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Meeting Cassie

My name is Cassie and my father is the owner of the biggest car industry in the world, my mother is the director of the biggest food industry chain in the world, so I am rich. Yes, I must admit that we live literally in a palace, near Opeia, the city that is filled with rich brats like me. Every house in the street has at least 5 floors, 2 swimming pools and 10 bodyguards. My family owns the biggest house in our region of the city-we have a house with 5 separate wings and 6 floors, I own the eastern part of the house and I have 3 separate bathrooms and a kitchen specially for me, although we have 3 chefs in our house. I also have 3 maids to help me choose my wardrobe, which I guess is bigger than some people's appartements.

It's kinda sick sometimes, not being able to go out on the street without the permission of my parents. It's due to the fact that lately, during the 2 weeks since we moved here, there have been 3 kidnapping incidents, where the children of rich families have been abducted so quietly and professionally that the police and even the private detectives, the families have hired, have no clues on where to search the missing kids.

So my father is also strict with me as he knows that as the robbers have not given any demands for money or anything else, there might be something more serious and terrifying behind it.

Oh yes, I forgot to say that we just moved Opeia, we lived in Japan, but as my father has a so-called tradition to move places every 3 years then it means that I have never made any permanent friends. Although I have two best friends, who have followed me everywhere I go, but unfortunately this time, their families refused to move and I had to come alone. But they promised to follow me as soon as possible. So I must stay positive until then. My father thinks that switching locations every 3 years gives me the possibilty to meet different people and to see many different countries. Well...he is wrong, I hate it, but I must follow his every move.

I have to attend a new school again and make some new friends, god I hate those stares the students give me everytime I enter a classroom, rich kids are so evil and as many of my previous classmats hanged around me only for my parents fortune, I must admit-I have been the richest kid in my previous schools, I've decided that this time I stay away from making any connections that might become unbeneficial for me. I know that all the students have a made a full-background check on me and they already know that I am richer than they are and that makes their faces to go from green to purple sometimes... It's kinda funny sometimes, like watching a fireworks display on the face of my classmate:D

But, I've never shown off with the fact that I'm rich, I've rather tried to hide it and just be who I am, so if people wouldn't do a background check on me, they wouldn't even notice that I'm rich...

Last year I met a classmate, Sally was her name, and she hung around me all the time, I really liked her and she seemed to be a kind and funny person, but when I heard that she actually hated me, because my father had more money than his, I knew that I will never be able to meet people that really love me for who I am, not for my money.

Yes, I am the heir of my parents fortune and the director of their companies. When I turn 21 I must take over the companies, I am scared of that and actually I really don't want it, truly, I want to have a peaceful life, living somewhere in the countryside and run a little store or something, but unfortunately it is impossible for someone like me. I can't disappoint my parents also, so...I have always been obedient, so I intend to stay this way in the future as well...

I have exactly 3 years before I turn 21, so my school years in Opeia will be my last ones... Oh, I've never thought of that before... I must make my last school year a memorable one... although I tried to make something really outstanding in my previous school, so with my best friends Jake and Nikky, we sneaked into our directors' home and painted his face, while he was sleeping, with various colours and Jake went even so far that he glued a thick fake moustache under his nose... That was hilarious, we made pictures of him, put them up in the Internet and on school stends.

The director didn't come to school for a week and after returning he never mentioned it to anybody, poor director, students had a big laugh at him for some months after the incident, when he suddenly gave up his position as a director of the school and left the city. Although the director knew, who the culprits where, he didn't give us in, because he knows how important it is for my father to keep our reputition clean and when everything happens he has the ability to surpress it down to the point, when it looks that nothing of this kind has ever happened.

I'm not evil, I'm just very adventurous and I'm never scared of adventures, but I believe that that time we pushed it too far. We apologized to him, but we were not able to get him to return to being our director.

So I am girl with a clean reputition, a smart ass and a rich brat as everyone knows me... I must stay this way...

