Hey guys! This is my new fanfic! It was meant to be all Jara, but I changed my mind! I hope you like it because I put a lot of hard work into it and I think it's my best work so far. It will be updated every three days if it gets good reviews.
Love & Drama
Chapter One: Prologue
She sat in the lounge, not saying anything. Her breathing came out in long sighs & huffs, while she carefully moved the pieces around the board. She felt around the wood, trying to decide what to do next. Her eyes looked straight ahead, not blinking at all. She moved the very last piece before saying, "Checkmate."
She got up from the raggedy chair and walked over to the couch, before jumping up at the sound of knocking on the door.
"It's just me," a voice said, opening and closing the door on the far end of the room with a small 'click.'
She settled back onto the couch and sighed.
"Am I late?" he asked.
"Yes," she answered blankly. "I finished the game myself."
"Oh. . . Mum and dad said that visiting hours would be over, but I wanted to see for myself. I didn't think there could be a new schedule just like that."
He rubbed her bare arm, and she shuddered at the contact. He quickly removed his hand and picked up a blanket, draping it over her shoulders.
"That's better," she mumbled.
"How're things here?" he said after a long silence.
"So much better," she answered, a smile tugging on her lips. "Gene says that if I keep making progress, I'll be out of here by the end of this year."
"You do everything for yourself, Mara. Of course you'll be out soon." He put his arm over his younger sister's shoulders, and pulled her into his side.
She smiled, thinking about how things would be when she got out.
She'd be back with her friends and neighbors and would finally get to go back to school. She'd be normal again. Well, close to normal.
"Everything'll be the same again," she said suddenly.
"Yeah," he said. "Everything'll be normal."
The next morning Mara awoke in her bed, a smile still on her lips.
"Good morning," a voice said.
Mara jumped, but then laughed.
"Joy! You gave me a fright!"
"That's kind of what I was going for," the brunette said, walking over to the darker haired girl's bed and sitting. "I bought you a muffin."
She handed the girl a warm bag and she opened it eagerly. She took out the warm, fluffy muffin and ate it greedily.
Joy laughed and said, "You look ridiculous!"
Mara smiled her pretty little smile and walked over to the window. She picked up the dark shaded glasses, and put them on.
Joy immediately stopped laughing, and walked over to Mara, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Joey said you can go out on the track again," she said.
Ah the track. Mara had loved the track. The smell of oak trees and grass and lemon blossoms. The running and the laughing and heavy breathing. God, she missed that track.
But she didn't show it. She merely nodded.
"And Trudy said you can go out now. You can leave Redwood, Mara!"
Mara smiled, but it faded when Joy said, "Not permanently, though. But you can go shopping with me and Amber again. Well, with me anyway. Amber's visiting her gran in Paris. She said we have to have you back in a four-hour time period. But it's a good start, yeah?"
"Yeah," Mara agreed. At least she could leave at all. Not many people could do that in Redwood.
Joy paused for a moment before saying, "They arrested him, Mara."
Ta da! A cliffhager! Tell me what you think in your review, and if you do you get a sneak peek at the next chapter!
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