New school, new girl, new house, new town, new friends, new everything. That was Hartley’s usual. It’s what she was accustomed to. Never in a place long enough to miss it usually. Find places, moments and people that would always hold a place her mind but nothing that couldn’t be replaced. She had been close to this area before and even visited Beryl once or twice for a party. She looked around her new room and pulled her hair up into a pony as she started digging through a horribly packed box. She was actually disappointed in how unorganized this box was. She was a professional box packed and this was saying otherwise. But within seconds the inside of the box now scattered her half set up room. She needed something cute to wear for tonight. Some number texted her about a party to kick off the new school year. One last year and she could finally start making full decisions for herself. She wanted to move somewhere and stay there after high school. Make it her own and start a family. Never move again!
A simple white tank top, matched with a tie-dyed skirt that cinched up was now on her body. She went to her mom’s room to ask her to borrow a pair of white heels. Her mom heard her but was on the phone with what Hartley probably thought was her new man of the week. She shrugged and went to start looking through her mom’s boxes but stopped when a kitten heel, boxy toed pair of heels were dangling in front of her eyes and her model of a mother winking at her while discussing when this guy would be picking her up. Hartley snatched them and hurried back to her new room, closing the door quickly to look in the mirror on the backside of it to make sure it all looked good together. She pulled the pony out fast and decided to only put-up half, so the rest flowed down her back in a dark sheath. Before leaving she grabbed a lime green purse from the top of the dresser that was empty. Her sister sat in the living room a wall of boxes almost hiding her as she pulled out photo albums and tiny trinkets wrapped in newspaper. “Take me with you!” She begged to Hartley, but she knew she wasn’t able to go. She was just a freshman so she had a way to go but odds are she would not be graduating from beryl and in all honesty, Hartley wasn’t even sure she would either because she didn’t have any doubts that they could up and move in a month from now!
The venue was huge and elegant. She felt a little out of place. It wasn’t that she hadn’t been in a place like this before, just everyone seemed so accustomed to these sorts of events. She was taken off guard from looking around at everyone and everything when AJ of all people was wrapping his arms around her body and embracing her in a hug. “Hi” She let out as she followed suit and hugged him back. “Good to see you too.” She replied with a smile as she brushed the petal of the flower, he had placed behind her ear with the tips of her fingers softly. “Yeah, it was very sudden, and I didn’t really have time to reach out.” She suddenly felt bad about forgetting to even text him. It would’ve only taken a second to do that. “Um, thanks!” She got out about the flower and blushed a bit. It was nice to know there was a familiar face here in a room that she felt small in. “This is all a little over the top don’t you agree?”
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