Money, Happiness, and Love
All you need is love to be a family right? Not so for Anna Vargas, who's father remarried to a very rich woman. Now they have more love and money, so happiness should follow... right?
Warning: Foul Some Language
Chapter 1: Money
The setting is a quiet posh restaurant, with pristine white table linens, wine glasses, candles, waiters in black slacks and vests over white long sleeved shirts and French cuisine on the fines places and mirror like sliver wear set on the tables with golden cloth napkins.
So naturally on a weeknight it was filled with romantic rich coupes, men dressed in fine clothing and women caked with makeup, hair artfully done, and beautiful dresses. Save one table that had only one man and two women.
"WHAT!" came a disbelieving shout form the youngest looking woman at the table, catching the attention of the other guests enjoying their meals. She looked about 14 years old, standing at 5'5, with very lightly tanned skin, dark hair striate hair flowed slightly over her shoulders, brushing ageist a blue button front shirt with half the buttons undone, exposing a simple black dress with small sliver sparkles and thin lining that flowed down to cover the girl's knees and hugged her pudgy midsection, it mostly covered the young woman's budding cleavage.
"Sit down. You're causing a scene." The older looking woman hissed at her.
She sat down in her chair in a huff, narrowing her dark brown eyes at the older woman with a pout of her chubby cheeks that was free of any makeup. Around them, a few people glared at her for the disturbance, other's looked on, eagerly awaiting more drama and turning their noses up at the young woman's appearance.
She looked nothing like the older woman, whom was only about 5'0, dark hair artfully done up in a stylishly messy bun, makeup caked over the pale skin of her face, wearing a strapless red dress glittered with sparkling gold that hugged slight curves and a small chest. Her dark eyes glared down at her as she tapped her red manicured nails on her crossed arms.
"Okay, then explain this to me again." The young woman asked as she pointed an unmanicured nail at the older woman and the man sitting with them. The man was clearly in his early 50's with the gray and white in his dark hair, the wrinkles in his tanned face as he smiled gently at the girl.
"Anna, I know you won't understand this... but this is love at first sight." The man said dreamily as the young woman he called Anna, gave him a blank look. She looked at how the older man was dressed, a new European style black suit with a silk red shirt and golden tie with a diamond encrusted pin on it, as well as a real Rolex watch around his left wrist.
"Rrriighhtt... and where did you guys meet again?" she asked, not as excited as the man or woman, who turned to each other, exchanging loving looks before clasping each other's hands before telling the story.
"Well I was going to lunch at that new sub shop that opened across the street from my office. I saw the light turned red and tried to make my way across. When a car ignores the red light and hits me. knocking me out and leaving me laying on the road to die."He told his daughter darkly before turing to the older woman. "When I woke up this angle was by my side." The man said dreamily as he looked into the woman's eyes and she into his. "You where so still, I thought you were dead. I couldn't just ignore a poor soul in such need." She said, blushing as she looked away but the man gently turned her head to look at him. "Yes, but you stayed by my side the entire time. You even paid the doctor and offered to take care of me. You are mibelloángel ~Sakura." The man said the woman's name lovingly, making her blush and smile lovingly back at him. "Oh~ José." She sighed lovingly.
They did not see or notice, Anna making a gagging motion, not as enchanted with the story as the two love birds. She turned her attention her untouched plate of food, a grilled salmon with a shrimp cocktail, before pushing it away with a scowl, and pulled over the plate that had a slim slice of cheesecake with a strawberry fan and sauce artfully decorating it along with some white chocolate shavings. Anna missed the glare Sakura shot her as she started eating the dessert without even touching the main and side dish, but she said nothing to the young woman.
"So I guess she's gonna be moving in with us then?" Anna asked her father, not looking too excited about the idea of Sakura in their home. José only chuckled as he smiled at his daughter. "No. Even better! We are going to be moving into HER home in Japan!" He told her happily, just as she was about to dig into the cheesecake, the fork clattered down on the delicate plate.
"What?" She froze at the news and looked up at him with wide disbelieving eyes that also held some fear and uncertainly. "Isn't that great? You said you always wanted to go to Japan." He said, oblivious to what was going on in the young woman's mind. "Y-yeah. To visit, not move there. What about the house? What's gonna happen too it?" Anna asked her father, some fear leaking into her voice as she shifted in unease But Sakura was the one who answered her.
"It's going to be sold of course. We have no need for that tiny little space when I already have a mansion in a much better location." The woman said with superiority that Anna did not like. This set off alarm bells as she gave Sakura and doubtful look.
"After all, Sakura's family is in Japan, and we are going to be there a while for all the wedding planning." Her father told her happily, dropping a big bomb of news on his daughter who looked at him with wide, horror filled eyes as she started to noticeably tremble.
