yay! i finally finished the first chapter! here it is! but, warning to KarinaBlueEyes, your character isnt in the chapter, but dont worry, i have a HUGE storyline planned for her that is going to be AWESOME! if you have any questions about it, feel free to PM me and your OC WILL be in the next chapter. so, guys, let me know what you guys think! this is my first fanfic and Kris was too busy to help a lot. i would love to hear your opinions as long as its constructive critisism and nice, happy thoughts!
Mia Sawyer took a deep breath as she entered the front lobby of the famous Palm Woods. So many thoughts entered her mind
Was she good enough to be here?
Was L.A as cut throat as people said it was?
Would this end in her wanting to go back to Washington and die in hole in the ground?
Would she even make it out here?
So many questions and Mia knew that she would never figure out the answers if she never tried. Kim Brooke told her that she had nothing to worry about. Just go out to LA and give it her all. She had what it took to be a model. She passed her agency's audition in Seattle flawlessly.
It was hard for her to believe that just a month ago, she was sitting in counselors office at Marysville Pilchuck High trying to figure out what she planned on doing with her life and what she planned on studying to get to that career option. She never guessed in a million years that she would be here, at the famous Palm Woods in LA moving in to be a model.
It was just so unreal to her. she had never been out of Washington before. So seeing her first palm tree, which was a big deal.
"you just going to stand there and stare at the lobby all day?"
Mia turned around to see her dad, Michael Sawyer. He just looked down at his five foot three sixteen year old daughter from where he stood at six feet tall. He just looked down at her with his pale blue eyes and Mia quickly looked away.
"are you nervous?" he asked her.
Mia nodded without looking at her dad.
"don't be, Kim said that you had what it took and you don't need to be nervous," he told his daughter. "you just have to give it some time,"
Mia nodded a second time and her dad was silent for a moment.
"you know, your mother would be so proud of you, I hope you know that,"
her dad then turned to walk over to the front desk to check in with the creepy looking manager. So Mia took a few steps forward, still taking in her surroundings.
"you bitch,"
Mia instantly turned around to where that voice came from, two feet away from her she saw a five foot four petite dark haired girl dressed in a white wedding dress.
"we have been best friends forever Kristina," the girl said mad to Mia. "How the hell could you do this to me, stealing my fiancé on my wedding day, you know Nick means everything to me, couldn't you just be happy Dillon, no, you had to ruin everything,"
Mia just looked at the girl confused before she stormed off crying some more.
"looks like you just met Camille," another voice said.
Mia turned again, but this time saw a different girl standing not to far from her. she had thick long black hair, dark skin and deep brown eyes and was about the same age as Mia. She had her arms crossed and was wearing light blue faded skinny jeans and white t-shirt that had a faded picture of two hands on it both making the shape of heart.
"she's the girl with the biggest ego here at the Palm Woods, she thinks she is the best actress since Demi Moore," the girl said. "but really, she is worse then Miley Cyrus,"
the girl took a few steps forward toward Mia,
"I'm Kennedy," she said. "you must be new here,"
"what gave it away?" Mia asked her. "the nervous expression or the 'oh my god, I just saw my first palm tree' look?"
"the fact that you have a jacket on and its ninety degrees out," Kennedy replied.
Mia then looked and noticed she did have on a jacket. Her Tree Hill High Ravens cheerleading jacket she bought online. She was a huge One Tree Hill junkie. It was definitely her favorite show and she pretty much watched it religiously, so a Tree Hill High Ravens cheer jacket just seemed too awesome to not get it. Plus, Peyton had the same last name as her, and it said Sawyer on the back so it was a win/win situation for her.
"I take it your from somewhere cold?" Kennedy guessed.
"Seattle," Mia answered her. "well, Marysville, its about an hours drive from Seattle,"
"the state that never stops raining," Kennedy said. "nice,"
"yeah, most of the time, sometimes the rain can get annoying," Mia answered her.
"well, welcome to the Palm Woods girl from Seattle," Kennedy said.
"Mia," Mia told her. "Mia Sawyer,"
"ok, Mia," Kennedy said. "instead of just standing here in the middle of the lobby talking, lets go hang out by pool and I can show you who else here you should probably stay away from for your own safety, Camille once nearly drowned a girl here because she flirted with her boyfriend, and this other girl nearly killed a guy with a chainsaw, and since you seem like a nice person, I think you have the right to know who the crazy ones are before they hurt you,"
"oh, my dad is still checking us in, I have to take my stuff up to my room first," Mia said motioning to the duffle bag she had over her shoulder and to her dad talking to some guy at the front desk who looked like a total nerd. "can I meet you there in a ten minutes,"
"Sure," Kennedy said. "if you see Camille though, try to dodge her, she will try running over more lines with you and she may actually hurt you this time,"
"I'll be sure to do that," Mia said with a laugh.
