum came around the side of the building looking worried.
"Georgie, I have been looking all over for you. We were about to.." She stopped as soon as she realised I wasn't alone. "Oh hello, I'm Georgia's mother. I didn't mean to interrupt."
Then she looked at me and grinned like an idiot. Oh no.
"Ok mum lets go, it was nice meeting you Liam. I'll see you on Monday." I called to him as I dragged mum to the door.
"See you." he waved as we went inside.
"Well he seemed nice."
"Yes mum he was. And don't look at me like that." I warned her as she gave me that hopeful smile again.
Josh was waiting at the front of the school for us and laughed as I walked past him to the car.
"See I told you she was fine." Josh said as he opened the passenger door.
"Oh she was fine alright. She was talking to a boy behind the school." Mum mused as she got into the car.
Josh spun around in the seat and looked at me.
"What!"
"Oh my god, both of you are being so ridiculous. I was just talking to someone who happened to be in like most of my classes, so chances are I would have spoken to him eventually. Mum just because I spoke to a guy doesn't mean anything and Josh seriously, the protective brother thing is starting to wear thin."
Josh tried to say something but all he could manage was to look from me to mum with his mouth open. It was not like me to stand up for myself like that. I tended to just go along with things.
"Close your mouth Josh, you'll swallow a fly." Mum said and backed the car out of the parking lot. I could tell my the rearview mirror she was smiling.
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After dinner I went up to my room to pick out my first day of school outfit and while I was deciding on a top to go with my chocolate brown skirt mum poked her head into my room.
"Can I come in?"
"Sure, I'm trying to decide between the teal or the dark green blouse."
Mum pointed to the green and said "It goes better with your eyes."
"Thanks." I hung the clothes on the closest handle and plopped onto my bed. Mum had come up to talk, I could read her so well. She sat down on my bed next to me.
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?"
I knew I couldn't lie to her, but I also didn't want her to worry.
"A little, well alot but I will be ok. Josh will be there. He is even in 2 of my classes so it will be fine."
She smiled and picked at my quilt. I knew there was something else she had on her mind.
"Mum, just say what you are wanting to say."
"I was really proud of you today, standing up for yourself like that. Josh needs to realise that your not 12 anymore and that you can look after yourself."
I was surprised byt this. I thought she wanted to ask me about Liam.
"Well I guess I have realised it too. Hence the reason I told him so." I smiled at her.
She got up and leaned over and kissed the top of my head.
"You are both growing up too fast."
She walked to the door then stopped and looked back at me.
"That Liam boy was quite cute." And she was gone.
As I stood studying my fellow classmates I noticed a constant clicking noise. I finally located the source. Someone was taking photos of the events. I couldn't see their face behind the massive camera, but I coulkd tell it was a boy. Great. Another of my fears. I hate my photo being taken. I realised I needed fresh air as I was starting to feel claustrophobic. Mum was busy talking to one of the teachers and Josh was surrounded by a group of girls.
I slipped out of the side door of the auditorium and into the heat. I leaned against the brick wall and closed my eyes. I hadn't had a panic attack since the morning we left Australia. I had learnt to control them through breathing techniques which I used now.
"Are you ok?" a nervous voice asked me to my left.
I opened my eyes and saw the face of the phantom photographer. He looked worried but all I could think about was the camera in his hands.
"Um yeah I am ok. I just needed some air." as I spoke his concerned look changed to a huge smile.
"Oh hey you're the Australian girl. I'm Liam." and he held out his hand.
I shook his hand and told him my name. He smiled again and asked me what classes I was in and we realised we shared about 5. He was very excited that I was taking photography, which was I had actually forgotten I was in. I had only chosen it to fill a spot. Being behind a camera was much more appealing to me than being in front.
I hadn't realised we had been chatting so long until my mum came around the side of the building looking worried.
"Georgie, I have been looking all over for you. We were about to.." She stopped as soon as she realised I wasn't alone. "Oh hello, I'm Georgia's mother. I didn't mean to interrupt."
Then she looked at me and grinned like an idiot. Oh no.
"Ok mum lets go, it was nice meeting you Liam. I'll see you on Monday." I called to him as I dragged mum to the door.
"See you." he waved as we went inside.
"Well he seemed nice."
"Yes mum he was. And don't look at me like that." I warned her as she gave me that hopeful smile again.
Josh was waiting at the front of the school for us and laughed as I walked past him to the car.
"See I told you she was fine." Josh said as he opened the passenger door.
"Oh she was fine alright. She was talking to a boy behind the school." Mum mused as she got into the car.
Josh spun around in the seat and looked at me.
"What!"
"Oh my god, both of you are being so ridiculous. I was just talking to someone who happened to be in like most of my classes, so chances are I would have spoken to him eventually. Mum just because I spoke to a guy doesn't mean anything and Josh seriously, the protective brother thing is starting to wear thin."
Josh tried to say something but all he could manage was to look from me to mum with his mouth open. It was not like me to stand up for myself like that. I tended to just go along with things.
"Close your mouth Josh, you'll swallow a fly." Mum said and backed the car out of the parking lot. I could tell my the rearview mirror she was smiling.
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After dinner I went up to my room to pick out my first day of school outfit and while I was deciding on a top to go with my chocolate brown skirt mum poked her head into my room.
"Can I come in?"
"Sure, I'm trying to decide between the teal or the dark green blouse."
Mum pointed to the green and said "It goes better with your eyes."
"Thanks." I hung the clothes on the closest handle and plopped onto my bed. Mum had come up to talk, I could read her so well. She sat down on my bed next to me.
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?"
I knew I couldn't lie to her, but I also didn't want her to worry.
"A little, well alot but I will be ok. Josh will be there. He is even in 2 of my classes so it will be fine."
She smiled and picked at my quilt. I knew there was something else she had on her mind.
"Mum, just say what you are wanting to say."
"I was really proud of you today, standing up for yourself like that. Josh needs to realise that your not 12 anymore and that you can look after yourself."
I was surprised byt this. I thought she wanted to ask me about Liam.
