Like a fish out of water (private)
 

Victoria Knightley stood before a large metal gate. The girl was 6 foot 4, with shoulder-length raven hair and bright green eyes. This gate lead to the school she would be attending to. A rather posh school for more high class members of society, and thus the rough looking girl felt nervous. She had done her best to dress as well as she could, but her wardrobe was quite limited. She wore the best jeans she could find, which had a hole in one of the knees. She had a band shirt, which she wore inside out so the logo wouldn't show and it'd look like a plain black shirt. She had her army boots, as they gave her confidence. And to top it off her messy hair had been comed to a nearly acceptable state.

How did she end up here? Victoria had some issues with her temper control, which got her kicked off of three schools before this. This was her only option left. And she worried about her parents' financial situation, so she took the chance. She was nervous. She couldn't mess this up. She swallowed her fears and pressed the bell to inform somebody that she had arrived.

Cherrywood Academy was a well-known and popular all-female boarding school known for its high grades and strict yet fair rules. When the gates were opened to let Victoria in, a lady who seemed to be in middle-aged, a bit shorter than Victoria approached the punk-looking girl. She wore red formal attire and her matching hair was tied in a bun. "You must be Miss Knightley. Your parents told me so much about you. Do come in," she said in a firm voice, motioning for the girl to enter.

Victoria saw the gate open and gulped. 'Here goes...' she said. The woman came closer and victoria gulps again. "Hi... eh.. greetings... I mean..." she said, stammering through her words. She was clearly super nervous.

"Greetings, I am Headmistress Harrington. Allow me to show you around." The lady scanned the girl, observing the attire she was wearing and didn't seemed pleased by it at all. "Let's just hurry up and get you your school uniform," she said outright as she guided Victoria through the school, pointing out and describing each building as they passed them. They soon made it to the administrations building where they went into her office. "Miss Knightley, are you aware why you are here?"

"Greetings..." the girl replies. Seeing how the woman looked at her didn't look like a good start. She followed the woman, paying close attention to what she had been telling her. Getting lost was the last thing she wanted. They soon arrived into the office. "Eh... yes... I have been kicked out of a lot of other places.... because of my temper... this is my last chance..." she said

The Headmistress gave Victoria her new school uniform. "You are to wear this whenever you attend class or any school event. Now let me show you to your dorm room," she said as the two went on their way to Victoria's new dorm. "Consider yourself lucky. Someone volunteered to be your roommate and she is a star pupil. Straight A's and class president."

Victoria nods, feeling rather bad by the way she was guided around. The headmistress seemed to despise her already. She just kept silent for now, following her every order. But hearing that she would be sharing a room with one of the star pupils made her even more nervous than she already was. She nodded, not knowing if speaking was a smart idea in this situation.

When they reached the dorm there was a girl waiting for them. She had long red hair styled and had light freckles on her face. She smiled at them and approached Victoria. "You must be Victoria! It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Jessica, I'll be your roommate and tutor while you stay here," she said with a smile extending her hand out for a handshake.

As they reached the dorm Victoria got more nervous. She hated the "perfect students" most of all. She prepared herself and forced a nervous smile. As the girl came into view she got even more nervous. She looked amazing. Good body, nice hair, cute face. God she had all she did not. Victoria extended a trembling hand and shook hers. "Eh... h-hello... My name is Victoria" she said.

"I'll take it from here, Headmistress. Come, let me show you to our room," Jessica said and the headmistress let them be. Class didn't start for another few hours. The star student led the bigger girl upstairs to their dorm room. "I took the liberty of looking through your records, you have quite the school history," she commented.