Sophia sighed in defeat as she rode in the back of her fathers sedan. She had wanted to get to school on time today but her incessant mother just had to go get professional pictures with them all. Apparently it was a big deal that this would be her first school since moving to Japan from the United states. Her mother was incredibly sentimental and persistent when she wanted something. Though the pictures didn't take up all of her day getting lost in the streets of japan definitely was the nail in the coffin for her hopes of getting to school remotely on time. She would have to deal with it and wait for tomorrow. She was actually mildly excited for school. It was something new and the idea of living on campus seemed... strange. But in a good way of course. No longer having to come home to her parents constantly barraging her with questions about her day. She didn't think much about it so there was never much to tell. She was far too apathetic and melancholy to take enough notice of things to bring back a story to tell. 

Finally they arrived, the brakes squeaking quietly as they came to a stop. She was quick to hop out of the car and collect her two suit cases. Before she could escape her father was there and grabbing at her arm to keep her from running off.

"Hey hey, aren't you going to say good bye?" Her father teased, a warm smile on his face. She liked her father, he always spent so much time trying to keep her happy and get a smile on her face. That and the whole genetically prone to being a daddy's girl helped that along.

She smiled barely, turning around to face him. She dropped her bags and gave her father a strong hug. He smiled and returned the hug, kissing her on the top of the head. "See ya kiddo. Call us when you can. You know how your mother worries." Sophia rolled her eyes, one thing she knew very well was how much her mother worried.

"See ya dad.." She spoke softly, just barely too loud to be considered a whisper. With that her father ruffled her hair one last time teasingly and went back to the car before driving off.

She sighed, [i]'Did he have to mess up my hair on my first day...'[/i] whining to herself. She picked up her bags and was off past the gates and towards the school. She came across the bulletin board. She saw her name she read on, though it took her a while to comprehend all the words; She spoke japanese fairly well though she might forget what a certain hiragana symbol was. She then turned on her heels and made her way to check out the school before finding her room. She entered one of the buildings, walking down the hall at a leisurely pace; checking out the artwork and decorations throughout. As she came into a cross section where two hallways met in a crossing she suddenly slammed into someone. She bounced back and landed hard on her bottom, groaning as her backside throbbed from the hard landing. Looking up she saw who she ran into, her unnaturally bright blue eyes blinking to make sure what she saw was real. It was a young looking girl with short hair. She had tears swelled under her eyes as if she were on the verge of tears. "Oh! I am very sorry!" Sophia spoke out sincerely in the best Japanese she knew, the words a little choppy but never the less correct. She worried she hurt the girl and she was going to cry but in fact the girl had just been the brutal end of a mean prank.

Sophia pushed herself up to her feet and held out her hand to the girl to help her up. "Please don't cry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She apologized sincerely.