Chapter One
Ding, ding, ding, I was woken up by the sound of my alarm clock beside my bed. I got up from bed lazily, it is six am in the morning, I still have time to get dressed before I head to college. My name is Jenny Smith, I am actually Chinese, my Chinese name is Yoshan Lu, my name was changed to Jenny Smith when my foster parents adopted me and brought me to England. I am Eighteen years old, today is actually my first day in college, and I am looking forward to life in campus......, I practised what I was going to tell my new friends in college about myself as I headed to the bathroom to do my business of brushing my teeth and taking my bath.
Jenny, where are you? I heard my mum calling me immediately I entered the bathroom, Mum, I am in the bathroom. OK, she replied. I could hear her murmuring something but I was not sure what it was. I smiled at the thought of my mom. My mom is a really strong and beautiful woman in her early 40's, who lost her husband 10 years ago when I was eight, since that incident, she worked very hard to take care of me, she makes sure I lack nothing. Even though she is not my birth mother, I still love her the most and I sometimes hope I will be able to pay her back for everything.
I came out of the bathroom about 20 minutes later, with a towel wrapped around my body and my wet hair, loosened, covering my shoulder. I went back to my room and I opened my closet, I later decided to wear a long blue jean pants and a pink off shoulder dermis top with my white snickers. I carried a blue strap bag to match. After drying my hair, I tied it into a bun, then I applied little makeup of mascara and pink lipstick. I checked myself out in the mirror if I was good to go, satisfied with my look, I left my room and headed to the dinning to have breakfast.
I walked towards the dinning and I saw my mum already know seated on one of the dinning chair, waiting for me so that we can have breakfast, I could not figure out how long she had waited, but she seems tired. I could feel her gaze on me, as she looked at me from head to toe, smiling in satisfaction . Wow, my baby is looking beautiful today, good morning mom, and thanks for the compliment. I sat on the dining chair opposite my mum to have my breakfast of toast and hot chocolate. We both ate in silence, I was already used to this silence during every meal because I was taught by my mum since I was a child never to talk while eating. Immediately we finished eating, I stood up, prepared to leave the house when my mom stopped me. Mom, I am leaving, wait, you forgot your jacket, it is cold outside, you should wear a jacket, she said. She helped me put on my favorite pink fur jacket. Mom, I am leaving, bye my princess, don't be late for dinner, she said. Then I left the house.
Immediately I got out of the house, I could feel the cold morning breeze spread all over my body, luckily, I wore a jacket, or I would have frozen to death. I walked to the subway station, immediately I got there, the subway came, I entered and sat on the seat beside the window so that I could see the morning view clearly.
30 minutes later, I arrived at my college, the biggest university in England, the Manchester university, it is my dream to study there and my dream is actually coming true, I thought as I stood in front of my college gate. I suddenly felt nervous, I tried to summon up courage, I was distracted from my thinking when my best friend, Emma approached me, I could see her smiling and grinning at the same time, she is wearing a black pants and a white top with a white jacket. Hi girlfriend, she said when she reached where I was standing, Excited today? Ofcourse, I replied. We both walk hand in hand as we entered the campus.