Chapter 2 I REMEMBERED

The bus drove for about fifteen minutes, till it eventually stopped in front of a school. My new school 'Princeton senior high'. The school was huge. The walls were painted maroon and it had a beautiful fountain at the front.

All the students alighted from the bus and we all walked straight towards the entrance. When I entered, I noticed that the inside was moderately decorated with flowers at various corners of the school. Two drinking fountains and a long line of lockers.

I walked along the hallway and stopped in front of a door, 'it was the principles office'. I knocked the door and waited patiently for a response. I heard a man's voice saying"come in".i slowly opened the door and saw a middle aged man wearing a grey suit and had brown hair grey eyes arranging some files.

He gestured with his hands for me to sit at a Chair in front of him. I couldn't help but look at my surroundings. His office was painted pale yellow, had a TV,mini-fridge,printer,chairs,etc. My attention drifted back to him when I heard my name "Sadie Purkins".

I nodded my head as a reply. He was looking at a file while he read out "you were a student of south coast high", he looked at me as if waiting for a reply. I said yes, then he continued reading out the contents "seventeen years old and a stellar student. your dad passed away five years ago and... ". I stopped paying attention after I heard that last statement.

I remembered the day my dad died... it was a stormy evening, my mom and I were preparing dinner. Then The house phone rang and my elder brother chase picked it up. My mum went to the living room to inquire who that was. Then I remembered hearing someone,probably my mum, running upstairs. I quickly washed my hands and ran to the living room. I asked my brother Wassup, but he didn't reply. His face looked terrified and he just kept looking upstairs. I trying to get him to say something or just look at me, I held his hand and I noticed it was trembling. I looked up at his face, his eyes were wide open tears where forming at the rim.

Then I heard him whisper"dad" then mind went blank. I wondered what could possibly had happened, but with the situation it clearly wasn't something good. Then my mom came running down the stairs. She picked up her coat tossed the keys to my brother and told all of us to get in the car.

It was a quiet ride, I felt really scared along the way and I kept hoping nothing bad happened to dad.

We stopped at the south coast general hospital and ran to the receptionist. She showed us the ward my dad was in. Apparently, he was a serious car accident and was in critical condition. His head was bandaged, his arms and legs basically his whole body was injured and bandaged. My mom kept crying at his bedside side while gently holding his hands. Chase was trying to comfort her but I wasn't working. I just held Zayn and zia hands tightly while we all quietly sobbed.

"Dad!!", I screamed as I saw his eyes flickering and ran towards his bed. He turned to look at us and then he smiled warmly. He lifted his head and gave my mom a kiss on her forehead. "I love all of you so much", he said as and passed away. I heard the heart rate monitor thingy make a long beep sound .Then a doctor and a nurse came in. The check his pulse, then the doctor said" I'm sorry, but he's gone".

That was all I could remember. Then my attention drifted back to the principal Mr errr.... I quickly gazed at his name tag 'oh, Mr Sinclair I thought'. I think he must have finished what ever he was saying because he was arranging the files and putting them carefully in a filling cabinet.

"We'll then, that would be all for now. Welcome to Princeton high, I hope you love it here", Mr. Sinclair said. Then he lifted his hand and gave me a handshake then smiled at me

Then I stood up to leave. "Wait!! you still have to get a proper tour of the school. I have already assigned your guide, I think she should be outside my office as we speak. When you see her you would know, You may go now".

Then I opened the door and walked out of his office. As I was about to take another step after closing the door, I hear someone saying hi!! enthusiastically.

I turned my attention to a girl, dark in complexion, with black long and curly hair and white highlights, wearing glasses, a purple knitted Sweater and jeans. She was holding a sign with my name on it. 'Do people still do that stuff?',

She smiled widely at me and she looked quite cheerful. "My name is Pandora and I would be your tour guide. Nice to meet you" she said while opening her arms for a hug. I reluctantly hugged her trying not to get to close. When the hug was over she grabbed my hand and said "okay let's be quick before our first class starts ".

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