Chapter One

Leaving the baked macaroni on my plate, I sipped the last drop of my jasmine tea before grabbing my black sling bag.

"Amory!"

Sighing, I turned my gaze on the last table at my back where some of my classmates sit.

I feel a little bit dizzy and my eyes are almost closing, I did not have the appropriate sleep hours this past three days, and it's already Thursday, one thing is for sure, tomorrow is my last day here, I'm leaving, once and for all.

"Maple, you need something?" I tried to smile, tho, I think it didn't reach my eyes.

Maple is a blonde girl, she's about 5'6 and honestly, we're the same in height. But, she looked like a model while I'm just like a normal college student, not even pretty like her.

She smiled, the girls seating next to her smiled too.

Please, not now.

"Could you buy me some chocolate pudding at the west cafeteria?"

Just like that, they think I'm their nanny, commanding me every single day, and I'm used to it, for almost five years in this university, I experienced this kind of treatment from her and her friends.

"O-okay. I'll be back."

I heard them giggle.

I shifted uncomfortably, I felt my heart contracted in an unexplainable pain, numbing me for a second.

What has just happened?

"Faster Amory! I need my chocolate pudding now!" Irritation is evident on her voice, I flinched before I hesitantly took a step forward.

I can do it, tomorrow is the last day, I'll be transferring for the second semester of this school year, my mama told me that we'll move to her childhood state, where she was born and raised.

My parents were divorced, I was left with my mother while my four older brothers were with my dad. It's almost a decade when I last saw them, I'm not mad at them, I'm just sad, maybe because I was just eight years old when they left us.

I still have three and a half years left before I finish my college degree, and this first semester will be my last sem in this university.

"Miss Black!"

I flinched, dugging my nails in my palm.

I turned and smiled at the bald dean, his eyes almost bulging from its socket, I sometimes feel scared at his presence, I doubt why.

"Dean Druce, good afternoon!" I forced myself to sound gracefully.

"Can you come in my office later at two? I'll be releasing your papers." His voice sounds scary that I almost make my lower lip bleed from biting it too much.

"Noted dean."

After buying Maple's chocolate pudding, I headed back to north cafeteria, I found them giggling and taking selfies, I sighed.

"Maple, here." Carefully, I put her chocolate pudding on their table before walking away, I didn't hear her say 'thank you' or even pay me the bill, I just shrugged it off, like I always say, I'm used to it.

At two, I headed on Dean Druce's office, he gave me my folders officially releasing me from this university.

"Ma, what are you doing here?" I almost stumbled on my feet when mama held me and dragged me at the university's parking lot.

"I'll explain later Amory." Mama sighed deeply, opened the car's door for me, and headed to the driver's seat.

I wore my seatbelt and locked it.

I put the three folders on the car's dashboard, I knotted my forehead when I saw some big black suitcases on the backseat.

"I thought we're leaving tomorrow's night?" I asked, murmuring.

I heard her sigh again. "It's today, Amory. I'm sorry, I didn't told you this morning, I got busy preparing stuffs for our new home and packing our clothes. Please understand me, your grades are fine, I talked to your professors and asked them to give you your grades, that's why dean already released your papers. I kinda feel overwhelmed when I learned that your grades are all high, don't get me wrong, eventhough it's not, I'm still proud of you."

I smiled, fidgeting my fingers, I suddenly felt some unnamed emotions rushed through me.

"Ma, how long is the flight? I'm hungry, could we stop over and eat?"

Mama glanced at me for a second before answering, "I already prepared some of your favorite sweets, it's in the backseat, the yellow plastic bag."

I giggled happily, I adjusted my seatbelt and look for my foods at the backseat.

"Thanks ma." I chirped, I peck her cheek.

"You're always welcome Amory. The flight will be four hours and twenty minutes I think, you can sleep during the flight. Aren't you excited for your next school?"

"A bit." I took a small bite at my chocolate pretzel. "I don't know, I've been feeling some weird tingles all over my body, earlier, my heart contracted in pain...but just for a second. I got nervous, I though something bad will happen to me."

I heard Mama laughed a little. "You're just too excited, admit it."

I pouted, "I'm not. I honestly don't know what will happen to me there."

"You'll be good and safe there, I promised. I'll make sure of that, you'll never experienced being bullied again, and for Pete's sake Amory, why are you letting those girls treat you like some kind of a nanny running errands for them!"

I felt the irritation and anger on her voice, her fingers gripping the steering wheel tightly, I flinched and shivered, taking the last bite in my last pretzel.

"Ma, it's over. They won't see me again." I murmured.

"Hell, you even took it a secret until I found it out. Amory, did I not become a good mother? Tell me, please."

"Ma! Don't say that! You're the best mom in the world! And you'll always be."

I bit my lower lip when she sighed, "alright. We're just five minute away from the airport, I'm sorry for trying to bicker about it, maybe I'm just a bit tired."

"It's okay. You've been busy the whole morning, we'll just sleep on our flight, and please, don't tell me our new house there will be away from the university, again!"

Mama snorted, "you'll live in a dorm. Don't complain."

I whined but before I could complain my thoughts aloud, we stopped. Finally. Leaving the state where I was born and raised for eighteen years.

"Let's go, our flight will be in one hour. I'm kinda bummed." Mama sighed.

[A/N: I honestly felt crazy, procrastinating is really taking me into a whole poor state right now, but still tried to update the first chapter though.]