Hi everyone! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Lilly! I'm usually a very happy and upbeat person soo yeah! But anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this first chapter! I was gonna post this sooner, but I wanted five chapters to be done first. So here it is! Make sure to follow, favorite and review!
I hate school, everyone there's gonna jump on me for being the new girl, not to mention a foreigner.
Walking down the street, I had to pull my school skirt down.
Dad got mad at me for talking back again..
My name is Annabelle Thomson. My parents moved here a month ago from New York because some big company or whatever decided to hire my dad for a well paying job. Of course, he jumped at it, not even caring about what my mom, brothers and I thought. My twin brother, Jake, was walking beside me. He was spotting himself a black eye, which I helped hide with my concealer. I got pretty good at using make up after my dad started abusing me at the age of fourteen. He was one of the unfortunate people that got laid off by GE. He came home pissed, and took it out on me. That was when it all started.
Jake didn't really know what else to do, so he always ended up getting just as hurt as I was trying to defend me. He was a good brother like that. My mom, bless her soul, is too kind-hearted to leave my dad. My younger brother, Derek, was only four when it all started, too young to even know what was going on.
My dad never touched Derek, and never raised a hand to Jake, either. It was when Jake stepped in to stop the man that my dad swung at him or kicked him when he got in the way of me. I didn't exactly know why the man hated me so much, but it seemed that he couldn't be cruel to anyone but.. me.
"So how's your leg?" Jake asked, bringing me out of my thoughts. I ran my fingers through my long, red hair, my baby blue eyes staring at my leg. Jake and i were very similar looking, same deep red hair, same baby blues.
"It's fine, I guess. Still sore, though." I said. Jake gave me a sorry look and I shook my head. "Don't give me that look. You took the worst of it, I should be asking you if you're okay." Or conversation ended at that, Jake not wanting to comment any further. He was quiet like that, and it made me uncomfortable sometimes. Though, this time I was okay with it.
I'm now 17 years old, a third year in high school, along with Jake. It's been a rough three years for my whole family. My dad didn't give the rest of my family the news of us moving to Japan, we just up and left. Luckily, my mom was an interpreter for Japanese officials and celebrities when she was younger, and still did it from time to time. My siblings and I knew as much Japanese as we did English by the time we were five.
We finally reached the school we'd be going to from now on until we graduate. We walked through the front doors of the school, looking to find our classes, other students around us cheering if they find out they have their friends in their class.
"We're not in the same class, that's weird. They always paired us up together in New York." Jake said. I turned on my positivity switch.
"Hey! Look on the bright side, our classes are right next to each other!"
"Yeah, but what happens if someone comes onto you and I'm not there to protect you?" I pinched the bridge of my nose and groaned.
"Jake, I'm not gonna get swept away or anything by some scumbag. I can protect myself from these scrawny boys. It's not like they have super strength." I said. He gives me a reluctant sigh and puts his hand on my shoulder as if to say we're leaving that spot. I follow him through the halls until we finally reach my class.
"I'll see you after school at the front doors, right?" he asked and I nodded my head. They way he protected me, people always either saw him as a really protective/clingy brother, or they asked if we were dating.
I sat down in an empty chair, sighing deeply. Once of the groups of boys in the class whistled.
"Hey guys, check out the newbie."
"Man, she's pretty hot."
"I'm gonna go for it." great. My first day and I'm already getting hit on. I don't think so. I shut my eyes in annoyance and frustration. Once he reached my desk, I spoke up.
"Don't even try it. I'm not interested, and I never will be." I opened my eyes to look up at the boy to see his face red to his ears. I swallowed back a laugh that tried to submerge, and glared at him until he left and walked back over to his seat.
After a moment, a girl spoke out to me.
"You must be new." she said, her smile as bright and friendly as my mothers. It almost made me miss being at home. Almost. But that bastard of a father pushed those emotions away. "I'm Tohru."
"I'm Annabelle, but you can call me Anna." I said returning her friendly smile half-heartedly. The girl was sweet, so I wasn't about to shut her down like I did that guy.
"I've never seen you here, are you new?" I nodded my head. A couple of boys and a couple girls came and surrounded the girl.
