Painted Faces

Chapter One

Sorry this chapter isnt very interesting but its just getting the ball rolling. im super excited about writing this book its going to have a lot of fun it it so i hope you stick through it with me <3

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*Dakota P.O.V*

Painted faces and beings hidden by masks so complex they seemed almost impenetrable, as far as I can see. A strange new surrounding, everything feels so peculiar.  How can I feel so alone in such a vast sea of people? Switching seems like a drastic solution now. Back when the times where things were so wrong I didn’t ever think they could be right again, I could never understand how things went so wrong; the others were so cruel and harsh, almost everyday. Things just became too much for me to handle. A person can only take so much to the heart. 

I tried to avoid going back so my parents took me and moved me across the world to London, it was way different from our little town of Franklin, Tennessee. The time had come to stop being lazy and actually get my butt to school. My stomach twisting and turning from my nerves, only was getting worse and worse day by day.

The first day I walk in, there are so many strangers. I feel so lost and out of place.  I walk across the court yard of my new school; everyone seems too caught up in their conversations to even bother noticing me I’m almost grateful of that. I make my way as quickly as possible to the student center to grad my new schedule and id card. 

Drat I got lost quickly the school is so large I can’t find what hall my room even is supposed to be in. stupid place. Stupid people. Stupid Ryan. If it hadn’t have been from him I wouldn’t have had to move all the way to London away from my home in Tennessee. 

I and he had the perfect relationship well that is before freshmen year, me and him had been together since 7th grade. He thought I was cheating on him and decided to break it off and tell the entire world I just kept getting bullied and put down all the time. Feeling like you never want to leave your house again isn’t exactly the most productive feeling ever. Luckily my father’s job made us able to move; my dad went and talked to his boss. He had actually been told there was a new opening here in London but didn’t think my father would want to move out here.

While I was in deep thought I didn’t even notice there was anyone else in the hall until it was too late… I smacked right into someone causing us both to slam to the floor. My papers flew all over the hall. Great, I turned to yell at the inconsiderate jerk who wasn’t watching where they were going. But when I turned around I was greeted by a friendly female face that seemed genuinely worried. She looked about a good three inches shorter then me so about 5 foot 1 or 2 and had green eyes and crazy curly red hair and pale white skin. She stood quickly scooping my papers up for me.

“You must be the new girl, Dakota right? My names Ruth, I’m really sorry about running into you like that I guess I was just in too deep of thought about our upcoming school trip. You’ve been told about that right? Are you going? Oh you should its going to be so much fun! We go every year on this cruise line its completely paid for by our school kind of an incentive for coming here?” she continued to fire questions at me in a friendly manner while extending a hand toward me to help me off the ground where I was still staring at her.

“Uhm yea i’m Dakota nice to meet you Ruth. My bad I guess I wasn’t watching where I was going either,” I chuckled softly. “No I haven’t been told of this trip it sounds fun.” she seemed really nice I hope we could be friends. “So Dakota what class do you have right now? You’re most likely lost since it’s about fifteen minutes into class, I have release this block so I’m more then happy to show you around.” yupp its official I like this girl. She led me to my Chemistry class I was in the completely wrong room; she showed me where my other rooms where on the way and my locker as well.

When lunch came around she quickly appeared by my side along with some of her friends I had met earlier in some of my classes. Brandon was a short -well not too short he was about 5 foot 5 which is short for a guy- and had light brown hair that fell to his ears and hung in front of his brown eyes he was very skinny but had a muscular build I wondered if he played sports? And was quite tan. He was kind of a cocky jerk though acting like he could always get any girl he wanted. Pft I had to remember to stay away from that time bomb. 

Another friend that was with her was a guy named Tyler I think? He was very tall maybe around 6 foot 3? Anyway he had shaggy blond hair with some natural brown highlights in it with hazelish looking eyes. His attitude wasn’t any better then Brandon’s. Something tells me these guys happen to be the school players. When we make our way to “their table” I was introduced to her other buds. Nick, Jonathan and Sam. These guys all acted the same way as the two before. They were even hitting on me! Ugh like I would get involved with these players.

I rolled my eyes as they devoured their food, during the hourly lunch I learned that they were all on the football team and Ruth was in choir. Deep down I didn’t see how they were friends but I guess since she was a nice girl I figured that she didn’t fall four their crap. Jonathan was a slinky guy he had black hair and looked white as a ghost with his blue eyes popping out from underneath his bangs, didn’t seem like the football type to me? Oh well.

Nick was the only one who wasn’t actually hitting on me still by the end of lunch. I guess he was nicer then the rest. Maybe he caught onto the fact I wasn’t into them. He was attractive though olive colored skin and cameral hair that was short and choppy. He had the emo kid kind of look to him. With his brown eyes looked like they were filled with creamy running chocolate they were such a vibrant shade. He was about an average height as well I’d say around 5 foot 10 maybe 11. 

Sam was an African American to be polite he was always talking slang sometimes I actually found it hard to understand he was probably the one with the most muscle and the darkest eyes they were so brown they almost looked black but had this purplish tint to them they were intoxicating. He stood a towering 6 foot he wasn’t the tallest out of them all but with the muscles he possessed it didn’t matter.

 At the end of the day I found out that this cruise Ruth had been talking about this morning was indeed already paid for and it was a trip that went from London to the Panama Canal past India and back around passing Africa and then home again. Making stops along the way in the worlds most famous counties to help the poor to shop and to learn about culture it wasn’t some sort of vacation but I guess all the students treated it like it. From what Nick had told me; they actually had almost no adult chaperons so when you made a stop as long as you were back on board in time they really couldn’t care less. 

I must go one this trip god only knew that I needed time away from my reality. With all my new friends- I think we’re friends now?-going on this trip I might as well go unless I wanted to be left home alone. All I had to do was convince my parents… which wouldn’t be hard considering they are always trying to get me to get out of our house. I guess since all this drama that’s been happening I have become a hermit crab without even realizing i’m still doing it even here in London. 

After a vigorous five second conversation. Note the sarcasm. They agreed and thought it would be a splendid idea. Even at such short notice. It was in only a week, time to go shopping and pack! I can’t wait to finally escape this stupid life. I wonder what kind of things we were supposed to be doing on this trip. Without thinking about it too hard I let myself fall into a dreamless sleep. The best kind of sleep to me nowadays. My slumber was always filled with horrid dreams when they came to me. I shook my head and told myself that it’s a new place, new friends, new life, my new beginning. There is nothing to worry about anymore. No one knows my secret. No one knows my past.

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so guys what do you think so far? i hope its alright. what do you guys think her secret is? comment? vote? check out my other story im working on as well right now called summer serenades <3 hope you enjoyed!~ peace out home scouts~