"Well I guess I have realised it too. Hence the reason I told him so." I smiled at her.
She got up and leaned over and kissed the top of my head.
"You are both growing up too fast."
She walked to the door then stopped and looked back at me.
"That Liam boy was quite cute." And she was gone.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Chapter 4
I noticed Josh wasn't in the van as we got in. Mum didn't ask so I knew right away they were all up to something. I was intrigued.
"Where's Josh Dad?" I tried not to sound interested.
"Oh he wasn't feeling good so I took him home." He shot a mum a grin and that confirmed it.
My parents loved surprising us. And secretly I still loved it. Although I would never admit it to them.
We stopped at a supermarket and filled up almost 2 carts with all the food and supplies we needed. I couldn't believe the food available here. I knew I had to watch myself or else I will be filling out in all the wrong places. Luckily mum was pretty good at choosing healthy food so I put all my faith in her. We loaded up the van with all our groceries and headed home.
I took time to take in the scenery on the ride home and noticed one of our neighbours places for the first time. It was very similar to ours, except for the huge red barn behind it. I had always wanted to have a barn and play in hay and do all those silly things I saw in movies.
As we pulled in Josh came out to the van to help us bring everything in.
"You don't look sick" I teased knowing the truth. He just winked at me and grabbed a handful of shopping bags.
"We better get this inside guys, looks like its going to rain." Dad warned us as I looked up at the sky. I hadn't noticed until now that it had gotten very grey and cloudy. As if to answer him a loud clap of thunder boomed over us.
Mum screamed and ran inside. She hated storms. I laughed and followed her.
Once we had everything inside I helped mum put it all away while dad and Josh disappeared upstairs. I was dying to know what they were up to. Finally we got everything put up and the cupboards were so full we could hardly close them. Mum seemed so much happier now with a kitchen full of food.
I headed up to my room to put away all my new stuff and noticed that my "study" door was closed. I turned the handle but it didn't open.
"Hey what's the deal?" I yelled through the door. I heard them both laughing. Damn, what were they doing.
"Hold on." Dad said, still laughing. He opened the door and stepped aside so I could walk in.
They had been busy. I realised that Josh must have done most of it while we were out. They had bought me a desk, bookshelf and an office chair. They had my computer all set up and even put my few books on the bookshelf. I was speechless. Josh walked over to me a threw his arm around my shoulders.
"What do you think?"
"Wow." That was all I could manage. I couldn't believe they had done all of this in such a short time.
"We have some more stuff coming but this should do you for now." Dad explained.
"This is great guys. Thanks so much." I managed to find my words. "What else is coming?"
"Well mum insisted we get you a sofa in here, and we thought a sofa bed would be practical so that's ordered and she also wants to get you a rug and some other stuff, but I think she wants you to choose those kinds of things."
I let them show me all the stuff they did then I finally got to enjoy my study alone. They had hooked up my computer to the internet network that was wired through the house so the first thing I did was log into my email. As I gathered I had a bunch from all my friends back home wanted to know how I was and how awesome America was. My friend Laura was already asking me about the boys here.
Boys. That was a strange subject for me. Technically I had never had a boyfriend. Josh was partly to blame for that. Not that he did anything. But I had heard from friends that most guys didn't ask me out because they were scared of Josh. The others didn't ask me because of my mum. She was the Librarian at our old school. Thank god she has no decided to take time off. So I didn't stand a chance. The only boys I did talk to were Josh's friends but most of them were very popular and were not interested in someone like me.
My friends assured me I was pretty. They always talked about how jealous of my hair they were and my skin was flawless. But I saw myself as too pasty and bony and almost sick looking. I was starting to think I would never fill out and always be this boyish girl that no one would ever want to go out with.
I logged out of my email without even replying. It was too depressing at that moment. I decided to go and put away all the clothes I had gotten today to cheer myself up. I forgot how much stuff mum had insisted on buying and it took me a while to get it all put away. I was already putting outfits together in my head for school, which was starting in a week.
That was not something I was looking forward to.
"Where's Josh Dad?" I tried not to sound interested.
"Oh he wasn't feeling good so I took him home." He shot a mum a grin and that confirmed it.
My parents loved surprising us. And secretly I still loved it. Although I would never admit it to them.
We stopped at a supermarket and filled up almost 2 carts with all the food and supplies we needed. I couldn't believe the food available here. I knew I had to watch myself or else I will be filling out in all the wrong places. Luckily mum was pretty good at choosing healthy food so I put all my faith in her. We loaded up the van with all our groceries and headed home.
I took time to take in the scenery on the ride home and noticed one of our neighbours places for the first time. It was very similar to ours, except for the huge red barn behind it. I had always wanted to have a barn and play in hay and do all those silly things I saw in movies.
As we pulled in Josh came out to the van to help us bring everything in.
"You don't look sick" I teased knowing the truth. He just winked at me and grabbed a handful of shopping bags.
"We better get this inside guys, looks like its going to rain." Dad warned us as I looked up at the sky. I hadn't noticed until now that it had gotten very grey and cloudy. As if to answer him a loud clap of thunder boomed over us.
Mum screamed and ran inside. She hated storms. I laughed and followed her.
Once we had everything inside I helped mum put it all away while dad and Josh disappeared upstairs. I was dying to know what they were up to. Finally we got everything put up and the cupboards were so full we could hardly close them. Mum seemed so much happier now with a kitchen full of food.
I headed up to my room to put away all my new stuff and noticed that my "study" door was closed. I turned the handle but it didn't open.
"Hey what's the deal?" I yelled through the door. I heard them both laughing. Damn, what were they doing.
"Hold on." Dad said, still laughing. He opened the door and stepped aside so I could walk in.
They had been busy. I realised that Josh must have done most of it while we were out. They had bought me a desk, bookshelf and an office chair. They had my computer all set up and even put my few books on the bookshelf. I was speechless. Josh walked over to me a threw his arm around my shoulders.
"What do you think?"
"Wow." That was all I could manage. I couldn't believe they had done all of this in such a short time.
"We have some more stuff coming but this should do you for now." Dad explained.
