Hello. I'm Nicole Green. I just moved today. New school, new people, no friends. Worst of all it's a private school.
       Here's how I was back in Washington. I wore all black and had a piercing in my nose, I had pink at the tips of my long blonde hair and I wore contacts that were a neon green. I liked...no loved that life. All I did with my friends was go out to the movies and go skateboarding. I felt so free around them, I could be myself. Now everything is changing. "Nicole, honey breakfast is ready." My dad said. I went to the bathroom and got ready for my day. "Thanks dad." I said. "Here," he handed me a 150 dollars. "Bye Nicole, spend it wisely." he said planting a kiss on my forehead then he left.

       I changed into a pair of shorts because it was really hot. I went downtown to get my hair done. School starts in two weeks and I want to be prepared and especially since there's strict rules about clothes and how we look. I opened the door and I heard a 'ding' from the door. It was almost empty except for two ladies that were getting a hair cut. I sat down and looked through some magazines. I decided on not getting a hair cut, but I am going to dye my hair brown.

       "What color did you say you wanted?" a girl around 18 asked me. "Brown, like chestnut brown." I said. "Okay." then she left to get the coloring. I sat patiently but I got some stares from the ladies. I was actually glad to have brown hair because then I wouldn't get weird stares from everyone. She let me see myself in the mirror and I almost didn't recognize myself. It is different from most of my usual hair colors but it did look nice. I handed my card and then I left to go look for some clothes. I went into HOT TOPIC but then I realized that they probably wouldn't let me wear that so I went looking around other stores and then I found a store by the name of  "Old Navy". I looked around and some of the stuff was nice but I left to see if there was something else. If nothing else got my attention I will 99.9% sure I would return. I kept looking around then I found a store by the name of MACY'S. "Nope." I muttered looking at all the stuff. I almost felt like throwing up. So many flowers, pink, and it had a strong smell of perfume. I did not want to walk around anymore so I headed back to the first store. I went in and found that most of the clothes were 'country' style. I saw some overalls, plaid shirts, jeans and some camo clothes. I bought two pairs of overalls, one with shorts the other pants, I got six plaid shirts that were mid-sleeved, two olive undershirts, five pairs of different style jeans ,three camo pants and two camo shorts. "Hey Nicole." said a voice. 'Please don't be Ashley, please.' I silently prayed. I turned on my heel. "Hey!," I said trying my best to not sound annoyed.
       Okay, so Ashley and I went to elementary together before I moved, we were best friends then I moved and when I came back she changed. . . a lot. "I'm surprised you recognized me." I said still smiling. I've been smiling for longer than usual and it hurts. "Look, I'm sorry but I need to get in line before it gets longer." and with that I left. As soon as I left the line I went straight home not wanting to be seen by Ashley or any of her friends.

-First day of school-

       I went straight towards my first class before the bell rang to avoid being trapped in a sea of students. Today I had a one of my camo pants with an olive shirt. I picked a seat in the middle. About five minutes later the bell rang and my class came. I felt pretty confident about this whole day, I wasn't being made fun of, and we had no homework. I was about to leave when I heard someone. "Did you see the new girl, dressing as if she's in the military hah." I spun on my heel. I opened my mouth, then I thought better of it and left.

-Lunch Time-

I got my lunchbox and went to an empty table. I sat there picking at my pasta. I didn't want to eat and I wanted to leave as soon as possible. Then I saw a shadow, it was the girl who was talking about me. She was crying and her mascara was getting smudged. "Are you okay?" I asked "Leave me alone." She said running towards a restroom. I went back towards my table and I sat down. I noticed that a note 'stop trying to help you just make everything worse, like your life'. I looked around to see if the person that did this was around, but I saw no one suspicious.
       The rest of the day went by quickly, mostly because I wasn't really paying attention. I started walking when a car came and really fast. It went over a puddle on the side and I got soaked in water and some trash and mud. One thing I could agree on is that today was not the best day.