Hwang Ara is and antisocial 17 year old who is left alone after her friend moves to another city. She doesn't have any friends until she meets Jungwon and his friends
Hwang Ara's Pov: (Her backstory) Up until I started school I thought that my dad always yelling and hitting me and my mother was normal. I thought that everyone went through that so I just got used to it. When I went to school my mother made me wear long sleeve shirts and sweaters and long pants all the time to cover the bruises.
I always envied the other girls that dressed up in pretty dresses and skirts but my mom never allowed me to wear anything like that.
I met Lara in second grade and we've been friends since then. She knew about what happened at home and would gladly let me stay over at her house when things got too hectic. When I wanted to stay with Lara I would call my mother and tell her I had a school to do so I would be staying at Lara's house. Her parents liked me and they treated me like a second daughter and Lara was like a sister to me. At school people didn't talk to me; they only spoke to Lara and I just stood behind her waiting for the people talking to her to leave.
I didn't like guys getting close to me so Lara never got a boyfriend because she knew I hated guys.
Last month Lara moved away to a nearby city because her father was offered a job there. Her father is a really famous surgeon and her mother is a writer. I like her books I really feel like It's me in the story. Reading is like an escape from my reality.
Today is the first day of school and Lara isn't here anymore. Thankfully my father had to leave early so he left before I even woke up meaning there was no argument this morning and it also meant I would FaceTime my best friend so I called her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lara: "Hey! Good morning you do know it's 6am Ara!" She groaned as she woke up Ara: "I know but I'm nervous and you promised I could call you so now help me find something to wear" I said Lara: "ugh fine, are they still there?" She asked meaning the bruises on my arms from a few days ago. Ara: "yeah" I said looking down at my arms. Lara: "okay then wear your long sleeve gray shirt with a white hoodie and your light blue jeans with your short beige coat over it" she said Ara: "okay wait here I'm going to go change" I said and walked into the closet looking for the clothes. Ara: "back! How does it look?" I asked Lara who had gone back to sleep
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Ara: "Yahh wake up!" I yelled Lara: "ugh it's too early Ara! It's looks good it's perfect" she said and then I heard her mother calling her to eat breakfast Lara: "okay I'll call you when I'm on my way to school okay, I have to go eat breakfast now" she said and waved goodbye Ara: "okay bye" I said and waved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's was still very early but I didn't want to be late for school and I had already showered and gotten dressed now I just needed to eat breakfast and leave. I heard my mother call my name and I started walking towards the kitchen
"Yes?" I said and I peeked into the kitchen seeing a new bruise on my mothers face "Mom are you okay?" I asked
"Yeah I'm fine" She said turning away to hide her face
"Mom you need to leave him" I said
"Honey he does it because he loves me and I just messed up again" she said smiling
"No mom that's not okay" I said shaking my head; I was tired of it. I was tired of my mother denying that my father way abusive because she loved him; it made me mad. "It's still not okay" I said turning away to leave "Ara wait here I need to make you breakfast" she said and I helped her cook
I ate breakfast and then started to walk to school. I heard my phone ring and say that Lara was calling me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lara: "hey I'm on my way to my new school!" She exclaimed Ara: "yeah I figured" I said as I continued walking Lara: "hey don't be mad, anyways why did you leave so early?" She asked Ara: "you're leaving early too" I responded Lara: "yeah dummy because I need to see the principal to get my schedule" she said Ara: "well then me too, plus I wanted to stop my the park before school starts" I said. I liked going to the park and listening to music while I sat on a swing, it calmed me down all the time. Lara: "ahh yeah makes sense, anyways I have to hang up we're getting to the school" she said and waved Ara: "Bye Lara" I waved back ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I kept walking until I reached the park and I found the swing and went to sit and put my earbuds in. "This is so relaxing" I said to myself as my music started playing not noticing a group of boys that were walking in my direction. I flinched when I felt someone tap my shoulder. ??: "Hey sorry to scare you would you mind helping me and my friends find the school" a tall boy said and I quickly stood and put some distance between us.
Ara: "yeah it's just a few streets away" I said
??: "are you on your way too?" Another boy asked and I just nodded not wanting to look at them.
Jay: "sorry we didn't introduce ourselves but I'm Jay and this is Sunoo, Jungwon, Sunghoon, Niki, Heesung and Jake" he said pointing to the guys when I looked up at them.
Ara: "Im Ara" I said quietly and started walking Ara: "Im walking to school now" I said loud enough for them to hear me. We walked a few streets down and they thanked me and I went our own separate ways.
I rushed to the bathroom because I was panicking I had managed to stay calm but I felt so scared; especially when they caught up to me and walked besides me. I couldn't stand guys because of my father I felt like all the guys were the same so I would try to avoid them as much as I could. I caught my breath and walked out back to the hall like nothing happened and I went to get my schedule.
"Hello, sweet heart! What's your name" the counselor asked as I came to the table where she was.
"Hwang Ara" I said quietly
"Okay here you go sweetie here's your schedule! Have a nice day" she said and I nodded and left.
~~ I looked through my schedule Math room 325: Mr. Kim Science room 346: Mrs. Han History room 371: Mrs. Min Technology room: 321: Mr. Lee Lunch cafeteria Spanish room 541: Mrs. Garcia Dance room 241: Mrs. Kim ~~
My eyes went wide when I saw my last two classes. "Dammit Lara" I lightly said The year before she had managed to convince me to join dance and Spanish class so that we could learn how to dance as well as a new language.