"Anna?" He called her name worriedly as he started to see tears build up in her eyes. Anna only blink and grit her teeth in anger as she glared at them.
"Fine! Fucking marry her too, but I'm staying right here!" She shouted at her father as she shot up from her chair and hurried out of the restaurant, storming past guests and employees alike. She didn't care if she nearly knocked over a poor waiter carrying a heavy tray on her way out, running into a dark abyss with an eco of her father's voice calling to her.
"ANNA! Anna Maria Vargas, get back here right now! ANNA!"
*Money*
Dark brown eyes open with a start, pupils dilated with horror, rapid breathing filled the dark room for a while before it slowed and a figure rose from the middle of a massive queen sized bed and let out a tired sigh.
"That nightmare again? Ugh, this isn't gonna be a good day." A young woman's voice muttered, sounding disappointed as she moved off the bed tiredly, completely in the dark.
"Anna? Are you up yet?" came the voice of Anna's father, making her grumble when she heard the door unlock and then open, she walked into her privet bathroom and slammed the door before he turned the lights on in the large messy room filled with full bookshelves covering two walls with posters covering the free space that the large TV and balcony windows did not.
Her father looked around the room and shook his head.
"Anna, you didn't clean your room. Why not let the servants-" he was saying before getting cut off.
"FUCK NO! I'LL CLEAN MY OWN ROOM!" Came from the bathroom where a young woman who looked enraged after waking up from a nightmare, dark circles under her eyes, contrasting with her lightly tanned skin. Her dark brown hair sticking out everywhere from a messy ponytail, her black tank top slipping off her shoulders and straining agents her bust a large c-cup for a 16 year old. Her stomach no longer had the access fat, only a smooth flat stomach that was just shy of having abs, hips wide, stretching the purple mesh shorts on the side and over her muscled backside.
"I don't want anyone touching my stuff." She grumbled as he picked up her simple pink tooth brush, applied toothpaste and started to brush her already white teeth.
"Well you have school in an hour and I wanted to see you in your school uniform. I don't think it will fit but Sakura said it should." He told her, making her grumble as she spit out the foamy paste and picked up the water glass and rinsed her mouth to sit it out again.
"School starts at 9 here!" she yelled at him, cleaning her mouth and cleaning her tooth brush.
"Sakura said it's best if you arrive early, meet other kids and join some clubs."He told her. "Well I'm leaving, I have work to do. The maids will serve you breakfast in the dining room. Please get to school on time." He told her as she heard her bedroom door close.
Anna sighed; disappointed that she wouldn't have her father with her... again.
"I should be used to being alone by now." She muttered sadly as she freed her hair and raked her hands threw the tangles as she came out of her bathroom, looking at her bed to see a mass of pale yellow waiting for her.
"Oh hell no." she dead paned as she saw the Ouran High school Girls uniform that not only disappointed that her dream of wearing a sailor uniform was not going to happen, but the uniform was to fit a girl with a lot less then what Anna had, and not just in the chest area.
*Money*
"What... the... fuck?" Anna asked as she was dropped off at the massive pink school, sure she expected for there were be massive gardens filled with flowers, pounds, hedges, benches and gazebos. Even the massive buildings for different parts of the school, after all this was a privet school for the very rich, powerful, and handsome as Anna's step mother had drilled into her head. It wasn't even the vast system of hallways that one could easily get lost in, she had found the schools layout online, mentally planning out her route to her new classes and detours should she need it.
It was that all the massive ornate buildings that made up Ouran Academy was PINK!
Not even a soft kinda coral pink either but bright bubble bum pink that hurt her eyes as she looked at it in the early morning sun.
"Who the hell decided for it to be PINK!? Of all the fancy smacy colors they have, they went with pink." She grumbled setting down her black wraparound sun glasses to hide the bag under her eyes. She didn't need her step mother on her case about those dark circles.
She was not wearing the school uniform so she got some looks from students who were milling about before class or in clubs. She was dressed in a lose black hoddie, hood up covering her hair, that managed to hide her from pretty well as the sleeves went past her wrists and the bottom went over her wide hips which were being hugged lovingly by a pair of book cut black jeans, giving the illusion she was just fat underneath the clothes so boys didn't even glance at her. Her well worn black combat boots soundlessly walked across the clean, mirror quality marble floors, gaining more looks as she adjusted her messenger bag strap on her left shoulder.
She looked around and noted things and people around her under the dark glasses, seeing the looks they gave her when they thought she wasn't looking, some she heard thought she was blind because of the sun glasses and gave her looks of pity.
Anna rolled her eyes at their stupidity as she made her way to her new classroom easily, already having her schedule printed out from home. She opened the door and the chatter inside ceased as she walked in.
