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002. how it all began
━━━ ₊˚⊹【 🚬 】atlas'pov !
atlas was certainly the very first guy most people thought of when someone said the word arrogant. he definitely was it, but who could blame him. after all, he was rich, handsome and very confident. maybe too much. height comes before fall and atlas grant hamilton, if he fell, would fall very, very low.
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the loud music around him made it almost impossible to think clearly, plus the few too many drinks he and his best friend francis had hurriedly downed were showing now. by now francis was no longer as grumpy as usual and his striking face was graced with a smile, which was perhaps due to the pretty girl at the bar. her name was angel or something? at least that's what atlas found out after some research.
"why is everything suddenly turning, al?" francis suddenly asked out of nowhere, his eyes looking forward while a slight smile graced his face. "it's not, francis. let's get you some water and go outside" atlas laughed, although he was probably just as drunk as his friend.
a few glances followed the two boys as they walked beyond it. it wasn't common for rich kids to be out at a club at this time of night, especially not in the middle of happy springs. but the summer was almost over, the last warm weeks were just beginning and atlas didn't really care what the others thought of him. it was probably different with francis, he had to keep up the appearance of his perfect family and play the even more perfect son.
"wait, france. you go out now, i'll just let kay know where we are," atlas said as he walked away from his friend. francis just nodded, he probably didn't even know what was just said to him. hopefully he wouldn't do anything stupid.
atlas looked for mikayla, a good friend of them, who was probably somewhere in the middle of the dance floor. just before he was about to start screaming, he opened his mouth wide.
four teenagers entered the club, clearly not dressed for the occasion and wide-eyed. there was one person in particular that caught atlas' attention, the girl in the middle with dark hair and eyes, a stunning smile and a beautiful shiny dress. all thoughts suddenly disappeared from atlas's head, he couldn't take his eyes off her, not even when they moved to the bar, where a girl was sipping her drink, the very one francis had so blatantly observed before.
without really thinking about it, atlas moved towards the group, it was probably the alcohol's fault or just his way of doing things, he told himself, although it was something much more obvious.
he put on an attractive smile and ran his fingers through his light hair once before presenting himself at the counter and receiving some strange looks from the girl's friends. "may i introduce myself?" he asked politely, although it was clear to everyone that he would do it either way. the girl just smiled and rolled her eyes at once. the other two girls just and gave each other meaningful looks. "i am atlas. atlas hamilton."
"genevieve jameson," she simply replied, with an indefinable look in her dark eyes. a beautiful name for a beautiful girl, was his first thought, his second was: wait, the last name tells me something.
"do you know francis calloway by any chance?," he asked her straightforward. her face immediately darkened and her smile bright faded slightly. "if she knows him? she's hated the guy since forever! you're not friends with him, are you?," replied the same girl who francis couldn't stop looking at, before. "i'm angel, by the way." so her name was actually angel.
"it's okay, ange," murmured genevieve, her face slightly red. "it's not like she's jumping into bed with him," laughed a tall boy next to her, rather insensitively. the boy next to him gave him a meaningful look and briefly bumped into him. it seemed like he wasn't really paying attention and had misjudged the situation.
the other boy forced out a desperate smile, as if his friend's sentence had caused him physical pain. "i'm jj and that's wesley," he said briefly. atlas just nodded, more confused and than actually offended. he turned his head back to gen, whose face was now bright red. "i'm so sorry .. ," she started, but atlas stopped her by simply putting his finger to her mouth to silence her. a surprised look formed on her face and before he knew it, a fist was in his. "oh, shit," he managed to say while he suddenly found himself on the floor. gen looked a little confused that she had actually taken him to the ground, but was still proud of himself, even though there was something else reflected in her eyes.
"oh my god, i'm so so sorry," she murmured, suddenly quite embarrassed. her friends just laughed and some even applauded. meanwhile, other people approached the group, clearly curious about what these rich kids were doing. a familiar face appeared in the crowd. kay.
"what are you doing again, al?" she said while rolling her eyes.
"you know him?" jj asked, almost accusingly, which was a little strange since they didn't actually know each other. "unfortunately," mikayla simply responded and patted genevieve on the shoulder, even though she had probably never spoken to her before.
"i have to feel sorry for taking this guy to the club when i know he doesn't know much about alcohol, if you know what i mean?" kayla joked with the others as if they were her best friends and that this has been the case all her life.
atlas was still lying on the floor and felt his face slowly getting hotter. "i think you wouldn't want my number if i asked you now?" he tried again with genevieve. her friends just laughed as if she was really going to give him her number after what he pulled?
at that moment, however, she did what no one really expected, she nodded. "okay, give me your phone." her face was expressionless, atlas knew he shouldn't be happy too soon, after all he had done something extremely stupid, being drunk was no really excuse although he'd probably forgotten all of this by the morning. but she had obviously forgiven him. he guessed she was just that kind of person. genevieve always forgave too soon and without reason.
people admired her for it, but in reality it was not a remarkable trait but a curse.
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word count ; 1118
━━━ MARIAH YAPS !
i'm so sorry that this took so long but still i'm not really happy with this chapter and haven't even read it yet — so please lmk if there has been any mistakes.
atlas is gonna be a bit of an asshole at first, i'm sorry if this offended any of you, but i really needed to show how gen reacts to such situations in this chapter. she is obviously a really flawed character whose flaws are still covered up but oh they're gonna be out soon.
also, i'm thinking of publishing another apply fic soon, as well as an original fic, a celebrity fic and a pjo/hoo fic. that sounds like a lot at first, especially since i will try my best to finish this first but trust me i've already got some introduction chapters prepared.
anyways, hopefully you've enjoyed this chapter even though i might change it later. also, this voting is gonna be the last voting as i need to know which character will stay relatively good to write more chapters.
