002. not so humble beginnings

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baby put on heart shaped
sunglasses cause we gonna take a ride

lana del rey ⸻ diet mountain dew

 lana del rey ⸻ diet mountain dew

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Stark Mansion
April 4th, 2010

The party raged downstairs. Even Bella's headphones couldn't block out the sound of bottles breaking and women screaming and laughing. On top of that, an intense base rattled her to her bones. Curled up on her large king-size bed, she tried to ignore it and focus on the movie playing on her laptop. Clueless, one of her favorites. She and Pepper would watch it all the time.

Suddenly her door rattled, and she heard two voices outside. Sighing, she rolled off her bed and went over to unlock her door. A man and a woman she didn't recognize stood before her. The women wore the shortest dress Bella had ever seen and both were clearly intoxicated.

"Could we use your room?" The man slurred, "just for like ten minutes." He looked down at the women's cleavage, "we won't be long." He smirked.

Bella rolled her eyes in disgust and didn't even bother dignifying him with an answer, slamming the door in their faces and locking it. Her dad's parties were getting crazier and happening more frequently. This was already the second this weekend. She hated them with passion and so did Pepper. Whenever he threw one, she would normally spend the night at Peppers, but this one was thrown at the last minute, so Pepper was busy at work and couldn't pick her up.

She walked back to her bed and flopped down, unpausing her movie, but she couldn't focus on it. Closing her laptop, she stared up at the ceiling for a minute. She glanced over at her clock, 1:03 am. She knew the party was going to go on for many more hours, but sleepiness hit her. She quickly changed into pajamas and climbed in bed. Once she turned the lights off, she was out cold.

"Good morning Ms. Stark. The time is 7:00 am, April 4th. The weather is expected to be sunny, with a high of 72 and a low of 60 degrees." The voice of Jarvis, her father's AI assistant rang through the room, opening the tinted blinds and allowing the morning sunlight to pour through.

Bella moaned and sat up, grabbing her phone to check her notifications.

Wanna go shopping today? Bring your dad's car.

It was from Sandra. Bella's only friend under the age of 30. She always had a hunch Sandra never really enjoyed her company and was solely using her for her fame and money. Sandra was 15, two years older than her and way cooler. She had lots of piercings and even a tattoo. If Bella was being honest with herself, she really didn't care, the companionship was still nice.

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