"This is great guys. Thanks so much." I managed to find my words. "What else is coming?"
"Well mum insisted we get you a sofa in here, and we thought a sofa bed would be practical so that's ordered and she also wants to get you a rug and some other stuff, but I think she wants you to choose those kinds of things."
I let them show me all the stuff they did then I finally got to enjoy my study alone. They had hooked up my computer to the internet network that was wired through the house so the first thing I did was log into my email. As I gathered I had a bunch from all my friends back home wanted to know how I was and how awesome America was. My friend Laura was already asking me about the boys here.
Boys. That was a strange subject for me. Technically I had never had a boyfriend. Josh was partly to blame for that. Not that he did anything. But I had heard from friends that most guys didn't ask me out because they were scared of Josh. The others didn't ask me because of my mum. She was the Librarian at our old school. Thank god she has no decided to take time off. So I didn't stand a chance. The only boys I did talk to were Josh's friends but most of them were very popular and were not interested in someone like me.
My friends assured me I was pretty. They always talked about how jealous of my hair they were and my skin was flawless. But I saw myself as too pasty and bony and almost sick looking. I was starting to think I would never fill out and always be this boyish girl that no one would ever want to go out with.
I logged out of my email without even replying. It was too depressing at that moment. I decided to go and put away all the clothes I had gotten today to cheer myself up. I forgot how much stuff mum had insisted on buying and it took me a while to get it all put away. I was already putting outfits together in my head for school, which was starting in a week.
That was not something I was looking forward to.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Ch ch Changes!
Ok readers (if there are any! haha)
I will be making some changes to the story tonight.
The main things I will be changing if you don't want to re-read will be:
Georgia and Josh are now twins, not identical though.
They will both be 16, about to turn 17.
Josh will be the older twin, born first.
The reason I am doing this is I realised 15 was a bit young for Georgia but I also wanted her to have a protective big brother in school with her. So having them as twins made sense.
Thoughts on this?
I will be making some changes to the story tonight.
The main things I will be changing if you don't want to re-read will be:
Georgia and Josh are now twins, not identical though.
They will both be 16, about to turn 17.
Josh will be the older twin, born first.
The reason I am doing this is I realised 15 was a bit young for Georgia but I also wanted her to have a protective big brother in school with her. So having them as twins made sense.
Thoughts on this?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Chapter 3
The first thing I noticed when I woke up was it was still dark. I stretched and got out of bed, hoping it wasn't too early. I found my watch on my dresser and it read 6:35am. Not too early. I tiptoed to the top of the stairs and the house beneath me was dark and silent. Everyone must still be asleep.
I had gone to bed with wet hair last night which I don't usually do but I was so tired I couldn't be bothered drying it so now it was a mess of auburn ringlets that fell past my shoulders. As I brushed it I looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled as I imagined what it was going to be like starting school with Josh and introducing him as my twin brother. Because we looked nothing alike. He was almost 6 foot, dark brown hair and olive skin. I had light auburn hair, pale skin and barely stood 5 foot 4 with heels. It was obvious we weren't identical twins and which parent we took after, I was the mirror image of my mother and Josh was dad's son without a doubt. But we did share a few traits. We both had mum's eyes, jade green. And dad's dimples.
Although mum told me I should love the curls I was born with, I straightened my hair most of the time. I plugged in my straightener and while I waited for it to heat up I went to hunt down clothes to wear. I realised as I started I had no idea what the weather would be like. I had to stop and think. Ok it was July so winter back home, summer here. So no jeans. I opened my closest and grabbed a skirt and blouse that mum had obviously already ironed and put them on. Then I went back to do my hair.
My first breakfast in our new house was very rushed. Josh didn't even sit down to eat his toast and I don't think mum even ate, unless she had something before I came downstairs. I ate 2 pieces of toast with Vegemite, which mum graciously packed for us. I hadn't even swallowed the last bite before we were being herded out the door into the van.
I took a moment to survey our yard before I got in, cause honestly, I couldn't remember much of our arrival yesterday. And I use the term yard loosely because it was more than a yard. It was more like a freakin football field. I realised that our house was on at least a 5 acre open lot and behind that were woods that didn't seem to stop. As I turned around I couldn't even see another house.
"How big is this place?" I whispered to myself.
"Well Georgie, our property is just over 20 acres. I'll show you around this afternoon if you like, but your mum is getting impatient to go spend money so come on." Dad whispered over my shoulder.
I smiled back at him and got in the van.
Town was alot closer than I expected. Given the size of our land I assumed we lived in the middle of nowhere, but we pulled into the Walmart parking lot within 10 minutes. I had heard of Walmart on tv and in movies but I still was not prepared for the size of it.
"Woah, this place is huge!" Josh took the words right out of my mouth.
I gave him a weak smile. This place was kind of overwhelming. And really crowded. I hate crowded.
"Ok kids, I want to get some stuff for the kitchen and Dad wants to look at the garden stuff, so how about we split up and you can go look at things you might want?"
She must have seen the panic in my eyes cause she reached into her bag and handed Josh a cell phone. "If you get lost call Dad." Then she smiled at me.
"Meet you guys down here by the registers in an hour ok?" Dad asked pointing to the registers behind us.
I had gone to bed with wet hair last night which I don't usually do but I was so tired I couldn't be bothered drying it so now it was a mess of auburn ringlets that fell past my shoulders. As I brushed it I looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled as I imagined what it was going to be like starting school with Josh and introducing him as my twin brother. Because we looked nothing alike. He was almost 6 foot, dark brown hair and olive skin. I had light auburn hair, pale skin and barely stood 5 foot 4 with heels. It was obvious we weren't identical twins and which parent we took after, I was the mirror image of my mother and Josh was dad's son without a doubt. But we did share a few traits. We both had mum's eyes, jade green. And dad's dimples.
Although mum told me I should love the curls I was born with, I straightened my hair most of the time. I plugged in my straightener and while I waited for it to heat up I went to hunt down clothes to wear. I realised as I started I had no idea what the weather would be like. I had to stop and think. Ok it was July so winter back home, summer here. So no jeans. I opened my closest and grabbed a skirt and blouse that mum had obviously already ironed and put them on. Then I went back to do my hair.
