Desiree walked out of the girls dormitories and into the common room, the familiar room welcoming her back. She had really missed it, New Zealand was nice, but it was nothing like this. Besides being "home-schooled" was practically a half-year long vacation. Not that she was complaining, but she had to admit she was actually excited to go back to class..

.. her thoughts stopped there as she saw the back of someone's head on the couch. She KNEW that head.

Could it be.. Excitement rushed over her at the thought of seeing her friend. It had been horrible being gone so long, she had never wanted to leave in the first place. She wanted to call out and run over to her, or tackle her or something. She was leaping for joy on the inside. But she noticed an unfamiliar girl next to her, and didn't want to scare her. Soo instead Des crept up silently behind her and quickly put her hands over her eyes.

A smile spread across her face, "Guessss who?" she said with a laugh, wondering if Zhenya would recognize her voice after so long. She wasn't that different really, just a little taller, well kind of a lot taller, and her hair was definitely longer. (She had refused to let her mom cut it)