All the students, the girls wearing the yellow monstrosity of a uniform, with their hair done to perfection, nails manicured, faces painted to look 'beautiful', expensive high end bags hanging on their arms, it made Anna's eye twitch from all the gillyness, an all pink school was killing her color vision because the Boy's uniform looked completely different from the girls.
Light blue blazers with the school crest over there left side, white collared shirts with a black tie, black slack and black shoes. It was so simple compared to the girl's uniform and so much better then wearing the little princess like uniform.
"I'm sorry are you lost my dear Sir?" Anna looked up at the guy who spoke, a tall blond with blue eyes from what she could see threw her glasses was talking to her, a kind smile on his face that made her relax a little, before she realized what he called her.
"Sir? I'm a chick dude." She told him in Japanese, while Japanese term for dude was used more in male's speech, she like it better then the female way, less restricting and more common in Japan. The blond looked at her in horror, as if she had just killed his dog in cold blood.
"A lady should never use such foul language. I assume you are lost and need guidance to find your way in this cruel world. Oh, you poor commoner." He said over dramatically, striking a pose as if he was the one lost. Anna rolled her eyes and wrote him off as just some Drama geek.
"Actually this is my classroom, Class 2-A." Anna told him going for a seat in the middle, seeing as it was the only one without fancy things on it. She set her bag down on the floor next to it a bit carelessly, as she heard people start to whisper, wondering who she was and how she got into Ouran Academy.
Anna introduced herself to the class, telling them her name and that was it, she wouldn't share much more whit them. Some students asked questions but she was vague with her answers, some seemed to be internal attacks at her appearance, thinking she was beneath them on the social and finical ladder since she was not wearing the yellow monstrosity, but she took those in stride, having dealt with much worse before.
The teacher started class and Anna took few notes, making some points in her note book as the teacher talked, noticing the students around her didn't look to focused on the lesson as she was. Behind her was the blond who pretty much insulted her and was now trying to get her attention during class. He tried to tap her shoulder but she was slouching to far forward to get away from his annoyance.
So he sent her a note on pink paper that landed on her desk.
Anna's eye twitched at the color, as her paper was the normal white and blue lined notebook paper, and it was that vision assaulting color of the school. She ignored it along with the next one that landed on her desk, and then the five after that one, making a little pile of the pink papers.
"Vargas-san~." Anna heard him say, she knew he was trying to get her attention, but ignored his attempt again. She noticed some girls glare at her and she assumed he was the dream boy of the class.
"Vargas-san~ hey, hey." He called to her, reminding her of a certain annoying little creature in a video game she played. She turned him out easily, years of getting long useless lectures from her father allowed her to tune voices out. So she didn't know when the blond quit calling to her and started talking to the dark haired male next to him.
She felt eyes on her but she ignored it, knowing she was being judged for her worth, not being held in high regard among them with her commoner clothes. She would happily make them grovel at her feet... some how...
"VARGAS-SAN!" the blond shouted loudly after class was over and the teacher left. Anna grit her teeth as she couldn't ignore the blond now that the class was looking at her with a glare.
"Hai, Is there something you need?" she responded dully turning slightly to look at him from her side. Not expecting to have a long conversation with him as she closed her note book. The blond seemed happy to just finally have her attention as his eyes sparkled and smile stretch across his handsome face, Anna almost turned back around when he said nothing after a while.
"Yes, I forgot to introduce myself I am Souh, Tamaki, the president and King of the Ouran Highschool Host Club." Anna's eyes twitched under her glasses, not because Tamaki produced sparkles as he ran his hand threw his blond hair but he offered her a rose that appeared out of nowhere and looking at her strangely.
"I wanted to ask if I could give you a hand with finding your next class. This school can be a bit over whelming for a-" he was cut off as Anna turned back around and put away her books.
"Thanks, but I'll pass. I know where to go from here." She told him and got out of her chair to head for the door, not wanting to be around the rich brats who just needed to kill time before they became heads of their family companies.
"H-hey Vargas-san! You're new here, you could get lost for hours!" the blond said as he went after her, getting his things and following her down the hall. "How will you keep up to your Honor Student Scholarship status if you miss class?" He asked, making Anna roll her eyes.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry your pretty blond head over it." She told him as she took a different route to her next class then the other students, Tamaki being guided the other way by the girl's. Leaving Anna to explore the detour option in peace, it lead her down a hall with tall windows that looked out into the garden.
Anna removed her glasses and took in the beauty of the garden with her bear eyes, sighing as she felt the sun on her skin threw the windows, relaxing a little in the warm sun.
Mi bello ángel- My Beautiful Angel
