Summer was finally coming to an end thought James Rasmussen as he rang the door to his best friend Poppy North's house. Today was the last day that they would be able to be carefree and simply be best friends. Tomorrow would change everything because his parents were coming back. They would be coming back from their society vacation with his other best friends parents Galen Drache. His parents disapproved of Poppy; they thought she was loud and rambunctious. Which was all together a bad influence on him according to them. Unlike Michaela his current girlfriend and perfect in his parents' eyes.
As he mused on all of this the door opened to familiar pair of green eyes opened the door for him. Though the eyes were an exact copy of Poppy's they were harsh and narrowed in dislike, these eyes belonged to Philip North. As the tough guys had an extremely macho stare down of mutual dislike none of them noticed Poppy until she got downstairs. When she got downstairs she threw herself at James with screech of "Jamie!" As he hugged her back Phil glared at him with hatred. So when Poppy started chattering at top speed about her new techno CD Phil muttered something about calling Chess, his girlfriend of three months, and stomped towards the kitchen defeated. Well at least James knew that this year would not be boring.
It wasn't fair decided Mary-Lynette Carter the last night of summer as she stared at her new neighbour house in dislike. She had decided the fact that her three best friends had such an idiot of a brother was decidedly unfair. When she had heard the news that Rowan, Kestrel and Jade along with their aunt Opal Burdock were her new neighbours she was ecstatic. M'lin however was less ecstatic when she learned that their playboy boarding school brother was coming with. Ash Redfern on the two occasions she had met him had always managed to infuriate her. On the first in her sophomore year he had been visiting one John Quinn they had played a prank that had permanently dyed her hair bright green. The second occasion was when he had barged into her house and began hitting on her. Mary-Lynette positively hated that boy.
Mary-Lynette stood up and shook her head and redirected her thoughts in a more pleasant direction, her best friend Jeremy Lovett. This summer Jeremy had been acting different around her. He seemed more attentive, for example when she wore new earrings he noticed or when she was feeling sad he told her she was beautiful. At first Mare had assumed it was because he was in college and noticing her more now because she was still a senior, sometimes wondered whether he liked her. As Mary-Lynette was always practical she shoved the thought aside. Still staring at the Victorian style house Mary-Lynette knew that this year wasn't going to be boring.
Thea was ready to take her life into her own hands. That what she thought as she walked up to the vet's office holding the sign that said HELP WANTED. As she was walking into the door she ran into a guy, an extremely attractive guy as she looked at him. Her stare only lasted a few moments until she realized that he was holding his hand expecting her to shake.
"Eric Ross" he said while staring at her with impossibly deep green eyes.
"Thea Harman," she said while returning the handshake shakily "I'm going to apply for a job in the vets so excuse me don't want miss them all."
"Me too," said Eric "Maybe I will see you around" and then he walked away.
As Thea walked over to the receptionist to give in her resume she knew this year was not going to be boring.
Gillian was at in the registration office, she was being registered at a new school in Nevada by her Dad because her mom was at home still…it was 6 'o' clock in the evening. Her mother had been getting steadily worse the last month concerning her grief at Gillian's grandmother's death.
Ever since Grandma had died in August her mother had begun drinking and drinking now she hardly ever gets up before seven in the evening. Gillian's father was hardly ever home because of the lengthy business trips that he took nearly every month so he was moving the family to Las Vegas where her mom was going to rehab while she was going to live with her cousin Illiana Dominick. As Gillian and her father left the building she caught a glimpse of a guy with white blond hair and violet eyes rather like her own. Gillian face quirked up in a smile when recognized him, it was Gary (She called him Angel) her boyfriend. (Sorry quick Authors Note Gary and Gillian are not cousins in this fic thanks.)
"Angel!" she cried with delight as she ran up and hugged him.
As he hugged her back he whispered his greeting in her ear "Hello Dragonfly."
She laughed into his chest a long time ago he had commented in how much she her head flitted from idea and she was always wearing the same iridescent earrings.
Gary was the only that decide to come with her to Las Vegas. Gillian was thrilled when she heard this she had never dreamed that Gary, her boyfriend of a few months then would have moved halfway way across the country in the summer before his senior year for his sophomore girlfriend but he had and Gillian was eternally grateful.
Another thing Gillian had been grateful for is when she moved she realized that her best friend David and his girlfriend Tanya had also moved up here a few months. Surrounded by her boyfriend and best friends Gillian knew that this year would definitely not be boring.
Quinn was at a club, it was not that hard to get in with his fake I.D, any way the bouncers were always intimidated by his black glare, regardless if they believed it or not. Soon or later he got bored and left little did he know was that when he left it was not unnoticed.
