CHAPTER ONE

Caitlin Paine always dreaded her first day at a new school. There were the big things like meeting new friends, the new teachers, learning new hallways. And there were the small things like getting a new locker, the smell of a new place, the sounds it made. More than anything, she dreaded the stares .She felt that everyone in a new place always stared at her .All she wanted was anonymity .But it never seemed meant to be .Caitlin could not understand why she was so conspicuous .At five foot five she wasn't especially tall, and with her brown hair and brown eyes(and normal weight)she felt she was average . Certainly not beautiful, like some of the other girls .At 18,she was a bit older ,but not enough to make her stand out. There was something else .There was something about her that made people look twice .She knew ,deep down ,that she was different .But she wasn't exactly sure how .If there was anything worse than a first day ,it was starting in midterm ,after everyone else already had time to bond .Today this first day ,in mid-March ,was going tio be one of the worst .She could feel it already. In her wildest imagination ,though ,she never thought it would be this bad .Nothing she had ever seen a lot-had prepared her for this।