Snippet #1317713

Gwen was sitting in the back of her mom's rental car, a small blue SUV that smelled oddly like the over used air freshener that the rental place used and it had been burning her nose the whole car ride. Her mom was driving in silence, trying to keep her eye from twitching as Gwen crossed her arms and blasted her iPod as she looked out the window as scenery whirled by, obviously pouting in spite of her mom. As the building came into view, Gwen's mom gave her a look in the rearview mirror and mouthed, "Turn your music off now." and, reluctantly, Gwen did as her mom ordered.

"This is for your own good Gwendolyn... How many times have we had to move because you cant keep your powers in check? Seven.. Seven times you have hurt someone or destroyed something.. I'm sick of it and this school is supposed to help you with that.. At least wipe that 'I-hate-this-kill-me-now' look off your face and give this place a chance.." her mom said in a stern yet slightly pleading voice as she started to drive down the driveway. Gwen sighed and rolled her brown eyes a bit. "Fine..:" she mumbled obviously not wanting to talk about this further. She was mad at her mom. Mad for making her go to this stupid school. So what if when she went to use a prank to get revenge on that prissy little cheerleader but wound up accidently loosing control of her elemental powers and wound up being the reason that cheerleaders in the hospital? Maybe if her mom wasn't always trying to change who she was and if her dad was still alive then things would have been different. But no, her life has to stay difficult it cant be easy at all. Her mom stopped the car and cut off the engine, turning around in her seat with a frown.

"Listen despite what you think I'm not ecstatic about this either-" she said, Gwen cutting her off with a scoff before her mom started talking again. "But give this place a chance. For me. Babylon could be what you need to get a grip on you powers so we dont have to move all the time.." her mom sighed and looked at Gwen with a hint of distaste in her eyes. "And did you have to dress in.. that..?" she asked, referring to Gwen's outfit. Gwen looked down at her ripped up black skinny jeans, Black Veil Brides band tee, black, silver, and red studded belt, black and red Vans, her multitude of black, red, white, and gray jelly bracelets, silver chain necklace with a metal bow and skull, and she smirked and nodded. "Yes.. If it's my first day here I'm not going to dress up.. Everyone's going to see the real me.." she said as she fixed her black and red hair so the side fringe laid over her left eye better and moved the black bow a bit, checking her black eyeliner and fixed her silver snakebites and nose stud in the mirror before stuffing her iPod into her pocket next to her cell phone and hopped out of the car as her mom opened the trunk.

Her mom shook her head with a sigh as Gwen pulled her suitcases out of the trunk, all three of them along with her carry on, all of the bags she covered with pins and stickers of stuff like skulls, bats, and band names. Her mom closed the trunk and frowned. "Gwendolyn what am I going to do with you?" she sighed before dragging Gwen into a hug and going into the driver's seat of the car. "Be good here Gwen I dont want to get any calls about you misbehaving or anything ok?" Gwen nodded. "Alright mom.. I love you.." Her mom started the car. "Ok.. I love you and I'll talk to you soon.. Bye baby.." she said as she rolled up the window and slowly drove down the driveway and turned back onto the road and drove away.