She then turned around and walked over to her dad who just got the key cards from Mr. Bitters and was walking over to her.
"who was that?" he asked his daughter.
"Kennedy," Mia answered him. "come on, lets take our stuff upstairs, I am meeting her by the pool,"
Mia then grabbed her other suitcase and headed for the elevator and her dad followed.
After going up to their room, Mia quickly changed out of her Tree Hill High jacket and into a spaghetti strap tank top that was white and on it was a big bold blue '23' outlined in black and the words 'Tree Hill' above it along with a small KS above it and went back down to the pool to meet with Kennedy.
She spotted her fast relaxing in a chair and she headed right over and sat next to her.
"did you run into Camille?" Kennedy asked as she turned to look at Mia.
Mia shook her head.
"no," she answered.
"good, because she doesn't only think she is the most talented girl here in the acting department, she thinks she has Logan Mitchell wrapped around her finger," Kennedy told her.
"who's Logan Mitchell?" Mia asked her.
"have you heard of Big Time Rush?" Kennedy replied.
"yeah, my friend Lindsey back home was obsessed with them," Mia answered. "what about them?"
"well, they live here," Kennedy told her. "and she is obsessed with Logan, so obsessed its highly creepy, that's actually them over there,"
Kennedy pointed across the pool to four guys who sat at a table. One tall blonde one, an even taller brown haired one, shorter dark haired one, and one Latino.
"wait, Big Time Rush lives here?" Mia asked shocked.
Wasn't the Palm Woods home for the Future Famous, not the already famous?
"yeah, all four of them," Kennedy answered her. "Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan, four extremely hot guys with great voices, and James and Carlos are both currently single,"
"From what I've heard, James is a little too self-absorbed," Mia replied.
Kennedy nodded.
"he is," she replied. "it has to be all about James Diamond when he's around,"
Mia nodded.
"Kendall and Logan both have girlfriends," Kennedy told her. "Logan is dating Camille, which I don't understand, he's best friends with Sam Kelley, a really talented actress here who isn't fake and they seem great together, and then there is Kendall, gorgeous, down to earth, perfect Kendall Knight,"
"sounds like someone has a crush on him," Mia replied.
"yeah, but it doesn't matter," Kennedy replied.
She stared down at her silver charm bracelet.
"he is dating Jo Taylor a super self absorbed bitch who thinks she is the best thing since sliced bread," Kennedy answered her.
"You mean that girl who stars on that ridicules show New Town High?" Mia asked.
Kennedy nodded.
"yeah, that's her,"
"oh my god, she cant act," Mia said with a laugh. "she is worse then Miley Cyrus in The Last Song, what does he see in her?"
"no clue," Kennedy replied. "because when he isn't around, she goes all drama queen and bitchy, he must be oblivious to not see the real bitch she is"
"well, from what I've seen, they cant hide their true colors forever," Mia told her. "she'll slip up sooner or later and he will see who she really is,"
Kennedy sighed.
"I hope your right," she said.
The two stayed silent for a moment and just sat enjoying the sun before Kennedy sat up a little.
"what's wrong?" Mia asked her.
"speaking of bitches," Kennedy said as she rolled her eyes. "her comes queen bee Leigh and her posse,"
"who?"
"Leigh Marshon," Kennedy said annoyed. "queen bee here at the Palm Woods, she is an upcoming model, her mom is Karla Marshon, the former international model, and Leigh is following in her footsteps, her and her followers, Georgie Talbin and Kat Liveigha, they rule the Palm Woods, if you don't bow down to them, they try to ruin you,"
before Mia could respond, three blonde girls walked over to them,
one stood in front of the other two. If there way a way to perfectly curl your hair in loose waves, she definitely would be the best at it. She definitely had the height to be a model and was glaring at Kennedy with her piercing blue eyes that were under her big-eyed sunglasses.
Behind her was a light haired blonde with dark brown eyes who's face was round and her features reminded Mia somewhat of stupid British actress who's name she couldn't remember.
And right next to her was another tall blonde who's hair was down in perfect waves, almost like the first girls. She looked like she belonged on a prep school cheer team somewhere.
The one in the front took off her big-eyed sunglasses as she eyed Kennedy.
"Kennedy," she said in a fake voice. "good to see you, how were you dance auditions today, did you make the cut for Lil Wayne's next video, or did you fail epically just like all your other auditions,"
Kennedy just glared back at her.
"Leigh, good to see you, we were just discussing bitchy queen bees and they will never make it far in life," Kennedy said in response.