I'm strong and I don´t stand being called names or laughed at, I've never let anyone do that, so I believe everyone are scared of me... In my previous school, which was a all-girls-school they stopped talking whenever I entered the corridor or the classroom. I know they were scared of my father, because one time, when a girl accidently pushed me against a cupboard, I fell and injured my arm. After that my father sent bodyguards to go and talk to the parents of the girl, I believe they were treathened to be more careful with me as I am the daughter of a very powerful man.

I hate, when my father does that, but he can't help it, he IS powerful and he IS scary to most people and my opinion on the matter never counts, he still does it his own way, which usually means fireing someone or just treathening someone to the point that they are so scared that they even pee their own pants. I once witnessed that myself...not a very nice scene I must say...

I have been quite popular among boys in my previous schools and that has driven many school girls near to suicidal... But what can I do? I just happen to have very good genes, so my black long hair and brown big eyes have always been attractive to boys... I also have a quite athletic and a well-built figure, I love running and I have broken some records in running 100m and 1500m in my previous schools. That's why I'm hated even more by the girls...

I am single, just for the record, I have had many cavalers, but never anything serious, the furthest I've gone is an almost-kiss with my classmate during a drinking game in a bar, but never did it, because he fell asleep before he could reach me. After that he was laughed at at school for not taking the opportunity to conqour me... poor guy...:D

I had a crush 2 years ago, I liked a senior in our school, but he left the school before I could even talk to him... I followed him around the school and remembered when he had his basketball training so I could wait for him outside the gym, but he never came, so I didn't have the chance to talk to him... well.. I'm over it now, but I think it would be nice to meet him again...

I have had many part-times during my previous school years and I have never told my parents about them. They wouldn't understand why I must work in a coffee shop or a restaurant, when I have so much money that I could literally have a „money bath" at home. So I've kept it as a secret from them and I have already gone to some shops here in Opeia and I've gotten myself a part-time job in a „Maid's Cafe". I have no idea what it is or what I'm going to do there, but I´m going to do my best...

Oh you might wonder how can I have a job, when everyone in the city knows who I am? Well, firstly I am new in town, so many of the locals, I mean regular people with not so much money, they haven't seen me before and they don't know anything about me. Secondly, whenever I apply for a job I use a fake ID, which I made in case I want to leave the country for sometime, without my father's approval. So on the ID my name is Cassie Cruz, instead of my real identity Cassie Canavan. Thirdly, everyone has seen pictures of my parents in the newspapers, but MY picture has never occured in any news or papers, because of my father of course, he doesn't want that anyone knows how I look like, so the cafe owner also didn't know who I really was. Simple

I'm always nervous before going to a new school. I've heard that the school is only for the rich, that means, that I don't have a chance in meeting a kind and nice person to help me around as all the students are scared of me... deem...oh well... whatever, Jake and Nikky will be moving to Opeia in 2 weeks time, so I must stand it until then not so bad I guess...

Oh, I forgot to say, Jake's parents are the owners of the biggest junk-food company, McDonald's and Nikky's parents are the two most famous and richest surgeons in the world...They are my childhood friends, we've known each other for 12 years and as we are all in the same age, it makes it easier for us to communicate and just goof around... I totally love them... god I miss them, please come faster...

Oh tomorrow is the first school day for me...

I must stay positive and not be afraid, although I am... I'm scared of the rich brats and teachers, how they might treat me and so on...

My parents went to Europe for 2 weeks on a business trip, so I am all alone... they left me with 3 bodyguards, who guard me in the streets and house.

I managed to convince my parents that I am able to walk alone to school and they agreed that I can leave the bodyguards outside the school until my school days end, fortunately... I might have gone crazy, when I had to study with 3 steroid-filled kung-fu fighters sitting next to me and staring at everyone, who might have the intention of apporaching me..:S

Wish me luck for tomorrow then...