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My first breakfast in our new house was very rushed. Josh didn't even sit down to eat his toast and I don't think mum even ate, unless she had something before I came downstairs. I ate 2 pieces of toast with Vegemite, which mum graciously packed for us. I hadn't even swallowed the last bite before we were being herded out the door into the van.
I took a moment to survey our yard before I got in, cause honestly, I couldn't remember much of our arrival yesterday. And I use the term yard loosely because it was more than a yard. It was more like a freakin football field. I realised that our house was on at least a 5 acre open lot and behind that were woods that didn't seem to stop. As I turned around I couldn't even see another house.
"How big is this place?" I whispered to myself.
"Well Georgie, our property is just over 20 acres. I'll show you around this afternoon if you like, but your mum is getting impatient to go spend money so come on." Dad whispered over my shoulder.
I smiled back at him and got in the van.
Town was alot closer than I expected. Given the size of our land I assumed we lived in the middle of nowhere, but we pulled into the Walmart parking lot within 10 minutes. I had heard of Walmart on tv and in movies but I still was not prepared for the size of it.
"Woah, this place is huge!" Josh took the words right out of my mouth.
I gave him a weak smile. This place was kind of overwhelming. And really crowded. I hate crowded.
"Ok kids, I want to get some stuff for the kitchen and Dad wants to look at the garden stuff, so how about we split up and you can go look at things you might want?"
She must have seen the panic in my eyes cause she reached into her bag and handed Josh a cell phone. "If you get lost call Dad." Then she smiled at me.
"Meet you guys down here by the registers in an hour ok?" Dad asked pointing to the registers behind us.
I hadn't expected everything to be so cheap! I had been torn between getting a laptop or a desktop computer when Josh kindly pointed out to me that I could afford both if I got one of those mini laptops. He even found me a decal sticker for it in my favourite colours, chocolate & turquoise. We then went to find him a Wii which he bought as well as a bunch of games for it.
We spotted mum and dad looking at bedding as we made our way to the clothes section. Mum wanted to buy me all new bedding and so we spent about 20 minutes choosing new sheets, a quilt and pillows. All in chocolate and turquoise of course. Dad and Josh went off to look at other stuff so mum and I wandered around looking at other things, picking out small things for the house.
When they came back Josh had a huge grin on his face but he wouldn't tell me what was going on. I knew they were up to something but neither of them would spill. Mum wanted to go to one of the nicer department stores to get some clothes and she demanded I go with her so Dad said he would drop us off as he and Josh were going to the hardware store.
The store they dropped us off at was called Kohls and it reminded me of Myer back home. It was really nice inside. Mum insisted on getting me a bunch of stuff, especially for school as they didn't wear uniforms here. She bought me so much stuff we needed 2 carts to carry it all. Luckily mum and I had the same taste in clothes so shopping with her was pain free.
We both liked classic styles. I loved pencil skirts and pretty blouses. I went through a tomboy stage when I was little but as I got older I felt the need to be more girly. Especially seeming I hadn't seemed to have "bloomed" I didn't want to be mistaken for a long haired boy. Mum reassured me she was a late bloomer herself and not to give up hope of getting boobs. My mother was not one to hold back.
We were trying on shoes when her cell phone rang, dad letting us know he was on his way back to pick us up. We grabbed our haul and made our way up to the registers. Of course as soon as mum spoke we got the whole "where are your from" questions. This had already happened at Walmart and I expected it wouldn't go away any time soon. Mum just chatted with the clerk about Australia and travelling. I just let her go for it. One thing I didn't get from mum was her ability to talk to random strangers.
We spotted mum and dad looking at bedding as we made our way to the clothes section. Mum wanted to buy me all new bedding and so we spent about 20 minutes choosing new sheets, a quilt and pillows. All in chocolate and turquoise of course. Dad and Josh went off to look at other stuff so mum and I wandered around looking at other things, picking out small things for the house.
When they came back Josh had a huge grin on his face but he wouldn't tell me what was going on. I knew they were up to something but neither of them would spill. Mum wanted to go to one of the nicer department stores to get some clothes and she demanded I go with her so Dad said he would drop us off as he and Josh were going to the hardware store.
The store they dropped us off at was called Kohls and it reminded me of Myer back home. It was really nice inside. Mum insisted on getting me a bunch of stuff, especially for school as they didn't wear uniforms here. She bought me so much stuff we needed 2 carts to carry it all. Luckily mum and I had the same taste in clothes so shopping with her was pain free.
We both liked classic styles. I loved pencil skirts and pretty blouses. I went through a tomboy stage when I was little but as I got older I felt the need to be more girly. Especially seeming I hadn't seemed to have "bloomed" I didn't want to be mistaken for a long haired boy. Mum reassured me she was a late bloomer herself and not to give up hope of getting boobs. My mother was not one to hold back.
We were trying on shoes when her cell phone rang, dad letting us know he was on his way back to pick us up. We grabbed our haul and made our way up to the registers. Of course as soon as mum spoke we got the whole "where are your from" questions. This had already happened at Walmart and I expected it wouldn't go away any time soon. Mum just chatted with the clerk about Australia and travelling. I just let her go for it. One thing I didn't get from mum was her ability to talk to random strangers.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Chapter 2
Mum's smiled wavered a fraction. She took my reaction totally the wrong way. I could tell she was about to say something, so I had to speak quickly.
"The room is beautiful, so nice that I thought it was yours." Her smile returned even bigger.
"Ha, as if your Dad would want to climb all those stairs every day!" she laughed and Dad rolled his eyes.
"Our bedroom is on the second floor. I guess we need to show you where everything is." She beamed at me. She loved this kind of thing.
She started with the kitchen and I noticed the fridge and the pantry were pretty empty. Plus we only had the bare about of kitchen stuff.
"We have to go shopping tomorrow and get food and other stuff. But we have the necessities for now. Plus I bet your dying to go shopping!"
