Buckingham - Being Rewritten

Chapter 6

First week is finally over. My classes weren't hard by any means but god were they tiring. Every time I saw Sebastian this week I wanted to crawl up into a hole and die a little more. I know it sounds like I hate him.

When I finally get back to my dorm there's something on the door. A flier for something. It's for a party in the ruins. The ruins were from this old building that was here long before Buckingham and Buckingham has been around since 1886. You have to go through this forest behind campus to get there. There's a lake right beside the ruins.

"Hey Elle!" I sound like I'm telling Diana about the party. "Hey Diana, are you going to that party at the ruins tonight?" She doesn't go to parties a lot but still I should ask. "Actually I was planning on it." Oh cool. This party seems like it will be fun. It's hosted by seniors so it's gotta be.

The seniors always throw the best parties since they have had 3 years of training for it. "It starts at 9 just so you know" I should probably get ready at 6:30. "Okay I'll see you there." I've got homework to do before I go to this party and end up hungover tomorrow.

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I hear my phone go off. It's 6:30 time to get ready for the party. I should wear my white flared leggings with my yellow halter top. Opening up my closet I pick out my clothes and a white stretchy headband. I grab my thick gold hoops off my desk. I put all of this on my bed for when I come back.

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Finally I'm ready and with 15 minutes to spare. Grabbing my dorm keys and my purse I leave. Diana left around 8 which is odd. I lock the dorm door and head off. It's not a far walk from the dorm hall to the ruins. I go through the center hall and go down this path from the doors exiting the central hall to the forest.

Once I hit the ruins I hear music blasting and people are everywhere. There's a table set up with drinks near the far left. The DJ booth is set up in the northeast corner. I never really enjoy dancing at these parties. Too many people around for it.

I go over to the drinks table and grab an apple juice. Oddly, they have fruit juice. I head down to the lake cause there's less people there. There's a few stragglers around but it's not a big deal.

As I walk down to the river bank I see him. "Hey" I sit down making sure to trip into the water. "Hiya" He seems a little out of it. Like somethings wrong. "You okay?" I hope that sounds heartfelt. "Oh yeah I'm fine" He rubs his eyes like he's trying to get something off of them. "You don't look fine"

"It's nothing, it's just my grandpa. He's in the hospital." That's way more than nothing. "That doesn't sound like nothing. I'm here if you wanna talk about it."

"It's just everyone is acting like it's no big deal. When he could die you know." This reminds me of when my grandma passed. "You know when my grandma died, everyone acted like it was nothing." I hope he doesn't think I'm trying to make it about me. "It's just what people do. They wanna deny what's gonna happen." Good save me.

"I knew it was coming. He's old and all. It's not that I'm upset over him dying, it's that I know when he does all my family will be in this war zone. Who gets the CEO position?" I always forget how his family has money. Even though they are one of the biggest publishing houses in the country.

"Wanna talk about your grandma. I'm sick of talking about my grandpa. It's all anyone in my family will talk about. Asking me to fly out there and see him." I like talking about my grandma. I'm named after her Michelle St. Clair. "Well I'm named after her." What if he asks if my name is short for something? "Well Elle has to be short for something then." He did it. He asked the one question. "Well Elle is short for Michelle. Only my dad calls me it. Since it was his mom's name." Now he knows the one thing nobody here knows.

"I wish we could just be normal people." Being a normal person sounds amazing. "I understand that feeling." I know being rich is a lot of people's death wish so I never said I wish I wasn't. I'm grateful for everything in my life even this stupid rivaliry with this cute boy.

"Want my number?" An attractive guy like Sebastian asking to give me their number? This of course isn't a first. I'm attractive and people know it. "Oh sure!" I sound too giddy. Like a girl who hasn't had her first kiss or her first time. Which isn't me, I have had both.

"Here's my phone you can put your number in it." Taking his phone I go into his contacts. Rushing to make a new contact, Named myself Elle. Punching in my number. Now for my favorite part of adding myself into someone's contacts. I take a selfie of myself pushing my hair back so my earrings gleam in the moonlight.

"Thanks." I check the time. It's already 10:30. I mean I was fashionably late 30 minutes so I have only been here for an hour. "I should get going" I don't like staying at these parties very late cause they always end up with something bad happening by the end of the night, and I don't wanna be involved in whatever it is this time.

"Okay see you." Just see you, no later, no Monday, not even around. "Bye." I finally get up and start walking back to the forest heading to my dorm. It feels farther this time than when I came out here.

When I arrive back at my dorm it's already 10:50 people will still be partying late into the night. But I won't. I'll be sitting in my dorm watching Gilmore girls. That's when I hear it.

Ding! 

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Hey guys! I didn't even realize I haven't updated for like a month. But hey if you are still there thank you so much for reading!!!!!!!! Missed you guys.

Love Elle <3