Prologue
The Car Ride
"Another brutal car ride awaits me" She thought coldly as she loaded her things into the back of her Dad's car "I don't see why you can't drive yourself" Carla, her step-mother, huffed sliding gracefully into the passenger seat "Because you wrecked my car…" Arixa responded. She shifted her book bag higher onto her shoulder and taking her place in the captain seat behind Carla.
"Hey! It's not my fault that idiot didn't see me pulling out" She huffed tossing her platinum blonde hair behind her shoulder. "You ran a red light" The bluenette pointed out raising a critical eyebrow. Carla turned around so fast she almost whipped Arixa in the face with her hair. "Mind your tongue you insolent brat" She warned.
Arixa rolled her eyes and sighed "Sure whatever you say" She drawled. Her father, Haruka, seated himself behind the wheel and smiled apologetically at Arixa "Alright shall we go then?" He said cheerfully starting the car. The bluenette smiled at her Father, she loved him to pieces but she wished that he had better taste in women. It's like her late mother proposed to him. She couldn't blame him though; there were very few women who could ever compare to Mizu…
o.O.o
Arixa leaned her head back on the headrest of her seat thinking about nothing in particular. This year would be like any other with the school work and the homework… just a lot of work in general. She stuffed her hand into her right side pocket and fished out her phone. She smiled at the back ground picture of her and her two best friends then dialled Xianna's number.
"Hello?" a voice came from the other end of the phone "Hey Xi it's Rix" the bluenette said ignoring a groan from the front seat that obviously belonged to Carla "Oh my God, hey! How are you?" She asked. Arixa could practically hear her smiling through the phone. "I'm good, just on my way up to the academy, you?" There was mumbling in the background which Arixa guessed was Xianna's older brother Zack. "Me too, ugh, Zack says hi by the way" Xianna half groaned half laughed. Arixa giggled "I guess I'll see you there… I'm getting death glares from the front seat, bye" Arixa waited for a good bye then closed her phone.
"I don't like that girl" Carla said flipping through a magazine. Arixa scowled at her "You just don't like her because she likes me" Arixa pointed out. Carla laughed "Pfft don't be so dramatic darling" She said waving her hand as if to dismiss the idea. Arixa sighed and looked out the window to see the top of her boarding school come into view "Almost there sweetie" Haruka said warmly. Arixa smiled glad to be rid of Carla for ten months but also guilt washed over her because she would be leaving her father with the wife from hell.