"I take that as a no, you didn't make it," Leigh said with a laugh. "Relax, don't worry, there is always next time, and the time after that, and after that, and after that, even talent less whores like you will get a job in the town eventually,"
Kennedy just continued her glare at her while Mia took in what she said. Kennedy was right, this girl was a bitch.
"oh, and who's your friend," Leigh said. "Another talent less whore with no hope in the town,"
"No Leigh, she has talent," one of the girls behind her said with a laugh "look at her, and she is perfect for the role of the ugly step sister in the remake of Yet Another Cinderella Story,"
the other girl who didn't say anything yet just smirked at Mia.
"No, but I see that your friend there would be a dead ringer for the role, you can tell by the terrible plastic surgery she's had that she definitely looks like a spoiled bitch who's daddy buys her everything, like her nose and her boobs, oh and by the way, your roots are showing, maybe you want to re-dye your hair soon before your business on the streets is compromised" Mia responded hoping that that was a good comeback. Her friends back home always told her she sucked at those and she should just stay quiet.
"so, Kennedy, who is your bitchy new friend?" the third one said speaking up.
Mia stood up and just glared at them.
"Mia Sawyer," Mia said. "Former Marysville Pilchuck High Tomahawks cheerleader, upcoming model, and girl who will kick your scrawny little fake silicone ass if you don't do us all a favor and go hide that face of yours before our eyes start throwing up because how hideous it is,"
the same girl laughed.
"that's adorable," she said. "she thinks she's skinny enough to be a model,"
Leigh laughed too.
"Georgie's right hun," she said with fake concern. "A fat model is the last thing this town needs, maybe come back in a few years after you lose fifty pounds,"
"Or maybe you Leigh, should go crawl under whatever rock you crawled out from under…" Kennedy said as she stood up.
"You want to go there Harris?" Leigh asked with a laugh.
Kennedy glared her down with her arms crossed and Leigh did the same.
"God, Leigh, leave her alone,"
Leigh turned around to see a dark haired dark eyed girl walk over who wore dark blue skinny jeans and a concert t-shirt with the Plain White Tee's on it along with a beanie.
"Why don't you go talk to someone who gives a damn about what you have to say," the girl said.
"Oh, Sam, looks like you just got back from your audition, how did it go?" Leigh asked with fake enthusiasm. "We both know, you will not get the role of Samantha Walker on One Tree Hill, Kat has that role locked up, the closest you will get to that role is your name,"
"Sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone who gives a damn about little miss popular model wannabe," Sam said annoyed.
Leigh glared at her.
"I don't know what's wrong with you, but I bet its hard to pronounce," Leigh shot back at her.
"Man, I bet you were up all night working on that one," Sam said with a laugh. "And how old was that comeback, I think my grandmother used it, maybe you should come up with something original,"
The girl that hadn't said much, Kat, opened her mouth to saw something but Sam interrupted her.
"Just stay quiet Kat, we all know you will never be the man your mother is, now why don't you silicone wanna-bees go find something else better to do that,"
"Yeah, Leigh, I heard they were selling lives down at the mall, why don't you go get one," Kennedy said.
"Why don't you shut your mouth before I shut it for you," Leigh said intimidating as she stepped closer to Kennedy.
Mia, (who has stayed quiet for most of this since Leigh just flat out insulted her and basically called her fat) just looked from Leigh to Kennedy nervous. She hadn't even been in LA for a day and already it looks like there was a girl here was going to be bitchy and would possibly get physical in a fight. She hadn't been in many fights in school back home. Marysville Pilchuck High was super strict on its fighting and bullying policy. But, that didn't stop miss Kelsi Lynn James. No, she just still hated people and was bitchy to them and threatened to beat the crap out of them. All Mia did was make the comment 'Drugs are for losers who have nothing else better to do with their lives' and apparently, Kelsi thought she was talking crap about her friend Jordan so she insulted Mia a hundred different ways and then asked her if she wanted to take this out back so they can fight. She had her whole posse of drug addicts and punks with her so Mia knew she would lose that fight. Kelsi followed her into the hallways after lunch and then threw the first punch at Mia calling her 'stick girl' and a bunch of other insulting names for someone with Anorexia. Then proceeded to beat her up viciously, hair pulling, scratching and all that stuff. Mia really had no choice but to defend herself so she fought back, and got suspended for it because apparently she should have just walked away. But how could she with Kelsi throwing punches and pulling her hair? Yeah, things never made sense at all.
So, it is pretty needless to say, Mia didn't want to be around if there was a physical fight.
Leigh and Kennedy just continued to stare each other down until Mia spoke up.
"Kennedy, maybe we should go somewhere else," Mia said wanting to get out of there.
