Seeking Octavia

Party Hard

Word count- 1766

~Octavia's POV~

  |  "Dad! Dad, where are you?" I yell. I'm in this horrific neighborhood with the streets covered in blood and  houses being engulfed in flames. Looking around I see a little girl standing on the street in front of  one of the houses wearing what looked liked Pajamas. She looked like she was crying. I carefully walked over to her. "Little girl are you okay?" I asked while reaching down to touch her shoulder. When I made contact she disappeared. Shocked I began frantically looking around for her to see where she went. Turning in my spotted I found her again but this time she looked at me and motioned for me to follow her. I did just that and went to an old house that seemed strangely familiar.

    Walking inside the door I regretted it immediately. The scene before me was exactly what I didn't want to witness again. There lied my father's body in a pool of his own blood. He turned to look at me and was going to say something but got cut off by his attacker ripping his head from his shoulders. I froze. It was like I couldn't control my own body. The man that just killed my father looked at me a grinned a sadistic grin. One that I will never be able to forget.\

    Jolting awake with a scream. I just sat there in a cold sweat. My mother came in a looked at me with a scowl. "Why the hell would you wake me up from my beauty rest?!?" She yelled. "I'm sorry m'am. It won't happen again." I stated while staring at my knees. She scoffed and left me alone to just shake not knowing what else to do.

   Deciding that since I won't be able to go back to sleep that I was going to take a shower. Walking into my bathroom I grabbed a towel, hung it next to the shower and stripped out of my pjs stepping into the warm water. I just stood there for a few minutes letting the water relax my tense muscles. Grabbing my honey scented shampoo, I started washing my hair.

    Once I was done, I stepped out and dried off. Walking over to the mirror I peered at my reflection and sucked in a sharp breath. My eyes had dark circles around them and my cheeks were sunken in. I hadn't had a decent nights sleep since my brother left 2 years ago. 

    I grabbed my phone from the counter and checked the time. 5:30 is what it read. I have plenty of time so I decided to make myself a little more lively with a bit of makeup. Not too much but just enough to make it look like I wasn't the walking dead. My outfit today consisted of a cute floral sundress and some light blue hightop Vans.

   I glanced at the time again and it read 6:30. "Oh crap! I need to make mum breakfast." I ran down the stairs careful not to trip and rounded the corner to the kitchen. Going over to the fridge I read what she wanted for breakfast this morning and got to it. Grabbing the eggs and milk from the fridge I began making her omelet. While it was cooking in the pan I cut up some spinach and tomatoes and added them to the pan with the eggs. Walking back over to the fridge I got the orange juice and poured her a glass. I put the omelet on a plate and took both items to the table. Quickly remembering that she wanted fresh flowers for the table I jogged outside and cut some daisies for the center piece.

  Returning inside I saw my mother sitting at the table eating. Walking past her I said, "Good morning mum. How did you sleep last night?" She looked at me and stated "I would have slept better if someone didn't wake me up in the middle of the night." "Again, I am very sorry about that, I had a nightmare. It won't happen again." I replied walking into the kitchen. I opened up a cupboard and grabbed a vase for the daisies. Filling it up with water and putting them in the vase I went over and placed them in the middle of the table. 

    "I need to get to school. I'll see you afterwards. Have a good day." I told her and she just ignored me. Stepping out the front door I unlocked my car. It was a 67 Impala that my dad gave me when I turned 16. I'm 17 now, almost 18,  and am a senior in high school. I'm graduating in a few months and then I'm off to college to become a vet. Starting my baby, I backed out of the drive way and drove off to school. 

   Turning into the school's parking lot I found a space and parked in it. Turning of my car I reach in the passenger seat, grab my bag, and get out. I was not ready for another day of hell. While I was spaced out I accidentally ran into someone and fell."I'm so sorry I wasn't paying attention." I said  with out looking up. I grabbed their things and handed it to them. Bringing my eyes up to meeting theirs, my voice was caught in my throat. Those vibrant blue eyes seemed familiar but before I could name from where a voice spoke. 