Daphne saw when Quinn left, she wasn't stupid. She knew this was an extremely attractive guy. All she knew was that she wanted him. What Daphne wanted she got.
Rashel was hurting it had been a week since her mother's funeral, a whole two weeks since her mother had been murdered and it had been all her fault, if only I hadn't insisted on getting my shoes from that store she thought despondently. She was depressed. Her friends, Keller and Jez had tried to get her to eat but it was no use. Her little brother, Timmy kept getting into trouble; Rashel couldn't help him, not when she drowning in grief. Rashel couldn't fill the void that her mother had left, and right now she wasn't sure she wanted to.
Thierry was in his office one day when talking to his best friend Nilsson about the problems Nilsson and his long time best friend and now girlfriend Lupe Acevedo were having. He was staring out the window at the time what he saw out that window made his dark eyes widen in surprise.
It was girl, a tall girl with long blond hair and inquisitive grey eyes and a distinctive birthmark; the colour of ashen rose that followed the line of her left cheek bone.
That was Thierry knew it was Hannah, his Hannah. All Thierry wanted to do was rush out there and kiss within every inch of her life. Thierry knew he couldn't not after what Maya had done…what he had done.
Hannah Snow was not having a good day on her to check-out her new school. Her bicycle tire was flat. Then her house keys got lost and someone her brand new pack of pens. Things like this had been happening to Hannah all week and she was fed up. Hannah was convinced these were deliberate attacks on her and she was going to get to the bottom of it.
Well at least this year won't be boring she thought wryly as she walked home.
This year was the year that Claire Godddard would go down thought Jezebel Redfern as she rode her motorcycle to Morgead Blackthorn's house. Claire Goddard was the leader of the Sunrise biker gang rivaled only to Jez's own Midnight gang. This was Jez's senior year and it would not be boring, not if she had anything to say about it.
A few days before school the principal called the Neely household, apparently they were getting a new student and not any new student…foreign royalty, and it was Maggie's job to show him around the school and the city. His name was Delos and he came from a small island called Black Dawn stuck in the medieval times. Well, Maggie thought at least it would not be boring.
Keller was at her best friend Rashel's house. It had been 2 weeks since Mrs. Jordan's death and Keller was worried, very worried. Rashel had eaten nothing but a pear in the last two days. Keller was at lost what to do Rashel wouldn't eat the large bags under her eyes contested to the fact that she wouldn't sleep either. So Keller simply watched, in case of any indication of life in her friend. Life is what bothered Keller though; what if Rashel decided it wasn't worth living anymore and tried to take her life. The very thought hurt Keller, Rashel had been her best friend since the age of five and Keller could not, would not live without her.
Rashel was sitting in the living room staring at picture at her mother. Keller could see that was Rashel was close to her breaking point was close.
So Keller went over to Rashel gave her a hug and whispered in her ear "It's going to be okay."
Rashel responded to that in a broken voice "No it isn't" and burst into tears.
Galen Drache was on a hammock when his parents ruined his life. They had come back from their society vacation with the Rasmussens. The two days after they had come home they had been smiling at him constantly and being way too cheerful.
Galen was pondering this when their maid, Tori told him his parents wanted him in the drawing room, with a quick thanks to the girl he set down his book on birds and rushed off to find them his parents. They did not like to be kept waiting.
As he entered the drawing room his parents were sitting in straight backed chairs almost like they were in a business meeting.
His mother started "Galen, dear, lately we've been thinking this is your senior of high school we think you are more mature now and we can invite you to more important society functions and would be beneficial for us-you to be seen with someone. For example the Rasmussens were telling us that their son has a girlfriend, a girl named Michaela Vasquez maybe you know her,"
Galen knew that girl, Michaela Vasquez one the most popular girls in school with her classic Hispanic looks and money. Galen had known that James was dating her but he also knew that it wouldn't last because James was completely in love with Poppy North, he just didn't know it yet.
While he pondered his best friend's idiocy his mother had continued "-the girl makes James and his family look good at society functions so Galen, dear, we thought it would be a splendid idea for you to get a companion also."
With a self-satisfied smirk, his mother walked out of the room his father practically dogging her footsteps, leaving him to let the news sink in.
When it finally did sink in Galen was appalled his parents wanted him to get a girlfriend for the sake of their image. Galen had known they were controlling but not that controlling. There was no doubt they would be choosing the poor girl also.
That night Galen was still mulling over his parents decision when he went to bed that night. His last thought was that poor girl.
