New home ...

[Alyss [Carter] Harper]

Cat trudged rather begrudgingly up the stairs to her dormitory. She came to a noisy hault at room 201 and all but kicked down the door and threw her stuff on the floor, "Goooooooord ..." She moaned, exasperated, tired and completely fed-up. She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to be here ...
She sulked over to a little window near her bed and starred out ... it was a long way down, "I could fit through this ..." She whispered, smiling slyly, knowing that she would never dare, but liking the thought all the same.
Cat flexed her claws in and out, liking the slight tickle of pain that ran up her arm when she did, yawning she walked back over to her collection of bags and started to unpack ...
When she had come home that unfaithful morning all of her stuff had been lined up against the side of the front hall.
"What the hell is all of this?!" She demanded, stomping her foot like a spoiled toddler.
"You've been given a chance to better yourself and by god, your taking it!" Her father retorted, all but beaming ...
Cat was really regretting her ever returning home ... and she had just met such a pretty girl ...
She missed the parties, the dancing ... the drugs. In anger, she threw a picture of her father against the wall, the glass cracked and shattered. Cat immediately felt horrible for doing such a thing. After all, the old man had adopted her, had taken her in when no one else would and he put up with all of her crap; all of her constant whining and screaming, all of her fights and arguments, all of her friends and hair styles. Cat got up and picked up the picture, "I guess I'm kinda sorry ..." She whispered, "I miss home ..."

[kittkitt]

Kathleen wandered down the hall, her mind somewhat in a daze. In one hand, she clutched her suitcase and bag, while in the other she held a small piece of paper with instructions on how to get to her room. Her body was on auto-pilot, guiding her down the hallway until her mind jumped back to get control.

A small, pathetic sigh slowly passed Kathleen’s lips. Why was she here again…? Oh, yes. To prove to her mother that she wasn’t worthless. Sure, her mother didn’t exactly call her worthless….But; the look in her mother’s eyes was all Kathleen needed to understand.

She understood it now. Honestly, she did. She realized in her own silent way that she was a complete burden to her mother…A burden that someone as kind as her mother shouldn’t carry.

Tears started rim her eyes, slowly blurring her vision. Kathleen leaned against the wall, tilting her head back, pleading that the tears will just trickle back to where they came. Once the rush of emotion faded away, she pushed herself off the wall and continued her task of find her room.

…It should be around here somewhere….

Looking up ahead she spotted an open dorm room. Her mood picking up a bit, Kathleen walked over to the open door way. Placing a sweet smile on her lips, she was about to speak….That is, before she heard the crash. Giving a small squeak, she jumped back and watched in silence as Cat picked up a picture. Apparently, that was what caused the shattering sound.

Well, it’s too late to run away now.

“Um, e-excuse me. But, can you tell me where my dorm is?” she asked, holding out the flimsy piece of paper in her hand.