grace hope-nelson knew three things; firstly, she was unwanted. secondly she was a burden. finally despite the withering looks shot her way by one tao xu. shy, placid smiles sent her way by one elle argent, grace hope-nelson was irreparably in love...
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CHAPTER ONE: NEW BEGINNINGS
( episode one: meet + trigger warning: brief mentions of a panic attack )
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IT WAS THE START OF A NEW YEAR; a new beginning, a time for new opportunities, a time to better oneself, a time to reflect on the past and the time to welcome the future.
For Grace Hope-Nelson, the new year meant the second half of her school year. It was the start of a new term, the time to start afresh after a rejuvenating two weeks off, celebrating Christmas with her mum, brothers and reluctant cousins. The Hope family, as apart of the court mandated custody were required to spend a minimum of three days with their outcast of a niece.
Charlotte Hope had been a bitter disappointment, hooking up with a man ten years her senior, effectively breaking up a happy marriage, a happy family. To completely throw a spanner in the already turbulent lives of the Nelson family, Charlotte was carrying a daughter, a child she had no more interest in raising, nor her former partner.
In the end, Sarah Nelson stood up where her former husband and her daughter's biological mother and family failed. Grace Elizabeth Hope-Nelson was to be raised with her sons, her children. It was only when she was six years old did the Hope family— Charlotte herself realized her fault and tried to win custody of said child once more.
Hidden away in the shadows, Grace saw the money fees building up, saw the frustration piling up as her mother Sarah did everything in her power to fight to keep her child. So, when her Mum had been awarded custody Grace made a vow.
She would never be a burden, never give her mother a reason to abandon her. When David taunted her, cruel remarks slipping past his lips, Grace remained silent. A tight bitter resolve building up, every remark chipping slowly but surely away at her psyche.
Despite her mothers constant reassuring words, despite Nick's comforting smiles, Grace was always bitterly reminded that she was the outlier in her family. She didn't belong, she was a consistent reminder of the past, the reason her father now lived in France, little to none contact with his sons only when it suited him.
For once Grace wanted to mean something to someone; wanted to be something other than a burden to her family.
She wants to be to enough, that's her New Years resolution, her new beginning.
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"IM!" GRACE HOPE-NELSON SHRIEKED at the top of her lungs, darting ahead to her one of her closest friends, ignorant to the narrowed glare Nick shot her. His hands wandered upwards to lightly scratch his ears, trying to regain some sort of sensation again. It was a wonder he was not deafened by his sisters loud shrieks.