"Tohru, who is this chick?" a boy with orange hair asked. He seemed to be a bit irritated that there saw someone new she was talking to.
"Don't be rude, cat." a boy with silver hair and purple eyes said. He put a lot of hateful emphasis on the last word.
"Guys, this is Annabelle. I just met her a second ago." Tohru said, tucking her chocolate locks of hair behind her ear.
"Sup." a tall girl with blonde hair said. She seemed chill enough. I looked over at the other girl, her hair was as dark as the air around her. It gave me chills.
"Anna, this is Yuki, Kyo, Arisa and Saki." Tohru said, pointing at each and every person as she said their name. Kyo shrugged his shoulders, looking very irritated and annoyed. Yuki gave me a friendly smile, Saki stared at me like she was looking into my soul while Arisa gave me a peace sign.
"Her wavelengths tell me that she's a very strong person. She could probably beat Kyo in a fight." Saki said. This just made the weird vibe I was getting from her much, much worse.
"Sorry, Saki's a little weird, but she's caring." Arisa said. Kyo about flipped over a desk on an outrage.
"What?! You think a girl like her could take me on?" the orange haired boy said. I smirked.
"Well, why not test that theory? Let's have an arm wrestle." I said. He grinned from ear to ear in confidence.
"Alright, I'll accept your challenge. But don't go crying when you lose!" Kyo said. Yuki face palmed and shook his head.
"Stupid cat, why must you constantly compete in physical challenges?" The silver haired boy looked anything but pleased with the contest. Tohru looked worried, and Arisa was cheering me on screaming 'girl power!'.
After three tries, Kyo was forced to give up by being dragged away by Yuki, kicking and screaming the whole way back to his seat. I beat him. Three times in a row. He kept asking for a rematch, but I refused after three. The teacher finally walked in shortly after and class got started. Of course, just like in animes she made me come up to the board and write my name on the board and present myself.
As soon as lunch started, I was being dragged away by my brother to the cafeteria. After getting our food, we sat down. It was awkward and silent since he didn't talk much, but I spoke up to break the silence.
"I made quite a few friends in my class." he raised a brow at me.
"Who?" he asked. I smiled at the victory of finally getting him to say something and told him all about my new friends. It was fun talking about newfound friends to Jake. He may not have talked much, but he listened. That was enough to make me happy. After lunch ended, he brought me back to my class, and I introduced him to my friends.
After my first day of school finally came to a close, I started walking out the front doors with Jake when I noticed that Tohru and the rest of the group (minus Arisa and Saki), including a few others. A smaller boy that dressed in the female uniform, and a boy that had black and white hair. There was another man standing in the center of the group. A black car sitting behind him, ready to go at any moment.
I started walking up to them when I saw the tension between the other man and the rest of the group. The man looked to be a bit older than us, with black hair and eyes just as dark. One look at him, and the way he looked at Tohru made me already dislike him. I stepped up to the group, getting a good look at the situation.
"Come on, Tohru. I have something to show you at the estate." the raven man said. He took her hand ever so gently, but the look in his eyes had the most negativity and evilness I've ever seen them. Kyo stepped between them.
"She doesn't want to go, so back off, Akito." the orange haired man stated. Kudos to him for actually being mature for once.
"Shut up, cat. I don't even want to look at you." the man said.
"Okay, that's it!" I shoved Kyo aside and stood in his place between Tohru and Akito before Jake could stop me. "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
"Excuse me?" Akito asked, looking completely shocked at my behavior. This guy need a lesson or two in how to treat people.
"I don't know who the fuck you think you're kidding with acting like such a menacing idiot." I poked him hard in the chest. "But you need to get the hell out of here because it's obvious by all these people that you're not wanted."
"Miss Annabelle-" Yuki tried stopping me, but I held a hand up.
"Not til I'm finished." I turned my attention back to the oh so high and mighty Akito. "Tohru, nor any other female here, or male for that matter wants to go anywhere with you, so get back in your car and get out of here before I get really pissed off." Akito didn't move back an inch. Instead, he smiled at me menacingly and chuckled the creepiest laugh I've heard.
