Thread: Hate this school...or do I? (Um and Skeith)

O-oh um... Katherine fumbled over her words when Miranda spoke to her, but by the time she could compose herself, the taller girl had gone upstairs. All of this was so confusing. Katherine had honestly expected to be jumped by now. If this was some kind of trick, then it was incredibly elaborate, far moreso than she ever would've anticipated anyway. She slowly turned to follow Liz as the tour began, glancing around slowly as she was taken to each room. Everything was so much nicer than her current down, this place really was more like a mansion than a dorm building. The kitchen was a lot tidier too, the shared kitchen she had access to was usually left something of a mess by most of the girls who used it. It was also virtually impossible to leave things for yourself in the fridge, most likely someone else would just come along and take it. The idea of eating together was also somewhat strange. In the other dorms only small groups ate together, and Katherine most certainly wasn't among them. But here it was so different. The basement....at the top of the stairs Katherine hesitated for a moment. Surely if anywhere was going to be where she would be jumped, then this was it right? She took a few breaths, staring down the stairs after Liz for a moment, summoning up all her courage before following down, almost visibly bracing herself for what was to come. When nothing happened, she was honestly just a little bit surprised. She glanced around at what seemed to be a miniature gym. They didn't have this in the other dorms that was for sure. At this point Katherine was a little dumbfounded and began to follow Liz with a little more bewilderment, and just a little less fear. As they headed upstairs she glanced at the various doors, name tags on each of them. She was slightly confused by the apology for Sarah and Reina's 'sleepovers'. The idea of a sleepover when your rooms were right next to each other was a little odd. Then again maybe the girls were just good friends and ended up spending most of their time together. They had been playing a video game together downstairs after all, so maybe they tended to do that at night in each others rooms as well. And then they came to, what it seemed at least, would be Katherine's room. As she peered inside it once again became difficult to believe that this was being offered to her. The room was far more spacious than the one she had at the moment, and the bed looked much more comfortable. Not that the bed she had was uncomfortable, just...well it would look out of place in a mansion like this. She stopped as Liz spoke of knowing what it was like to be in her shoes. For once Katherine had her back to the other girl, eyes closed tightly. Did they really know...? How could they? They seemed so happy. But then maybe that was a good thing. What if she was telling the truth? What if they did know what it was like? What if they really did want to help? What if they had once been just like her and eventually had managed to help each other through it? Could she take that chance? Once again Katherine found herself daring to hope, daring to dream. Could she put all her last hopes in this place? In these girls? Then again did she really have anything to lose by trying? She couldn't exactly get any lower down the food chain at this school after all. At worst she'd just be taking a side step. Even if these girls did turn out to be like the others, at least there were less of them in this dorm building than there were in her current building. That alone would make things easier to handle right? I....well...maybe....maybe I guess I should get to know them first..? Katherine finally spoke, looking over at Liz. It was too early for her to smile just yet, but the tone of her voice and the look in her eyes....somewhere buried beneath the pain and the torment was just a glimmer of hope beginning to shine through.