A Complete Stranger|| An Internet Best Friend Story

A Character Study, Bella Hancock.

Bella's P.O.V

Hello. I'm Bella Hancock. I'm 14 years of age, however I'm 15 in about 2 months. I come from Great Britain. Home of the Queen, Benedict Cumberbatch and good old tea. And this is the story of how me and my best friend, Isla Clark, found our way to each other. But first lets do a little character study.

I had a rough childhood. Some of us do but we eventually get over it. Well I didn't but that's not the point. I got hurt in ways my little brain couldn't handle. I got hurt by my family and the people I thought I could trust. At the age of three my parents split up it seemed as if a blur and it was really but the only thing I can remember is my dad coming to me in the living room and telling me he was going away for awhile. He never came back that night so my older brother, Evan, told me they had split up. I didn't really understand what he fully meant but I remember crying. A few months down the line my mum met a new feller called Bradley. I trusted Bradley. I treated him like family. But he treated me like a blame. He blamed me for everything. He even blamed me for my brother leaving.

Before that I saw my dad. I saw him every other weekend. However Bradley didn't like the fact that I was seeing him. Bradley wanted me to see him as a father figure. I never did, I couldn't. So Bradley stopped me from seeing my dad. And it hurt it hurt alot. Bradley hurt me, he abused me. To the point where I went into school crying  in pain so the school rang social services. They told me I was lying. After another two years of abuse he was finally put into prison.

 I was in year 6 when life was at its finest. That was honestly the best year of my life. But that year came to an end and I moved house. I wasn't with the people I called family. I really enjoyed primary school even though I was kind of a loner. I still am to this day but don't tell anyone. It was hard to make friends because I had other interests than most people. I wanted to be a singer and everyone thought that was kind of strange. Even the music teacher who hated me. I had the most amazing two people who I considered best friends. But now I know what a real best friend is. *Cough Cough* Isla. 

I went into year 7 and that was a struggle. I had to make friends by hanging out with people I didn't know. I went into the wrong crowd. Hanging out with people older than me and trying to fit in the wrong places. Towards the end of the year I had a breakdown. I was put into a special student unit. That year I was also referred to CAHMS. It's a unit to see if you have any mental problems . Like ADHD, Autism, ADD and quite a few more. It turns out I'm on the Autism spectrum. That year I couldn't face going into any classes so I didn't I was kept in the student unit. They forced me into lessons but I just kept on having breakdowns. But that is the end of year 7 and year 8 is far more juicy.

Year 8 to this day the WORST year of my life yet the most important. I met 'friends' that year. I was included into a group and I felt like I was a part of something. But I later found out that they were just acquaintances that just put up with me. Everything was okay. My levels were alright until October. That's where the story begins for how I met Isla. October was when my metal health fell flat on it's feet. I wasn't attending school regularly. I never even did a full week. I was anxious all the time. This was the point where I started to question my sexuality. I had known for a very long time that I had some sort of feelings towards the female gender however I never really questioned it. At the time some people at my school were putting posts on Instagram saying that they were apart of the LGBT+ community. I never really took acknowledgement to it before. I never really thought what if I was gay? So I just left it. November hit and my metal health had sky rocketed. I was afraid to leave the house. But I pushed past it and just put it aside. Little did I know that my mum had noticed something was up so I told her that I didn't feel well. So she introduced me to a show called once upon a time.

I thought the show was going to be bad and it would be a retelling of the Disney stories we all know and love. But it wasn't. I was so hooked to it that I just had to keep on watching more and more. I grew attached the characters instantly and I fell in love with the show all together. Around December and January I finished the show up until the point of where the first half of season 6 ended. I bought an Emma and Killian funko pop because captain swan was my ship at this stage. Then early march 2017 I made my very first once upon a time fan account on Instagram. Now you will probably be thinking 'oh so this is when you met Isla'. Sorry sweetie we met a month later. Everything happens for a reason. I met this girl Emily and we were alright. I called her my 'best friend.' Thinking about it I might have a small attachment issue. Oh well. Anyway Emily now and then talked about this account called @/prettyregalqueen. So I did  a little page stalk and I loved her account. Then she happend to go live that day and this is when the story begins.....but first its Isla's character study.

A/N

 Hey guys we are posting the very first chapter today because it has been 7 whole months since we met online!!!!!!! Basically every chapter will be in the other persons point of view so I'll write one chapter and Hannah writes the other! This story is going to be based on two characters mainly Bella and Isla. I am going to be writing as Bella and Hannah as Isla. We have been looking forward to this for some time now so we really hope you enjoy it!!

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-Grace