Mum knew how hard it had been getting rid of most of our possessions so she promised we would replace all the things we had to get rid of. Plus I had been working on weekends at mum's cafe for almost a year and I had saved over $2000.
The rest of the house was gorgeous, she explained to me that the house was probably about 70 years old but it had been completely remodelled in the past 5 years so everything was brand new. When they had shown me the rooms on the second floor, their bedroom, dad's study and the bathroom, I realised Josh's room must be the one opposite mine.
I didn't mind so much but I had kind of hoped I had that third floor to myself.
"So do I use this bathroom then?" I pointed to their ensuite?
"No sweetie, your bathroom is upstairs." Dad said. "Here I'll show you."
He climbed the stairs to the third floor and opened the door opposite my room. Inside was an empty smaller bedroom with another door at the end. He walked to that door and opened it.
"This is your bathroom."
I peeked past him into my bathroom. It was perfect. And it looked brand new. The white tiles were sparkling and the huge bath looked so inviting.
"What's this room then" I asked walking back into the smaller bedroom.
"We thought you could use it as a study or something" Mum smiled. Huh?
"Where is Josh's room?"
"Ah well, maybe we should let him show you." Dad chuckled.
I looked at him with a raised eyebrow but he didn't say anything. Okay.
"Come on then." He walked back out onto the landing and I followed him down to the ground floor. He went through the kitchen to a door I didn't notice before. He knocked on it.
It took a few minutes then Josh opened it up, he was about a foot shorter than me. Then I realised he was on a staircase.
"Basement!" I squealed. "We have a basement?"
"Yeah Georgie-Porgie and its mine!" Josh growled at me.
I sighed and poked him in the ribs, "Show me!" I begged impatiently.
"Ok come on then."
Mum & Dad motioned for me to follow him but they stayed put.
The stairs ended at the end of a very large room that was probably as big as the whole ground floor. There was a bed and dressers and the floor was even carpeted.
"This is awesome Josh! You are so lucky!"
"Hey your room is pretty damn nice too kid."
"Yeah I know!" We both kind of jumped around on the spot, no one would think we were almost 17. Dorks.
"Hey mum said we are going shopping tomorrow. I want to get a computer. Would you help me chose one?" I asked him when we had finished jumping.
"Yeah sure. I might get a Wii for down here. That would be cool."
I noticed he also had a TV and a sofa on the other side of the room.
"Do you have to go upstairs everytime you have to pee?" I asked him.
"Nope, check it out." He walked around to the wall underneath the stairs and opened a door. I looked in and there was a toilet.
"Brilliant!"
"Yeah but I have to use the shower upstairs but that is better than nothing I guess. Not as cool as your bathroom though. And you get that other room too!"
"So you had a good old look around while I was asleep huh?"
He just smiled and nodded. He walked over to the sofa and flopped down on it.
"This house is sweet. I just hope the school we go to is ok."
I didn't say anything. I just nodded. He looked over at me, noticing my change of mood.
I had grown up with the same group of people all my life. I had the same friends in did in kindergarden. I never had to go to a school where I didn't know anybody. I was terrified. And Josh knew it. He got up off the sofa and walked over to me.
"George, I know you don't give a shit what I say, but it will be ok. Okay?"
I just nodded again. He put his arms around me and gave me a tight almost suffocating bear hug.
"Ugh, can't breath." Was all I could manage.
He laughed and let me go.
"I'm beat, I am going to sleep. Now get out of my room." I loved it when he pretended to be a mean brother.
"Night J." I started up the stairs.
"Georgia."
Shit.
"I've got your back. Just remember that ok."
I had to wipe the tears that had welled up out of my eyes before I opened the door and when I thought I was ok, I stepped out and closed the door behind me. I would hear the TV coming from the front of the house and followed the noise. My parents were on the sofa watching something on tv. I realised everyone was speaking in an American accent which was really no different to tv back home but for some reason it was more noticable.
"So what did you think of the basement?" Dad looked at me smiling.
"It's perfect for Josh. He seems pretty happy down there."
I sat down in one of the armchairs and we watched tv till I could feel my eyes getting heavy again.
"I think I am going to go to bed guys. Oh hey I want to take a shower before I do where are.."
Mum interrupted me, knowing exactly what I was going to ask.
"All your stuff is already in the bathroom, towels, toothbrush. Your clothes are in our dressers too."
Wow she works fast.
"Thanks mum. Night dad."
The shower felt great. I realised I hadn't had one since Perth more than 2 days ago. Yuck. I brushed my teeth and put on my pajamas. I was way too tired to dry my hair so I just combed it and left it wet.
I grabbed my book out of my bag that was hanging over the door handle. As I walked past the window I noticed I could see the moon outside. I got up and turned off the lamp and sat down on the bench and pressed my face up against the glass. I could see millions of stars and the moon was almost full. I don't think I had ever seen the sky so clearly.
I finally got up and walked to the bed. I got in and realised I had turned the lamp off so I couldn't see to read. I considered getting back up but the bed was so comfortable I just laid down and drifted off to sleep.
"The room is beautiful, so nice that I thought it was yours." Her smile returned even bigger.
"Ha, as if your Dad would want to climb all those stairs every day!" she laughed and Dad rolled his eyes.
"Our bedroom is on the second floor. I guess we need to show you where everything is." She beamed at me. She loved this kind of thing.
She started with the kitchen and I noticed the fridge and the pantry were pretty empty. Plus we only had the bare about of kitchen stuff.
"We have to go shopping tomorrow and get food and other stuff. But we have the necessities for now. Plus I bet your dying to go shopping!"
Mum knew how hard it had been getting rid of most of our possessions so she promised we would replace all the things we had to get rid of. Plus I had been working on weekends at mum's cafe for almost a year and I had saved over $2000.
The rest of the house was gorgeous, she explained to me that the house was probably about 70 years old but it had been completely remodelled in the past 5 years so everything was brand new. When they had shown me the rooms on the second floor, their bedroom, dad's study and the bathroom, I realised Josh's room must be the one opposite mine.
I didn't mind so much but I had kind of hoped I had that third floor to myself.