      "Are you alright? I didn't mean to knock you down." He smiled. I nodded. "What's your name sweet cheeks?" He questioned. "Oh... Um it's Octavia. May I ask who you are?" I heard gasps around me. It was like I was supposed to know who he was. "The one and only Ethan Reynolds at your service." he chuckled while taking a bow. I laughed. "Well it was nice to meet you Ethan Reynolds but I have to head to class I just moved here and can't be late to first period. I'll see you around."  "Hey wait! What's your first period?" He called over everyone. I turned around and yelled back "I have Mr. Nicks for Theatre Arts." "Awesome! I'll see you there sweet cheeks!" I chuckled to myself and made my way down the hall looking for room 108. 

     The second bell rang and everyone made their ways to their classes and I was still lost and looking for his room. "Hey Octavia! C'mon you're going to be late. Follow me." Said Ethan. I did as I was told and followed him to class. "Sorry we're late Mr. Nick's. I had to help Octavia find this place." He stated. "I had no idea this place had a classroom in the attic. It's really cool." I said in awe. 

   "Well I'm glad you like it because I think I have you twice a day. For Theatre Arts and Musical Arts to be exact." He stated as a matter of factly. I nodded. " Yes sir. I'm quite excited." "Well Octavia not as excited as I am. I can't wait to hear you sing and act." He added in. I chuckled. "Hello class!" "Hello Mr. Nicks" 

  "Please welcome our new student, Octavia James." Everyone waved me and I waved back. "Okay starting on the left we have Taylor, Gunner, Kinney, Riley, and last but not least Ethan." As my eyes met Ethan's he had a huge smile on his face making me laugh. He waved with a goofy grin and I waved back. "Thank you Octavia. You may go take a seat now."

  I walked over and sat by Ethan and we got started with the lesson for the week. We are working on improvisation. I leaned back in my seat and enjoyed the first group and their act. Since this class was cut short by the fire alarm, Ethan and I were going to act our skit tomorrow. Today was weird because we only had one period. "Why do you think the fire alarm is going off?" I yelled loud enough for him to hear me. "I honestly think it's Ryder and his gang smoking in the bathroom again." He laughed out. I nodded. "Who's Ryder?" I asked. 

   "Well you see he's the leader of my opposing group. What I mean by that is that there are two groups that run this school. My group, the good guys who play sports and have good grades. Then there are the bad boys, the ones who smoke in the bathrooms and cause mischief. Since we are friends I think it would be best if you didn't hang around them." "Oh okay, I see. So what you're telling me is that you two are rivals fighting for the top. Huh that's  kinda funny. Also do you know a girl named Mika? I was supposed to meet her this morning when I ran into you."

  "Yeah I'm actually pretty good friends with her. How do you know her?" He questioned. "Well you see, Her and I were best friends before I moved away with my parents and brother." "If you don't mind me asking, why did you move then move back?" He asked. "I don't really want to talk about it. Maybe another time, Okay?" He just nodded not pushing the subject.

   "Hey, tonight there is a back to school party and I was wondering if you wanted to go." He spoke. I wiggled my eye brows at him and teased, "I thought you were a good boy." "Only at school,  but don't tell anyone." He winked and put his finger over his lips. "Fine, tonight I'm going to show you how to party hard Ethan Reynold."

 "I'll hold you to that sweet cheeks. Let me see your phone." I gave it to him and he typed something and gave it back to me. I looked at what her did and chuckled. He gave me his number and as his name he put down 'Ethan The Sexiest Beast'. I shut off my phone and he gave me his phone and I put in my number. I shook my head when I looked at my contact name. What is with this kid and calling me 'Sweet Cheeks'? "I'll text you later tonight. Wear something to party hard in." I waved goodbye and walked to my car, got in, and left.

{A/N} (Her Dress In The Picture) Hey Guys! How'd you like the first chapter of Seeking Octavia? I had fun writing it. If you see any mistakes feel free to give me a heads up. If you liked it Comment, Vote, and Share with friends. ~Kenzie~