Until Dawn: Love is Complicated
Chapter 1 of my new Until Dawn story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Until Dawn or its characters.
Chapter 1
It was the start of yet another school day for Emily Davis as she entered the school building. Emily Davis was an eighteen year old young woman of Asian descent with tan skin, shoulder length black hair, brown eyes and a slender build but with curves in all the right places. She also had a small birthmark above her left eyebrow.
As always she entered school with her head held high. She was well known around the school as one of the most popular people in it; regarded by her peers as beautiful, always dressed in the best clothing and the envy of so many girls at school. Her outfit right now consisted of a black designer brand mini skirt with a similar dark blue sweater and black sandals.
A good look that she wore well; yet nobody ever dared assume she was an airhead or dressed provocatively. Just the opposite in fact for Emily was very intelligent, top of her class with a 4.0 GPA. Her smarts went beyond academic too as she possessed strong street smarts and cunning and she was also someone her fellow students knew not to mess with. If you made Emily's shit list, it would not be pretty.
She had a way of cutting down anyone who made her furious using only words. Her biggest faults, if she ever admitted them, were her acerbic nature and her tendency to hold grudges. This naturally made many consider her to be nothing more than a bitch, yet she cultivated that image, hiding the more sensitive parts of her nature, mainly as protection.
Bullies loved to pick on the nerds, yet none dared try it with Emily Davis, for fear of their own reputations being destroyed.
While walking through the school; Emily paused, her calm and unapproachable demeanour suddenly taking a momentary jolt. For she had just spotted someone, the last person she wanted to see right now. Michael Monroe; her ex-boyfriend. Mike was a tall eighteen year old young man with light tan skin; short dark brown hair; brown eyes and a muscular physique. He was dressed up in dark jeans with a dark blue T-shirt and white sneakers.
'Fuck, Mike...I'm no mood to deal with him right now.' She thought quickly.
Luckily Mike hadn't seen her yet. They had broken up not that long ago and things were still too raw, but they did their best to remain friends; especially as they were part of the same overall social circle. Preferring to face Mike when the rest of their friends were present Emily immediately sought them out. But as she did so, she overheard part of Mike's conversation and realized she had indeed found one of their other friends. Just not one that she felt would help her deal with being around Mike right now.
"So, what's got you all worked up?" Mike was asking.
She heard, of all people, Josh replying. "It's...It's Beth man, I can't believe her...I thought Hannah was bad enough, but Beth just had to take it further."
That confused Emily greatly; wondering what they were talking about. Looking over she spotted Josh, a nineteen year old young man, having to repeat a year of school, he had short brown hair and green eyes, a caramel complexion and while not as muscular as Mike, he had a reasonably strong build himself. He was clad in khaki pants with a black T-shirt over which he wore an unbuttoned blue and white woodcutter shirt as well as black sneakers.
Josh was Josh Washington, the eldest child and only son of famed movie director Bob Washington and his wife Melinda. He had two younger sisters, Hannah and Beth, twins a year younger than him, the same age as Emily and Mike. All three were part of their group of friends and Emily wondered just what was bothering Josh about Beth, the youngest of the trio, with Hannah being born ten minutes before her.
'Something that apparently involves Hannah...something she did and Beth has apparently done the same...' Emily mused. 'Only she's taken it up a notch, what...oh surely not...'
A sudden thought came to her as she recalled. Part of the reason behind her break up with Mike was that Hannah had once had a crush on Mike and Mike had apparently been playing up to it. While not confirmed it was enough to make Emily wary.
Even after Hannah's affections turned elsewhere, things never worked out again for Emily and Mike. But that wasn't what was on Emily's mind, she was recalling one of the things Hannah had done to try and impress Mike, something that to this day was on Hannah's right shoulder; her black butterfly tattoo.
Just then she heard the shocked whispering behind her and turned around. Her eyes widened as she saw it, becoming just as surprised as everyone else. For there was Beth Washington, a girl of eighteen with chin length brown hair and eyes, an olive complexion and a similar build to Emily. In fact Emily was sure there was only an inch difference in their heights, Beth being the taller one.
She was clad in ripped jeans, a yellow sleeveless shirt, her ever present grey beanie and a pair of black sneakers.
But that wasn't what was drawing everyone's attention to her. The thing that caught people's attention was Beth's right arm, her sleeveless shirt making it very visible. Beth it seemed had followed Hannah's example and got a tattoo, although being bolder than Hannah, she had opted for something, more, than a simple black butterfly. Beth now possessed a tattoo sleeve on her right arm, an intricate design featuring hibiscus flowers, butterflies, and a yellowed skull.
'Holy shit Beth?' Emily found herself thinking. 'Look at her, fuck it's like she's even more confident than usual...whoa, wait, what am I…?'
She bit her lip, confused, as she had been watching Beth, seeing the tattoo and the way Beth carried herself, no longer slouching for starters, it sent a strange sensation through her. She ignored it however, she had other things to do, like hurry to her first class. Meanwhile, as she walked through the school, Beth smiled lightly, noting the reactions of the students to her new tattoo.
'It felt good to finally do something like this, so...liberating.' She thought to herself. 'Just a shame only Hannah really understands; mom and dad freaked out and naturally they're furious...Josh isn't helping much, but I can tell, he's conflicted, he disapproves, but he wants me to be happy being who I am. Well Josh, this is who I am.'
Still smiling Beth also began making her way to class, unaware of a particular student who was watching her closely.
Said student was a seventeen year old young woman, roughly the same height as Beth with curly auburn brown hair, hazel eyes and pale skin. She possessed French-Canadian ancestry and also wore glass. She was dressed in white short shorts and a navy blue tank-top with brown sandals.
Her name was Erin Winston, a girl who was noted to be stiff and proper yet not afraid to get her hands dirty. She could be polite and sociable as well as being very smart. But she was also ambitious and willing to step on others to get what she wanted, when against someone, she did not play well or even fairly. Right now she was observing Beth, admiring her.
'Now that's what I'm talking about...' She thought with a grin. 'You've just made yourself even hotter, Beth Washington, oh I can't wait...I'll need to think of something; something to get you to notice me.'
Still smirking at that thought, Erin also made her way to class, already scheming.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.