"So do I use this bathroom then?" I pointed to their ensuite?
"No sweetie, your bathroom is upstairs." Dad said. "Here I'll show you."
He climbed the stairs to the third floor and opened the door opposite my room. Inside was an empty smaller bedroom with another door at the end. He walked to that door and opened it.
"This is your bathroom."
I peeked past him into my bathroom. It was perfect. And it looked brand new. The white tiles were sparkling and the huge bath looked so inviting.
"What's this room then" I asked walking back into the smaller bedroom.
"We thought you could use it as a study or something" Mum smiled. Huh?
"Where is Josh's room?"
"Ah well, maybe we should let him show you." Dad chuckled.
I looked at him with a raised eyebrow but he didn't say anything. Okay.
"Come on then." He walked back out onto the landing and I followed him down to the ground floor. He went through the kitchen to a door I didn't notice before. He knocked on it.
It took a few minutes then Josh opened it up, he was about a foot shorter than me. Then I realised he was on a staircase.
"Basement!" I squealed. "We have a basement?"
"Yeah Georgie-Porgie and its mine!" Josh growled at me.
I sighed and poked him in the ribs, "Show me!" I begged impatiently.
"Ok come on then."
Mum & Dad motioned for me to follow him but they stayed put.
The stairs ended at the end of a very large room that was probably as big as the whole ground floor. There was a bed and dressers and the floor was even carpeted.
"This is awesome Josh! You are so lucky!"
"Hey your room is pretty damn nice too kid."
"Yeah I know!" We both kind of jumped around on the spot, no one would think we were almost 17. Dorks.
"Hey mum said we are going shopping tomorrow. I want to get a computer. Would you help me chose one?" I asked him when we had finished jumping.
"Yeah sure. I might get a Wii for down here. That would be cool."
I noticed he also had a TV and a sofa on the other side of the room.
"Do you have to go upstairs everytime you have to pee?" I asked him.
"Nope, check it out." He walked around to the wall underneath the stairs and opened a door. I looked in and there was a toilet.
"Brilliant!"
"Yeah but I have to use the shower upstairs but that is better than nothing I guess. Not as cool as your bathroom though. And you get that other room too!"
"So you had a good old look around while I was asleep huh?"
He just smiled and nodded. He walked over to the sofa and flopped down on it.
"This house is sweet. I just hope the school we go to is ok."
I didn't say anything. I just nodded. He looked over at me, noticing my change of mood.
I had grown up with the same group of people all my life. I had the same friends in did in kindergarden. I never had to go to a school where I didn't know anybody. I was terrified. And Josh knew it. He got up off the sofa and walked over to me.
"George, I know you don't give a shit what I say, but it will be ok. Okay?"
I just nodded again. He put his arms around me and gave me a tight almost suffocating bear hug.
"Ugh, can't breath." Was all I could manage.
He laughed and let me go.
"I'm beat, I am going to sleep. Now get out of my room." I loved it when he pretended to be a mean brother.
"Night J." I started up the stairs.
"Georgia."
Shit.
"I've got your back. Just remember that ok."
I had to wipe the tears that had welled up out of my eyes before I opened the door and when I thought I was ok, I stepped out and closed the door behind me. I would hear the TV coming from the front of the house and followed the noise. My parents were on the sofa watching something on tv. I realised everyone was speaking in an American accent which was really no different to tv back home but for some reason it was more noticable.
"So what did you think of the basement?" Dad looked at me smiling.
"It's perfect for Josh. He seems pretty happy down there."
I sat down in one of the armchairs and we watched tv till I could feel my eyes getting heavy again.
"I think I am going to go to bed guys. Oh hey I want to take a shower before I do where are.."
Mum interrupted me, knowing exactly what I was going to ask.
"All your stuff is already in the bathroom, towels, toothbrush. Your clothes are in our dressers too."
Wow she works fast.
"Thanks mum. Night dad."
The shower felt great. I realised I hadn't had one since Perth more than 2 days ago. Yuck. I brushed my teeth and put on my pajamas. I was way too tired to dry my hair so I just combed it and left it wet.
I grabbed my book out of my bag that was hanging over the door handle. As I walked past the window I noticed I could see the moon outside. I got up and turned off the lamp and sat down on the bench and pressed my face up against the glass. I could see millions of stars and the moon was almost full. I don't think I had ever seen the sky so clearly.
I finally got up and walked to the bed. I got in and realised I had turned the lamp off so I couldn't see to read. I considered getting back up but the bed was so comfortable I just laid down and drifted off to sleep.
Chapter 1
The steady hum of the planes engines should have lulled me to sleep, yet I was wide awake. I can't sleep on planes, even when I have been awake for almost 30 hours. Our flight from Perth to Sydney had been delayed and the flight across the Pacific to LA was the longest flight I have ever been on.
My brother didn't seem to have any trouble sleeping, his head was against my shoulder and I was pretty sure he was drooling on me. Gross. The 2 people in front of me with their heads resting against each other were my parents. Asleep too. I sighed and fished my mp3 player out of my pocket and pressed the power button. Nothing. Great, the battery was dead.
I knew we still had another 3 hours before we landed in LA and I was so bored. The movie they were playing was some awful comedy with Ice Cube or was it Ice T? I had no idea. I lifted up the shade on the window next to me and had to squint my eyes against the light. There was nothing but clouds out there, but it was beautiful.
"Excuse me, would you mind closing that shade? The other passengers are trying to sleep?"
I gave the air hostess and apologetic smile and closed the shade. Great. I was so bored! I had a book in my carry on but it meant I had to get up, which risked waking up Josh, my brother and that would not be pretty.
I turned and looked at him wondering how nervous he was about this whole thing. We were pretty close, being twins and all, but he hadn't really talked to me about the big move. I do know he was looking forward to meeting American girls and using his accent to his best advantage. But that was about it.
I was nervous as hell. I had always lived in Perth and had only seen a few other places in Australia on holiday. The only thing I knew about America was what I saw on TV and in movies and I knew that most of that was not real life.
