The two argued and Raya wanted nothing more than to reach back and smack her idiot twin brother. He had to argue about everything.

"Calm down you two." Their mother said "This is a great opportunity for you."

"I'm already brilliant mom. I don't need a boarding school for that." Raya joked "If anything Jake's the one that needs it. Didn't you see his report card last year?"

She could hear him mock her in the backseat and once again that urge came back to hit him. Their mom just laughed a little.

"Believe it or not this is mostly for my benefit. I need to know that you two can go to school while I'm busy on my job." She said "And before you ask Jake no you wouldn't be able to do that while in public school because there would be a guarantee that the house would be wrecked my first week away. Plus I here this is a great school."

"Yeah it's a school for preps." Jake snarked

Raya laughed. She could agree on that one.

"Well, you two don't get the choice so just deal." She said to the two

The rest of the car ride went on with more bickering until their mother was happy to say that they had arrived.

For a few moments Raya just sat there. Then she put on her sunglasses and stepped out and just leaned against the car.

"I'll help get your sister settled Jake. You go on ahead." Mom said "So let's go kiddo."

Raya saluted and tilted her head slightly as she started following her mother inside.

"Here we are." She said

Upon hearing the door click Raya walked inside her room.

"Oh hey!" came a squeak

Raya just stood there silently with nothing to say.

"Hello." Mom greeted back "This is my daughter Raya."

"I'm Jamie. I'm guessing we'll be roommates." Jamie said still sounding perky

Raya smirked a little.

"Nice shades by the way."

"Thanks they're prescription." Raya answered

Jamie giggled. She thought it was funny apparently. Raya just shook her head and walked farther into the room till she just sat on the bed.

"Classes start tomorrow right?" Raya asked

"Yep. And I got your schedule for you." She said

"Can I see?" Raya asked as she held out her hand

Jamie handed her a piece of paper. In the next few seconds Raya's lips pursed.

"She okay?" Jamie asked

"She is it's just been a long day." mom said "I just think she needs rest."

"Alright. Well if she's up for it later there's a back to school thing going down." Jamie said

"Thanks hun." Mom said

After hearing the door close Raya fell back on the bed.

"Don't worry I'll go to the office and get everything sorted out. I thought I already talked to them about this." her mom said frustrated

"It's fine. Really." Raya said "Why don't you go see how Jake is?"

"Alright. I'll be back in a little bit."

Raya just nodded. After her mom left she moved to sit on the floor. She opened the box in front of her and pulled out her favorite book. It was a book she never got tired of. As she opened it she began to read and fell into her own world.

As the hours went past her mom had come and gone and wished them good luck. She promised to come see them when she could. Jake rolled his eyes and Raya just smiled.

"You know there's a party going on." he sai dafter mom pulled away and drove off

"I know." Raya replied

"You going?" he asked

"Nope."

"Oh c'mon. You could be the cool one too, especially with those shades you got. People would think twice thinking you'd kick their ass."

She couldn't help but laugh. He had his moments in cheering her up. Jake wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"I just don't want to." she said

"You want to curl up with a book like always don't you?"

"Kinda. I'm just not in a social mood."

"Fine." Jake pouted "But this is Spenser. You're gonna have to be social sometime."

"Yeah yeah. Just go be a party animal." She said shoving him off

"See you tomorrow morning." He called running off

She took her time getting back to her room. She'd hear a little whisper here and a little whisper there signifying that someone was there walking past, but she just ignored it. The first thing she did when getting to her room was get changed, take off her sunglasses then turn out her light. She was tired anyways and maybe some sleep would shake off the nervousness that rattled her about the first day of school.

The alarm rang in her ears. Both Raya and Jamie shot up. Jamie looked around groggily not really seeing much then laid back down.

Swinging her legs over the edge of her bed the first thing Raya did as she yawned was put her sunglasses on. She stretched a little then grabbed her school uniform which she had already laid out and started putting it on. It was the last thing she wanted to wear but it was a part of the dress code. There was no way she was ditching her converses though. The Provost would have to pry them from her dead body.

