New Beginnings

Chapter Four

Tell me who's gonna save me from myself
When this life is all I know
Tell me who's gonna save me from this hell
Without you, I'm all alone
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Zoey decided to take me on a little tour. First we went to the partition between the girls and boys dorm. With the way the school was built, there were two huge auds. We walked into the main school building and got to the music room. She showed me the art room and my all time favorite- The Snack Room; you could walk in and pick any thing you wanted during lunch,a free period or even when you just felt like it and the best part was it was next to the cafeteria.

The major difference between the girls and boys dorm was the number of floors. They had four while we had three. The last floor was a lounge where they could relax if they felt like. Lucky idiots.

I walked into the elevator with Zoey by my side texting someone. There was an awkward silence till she asked "What's your room number?" I was about to reply when we heard a ding meaning we were at our stop.

"102." I told her once we finally got out.

"That means..." she started but stopped and ran as fast as she could to God knows where. I'm starting to rethink her being bipolar.

I opened the door to my room and was met by two unfamiliar figures and a familiar one. Zoey held out her head for me to take and I was introduced to the other girls.

"Everyone, meet Bella." She said rather cheerfully.

"Hi, I'm Abby." a blonde said waving at me.
"Linda." The second one- a brunette responded and I gave me some sort of head nod.

"Hello, my name is Bella and it's nice to meet you." I mentally congratulated myself since I didn't stutter or show any form of nervousness.

"So you're Zoey's new friend she has been texting non stop about?" Linda asked.

"Yes and I love your outfit." I complimented her and it was true. She wore a pink crop top and a high waist blue jean with some vans. Her hair was done into a ponytail with clips.

"Thank you. You don't look too bad yourself." She said grinning. I smiled at her and excused myself saying I wanted to brush my teeth. The truth was I needed some space and time to process everything that happened today and also to let Bennie know about my progress.

"Hello, Benjamin speaking." How I've missed that voice.

"Hey big bro."

"Oh Bella, it's you. How are you coping?" He asked and I was about to respond when a voice popped out of nowhere.

"Hi Bella."

"Hey munchkin, I've missed you. I hope you're doing alright and taking good care of the house?"

"Of course I am although it has been hard taking care of baby Joseph. I have to go aunt Jenna needs me, bye Bells."

"Sorry about that. I hope you've made some friends." Benjie asked just taking control of the phone.

I debated on whether to tell him about Christian but just ended up only talking about Zoey and the other girls.

"Who knew my baby sister was no longer socially awkward and could make new friends in a day?" He chuckled.

"You have a lot of faith in me." I replied putting my phone on a shelf in the closet so I could change into my nightwear.

We talked for a little while more and then said our goodbyes. When I got out, Linda and Abby had gone and Zoey was on the bed.

"Didn't know brushing teeth could take an hour." And I flushed feeling bad for ditching them.

"Sorry about that, I was talking to my family and my brother had a lot to say."

"You have a brother?" She asked and i hooded smiling cheekily. "And you didn't introduce me to him."

"First of all, he's 23 and is in a very committed relationship." I smiled remembering Rosie. She wanted to come along to drop me off but had a lot of things to do so she sent me money as compensation.

"Girlfriend or wife." Zoey asked me looking very serious.

"Girlfriend of two years."

"So she's not his wife. I still have a shot."

"Whore." I laughed throwing a pillow at her.
She caught it and turned off the light. We chatted about random things before finally deciding to go to sleep. I closed my eyes and an image of a particular Christian Jordan entered my mind.

Guess starting over wasn't really that bad.