the new girl prologue

"This is so unfair!" Cassidy yelled with her right fist in the air. "Why do we have to move? I like it here in New York!"
"Now Cassidy, I know that, but New York just isn't a place to raise a child anymore." Cassidy’s mother explained.
"Mom, I'm not a child anymore, I'm eleven and a half. And I have friends here, friends who understand me!"
"You'll make some new friends where we’re going."
"Their all going to think I'm some city weirdo." Cassidy remarked with her arms crossed.
"Look Cassy." Her mother began using her parental nickname. "I know how hard it's going to be to leave everything you know behind, but this will be a fresh start for you, me and your father."
Cassidy didn't say anything. She just looked down and nodded.
"Good, now you better get packing, your father will back in two days with the deed to our new home." Cassidy’s mother said as she went through the door. Cassidy just looked at a picture of her and her friends on the wall.
"It won't feel like home." She whispered under her breath.

The day of moving came so fast for Cassidy, she had enough time to say goodbye to her friends, but she wished she had more.
"C’mon Cassidy, better get in the car or we might go without you." Her father joked as he held the back seat door open.
"Just give me two minutes dad." Cassidy called out to her father. She turned around to face her friends Jack and Kristin to say goodbye and they joined in on a group hug.
"I’ll miss you guys." Cassidy said with a crack in her voice.
"We too Cassidy, remember to write alright?" Jack asked.
"I’ll never forget it, Jack."
I got you something so you could remember us." Kristin said as she gave Cassidy a necklace with a red charm attached to it.
"Thanks Kristin." Cassidy replied as she took the necklace in her hand and put it on. "Something tells me I'm never going to take this off."
Cassidy and her friend’s shared one finale hug together for time’s sake.
"Come on Cassidy, we have to get on the road before any traffic jams start!" Cassidy’s father shouted one last time.
Cassidy looked and waved at her friends before getting into the car. Her mother was in the car as well with father at the wheel. He started it up and the engine began to run. Cassidy looked out the window to see her friends waving at her for one last time. They began to fade out of view as the car drove off into the road of the city. It seemed like hours when trying to get to the exit they were looking for. The whole time Cassidy looked out the window with a sad face, she was going to miss New York, the lights at night, the sounds of the streets, even the smell of the cars. Her mother turned her head to look at how sad her daughter was.
"Cheer up sweetheart, I'm sure you’ll make lots of new friends" Cassidy’s mother reassured.
"How can you really be sure about it?" Cassidy asked with an emotionless voice.
"Because where we are going there’s going to be lots of kids that are the same age as you living there too." Father replied with his eyes on the read.
Cassidy wasn't sure if she could believe her dad, she didn't have a choice in this anyway. She was no longer going to live in New York. Her new home was going to be in the quiet small town of New Holland.