Hide Away

Chapter One

I wake from a very long night of screaming. The nightmares have gotten worst than the ones I had as a child. They all start the same way, I feel something tap on my shoulder and it violently jerks me back into a strange but welcoming darkness. They change in different forms of the same ending after that. Various ways of torturing me, people I care for, sometimes people I don't, sometimes people who are like a memory to me that I cannot recall. Then a painful bliss along with a realization that I'm dead. Then I wake up. They all seem so real it is mystifying. It is almost a world I once knew, but had been rip from me. I have a feeling of longing for them again.

I quickly shake off these feelings as I do every morning since I could remember. I was born to a wealthy English family to whom I remain in good fortune with. They decided when I was able to go to high school they would put me in a public school. It is not so bad, however the people treat me as if I am a princess. Perks for having royal bloodlines in my veins. Many people would not mind this treatment, but it makes me feel like I'm in dept to them as if I'm weak without them. I assure you that is not the case.

" Hello there, earth to Irina?," my best friend pulls me back from wherever she thinks I when I do not speak to her. Her name is Claire, she is the fiery one between us. I mean that literally, she has fiery red hair and marvelous glowing green eyes. There is no show of teenage acne on her nor freckles as one with red hair should have. With one look into her compelling eyes, boys fall to there own doom full of heartbreak. It is even more strange that she doesn't use that more to her advantage.

" Sorry, I had no idea that French Literature was so important to the U.K."

" It may not, nevertheless, It does toward your GPA." I am the top student out of the 1000 students here, and Claire would never let me forget that.

" Perhaps, I should slack off a bit. It gives the other helpless nerds sometime to catch up to this brilliance."

" No, you know for a fact your way to far ahead of them for that. Besides, Huntington High would never let someone far less beautiful as you as their Valedictorian."

" Yes, they would, because I'm not beautiful."

" Nonsense, with your perfectly natural curls and your auburn color hair. Don't forget the ocean blue eyes, and impeccable complexion. You know the boys fall over you every time they see you." She was trying too hard to cheer me up. She knew about my nightmares. We have been like sisters since birth. I know she would do anything to stop the nightmares from occurring, if only she could.

" Claire, there is no reason for you to do this. I'm fine. I've dealing with them for far to long to count. I can survive without your compliments."

" Is it that obvious that I was trying to cheer you up?"

" We have been inseparable since birth. Did you really think you could slip that by?"

" No I guess not." The bell rings. And the hall starts to clear of people.

" Alright then, I'll see you later." I give her a hug, and trudge along to calculus.

Routinely, I sit in about the middle of the classroom. I notice this new boy sitting in the desk next to mine. He glances up, gives me a nice smile, and carries on scribbling weird symbols into his black notebook that looked as if it would fall apart any second now. Though there is something odd about him the first thing I notice about him was his handsomeness.He had huge muscles that stood out of his simple black t-shirt, along with his beautiful chocolate brown waves flowing down his face with his matching deep chocolate brown eyes. The only thing that ruined his complexion was the faint scar across his jaw bone to the middle of his neck. Hardly anyone would notice if they were not very observant. I suppose one day being observant will be my downfall.