Avalon River's POV
“I got all A’s on my report.” The annoying voice of my sister drawled. She glanced at me triumphantly and twirled a strand of light blonde hair on her finger. I glared at her and turned my focus back to mutilating the piece of chicken on my plate.
“Your father and I are very impressed Sophia!” my mother praised, she beamed at my sister. My mom then turned her attention to me. “Your report should be coming by email tonight Avalon.”
Shit. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Sophia smirking at me; the bitch. My grades so far were not exactly stellar; this report card would doom me. Like always I would be the stupid one, second best to my ‘perfect’ sister.
I twiddled my thumbs and finally summoned the courage to look my mom in the eye. “Awesome, I’m sure it will be great!” I exclaimed faking a grin. My parents smiled at me.
“Mommy, guess what I did in school today.” My little brother Aiden asked. I sighed in relief when my parents looked away from me and started to talk to my two younger siblings on the other end of the table.
“You little liar, your report card is going to suck.” Sophia hissed across the table, she kept her voice low so mom and dad wouldn’t hear. It took all my self-restraint not too act like a child and stick my tongue out at her.
“How would you know, it’s not like you pay attention to anyone that isn’t yourself.” I mimicked Sophia and twirled a lock of my golden-blonde hair around my finger.
Sophia’s brown eyes narrowed. “When they get your pathetic excuse for a report, they they’ll realise what a disappointment you are.”
Ouch, it was like she could read my mind, but I wasn’t going to let it phase me; now I was mad. “Well at least I’m not a self-conceded little bitch.” I spat, my cheeks going red.
Sophia sat in shock as I stood up quickly, I had dealt with Sophia enough tonight. “May I be excused please?” I asked. “I have a lot of homework to do.” Well that was a complete lie; homework was never really a priority for me.
“All right Avalon.” Mom agreed. I thanked her and picked my plate up as they resumed talking.
Dumping the plate in the sink I jumped the stairs two at a time to get to my room, well as quickly as I could in heels. I stalked into my room and slammed the door behind me. I collapsed on my bed and covered my face with my hands. I was screwed; when my parents got that report card I would never hear the end of it. Sophia beat Avalon, again. I sighed, with Sophia only being two year older than me everything had always been a competition, unfortunately for me I had never won. From her beating me at ballet when I was five, to her always getting better grades than me. She was also prettier and more popular than me, and boy did she love to remind me of that.
The door creaked open. “Avalon?” The voice of my twelve year old sister Zoey filled the room.
“Yes?” I replied not removing my hands from my face.
“Do you think I’m pretty?”
I finally moved my hands from my face and sat up. I looked at my sister in surprise. “I think you’re very pretty, why?”
Zoey looked at me dejected. “No reason,”
I reached out and tucked a strand of Zoey’s brown hair behind her ear. “You’re beautiful Zo; don’t let anyone ever tell you different.”
She still looked a little sad but she smiled anyway. “Thanks Av.” She reached out and hugged me than left the room. People say I’m mean, I guess sometimes I’m a tad bitchy, but I’ve always had a soft spot for my younger siblings.
I had to do something about that report before it got sent. A thought crossed my mind. No I couldn’t do that, way too risky. Aside from being a total fashion fanatic I was extremely good with computers; not that I ever told anyone. I knew what I had to do.
Jumping up quickly so I couldn’t change my mind, I crossed the room and flipped my laptop open. Hacking into the school account was easy, now all I had to do was change my grades. Ah, there I was, I clicked on the name Avalon Rivers. Glancing over my shoulder to make sure no one entered the room, I changed all my C’s and D’s to A’s. After I was happy with my report I deleted my history and logged off my computer.
Aside from feeling extremely guilty there was a quiet sense of exhilaration. One thing was certain; no one could ever know what I did. That was the thought on my mind as I drifted off to sleep.
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“Avalon, wake up!” Mom screeched, her voice floating up the stairs.
I covered my head with my pillow. “What?”
“You got all A’s on your report!” she ran into the room and enveloped me in a hug.
I felt sick in my stomach, like the feeling you get when you’re about to ride a really big roller-coaster.
Mom stared at me in confusion. “Aren’t you excited?”
I plastered on a fake smile. “Of course,”
A grin resumed its position on my mother’s face. “Your father and I are so proud of you.”
“Thanks,” I muttered quietly.
“Well I’ll leave you to get ready.” She kissed me on the head and then walked out of the room. Great the one time my parents are proud of me and I had to lie to make it happen.
My phone buzzed from my nightstand and I reached out to grab it. I had one new message from a blocked number. Leaning back on the wall I opened it.
Congrats Avalon, for once not overshadowed by your perfect sister. But would mommy hug a cheater.
-A
Who the hell is A?!
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Sorry it was kind of short, the next chapter will be longer. Please comment.
-Rose
