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Arabella Rivera

“Arabella!” The shout came from downstairs, disturbing me, well from almost napping.

“Arabella!” Another impatient yell from mother made me roll my eyes in annoyance. I gritted my teeth and rise from my sleeping position.

“Coming!” I yelled and huffed as I got off the bed. My sock cladded feet touched the cold flooring of my house as I stride over t o the door.

“Hurry before dinner gets cold!” She yelled back, earning another eye roll from me.

It was a good thing she couldn’t see my irritated attitude, I would have certainly gotten a raging speech about moody teenagers that needed to know their place. Next thing I would know, I’d be going to boot camp with only girls and energy drinks.

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“Yeah yeah.” I mumble, not entirely excited about having dinner with my

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excited about having dinner with my mother. I wished she’d just bring the dinner to my room like usual, but of course, tonight she wanted to play perfect family.

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Unfortunately, the king piece was missing on the chess board. I was only but a pawn in their stupid perfect game. Soon it won’t be as perfect anymore.

I made my way downstairs, not really hungry or having the urge to even sit in the same room with her. But I didn’t really want to hear yapping in my ears this evening. So I sucked my irritation in and entered the dining area.

She was already seated at the head of the table. Her eyes lift from her plate and she peers at me in irritation. “Why didn’t you fix your hair before coming here or at least put it in a bun?” Eyes glaring at my messy tangled hair.

As soon as I got home, I had quickly moved my hair in the bun I had fixed it in this morning. I love when my hair gets loose, it finally breathes in relief.

At least one of us can.

I shrugged, not in the mood to argue with

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confines of my own home. You know, where normal people do or

with the attitude.”

was looking for every little piece of imperfection just to pick at me. It was her usual when her and father were not entirely on the same page. It was pretty obvious with the missing person in the room and

bother to ask father’s whereabouts, knowing I wouldn’t be told the

just nodded and pulled the plate my way. It makes an irking sound as it drags on the expensive wooden

did as I was

“So how was school?”

nearly groan aloud. Great,

Did

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It never ends well. “Good.” I said bluntly

besides Gwen?”

make conversation. But my chances of getting a new friend had already expired the moment I decided that I didn’t want drama

answer that would probably give her the hint that I didn’t want

get the hint. And if she did,

can’t have one friend your entire life Arabella. You need to socialize

snapped my eyes to hers, glowering at the fabricated perfect woman sitting a few seats away from me. “Really? How

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blow seeing as she didn’t have

friends. They

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thinning into a sour snarl. “I’m trying here Arabella.”

know when father’s actually here so you two can gang up on me.” I grumble and turned back to my plate. The rest of the dinner continues with

to the sink. I washed my plate, not wanting to give Gertrude trouble tomorrow. When I was done, I wiped my hand and started for

I murmur under my breath when I pass her by on my way upstairs. She didn’t answer

It was probably a bad idea seeing that I had just eaten. But the exhaustion from everything

the cons in my head and before I

my heart race. I never shut my windows so there was a huge

like a racing car as I rise to a sitting position and snapped my head towards my window. The glow of the moonlight

froze, tongue-tied as

turned and

Haiden?

took over. I throw the covers off my body and rose to my

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some sort of

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