Tattoos And Body Count

"Mia, the truck is here" my mum calls out from the stairs. "I'm coming" I shouted right back. I can't seem to get all my stuffs in one place. Why do we need to move today? Isn't it enough to stop living with dad in the same home, but to move to a different city just to prove a point is on a whole different level. My mum is that kind of drama queen. She's the most independent individual I've ever seen. She's the type that can take a punch right in the face without flinching but her comeback game is totally bad a$$. She just always find her way around. Yeah, she's my favorite, I prefer not to pick sides, but I keep it to myself. I'd choose her over and over again to dad, but i can't say the same for my brother, he's still little so he can barely fathom what is actually going on. He just love that he gets to play basketball with dad. I guess that's why he always whine when dad doesn't show up. I'm used to it. I'm used to him not showing up. Or let's say I prefer he doesn't. Call me a drama queen, yeah whatever. "Gotta get all these down before mum throws a flare" I pick my last duffel bag and the last brown box and headed down the stairs. "Mum?" "Yes honey" she replied from outside. "Is that the last of it?" she ask as I appear with my luggage. "Yass! Where's Noah?" I dropped the items in the van and ask. "He's probably still sulking in his room, go get him" "Noah!!" I started calling out for him, just to announce my presence before I get to his door. I knock once at his door, and open right after, "Come on, the moving van is here" I said when I finally see his figure near the window looking out. Waiting for a response or some sort of reaction but I got non. I walk right in and sat next to him. "I know you'll miss this city, I will too. I'll miss my friends, I'll miss the Japanese tea garden especially" nudging at his arm with mine, I smiled and I could see his lips crooking too. "But you know what, it's a fresh start for us all, we get to see new places, new faces, and make awesome new friends, I mean we can't say no to that right" nudging at his arm again. "Yeah" he replied hesitantly. "Now come on. Don't keep the driver waiting" I stand up and grab his hand. We walk side by side but once we got outside he went straight to the van and sat at the backseat. I exchanged glance with mum, and I could tell she's bothered about him, then I said "He'll be fine" I mean he should be, let's just get going. I took my seat next to Noah and strap on the seat belt. It's not like I'm excited about us moving, I'm definitely not. Since we're not moving to some more porch city, we're going to f*cking Oakland for crying out loud, one of the biggest crime cities in California. It's gonna be so tough on me, considering the fact that I don't know anybody there, and to crown it up it's a public high school. I heard it's the top school there but who cares about top. I'm not a ghetto kinda girl, I'm private school modified miss popular, what if my sh!t doesn't sell there. I mean how am I gonna dress. I really need to prepare for this well. I need a total wardrobe makeover. Cause I'm going badgirl style, I don't wanna be dominated there. I cant give them that kind of opening. I gotta let them know I'm not soft skin at all. "Mia, strap your brother in". My mum said, pulling me out of my vengeful plots. The car started and I put Noah's belt in place. I took out my earplugs and connected it to my phone I started playing Sam Smith's album. I need to change my Playlist as well. I need ghetto music, more of Cardi B and less of Taylor swift, more of Machine Gun Kelly and less of John legend. I'm having a total panic attack right now. I should have gotten closer to Laura from my lab classes last semester. She tried hard to get my attention but I just wasn't letting in, I heard she came from Oakland, one of the poorest and roughest towns there. Yuck! No wonder I didn't pay her no mind, plus she kept messing our works up, she doesn't know the difference between Erlenmeyer and Schlenk. A text came in from Oliver. "Hey girl, I heard you're moving today, where to???. We totally need to facetime when you get there so call me asap" Lord knows where she hears it from, she's probably throwing shades like usual. She's been at my case since I got asked out on a date by her crush Alex that time. Who cares about Alex, he wasn't even up to my standards but I had to go on that stupid date to show her who the baddest really is. And Olivia didn't really take it nicely, she sob for like a week or so I heard. Lol it was hilarious seeing her swollen face around school for a whole week, I heard some kids even made a meme of her face at the cafeteria, the pictures went awfully viral. Poor Olly. I'll definitely shade her back and tell her I'm going to a private school in Oakland, she'll be pained. I quickly searched for private schools at Oakland on the net and choose the one closer to the public school I'll be attending. "Yass girl. We're going to f*cking Oakland. It's a private high school so I'm not complaining. The Marvelwood. Should be nice. We tots gonna facetime. P. S Enjoy Alex while I'm gone... " I plug my pods back in place enjoying my comeback with a smile of satisfaction 'That should do the trick' I thought to myself. I started looking out the window, seeing familiar neighborhoods that I'm totally gonna miss, a flush of sadness wash over me, but I try to wave it off and started reading the signs of the billboards, until I finally read one that said "Bye to San Francisco"....