A/N: I know a lot of people have a story similar to this, but I love them and I decided to write my own. Even though I have a bunch of stories I need to update.
This story takes place right after season 2. No mystery. Just drama and romance. Mick returned and is staying at Anubis House. Nina is still here. No new characters, for now at least. Some characters are kinda OOC.
I'm not certain who the OC will be with, maybe Jerome or someone else, but either way, she won't be in a relationship until a while later in the story.
Fabina, Peddie, Micara (or Mack some people say), Amfie, and maybe some other couples and friendships.
WARNING: Slight language in this story.
What is a dream? Search it online and you'd find dozens of definitions, each pretty much similar to each other. Merriam-Webster's definition of a dream- a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep. Dictionary dot com's definition- A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
But was that all a dream was? Just an unrealistic vision of the future toying with someone's subconscious state of mind?
One could only wish that their dream, more like nightmare, of falling off a cliff or being chases by a murderer would not come true. But for some, they wish for the opposite. Not necessarily falling off a cliff, but... Oh, you know what I mean!
Currently residing in a boarding house in Liverpool, sat a young man, a teenager to be exact, by the name of Jerome Clarke. His crystal blue irises stared intently at the floor. His hands, clenched into fists, rested stiffly at his sides, tears brimming at his eyes.
He, too, was one of the ones whom wished for their dreams to fulfilled. His dream to be loved. On the outside, Jerome was a confident, clever, sneaky troublemaker who's only source of enjoyment was watching people be miserable and, of course, scamming people out of their money.
But on the inside, he was far from that. Being a kid whom was sent to a boarding school at the young age of five and his father leaving, only to be wound up in jail a couple years later, he was bound to have felt some type of negative emotion towards that. But it seemed like everyone forgot that Jerome, the scheming prankster, had feelings too. At first, Jerome was just a vulnerable, skinny little child, who no one would give the time of day. But over the years of being at a boarding school alone, before actually making a friend, and that friend being his partner in crime, Alfie Lewis, he learned to hide his emotions, build his wall, and shield himself behind his facade.
But back to my previous question: What is a dream? Well for Jerome, a dream was the one thing in the world that could give you a sense of happiness- fantasizing the perfect life you could have. That you wanted to have. And for that reason, Jerome hated them. In Jerome's mind, dreams give you a taste of something you'll never receive. To Jerome, dreams were cruel and maybe for that reason, he never has had one.
But on the other side of the pond, lies another dreamer with a completely different opinion of a dream.
In Southern California, awaited a teenager girl, wishing for her chance of fulfilling her dream.
Maria "Mercedes" Lopez, a seventeen year old girl, stood in her backyard, staring at the deep blue sky, her eyes focused on the stars above her.
Mercedes, unlike Jerome, believed dreams were something magical. Something that made you smile. Something that made you want to wake up every morning just so you could go to sleep and dream again. Dreams were that sliver of hope. A silver lining.
Mercedes' life long dream was to be accepted. To be able to be herself and not be judged or shunned. To have friends that care and love her no matter what.
Mercedes had always lived a difficult life. The students in her school bullied and tormented her throughout her entire life. The fact that her mother, the first person in the Lopez family to ever graduate college, worked as a CEO of a large incorporation did not help. You see, though Mercedes' mother had money- and lots of it, Mercedes was sent to a public school in the ghetto parts of Southern California to get a taste of the life her family went through for generations. You know, the school with the graffiti all over the building, no air conditioning, metal detectors at the school entrances, the usual stereotypical ghetto school you see on TV.
People claimed that Mercedes was always showing off- flaunting the stuff her mother bought her, which was never the case, but they didn't listen. They just wanted an excuse to pick on her and Mercedes was tired of it. She hoped and prayed that one day, one day soon, she would be accepted for who she was.
And at Anubis, that just might happen.
Again, I know this is cliche. But as you read the story, you'll see it's no like the others at all.
Shout out to any who can guess who Maria's faceclaim/is played by. If you know me as an author, you should know.
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