Chapter 1: 17 Years Later
Emily's POV
"Time to get up Emily!" my mom shouted causing me to jump.
"I'm up" I said.
"You better hurry up before you're late again" she said in a threatening tone.
I groaned as I fumbled around for my glasses. I hated school. Or is hell the correct word for a place like school? It surely seemed like it. It was the place where I was tortured everyday by Brittney, or as I called her in my head,Bratney. Because that's exactly what she was; a brat. God forbid that something doesn't go her way. She and her friends torture me every single day. There I'm known as the four-eyed freak.
"Emily!" my mom shouted
"I'm getting ready!" I shouted back. I love my mom, I really do, but she can be a difficult person to live with sometimes. But I'm really grateful for her and my dad. They adopted me when I was a baby. I just wish I knew who my biological parents were. Apparently I was dumped on the porch of the adoption place. No one ever saw my parents. Why? Why would they just dump me? It was a question that had been bothering me ever since I found out that I had been dumped there.
I felt like I had no identity either. I had no idea where I came from. What was my race? What was my heritage? By looking at my skin I'd guess that I had Native American origins, but that's all it was; a guess. My skin looked like I had a permanent tan. I also had a strange shade of bronze hair and chocolate brown eyes.
I looked around my room and saw all of my wolf posters covering all the walls. I also had a wolf themed calendar. Most of my stuffed animals were wolves. I even had a lot of documentaries about wolves. You see, ever since I was little I had this strange obsession with wolves. My family thinks I'm nuts, but I like to call it passionate. Everyone has a passion and mine just happens to be wolves.
I went downstairs and saw my parents and my older brother Robert sitting in the kitchen eating eggs.
I ate my eggs and orange juice quickly before leaving. My brother had graduated high school this past Summer and was now attending community college. Although I was proud of my brother, I really missed having him at my school. He was the only person who would defend me from Brittney and her friends. Oh well, at least I only have one more year in this place before I never have to come back again.
I pulled into the school parking lot and right away I saw the brat herself just waiting. She glared at me as I made my way towards the building. Great.
"Hey freak" she said as I approached.
"What do you want Bra.. Brittney?" I said barely catching myself. I learned the hard way not to call her Bratney to her face.
"Oh nothing" she said. Then suddenly I felt myself being pushed from behind. I tried to break my fall with no success. It was her best friend Veronica who had pushed me. Brittany then grabbed my glasses off of my face and threw them on the floor before stepping on them and breaking them.
"That's what you get for being an ugly little weirdo" Veronica sneered before she and Brittney left, both of them laughing hysterically.
I picked up the broken glasses and headed to the bathroom. Without my glasses I'm as blind as a bat. What nobody is knew is that I carried around a stash of contact lenses. I hated putting on contacts, but it's better than tripping and bumping into people all day long.
I went to my first period history class. The class was nearly full except for one empty seat right next to me. No one wanted to sit next to the freak. Then a new kid entered the classroom. One that had never seen before. He must be the new kid.
"Mr. Johnson" the mystery boy said in a voice that could only be described as velvet sounding.
Are teacher looked up at him "Oh you must be Daniel Huntington" he said.
"Yes sir, that's me" said the velvet voice.
"Okay, just take a seat anywhere" Mr. Johnson said.
He looked around before spotting the only empty seat next to me. I was rendered breathless when he looked at me. He was the most beautiful boy I had ever seen. He had black hair, he had a nice six pack, he was extremely pale, and he had gold eyes. He looked like Damon Salvatore straight out of the Vampire Diaries; my favorite show.
All of the girls in the class were looking at him and batting their eyelashes at him. I felt a pang of jealously rise up inside of me. Wait, what was I thinking? Daniel wasn't mine, I had no claim on him.
"Hi, I'm Daniel. Who might you be?" he said.
"She's nobody" Jessica said. She was another friend of Bratney. "You shouldn't be talking to a freak like her. You should be with me. I can show you a real good time" she added.
Oh my god! Was she actually begging?
Daniel turned around and glared at her which sent a shiver down her spine. If looks could kill.
"No thank you. And I don't believe that I was talking to you. I was talking to this beautiful girl here" he said as he put his freezing arm around me. My heart started beating faster.
"Well, what is your name?" he asked.
"It's Emily" I said.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Emily" I said.
I could see Jessica and several other girls sending me death glares.
We couldn't talk anymore after that because class had started.
The rest of the day went by without any problems. Soon enough it was lunch time. I got my food and I took my usual spot at the table right by the window. All of the other tables were nearly filled up except mine. Again, no one wanted to sit with the four-eyed freak.
Then I saw Daniel and his class enter the cafeteria. He got his food and looked for a place to sit. As soon as he saw me he made his way over towards me. My jaw dropped to the floor. No one ever wanted to sit with me; especially hot guys that could sit by any other girl.
"May I sit here?" he asked.
"Yes. Of course" I said still feeling stunned that someone wanted to sit by me. Jessica, Veronica, and Brittney stared at Daniel open mouthed as he chose me over them. They all glared at me as they approached our table.
"Why don't you come sit with us? You don't want to be seen with a freak her" Brittney said.
"No" Daniel said.
"Excuse me?" Veronica said. "What did you just say?" asked Jessica.
"I don't want to sit with you. I want to sit with her, and for your information her name is Emily" Daniel said starting to get angry.
"No one says no to us. Especially not for her" Brittney spat out.
"I just did. Also, I'm not interested in girls who throw themselves at guys. It's pathetic, and it shows that you have no dignity or pride" he said.
The three of them were speechless as they left, as was I.
"Why did you do that? You had a chance to sit with the cool kids and you just blew it" I said.
"Let me be the judge of who is a cool kid and who is not" he said.
"So, do you have any family?" I asked to change the topic.
"No" he said in a sad voice. "My parents died not too long ago and I have no other family left. But since I'm 18 I live my own" he said.
"I'm sorry to hear that" I said.
"What about you?" he asked.
"I was adopted, but I have no idea where I came from. I'm different and sometimes I feel alone" I said.
Why was I telling him this?
"I know how that feels" he said. Just then the bell rang ending our conversation. He threw his untouched food away as I got rid of my trash.
We went our separate ways.
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