Melody's POV

What was wrong with my family? We aren't what you would called the 'average' family. In the Tucelap family there were 4 members, excluding Muffin my puppy. There was my dad, Alistair, is the CEO of one of Sydney's biggest energy companies, Sparks Central, which kind of explains the rushing around and stuff but I never get to see him. My mum, Matilda, works at home designing dresses and so forth, she spends a lot of time in her office but she's better than dad. Whenever she can, she makes dinner and for school she sometimes make amazing lunches but other times it's me or Ariadne. My sister, Rosabelle, is a completely different story. She spends her nights partying, her work days modelling and every free moment shopping. I, on the other hand, love to listen to music and also love to play it. My dad gave me a guitar when I was 12 but I also play the flute, piano and kinda drums. On my worst days, I have to do modelling with my sister.

There's family, The Gamontues, my dad hates them but my mum's the complete opposite. Whenever my dad goes on a business trip to who-knows-where, my mum sends a messenger to the Gamontue's home and invites them to dinner. I secretly think my mum and Mrs Gamontue are trying to set me with her son, Jayden, because every time they come over, they give suggestions that we should go out. My dad on the other hand, nearly killed me when he found out that I was skyping Jayden. The Tucelaps and Gamontues are known enemies but no one except Jayden and I know about out mother's evil plans.

*Beep, beep*

I nearly jumped out of my skin. I had been sitting on my bed for the past half hour and was still in my Hello Kitty pjs and bed hair. I rushed to the bathroom, slipped on my black and navy and black plaid skirt and stuffed my white shirt into my skirt. I chucked my phone, wallet, keys and dry shampoo in my shoulder bag and spun my tie around my neck. I raced out the door and snatched up my lunch and shoes.

'Hurry up slow poke!' Clem cried as she banged her head against the steering wheel.

'You can't blame me! This is the first time I've ever run late!' I replied stuffing my feet into my socks and then went to slide on my flats but I was stopped before my toes touched any part of the shoe.

'Non! No way!' Clem snatched my shoes from the floor, 'Mel, we made a pact!'

'Eyes on the road!' I screeched as we swerved very close to the car to the left.

'Well we made a pact! If I went helped you with Français, you would let me give you a few fashion tips,' she waved her hands at my clothes as I straightened my tie and shrugged my academy jacket on.

Yes academy. I went to one of the most prestigious 'schools' in Australia, Godive Academy. The only reason I agreed to come here was the music department even though I didn't have a choice. Clementine Trafaga, was my only friend along with Maggie Paker. The academy was the school for to be singers, actors, actresses and children of the famous. Clem's mum was a French fashion designer, hence the fact she was fluent French, and Maggie's dad was one of the top engineers for Apple Australia.

'First thing first, shoes. Hold the wheel for me!' Clem ducked behind her seat as I tried to steer the car from my seat, 'I happened the have a spare pair of platform heels for you so put them on now.'

'These are huge! You can never make me wear these!' I exclaimed waving the mega heels around.

'Melody Tucelap! We never break a pact! Like dating any of the Gamontue boys or wearing yellow or orange! Put them on!'

I grumbled to myself and carefully put them on. I wore heels maybe once a week but these were far bigger than the ones I was used to. Even though I did live the high life and had to go to formal events regularly, this was definitely something I didn't want to try today. The first day of Year 10, of all days!

'When we get to school, I need you to not race out of the car, I want you to stay with me,' Clem smiled.

'What 'bout Maggie? She's going to be waiting for us in the library!' I remembered my other friend.

'Oh don't worry! She'll be waiting at the front. She agreed that if you had a slight makeover, she would have one too!' she said as we pulled into her usual parking spot.

Clem had to repeat a year because of the standards in Paris so she was literally the only person in our year who was allowed to drive. Lucky me because it meant I didn't have to catch the bus or go with my irritating sister and her BFFs. Maggie always came early to study for who knows what.

'Ok, it seems that Maggie isn't here yet so I'll just get started! So after shoes, we need I need to fix hair and makeup,' Clem said to me while pulling out a large bag.

'But I don't wear any makeup,' I frowned.

'Exactly, I'm going to do makeup and I'll let Maggie do your hair because she has fingers of the gods!' she used a tiny brush to smudge eye-shadow on my eyes lids and whatever other stuff.

I nearly fell asleep from how long it took her to finish but luckily I woke up when Maggie entered the car. We all wore different variations of the uniform. Mine was slightly altered with a just above the knee hem, fitting-ish shirt and high knee navy socks, Maggie's was the perfect student uniform. Knee length skirt, tucked in shirt and black stockings with black flats but Clem, on the other hand, wore a mid-thigh skirt, tight fitting shirt and thin stockings.

'Maggie can you do something with her hair while I fix her clothes?' Clem asked pulling a few pins out of her massive bag.

