Living a Lie

Chapter 1

Stefania's POV:

Have you ever felt like you were living a lie? Finding it impossible to be yourself around other people. Suffocating from all the people around you telling you who you should be and what you should be doing. And you feel like you can't breathe and you can never tell anyone because everyone around you doesn't give two fucks.

I had just moved from Italy to the states. All my life has been filled with everyone telling me what to do and who I should be. I was beginning to feel tired. My mama died when I was younger so now it was just me and my papa.

We moved to the states to get away from Italy and all the past memories that my papa and I had of my mama. I love him with all of my heart but sometimes he only thinks about himself which can make me feel like I'm invisible.

I've felt invisible my whole life so it's nothing new to me but that feeling went away when I met someone special. Someone who saw value in my life and who treated me like an actual human being and not someone you can push around.

Today was the first day at my new school and of course I was dreading it because I knew no one. I actually really like school but I've never had any real friends. I've had people say that they're my friends but then talk behind my back but never any friends that I could talk to.

When I walked into school that morning everyone had someone to talk to and then there was just me standing in the hallway pretending to be on my phone so that no one would talk to me.

Once the bell rang I went to the office since it was my first day, they wanted to have someone give me a tour of the school. I was praying to god that it wasn't some jackass little fuck boy. I walked into the office to see a gorgeous blonde standing by a tall man.

"Hello, you must be Stefania." I nod my head yes.

"This is Danielle and she'll be showing you around the school today." The tall man says gesturing towards the women with the blonde locks.

We start walking together in silence. "Where did you move here from?" The blonde breaks the silence. I looked her in the eyes realizing how blue her eyes were. Her eyes could never compare to the ocean and when I realized that I was staring a little too long I started to speak.

"I moved from Italy." I smiled. "That's so cool, I've always wanted to go to Italy." She said. I took a second look at her and I didn't pay full attention to what she was wearing until now but she was dressed in a cheerleading uniform.

I usually hate cheerleaders because they have so much energy and they're preppy but Danielle was different, she didn't have a lot of energy, she seemed content which isn't a bad thing but I could tell that she had gone through hardships which made me feel bad for her because she seems like such a nice person. The tour ended after about 20 minutes.

"Would you like me to show you where your class is?" The blonde asked. "Sure." I give her a little half smile. She shows me where my class was located. "Thank you for showing me around, by the way I really like your bracelet. Where did you get it?" I ask. "My mom gave it to me when I was younger." She smiles but I could tell it wasn't a genuine smile and she was trying to pretend everything was okay when it really wasn't.

I couldn't quite pinpoint what it was but this girl was special. Maybe it was her eyes or the way she fidgets with her bracelet or maybe it was the way she presented herself. When she walked off I watched, not in a creepy way, but I couldn't help but wonder why she felt different than anyone I had ever met.

I brushed it off for now and walked into my first class which was English. No one talked to me the whole time but at least I was way ahead because for some reason American school is way slower than my school back in Italy. I went to my next class which was math and again I was way ahead than all of the other kids. Maya was in my math class so we talked a little bit since she didn't have any friends in the class.