Estella's POV :
It had been about a week since we moved to Royal Woods . We arrived last Friday , and it was currently Sunday .
Everything was going well , the classes were so much easier than before at my old school and I had made a few friends . The teachers were fine with me and no one seemed to dislike me .
Although Ms Tyte didin't seem to stop fussing over the fact that I moved from Sydney . What kind of stereotypical bitch was she ?
I know I had to give myself a little bit of time to adapt and adjust to my new life , especially because we moved very far from home but I couldn't help myself from feeling like something was missing from my life .
There I was , on a Sunday night , trying to figure out what was missing - why I felt so empty after moving . I think I might have killed a few brain cells in the process . I blamed the time difference between Sydney and Michigan and my fucked up sleep schedule - which was more of a sleep freestyle by now .
After about an hour or so , give or take a little , I narrowed it down to four options . Maybe it was my mom , maybe it was my friends, maybe it was my home . Or maybe it was my sports .
First of all , missing my mom was obvious but it was a feeling that I had gotten so used to , even while living under the same roof , that it didin't bother me at all anymore . If you told 11 year old me that I don't care about my mom anymore , I would've laughed in your face - or questioned my whole entire life choices .
Second of all , I was shocked to feel like I don't miss my friends as much as I probably should . They weren't exactly the most amazing and wholesome people I ever met , but I had to settle for them at the time .
Back at my old school , there wasn't a single healthy friend group where everyone liked each other . There was always some sort of drama or beef going on with atleast two of the group's members . I'm glad that I don't have to be apart of that mess anymore .
Third of all , my home was never that important to me . If you had asked me to run away with you and never come back to it , I would've probably accepted .
The environment was toxic and my parents were always arguing . I basically kept our house from falling apart . I did the chores , ran the errands , fixed the furniture , watered our plants ... Basically everything you did to keep a home , well , homey .
Fourth of all , sports . Yes , that was it . I missed dance , gymnastics and figure skating . Nothing less , nothing more , nothing else . I wanted my teammates back , the feeling of celebrating after a win and gossiping in the classes . It was as simple as that .
I let out a sigh of relief when I finally figured out what was bothering me and I was even more relieved when I realized that it was the easiest option to fix out of the four .
I had to admit , going from training for several sports , several hours a week to doing none of that did leave me feeling a bit more done with life than I expected .
I heard that the tryouts don't open till the second week of school - that was tomorrow . All I needed to do was go find a dance team , or a gymnastics team , or a figure skating team . There had to be atleast one of the three options available at my new school , right ?
My eyes were getting heavy and my thoughts started disappearing . Before I knew it , I was asleep .
At 7 AM , my alarm rang , I wasn't complaining tho . I love it - although I love sleep too .
"Welcome back queen Serena , you can consider us your humbled servants . Because if looks could kill , we wouldn't wanna be Dan Humphrey"
The ring tone I had put on as a dare but kept after it lowkey grew on me .
Best decision of my life . I love waking up to Gossip Girl instead of that blood boiling , toe curling , rage initiating alarm that I had for a few years .
When I stopped my alarm , I wished that I had like , 12 more hours of sleep because I had the biggest migrane ever and all I wanted was sleep .
Fuck it , why did I have to go to school . Now all I want to do is watch Gossip Girl for like the 17th time . Unfortunately , a girl can only dream .
I forced myself out of bed and made my way to the bathroom where I brushed my teeth and did my skincare routine . I then made my way to my room and wore the outfit I had picked out the night before .
I turned my hair from "La crinière du Lion" to a decent head of hair , got my makeup products out , decided I was too lazy and settled on mascara and lipgloss before making my way downstairs .
I debated on having breakfast- eating in the morning always made me feel like throwing up . I decided to womp womp and move before grabbing a can of iced tea and chugging it down .
When I opened my phone and saw that it was 7:40 , I was kinda relieved . The walk to school took me about 20 minutes , so if I left now , right this second , I could make it just in time for the bell . Eh , good enough for me . I went upstairs to grab my bag , rethinking my life choices when I saw my bed and left for school .
I got to school like 5 seconds before the bell rang and made my way to the lockers , where I got my books for English and went to class .
I was seated next to Lynn and she was the only one I sort of knew in the class . Now she wasn't rude to me or anything but I could tell she wasn't the happiest to be around me .
She , of course , had manners , made small talk if needed and was nice in general . I wasn't implying that she was bitching with me but no matter how much I smiled at her or helped her with things , she wouldn't budge and try to be friends .
But then again , having everybody like you was practically impossible and I shrugged it off in order to focus on the neverending lecture Ms Tyte was giving .
When this hellhole of a school day was finished , I made my way to the figure skating tryouts . My only explanation as in to why I did that first was that I could do some sort of gymnastics and dance at home but it was less likely for me to just go to an ice rink .
I heard Maddie say that she was going to hockey practice at lunch break from the table right next to me and my new friends . I assumed the figure skating tryouts were in the same rink so I went with her after school .
When we arrived , Maddie excused herself and made her way to her team . I saw a few faces that I couldn't figure out and Lynn ? I don't know why I was surprised to be honest , the girl did practically every single sport this school has to offer - except figure skating , I assumed .
The tryouts were a piece of cake . The coach , Ms Cara , was very nice and there wasn't a lot of people at tryouts to begin with , so everyone landed a spot on the team .
I learned my teammates' names : Farrah , Chloe , Juliette , Adam and Carl . Apparently , they had been a team for several years and were like a family . I felt like a fucking intruder the whole time .
0/10 , do not recommend .
Since it was the first session of the year , Ms Cara only gave us the information about the future practice hours and competitions .
Figure skating was after hockey practice , unlike today , every Monday and Wednesday from 7 PM till 8 PM - eh , not too late . Maybe if I landed a spot on other teams , their practice would be earlier . I really hoped so . It would suck having to choose between my sports .
We competed twice a year , in January and May but we performed numbers occasionally for any occasions . We had to buy our own skates and regular outfits for practice but the competition leotards were given to us , we only had to pay for them .
We did a few tricks just to see if we're all on the same level and , fortunately , we all were .
My teammates were very nice and welcoming . I thought they would be more bitter about welcoming a new member on the team after several years but it was the complete opposite - they were glad to have me - atleast that's what they said .
In conclusion , the figure skating tryouts went by smoothly . 1 down , 2 more to go .
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A/N : SORRY FOR THE SUPER LATE UPDATE AND THE SHORT CHAPTER I USUALLY WRITE AT LIKE 1 AM THEN PUBLISH AT 2 BUT I FELL ASLEEP YESTERDAY RIGHT WHEN I GOT HOME SO I HAD TO WRITE AFTER FINISHING ALL MY SHENANIGANS AND MY JOB
ALSO DO YALL WANT AN ENEMIES TO LOVERS OR JUST PROGRESSION FROM THERE
PLS GIVE ME IDEAS FOR FUTURE CHAPTERS AND TELL ME IF YOU LIKE LYNNS POV OR ESTELLAS POV MORE OR IF YOU'D LIKE 3RD PERSON POV
