Before the Storm

Chapter 5 - Holy mother of ice lollies

Recap

I let everything fade away and for once I felt like I was allowed to feel happy. I felt free in a way I hadn't ever before. It was as if no matter who tried to stop me and no matter what happened I was me and nothing could change that. I told myself that this was what I would try to be from now, I could finally imagine my future, not anybody else's, mine. It felt good. I felt good.

As I continued with this feeling, I felt my eyelids becoming heavy and I allowed myself to let them close... For once I wasn't scared...

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I felt someone shaking me and as I slowly opened my eyes I saw that the driver was shaking me. Once he saw that I had woken up he started talking,

"Miss we've arrived" He was an old man, maybe 50, with fine lines around his eyes and forehead. He seemed sweet.

" Call me Eva" I said with a smile, I didn't like being called these weird hierarchy names, anyway he was older than me and I needed to respect him not the other way around.

"All right Eva, Let's move your suitcase out." He chuckled. Ah the warm moments I love those.

Before I had even gotten out of the car Uncle Bob (I'm gonna call him that as I don't know his name) had already picked up my suitcase and was walking towards the school.

"b****y fast for an old man" I muttered whilst kicking a stone... At this point I looked up at the school for the first time.

"Holy mother of ice lollies-" 

The school was a mansion. Bigger than a mansion, It was a castle. The architecture had been well thought through with pillars supporting the building. The middle of the building had 3 entrance doors all a light brown wood colour. The pillars, painted white, contrasted with the yellow-brown tinge of the rest of the building and reached a few feet above the three doors. There was a fountain out front surrounded by perfectly rounded trees that framed the pond's circular shape well enough to let it be seen but also keep it elegant. The grass covered all the mud, At first I couldn't see any mud so I bent down to touch it but once I did I realised that it was real, it was just taken care of perfectly. The school broke off into two sides, which stood at the same height curving in towards each other, and it made a very royal appearance. 

I was interrupted from my trance to hear a continuous honking behind me. What I saw awed me even more...