It was because of my father that we were moving there. He was a University Professor and Doctor of Biology and he had been offered a really great job with the University of North Carolina. He spoke to us all about it and he listened to all of our worries and concerns. Plus we had alot of time to get used to it as they gave him 6 months to prepare for the move.
I started remembering the day I told my friends we were leaving and jealous most of my friends were. Movement on my left woke me out of my daydream and I realised Josh was awake. Thank God I could get my book.
"Hey Georgie, have they been around with breakfast yet?" he mumbled to me, still half asleep.
"No but can you smell the coffee? I bet it won't be long." I answered him.
"Awesome I am starving. And I gotta pee." He unbuckled his seatbelt and stood up and stretched. He looked down at me and frowned.
"Have you slept at all? You look terrible."
"Thanks bro and no I havn't." I stood up and pushed him out of the way so I would get my carry on.
He walked down the aisle to wait in line for the bathroom. The smell of breakfast started wafting from the galley and my stomach growled. I got my bag down and took out my book.
"George, that you?" my mum asked me from underneath her eye mask.
"Yeah it's me. I think they are starting to bring breakfast around."
She groaned and dad laughed. I didn't realise he was awake. Mum hated airplane food and airplane coffee even worse. She ran a cafe back in Perth so she knew what real coffee was.
"Shut up Alan" and they both laughed.
My parents were so sweet yet sickening at the same time. Married for 23 years and still so happy. I loved them to death. I sat back down and opened my book. I had read probably 2 paragraphs before Josh returned to his seat.
"Breakfast!" he almost shouted and clapped his hands together. He loved food. I laughed at him and he mocked punched me on the shoulder.
My brother didn't seem to have any trouble sleeping, his head was against my shoulder and I was pretty sure he was drooling on me. Gross. The 2 people in front of me with their heads resting against each other were my parents. Asleep too. I sighed and fished my mp3 player out of my pocket and pressed the power button. Nothing. Great, the battery was dead.
I knew we still had another 3 hours before we landed in LA and I was so bored. The movie they were playing was some awful comedy with Ice Cube or was it Ice T? I had no idea. I lifted up the shade on the window next to me and had to squint my eyes against the light. There was nothing but clouds out there, but it was beautiful.
"Excuse me, would you mind closing that shade? The other passengers are trying to sleep?"
I gave the air hostess and apologetic smile and closed the shade. Great. I was so bored! I had a book in my carry on but it meant I had to get up, which risked waking up Josh, my brother and that would not be pretty.
I turned and looked at him wondering how nervous he was about this whole thing. We were pretty close, being twins and all, but he hadn't really talked to me about the big move. I do know he was looking forward to meeting American girls and using his accent to his best advantage. But that was about it.
I was nervous as hell. I had always lived in Perth and had only seen a few other places in Australia on holiday. The only thing I knew about America was what I saw on TV and in movies and I knew that most of that was not real life.
It was because of my father that we were moving there. He was a University Professor and Doctor of Biology and he had been offered a really great job with the University of North Carolina. He spoke to us all about it and he listened to all of our worries and concerns. Plus we had alot of time to get used to it as they gave him 6 months to prepare for the move.
I started remembering the day I told my friends we were leaving and jealous most of my friends were. Movement on my left woke me out of my daydream and I realised Josh was awake. Thank God I could get my book.
"Hey Georgie, have they been around with breakfast yet?" he mumbled to me, still half asleep.
"No but can you smell the coffee? I bet it won't be long." I answered him.
"Awesome I am starving. And I gotta pee." He unbuckled his seatbelt and stood up and stretched. He looked down at me and frowned.
"Have you slept at all? You look terrible."
"Thanks bro and no I havn't." I stood up and pushed him out of the way so I would get my carry on.
He walked down the aisle to wait in line for the bathroom. The smell of breakfast started wafting from the galley and my stomach growled. I got my bag down and took out my book.
"George, that you?" my mum asked me from underneath her eye mask.
"Yeah it's me. I think they are starting to bring breakfast around."
She groaned and dad laughed. I didn't realise he was awake. Mum hated airplane food and airplane coffee even worse. She ran a cafe back in Perth so she knew what real coffee was.
"Shut up Alan" and they both laughed.
My parents were so sweet yet sickening at the same time. Married for 23 years and still so happy. I loved them to death. I sat back down and opened my book. I had read probably 2 paragraphs before Josh returned to his seat.
"Breakfast!" he almost shouted and clapped his hands together. He loved food. I laughed at him and he mocked punched me on the shoulder.
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Our last flight was only 2 hours long but by the time we had landed in Charlotte and were loaded in van my dad had rented for us I was exhausted. The van had 2 long bench seats and of course Josh took the longest one. Lucky I was short. I stretched out across the seat and watched the scenery as we drive to our new home.
"Hey Georgie! Wake up! We are here!" Josh yelled at me from the seat behind me.
I had fallen asleep probably 5 minutes into the drive. I had no problem sleeping in cars! I rubbed my eyes and looked out the window.
It was all so.... green. Trees, grass and flowers. Everywhere. It seemed like we were on a gravel driveway but it was the longest driveway I had ever seen. I looked out the front window between my parents heads and saw what will be our home for the foreseeable future.
It was HUGE! I think I may have gasped because my mum turned around with concern. She then realised what I was gasping about and smiled.
"Beautiful isn't it?"
I couldn't aswer her at first because I was prepared to hate it. I wanted to hate it. I took a breath and managed a whisper.
"It's really nice."
Dad laughed from the drivers seat "Wait till you see your room!"
My parents had flown over here 2 months ago to find a house for us and luckily with the house market in Perth had gone crazy they had quite a nice size budget after we sold the house I grew up in.
Josh piped up from the backseat "What about my room?"
Mum didn't turn around but simply said "You will both find out."
Dad stopped the van in front of the house and helped me out of the back while Josh got the bags out of the back. As I stood on the ground I still felt like I was on the plane. I kind of swayed a bit before mum grabbed my arm.
"You ok Georgia?" she only used my real name when she was either angry or concerned.
"Yeah just really tired." She let me go and grabbed 2 of the smaller bags.
