Once entering the school's parking lot with her duffel bag and backpack that Landon had so kindly brought her in hand, Claire was quick to pull the navy gown over her head, off her body, and onto her arm as if it was a wet towel that had been laid out into the sun to dry. Like many of her fellow classmates, including those that she would be traveling with, she did not care to dress appropriately for the occasion and instead vouched for small gray shorts, a black shirt complimented by a white hoodie, over-sized men's sneakers, and dark magenta stockings to match. Her attire of choice possibly looked ridiculous, but at least it worked well on her. Or so she thought.

As soon as she made her way further into the parking lot, she heard two separate male voices calling for her - the photographer and the skater. She knew that the photographer was named Leo and she had seen him frequent her debates once or twice in the past. The skater and the three others, however, Claire knew little about aside from their names. Benjamin was the skater competing in the X-Games, Cyrus had been described as fairly shy, Zac was apparently interested in playing music, and Claire had learned from Eddie that Rowan was an individual that identified with neither gender and that they mostly preferred to be alone. [i]What an interesting trip this will be.[/i] 

"Hello, everyone." Claire waved as she approached the five others that she would be traveling across the country with. "Congratulations to us, huh?" She held onto the strap of her duffel bag. "No, but seriously, congratulations to us. I'm sure we've all heard this a million times already today, so let's talk about the fun stuff - like where we all are going to be sitting and when we'll be getting this show on the road?"