"You hear that Ken, your little fat cheerleader friend thinks you should back down," Leigh laughed. "Because she knows you'll get your ass kicked,"
Sam stayed quiet. She definitely didn't want a physical fight to break out either. She was never really for fighting. She was one of those people who hated it and just wanted everyone to peaceful and get along, but she would defend her friends if needed, and Kennedy was a really nice person who was sort of her friend. But there was no need for anyone to get physical in this fight.
"What, you got nothing to say Harris," Leigh said as she stepped forward. "Are you too scared?"
Leigh then shoved Kennedy a little bit and laughed and Kennedy tried to stay still. What was the Palm Woods policy towards fighting again?
"You are, you're a scared little bitch," Leigh laughed as she shoved Kennedy again.
This time, Kennedy retaliated she shoved Leigh back.
"Don't touch me Bitch."
"What did you just call me?" Leigh asked mad.
"You heard me."
The two then lunged at each other, Leigh ready to do some ass kicking and Kennedy ready to stand her ground.
Mia stepped back as the two fell against one of the small tables over there. Kat and Georgie, Leigh's sidekicks, just laughed as that happened and Sam looked about as nervous as Mia.
Kennedy successfully shoved Leigh off of her but Leigh went for her again and again Kennedy tried to hold her off defending herself.
"Get off me," Mia heard Kennedy say to Leigh who was still trying to take Kennedy down.
As Kat and Georgie laughed again, Mia looked to Sam hoping she understood the glance she was giving her that was saying 'lets stop this fast,'
Mia definitely knew that since fighting wasn't tolerated back at school, it was highly unlikely fighting was welcomed here with open arms, and that fat guy behind the desk definitely looked like someone who would take pleasure in kicking someone out or getting them in a hell of a lot of trouble.
Sam nodded back and went to grab Kennedy and Mia went for Leigh, hoping to separate the two and stop this madness. Kat and Georgie were still just laughing their heads off.
Sam got a hold of Kennedy and pulled her away from Leigh who Mia had a hold on who was kicking like crazy. Sam pulled back a little with Kennedy and then let her go and she stumbled for a moment and regained her balance and just glared at Leigh for practically attacking her.
Kat and Georgie, Leigh's followers rushed over to Leigh who shook Mia off and Mia was now on the ground.
"You might want to watch your friend," Leigh warned to Sam.
"You might want to watch your back," Sam said intimidating.
"I didn't think Sam Kelley got in fights," Kat said mad from Leigh's side.
"She doesn't, but one day she might come back from set one day in Sam Walker mode and will be ready to kick your skinny silicone ass," Sam warned her. "Now back off,"
Leigh laughed as she pushed a strand of her still perfectly curled blonde hair behind her ear.
"Maybe," she said before turning around to leave but stopped by Mia who was still on the ground sitting up with her hand on the back of her head. Leigh laughed at her for a moment. "Remember little miss Mia Sawyer, this town needs skinny models, size zero, not a fat cheerleader wannabe who's a size sixteen,"
Leigh then walked off with Kat and Georgie right behind her. Mia just stared down at stomach and legs with those words repeating over and over again in her head. She knew she shouldn't let it bother her. Leigh was a bitch and didn't matter and neither did her opinion.
"You ok?"
Mia snapped out of her thoughts to see Kennedy lending her a hand to help her stand up. Mia took it and nodded.
"I'm fine,"
"You sure, that fall looked like it hurt?" Sam asked from where she stood next to Kennedy.
"Yeah, I'm good," Mia responded. "I guess I know first hand how bitchy Leigh is, I should definitely stay away,"
"your new here right?" Sam asked her.
Mia nodded.
"yeah, I'm Mia Sawyer,"
"Sam, Sam Kelley," Sam said. "and it looks like Leigh and her posse already don't like you,"
Mia nodded.
"don't worry about her, just stay with Sam and I and we can handle her," Kennedy told her.
Mia nodded again not knowing what else to say.
"I um…I better get back to my room, my dad probably is wondering where I am," Mia said.
"k, see you later," Kennedy said.
Mia then turned around to walk away and Sam and Kennedy did the same, going the other way. As soon as Mia turned around, she bumped into someone.
"what the hell,"
Mia looked up to see none other then James Diamond. She bumped into him and it caused him to spill his smoothie all over his white shirt.
"oh my god, I am so sorry," Mia said in shock as she saw how mad at him. "I didn't see…"
"yeah, you didn't see me," James said mad. "obviously because you spilled my smoothie all over my lucky white v-neck,"
Mia opened her mouth to speak but James stopped her.
"this is totally going to ruin my shirt, why weren't you paying attention?"
Before James could get mad at Mia anymore, she quickly scurried off, knowing that her stay at the Palm Woods was going to be very eventful.