"Boys I am going to get George inside and and get her to bed. Are you alright to get the rest of the luggage?"
"Sure mum!" Josh answered as he unloaded the suitcases onto the ground. He winked at me and whispered "Night night."
I stuck out my tongue and he laughed. Then mum started dragging me towards the house. We climbed up a wide set of stairs and I finally realised just how tired I was when I could barely lift my legs. I swayed again then all of a sudden I was swept up by 2 very strong arms.
"Georgie, your such a lightweight." Josh laughed as he carried me up the rest of the stairs.
"Put me down you smelly ogre!" I tried to yell but it came out as a whisper.
"Josh bring her in here and put her on the sofa, I don't have her bed made up yet."
I felt myself being lowered then I was on the sofa. It was so comfortable it took me all of 10 seconds to fall asleep.
When I woke up I was covered in a blanket and the sofa felt different. I moved my arm behind me but I couldn't feel the backrest. Weird. I opened my eyes and realised I was in a bed. I sat up quickly and looked around me. The room I was in was softly lit from a lamp on the dresser near the door. The ceiling was slanted and had exposed beams across it all the way to the end. The room was about 3 times the size of mine back in Perth. I swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up. Hardwood floors. I looked around the room and my eyes settled on the large window in the middle of the room and the window seat below it.
This must be my parents room I realised. It was too nice to be mine. Mum must have put me in here while she got my room ready. That made sense. I looked out the window but it was pitch black outside and I couldn't see a clock anywhere. I tiptoed to the door and opened it slowly. I heard movement below me. Ok so I was upstairs. I stepped out onto a landing that had another door adjacent to mine. It was closed so I had no way of knowing what was in there.
I made my way down the stairs only realising halfway down them that there was another landing. 3 floors! That was crazy! The sounds and now voices were coming from what I guessed was the ground floor. As I got the bottom I heard my mum and dad and I followed their voices. I walked into what turned out to be a massive kitchen and dining room combined. They were sitting at the table talking and when they heard me they both smiled.
"Hey Georgie! How you feel?"My dad asked me getting out of his chair. "Are you hungry?"
Mum was already walking into kitchen.
"No I am ok for now. What's the time?"
"It's just after 9, you slept about 5 hours." Dad answered.
"So what did you think of your room?" Mum asked beaming at me.
"That was my room?" I couldn't help the squeal that was on the edge of my voice.
"Hey Georgie! Wake up! We are here!" Josh yelled at me from the seat behind me.
I had fallen asleep probably 5 minutes into the drive. I had no problem sleeping in cars! I rubbed my eyes and looked out the window.
It was all so.... green. Trees, grass and flowers. Everywhere. It seemed like we were on a gravel driveway but it was the longest driveway I had ever seen. I looked out the front window between my parents heads and saw what will be our home for the foreseeable future.
It was HUGE! I think I may have gasped because my mum turned around with concern. She then realised what I was gasping about and smiled.
"Beautiful isn't it?"
I couldn't aswer her at first because I was prepared to hate it. I wanted to hate it. I took a breath and managed a whisper.
"It's really nice."
Dad laughed from the drivers seat "Wait till you see your room!"
My parents had flown over here 2 months ago to find a house for us and luckily with the house market in Perth had gone crazy they had quite a nice size budget after we sold the house I grew up in.
Josh piped up from the backseat "What about my room?"
Mum didn't turn around but simply said "You will both find out."
Dad stopped the van in front of the house and helped me out of the back while Josh got the bags out of the back. As I stood on the ground I still felt like I was on the plane. I kind of swayed a bit before mum grabbed my arm.
"You ok Georgia?" she only used my real name when she was either angry or concerned.
"Yeah just really tired." She let me go and grabbed 2 of the smaller bags.
"Boys I am going to get George inside and and get her to bed. Are you alright to get the rest of the luggage?"
"Sure mum!" Josh answered as he unloaded the suitcases onto the ground. He winked at me and whispered "Night night."
I stuck out my tongue and he laughed. Then mum started dragging me towards the house. We climbed up a wide set of stairs and I finally realised just how tired I was when I could barely lift my legs. I swayed again then all of a sudden I was swept up by 2 very strong arms.
"Georgie, your such a lightweight." Josh laughed as he carried me up the rest of the stairs.
"Put me down you smelly ogre!" I tried to yell but it came out as a whisper.
"Josh bring her in here and put her on the sofa, I don't have her bed made up yet."
I felt myself being lowered then I was on the sofa. It was so comfortable it took me all of 10 seconds to fall asleep.
When I woke up I was covered in a blanket and the sofa felt different. I moved my arm behind me but I couldn't feel the backrest. Weird. I opened my eyes and realised I was in a bed. I sat up quickly and looked around me. The room I was in was softly lit from a lamp on the dresser near the door. The ceiling was slanted and had exposed beams across it all the way to the end. The room was about 3 times the size of mine back in Perth. I swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up. Hardwood floors. I looked around the room and my eyes settled on the large window in the middle of the room and the window seat below it.
This must be my parents room I realised. It was too nice to be mine. Mum must have put me in here while she got my room ready. That made sense. I looked out the window but it was pitch black outside and I couldn't see a clock anywhere. I tiptoed to the door and opened it slowly. I heard movement below me. Ok so I was upstairs. I stepped out onto a landing that had another door adjacent to mine. It was closed so I had no way of knowing what was in there.
I made my way down the stairs only realising halfway down them that there was another landing. 3 floors! That was crazy! The sounds and now voices were coming from what I guessed was the ground floor. As I got the bottom I heard my mum and dad and I followed their voices. I walked into what turned out to be a massive kitchen and dining room combined. They were sitting at the table talking and when they heard me they both smiled.
"Hey Georgie! How you feel?"My dad asked me getting out of his chair. "Are you hungry?"
Mum was already walking into kitchen.
"No I am ok for now. What's the time?"
"It's just after 9, you slept about 5 hours." Dad answered.
"So what did you think of your room?" Mum asked beaming at me.
"That was my room?" I couldn't help the squeal that was on the edge of my voice.
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