Upon realizing she had some extra time after she got ready she grabbed her book and opened where she left off.

An hour later there was a knock at the door and Jamie groaned loudly as she threw a pillow at the door. Raya stood chuckling a little and opened it.

"Here is the new and improved schedule." He said handing it to his tow inch shorter twin

"Thanks." She sighed in relief

"Hungry?" he asked

"Yeah I could go for breakfast."

He grinned at her and took her bag from her. Then he looped his arm through hers as they walked.

"You sleep well?" he asked

"Yeah. That was up until Jamie tripped through the door drunk then fell asleep and snored the rest of the night." Raya replied

Jake snorted. It was kind of funny to picture. As the two entered the mess hall they sat down at an empty table.

"You want anything specific? I figure I'll just put it all on one plate." He said

"Nope. Food is food." She answered shrugging

Jake went up in line nearly running into someone.

"Watch where you're going." The guy growled

"Sorry dude." Jake apologized

"Whatever, just watch it."

"He didn't mean anything by it." came a voice from behind

"Well Simms is here to save the day. Go figure."

"Get lost Aaron."

It was the same prick from the other night who was trying to stir up trouble. He just leered then walked off.

"Thanks. The last thing I needed was a black eye this morning." Jake said

"Don't worry about it. He's all talk anyways. I'm Tyler by the way."

"Jake."

"First day at a new school?"

"First day at a new prep school."

Tyler chuckled even harder.

"Not all of us are preps." He said

"Yeah those that aren't would include me and my sister." Jake said

"It's not so bad. You'll get used to it I'm sure." Tyler said "What do you have first?"

"Uhhh…Gym actually." He answered

"Good. You'll be there with me and a buddy of mine."

"Yeah well I got to get Raya to class first." Jake said

"Why? I'm sure she can find it." Tyler said

Jake bit his lip for a moment then just shook his head.

"Yeah…" he trailed off

After grabbing his food real quick he walked back off to the table him and his twin had occupied. Tyler stared at them awkwardly. He'd seen weird things but this was new. No brother or sister had ever been so close before in his eyes. Then again how would he know.

"You okay to get to Economics by yourself?" Jake asked her

"I'm a big girl Jake. I never said I needed to be taken by the hand to each of my classes." She said

"I'm just asking. It's a big school." He said defensively

"Just go." She said as she shook her bottle of orange juice

Jake sighed irritated.

"Hey Tyler wait up." he called

He rushed off leaving his sister to her own business. He could only do what he could and her being snappy didn't help. It didn't stop him from worrying twenty four seven though.

Raya stood five minutes later ready to go to class having already putting everything she needed in her bag. Still she took her time. She wanted to get a feel for the place. By the time she got to her first class the teacher was already speaking and students were in their seats.

"Just great." Raya muttered to herself

"Ah you must be Raya. Please just find a seat." The teacher said

At least he didn't try to introduce her. That would've been nothing short of a nightmare. For several moments she just stood there. Then she started walking the best she could toward seats. In the fruitless effort she reached out feeling nothing. A hand reached out and touched hers.

"There's a seat here. You can have it." said a deep voice

"Thanks. I thought I'd never find a seat." She responded as she sat

"I'm Caleb."

Raya smiled. She liked the sound of his voice. It was gentle and not at all disconcerting.

"Raya."

"Excuse me."

Raya's head shot towards the voice.

"Raya could you please take off you sunglasses. There is no sun in here so you don't need them." The teacher said

"Uh… it's not a good idea." She said

Caleb looked at her curiously.

"Raya take them off."

"Look, I'm serious." She insisted

"Take. Them. Off."

Huffing Raya reached up and slid them off. she clutched them in her tiny hands though and looked down towards the desk.

"You can't pay attention in class if you're looking at your desk." The teacher said

Slowly she raised her head.

Caleb gulped at what he saw and the teacher and everyone else's eyes went wide. The girl eyes were completely white and she had burn mark surrounding them signifying the fact that she was blind to the whole classroom.

"You-you can put them back on." the teacher stammered

She just nodded and quickly shoved them back on her face.

So much for that first good impression, she thought to herself.