Scarlett O'Hara always got what she wanted. She knew she was beautiful and never hesitated to use her beguiling innocent good looks to get anything her heart desired. 'After all everyone works with what they've got. And I just happen to have good looks' she always told herself.
Not that she was really lacking in anything. She belonged to one of the oldest families in the south. Her father, Gerald O'Hara was a wealthy man of Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather had come to America just before the civil war and had established himself as a plantation owner. Scarlett's mother, Ellen Robillard was also from a very prominent family and their marriage had been the merger of two vast fortunes.
Scarlett herself didn't particularly care for history. While she was grateful she had status and position that was only because those allowed her to attend the ultra posh Lafayette Academy. She loved her school. Until a little over two years before it had been all girls and Scarlett had not really wanted to go there. But just as she started her freshman year, the board of Lafayette had decided to combine the boys and girls schools, much to the joy of most of their students.
Now Scarlett was 16 and a junior. She and her best friend Cathleen Calvert were among the most popular girls at schools. Scarlett was on the cheerleading squad and she just knew next year she would be captain. She would've been captain this year if her stupid school didn't have a rule saying the captain of all teams had to be a senior. That was not the only sore point in her school life. Since their school had turned Co-Ed, Scarlett had been trying to catch the eye of Ashley Wilkes. He was captain of the football team and with his blonde good looks and Scarlett's gorgeous dark beauty, she was sure they would make a striking couple. After many failed attempts, Scarlett had finally gotten her chance to speak to Ashley back in freshman year. Ashley was a sophomore then. They had gotten along fairly well but he had never asked her out. They had become good friends, best buds even but for some reason Ashley had never even tried to kiss her.
'Damn him' She though irritably. 'School year is almost done, this is my last chance'
Scarlett had heard rumours going around the school that Ashley had a girlfriend but she refused to believe it. 'I'm his best friend, he would tell me' she told herself.
Now, what Scarlett wanted most was to get Ashley to ask her to prom. A bunch of boys had already asked but she had not given anyone a reply. She was waiting. She knew if she went with Ashley it wouldn't hurt her chances at Prom queen either. Even though, as a senior he couldn't be voted in at the Junior Prom, just being seen with the handsomest boy in school would triple her chances. 'As if anyone else stands a chance' she scoffed. 'Sure some of the girls are pretty, but everyone loves me.' And they did. For some reason everyone in school were enthralled by Scarlett O'Hara. 'Why even that mouse Melly Hamilton adores me. Not even my blowing her brother off changed that' Charles Hamilton was a year ahead off Scarlett and had been after her for years. Nothing had gotten him off her back so Scarlett had finally given in and gone out with him. But when Charles had kissed her, Scarlett had sweetly told him that she had felt nothing for him and that kissing him felt like kissing her brother. She had said all of that in such a nice way that not only had Charles gotten the point but he had actually apologised to her at the end. 'Boys are such losers' she thought with contempt.
Scarlett was so lost in thought she barely noticed where she was going. She walked on knowing most of the students in the hallway would make way for her but as she turned a corner she ran straight into someone.
"Oh shit. I'm sorry" Scarlett said automatically before looking up to see who she had run into.
"That's okay. You should really watch where you're going." Rosemary Butler replied. She gave Scarlett a look before walking off.
Scarlett shrugged and kept walking. Rosemary Butler. Now that girl was certainly an enigma. She had been a part of Scarlett's tight knit clique back in junior high but then her parents had been killed in a car crash. After that Rosie had never been the same. Her super mysterious brother had come back to town after years of being away and had become her guardian. The Butler family was fabulously wealthy as well but for some reason scandal and heartache had plagued the family. First one of Rosie's brothers had died and then her other brother had started rebelling. Finally he had been kicked out of military school and sent to live up north. Scarlett remembered that the brother who died was Ross and he had been a couple of years older than she and Rosie. Back when they were little they used to all play together. For the life of her, Scarlett could not remember Rosie's other brother. He had been much older than them and had been at boarding school for ages. Once he left, the family had had a semblance of normalcy, until that fateful car crash four years ago that changed everything. The Child Care agencies had first wanted to place Rosie with relatives but her older brother had come back and claimed her. He had just turned 21 so the Agencies had no choice. The brother was very wealthy on his own, add that to the family's existing fortune and they had a very large empire. For a minute Scarlett felt sorry for Rosie. After all they used to be best friends. Even with all that money, she couldn't possibly be happy. 'I wonder how it would be to lose your parents and have to live with an annoying older brother until you turned 18.' After the accident, Scarlett and her friends had started to see less and less of Rosie until she finally stopped hanging out with them, preferring to spend her time reading books and in the company of her brother that people had yet to meet. Scarlett thought of going back and talking to her but then she saw her Ashley. Hurrying towards him she forgot all about Rosemary Butler and her sad family.
Hey guys! Don't worry I'm still working on The Countess, in fact I have most of it typed out already. Just holding it hostage until I get enough reviews. Lol. This idea came to me while I was studying for my econ final. I normally hate GWTW fics place in current day but Thermostat changed my mind and I had to write this. Please tell me what you think. If its crap I'll just delete the story but if anyone thinks I should keep going I will.