'Sure….' Maggie said unsurely before pulling a comb through my tangled brown hair.

'Mel can you take you skirt off for me?'

'Um…ok,' I slid my skirt off without moving my head and passed it over.

I watched Clem as she sew around my skirt making the length of it grow shorter and shorter. I looked through the front window and watched as my sister, Rosabelle and her 'twin' saunter past gripping the arms of the hottest guys in school from our part of the school, Zack Cozat and Tyler Ronil. I was very surprised that Rosy wasn't attached to Caspian Paris' hip. They had been a couple last week.

'Finished,' Maggie mumbled as she clipped the last bit of hair back.

'Perfect timing! The classic look,' Clem grinned as she passed me my skirt and snapped a photo of my hair, 'Mel, can you do the same to Maggie's? I'll do Maggie's makeup.'

The classic was a mini French braid on each side and clipped together in the middle with the rest of the hair down. I always loved that look. I pulled my skirt back on and nearly screamed, only letting out a little squeak. I glared at Clem before sewing Maggie's skirt like mine. It was shorter than but Clem's!

'We are complete!' Clem exclaimed after another 10 minutes of waiting around.

Maggie looked amazing. With her Asian background, the makeup highlighted her thick black lashes and the dark colour of her skin. I probably looked like a clown. I scooted over next to Maggie as Clem took another photo for her beauty blog, as she called it. I quickly checked my phone and saw that I had a text from Rosabelle.

Meet me at the office at 2
We have a special meeting
Mum xx

I mumbled something rude to myself and followed Maggie's lead. I jumped out of the car and nearly fell flat on my face from the devil heels. I skittered after Clem and Maggie before catching up and nearly fainted when I slipped again but luckily Clem and Maggie caught me. We linked our arms together and walked through the gates of the Godive. I glanced around and blushed when I saw a few guys wink and smile at us, we even got a whistle. I looked over at Clem and saw a smirk pasted on her face when she looked back at me but Maggie was blushing like me and tried to hide her face.

'Hey Melody,' a voice said as we walked to the front doors, 'Lookin' good!'

I nearly fell over when I saw that it was Caspian Paris himself who had said hi. Caspian never said hi to me or even a word except when he was over at my house with Rosabelle. I had a crush on him since he arrived at Godive and I never lost it even when he was dating my sister.

'Hi Caspian, how was your summer?' I blushed redder.

'It was great, thanks! I guess I'll see you this arvo right?' he grinned his gorgeous smile.

'Um…I guess if you come over to see Rosabelle?' I asked becoming really confused.

'Sorry Caspian but we gotta go!' Clem said pulling me away.

I looked around and smiled at the few faces I knew and blushed at the stares and nearly smiled when I saw Rosabelle glaring at me along with her 'crew'. Rosabelle was always in the spotlight and I shadowed her which I didn't mind. I hated being the centre of attention!

'Gamontue heading this way,' Maggie nudged me in the ribs nearly jumping out of my skin.

I looked out from my locker. Their gang was Luca, Asher and of course Jayden who, for all we knew, had grown up together and were inseparable. If Jayden was in a fight, the other two made it their jobs to back him up. It was weird because all the guys had brown hair but all different shades. Asher's was definitely the darkest, Luca's was the lightest and Jayden's was in between. Asher was the tall scrawny one of the group but managed to still get girls chasing after him, Luca was massive still pretty tall, he was definitely the one you don't want to get in a fight with and Jayden was the all-rounder, tall, muscly and the richest. Luca was here as part of an exchange from London which seemed to go for a few years, Asher was a model for Abercrombie and Fitch and Jayden started off here because of his parents and soon became a movie star.

I watched as the three of them sauntered over to us literally walking in slow mo. Since it was the beginning of lunch, I could see all the girls giggling as they walked past and even saw a few of them wink and tried to get their attention.

So when I said that my mum and his mum had tried to get us together, well that didn't go so well the last time. And that night I made a promise to myself that I will never break.

Flashback

I couldn't believe my mum, she expected me to actually like this guy! The whole time we were on our 'date' he had spent the time on his phone probably making plans with a slut tonight.

'So what are you going to have?' I asked gingerly.

'Burger,' he said not looking up from his phone.

'Um…Ok,' I mumbled, 'I'll be back.'

I walked off to the bathroom and stopped before looking around the corner, he still hadn't realised that I'd left. He didn't even respond to me leaving. Lucky I had taken my purse because I was leaving. I guy was a jerk and all he has ever cared about was himself.

Apparently when he was in Paris he had met Clem and they hooked up and said they'd keep in touch but when she came here, Jayden left her in the dust. Those are the kind of guys I hate immensely!

I was never ever going to like the guy! Not even for my mum.

End Flashback