Finding Yourself

Chapter two

Today is the day that Félix returns to Paris. And he's going to be studying in the same class as her, Chloe can't help but roll her eyes at that. He's going to make her life hell, she knows. He'd always liked to pick on her.

But she's determined not to let him get under her skin. She won't give in to his comments or anything he does.

But enough thinking about Félix, she doesn't have time for him now. Right now she's late for her dance class, which starts at eight in the morning sharp and her teachers hate being late. They'll make her suffer for it. But it's not her fault that she's still not used to waking up at five in the morning on a Saturday so she can do her morning run and gym workout. Orders from your boxing/kickboxing teacher, Anansi, who is frighteningly serious about the importance of exercising every morning.

So Chloe wakes up, or tries to, every morning at five o'clock to run five miles and then head to the hotel's gym to exercise for another hour. All to keep her focused and her body ready to be beaten and tortured by Nora (Anansi, as she prefers to be called). Which she definitely didn't do today. But well, it's a project in progress. One day, maybe, she'll get it all done and not look like a zombie at the end of the day, or she won't be late or skip her morning jog and exercise so she can get another hour or two of sleep.

Until then Chloe will have to make do with what she gets. And at the moment that means oversleeping and being late for everything. What is irritating. She'll have to work on it, it's unacceptable for her to continue like this, she almost looks like Marinette. And that's something Chloe absolutely doesn't want to look like.

She runs out of the hotel and goes to buy a coffee and something light to eat on the way. Ironically, Chloe doesn't even like coffee much and only drinks a lot once in a while. But with her new routine, she is starting to take a liking to the energy drink (now the blonde lives on coffee and energy drinks).

She walks, or runs (it depends on how late she is), so she arrives a little exercised for class. She doesn't use the limo for that, on Saturday mornings Alan (her driver) is always busy with Dad. And since Chloe didn't normally wear it at this hour on Saturdays before, she decided not to change that part of her routine. She decided that walking wouldn't be a problem, the extra exercise would help. Even if sometimes, when she's too late, she regrets it. Her decision confused and surprised her father, but he decided not to contradict her about it, which she was very grateful for.

After managing to buy a caramel mocchiato and a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel, which she eats on the way, she finally makes it to her dance class.

Upon entering, Chloe bumps into a brick wall and nearly lands on her ass, only to be stopped by large, strong hands on her shoulders. Looking up, she realizes the brick wall is actually a person.

His eyes meet the deep blue eyes of Damian Holt, a tall boy with dyed pastel pink hair and a beautifully chiseled face. He's strong and lean, older than she is a year or two, Chloe isn't sure, and handsome as hell. So hot that it should be forbidden for anyone to look like that. Not that she's not used to seeing cute boys, she's met a lot of cute guys out there. Her best friend is a fucking model and has an idiot cousin as a copy.