Winthrope Abbey

Sophia woke up to find a girl wearing a navy dress with a full skirt and high heels on.She wondered why someone would be so dressed up to be here of all places.The girl turned around and smiled when she spotted Sophia.

“Good Morning, Sophia.” How did she know her name? Sophia wondered.

“Juliet told me who you were when I came in this morning.” She said as if reading her mind.

“You must be Emma.” Sophia replied, realizing who she was.

“Yes, that would be me.”

“Where are the other girls?” She asked once she realized they were the only two in there.

“Breakfast.If you’d like you and I can go over there once you get ready?” Emma told her.

“Sure. Let me go grab my things and I’ll be back in a bit.”

Sophia padded down the hallway to the bathroom.There was only one on the main floor for all 10 girls to use, but at least it was communal.As she stepped inside, she found that there were 5 shower stalls and 5 bathroom stalls with one wall that had a vanity that went down the length of the wall.

She set down her toiletry bag and pulled out her hairbrush.She looked into the mirror to see how bad she looked after just waking up.Her naturally red hair reached down to her mid back and it had a slight body wave to it, which she loved.As she combed her hair one of the bathroom stalls opened to reveal the curly haired girl Sophia had heard yelling yesterday.

She approached the counter and began to wash her hands not saying one word or even acknowledging Sophia’s existence.Sophia decided to introduce herself, what was it Charlotte had warned don’t make her your enemy, she thought as she stopped brushing her hair.

“You must be one of the girls staying in the room next to us. I’m Sophia.” She said with a smile.

“Yep.” She replied coldly.

“Oh well I just wanted to introduce myself, seeing as though we’ll be living so close to one another.”

Without smiling she just said, “I’m Penelope.” She continued to wash her hands.How long does it take to wash your hands, thought Sophia.

“Nice to meet you Penelope.”

“I’m sure it is for an American like you to meet a royal like me.” Penelope said in a haughty tone. “You know considering your kind has none like me.” She said pointing to herself.

“Nope.I guess your right there is no royalty in the United States.” Sophia said while trying to stay polite.

“Yes, I mean you are after all the token American brought to this school, but don’t let that get to your head darling because you’ll never be as popular as me.”

What was wrong with this girl? Sophia understood now, why she could never be an ally; who would even want her as a friend?

Sophia began to do her makeup in the mirror and ignore the last comment of her royal highness, another girl she hadn’t met yet walked in.

“Guess who I just ran into?” She said to Penelope.

Penelope stayed silent and instead checked out her face in the mirror.Clearly not caring she was being ignore, the girl answered her own question. “Harry.”

That seemed to get Penelope’s attention.She turned around and grabbed the girl by the shoulders.“Just now?Is he already here?” She rushed out.

“Yes and guess what?”As if knowing Penelope wasn’t going to guess she continued, “He asked for you?”

“He asked for me? Did he ask for me, ask for me? Or did he just ask you about your other roommates, so therefore he indirectly asked for me?”

“Well he didn’t direc—“

“Cora, how many times must I tell you if he doesn’t know who I am, how can he possibly fall for me.What are you looking at?”

Sophia hadn’t realized she was staring at them through the mirror until Penelope called her out.She quickly grabbed her things, “Sorry I didn’t mean to be listening. I’m just going.”

“I think that would be best.” Penelope said to her.

As Sophia headed for the door she heard Penelope tell the other girl, Cora, how cute and perfect Harry is. Why does everyone think his cute?

Once she got back to the room her and Emma started toward the dining hall to meet up with the other girls.Just as Sophia was about to ask Emma if she knew anything about Penelope, she saw Harry walking the opposite direction as them toward the house.As he got closer to them he gave a nod to Emma.

“Hello, Harry.Are you alright?” Emma called to him.

“Just fine Emma. You?”

“Just walking with my new roommate Sophia to breakfast.” She said, “Sophia this is Harry. Harry this is Sophia.” Emma stopped walking to introduce the two of them.

“We’ve already met.” Stated Sophia.

“Yes, but at least you aren’t knocking me to ground.” Harry said with a playful look in his eye.

“As I recall I apologized for it. Twice.”

“Hm.Well let’s just watch where we go shall we.Wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself, since you and the other girls are so important to the future of this institution.” He mocked.

“Be nice Harry.We wouldn’t want your father to find out that his own son was against his ideas.” Emma told Harry, which made him scowl.

“Ladies enjoy your breakfast.” He said while walking away.

“What was that about?” Sophia asked Emma as they began walking again.

“Winthrope Abbey becoming co-ed was all Prime Minister Styles’ idea.” Emma informed her. “He believes that in order for this country to move forward it must breakdown the walls of prejudice the elite have.That includes the most prestigious school in the UK welcoming girls.”

“Why do you know so much about that?” Sophia asked.

“My father is in the House of Lords, it’s kind of like your congress but my dad inherited his position. Anyway, he is very powerful within parliament and therefore has an inside look into UK’s political world.” Emma told her. “But that doesn’t explain why he was so rude to you.” Emma pointed out.

“Yesterday, I might have accidentally knocked him down while going to find my dad.”

“Must have been memorable.”

“Why do you say that?” Sophia questioned.

“I swear I saw him wink at you as he was leaving.” Emma smiled.

“Wink? Please that boy wants nothing more than for me, and every other girl, to magically go away.” Sophia said defensively.

Emma shrugged her shoulders.”I know what I saw. Now let’s walk faster. I’m starving.”

Notes

I might double update today since the site was down yesterday and I couldn't post.

Hope you enjoyed it!