"I like you." he said in a creepily perverted way. It was like he wanted to kidnap me and torture me as a turn on. Fucking creep. "Hatori, let's go back now." he called from behind him to someone that was probably in the car still, not taking his eyes off me for even a second. "I'll be seeing you soon." and with that, he was gone.
Jake finally came to my side after being held back from some of the unidentified boys in our group during my encounter with Akito.
"Anna!" he said bringing me into a tight hug.
"Miss Annabelle, that was probably one of the worst things you could ever do." Yuki said. I tilted my head to the side.
"Yeah, you just signed your death sentence." the black and white guy said.
"What do you guys mean? Who was that guy?" I asked. Kyo spoke up this time.
"He's the head of our family, Akito Sohma." Jake pulled away quickly. wide eyes at him, unlike his usual straight face.
"You mean the Sohma?" he asked. I was still completely confused at what was so important about this Sohma guy.
"Yep. And all us guys here are Sohma as well." the salt and pepper man added in. His hair reminded me of a... cow. Jake face palmed his face and shook his head.
"Damn it, Anna. You made some dangerous friends." he said. Yuki spoke up, seeing my confusion.
"The Sohma family is one of the most powerful families in the country. And Akito is the head. Knowing personally how bad his temper can be, you're in deep trouble." I shook my head.
"I don't care who he is! He's not gonna push my friends around like that! I'll show him just how tough I can be, I'm not scared one bit!"
"No! Dad, I'm sorry for being late for dinner! I'll make it up to you by doing the dishes afterwards, I promise!" I pleaded with the man, only for him to get angrier.
"Shut up you dead beat! You piss me off by just breathing!" the man said. He raised a hand to hit me, and I flinched back to the floor. I waited with my hands up defensively only for my hands to brush against soft material of fabric. I opened my eyes and saw my brother hovering over me protectively. The middle aged man clicked his tongue and walked away, unsatisfied that he hadn't gotten his frequent beating.
I latched onto my dear brother, silently thanking him for the millionth time for saving me. My father seemed to get more irritated than usual. My brother picked me up into the air and carried me back to our bedroom we shared. He put me on the bottom bunk of the bed we shared. It was my end of the bed, he had the top bunk. He held me close to reassure me that daddy's dose of pain wasn't coming this time.
Little did we know, we were being watched..
About a week after that little incident with Akito, what do ya know, the little shit walks through the school. He claims he's a third year, but we all know he's got to be over 20. He may have had a baby face for his age, but it was still obvious to my eyes how old he actually was. I don't know how he managed to even get in, but he did.
Not only that, but he tries to not only talk to me, but privately. I straight up rejected his invitation. Fucking creep. After about a month of dealing with his whiny ass asking me to talk every single school day, I give in this shut him up. Not to my surprise, he takes me to the roof. The lack of anyone up there seemed to make me even more nervous about being up there.
"So what did you want to talk about, rich boy?" I asked him. He raised a brow.
"Not much, I just wanted to get to know you better." he deadpans. It throws me completely off guard.
"Wait, what? You've been asking to talk to me for the past months and this is what you want to know? God i knew you were a creep but now I'm pretty sure you need a mental hospital too because you're crazy."
"I just wanted you to tell me about your family. Specifically, your father." I gulped at his words. What does he know about my father? He cant possibly know about the beatings!
"What do you know about my father?" he began stepping towards me slowly. With each step forward, I took a step back until I was up against the half wall that was at the edge of the roof.
"Do you know where he works?" he asked and i shook my head. "He works as the manager for a factory of a very famous company. A factory now owned by the Sohma family as of last month." I glared at him.
"If you do anything to hurt my father, i swear I'll-"
"Oh no, he's been an outstanding employee. Working hard every single day, nice to the other workers. However, I am the one who holds your father's job in my hands." If my father gets fired, he'll get really angry and he'll...
"Alright, rich boy. I get it, so what do you want?" he smiled, seeming to be satisfied.
"You have to say and do whatever i want. If you disobey me, consider your fathers job terminated."
"F-fine.. but no creepy touching or sex. I will hurt you if you do." he stared at me, a bit shocked over the boldness. still have. "And no way in hell and I ever gonna dress in anything too revealing." and with that, I left the roof, and him, alone.