Behind this Mask

Chapter 3 // First Day

{Slightly edited}

It was 6:30 when I finally got to the house I wasn't all that surprised I just hoped I could get up to the room before I was questioned or got in trouble. I walked in trying to be as quiet as possible hoping no one would hear me but to my dismay Stella Paulo and some other man who's face I couldn't see, were sitting at the table drinking what I presumed to be coffee. Stella and Paulo were sitting across from each other and the man was sitting at the end of the table with his back to me. I continued to walk praying they wouldn't notice me I had just gotten to the base of the stairs when Paulo called my name. "Isabella could you come here please." I mentally sighed before turning around and walking into the dinning room.  When I got there the man who I couldn't see before was looking right at me he was tall around 6'2 same hight as Paulo, and wore a suit, he had brown twinkling eyes, dark brown hair, his cheekbones where high and he had a sharp jaw line, he had a no nonsense feeling to him yet his bright smile was comforting. The man (who I assumed was Luca) walked towards me stopping a few steps in front of me before cleared his throat and speaking " it's great to finally meet you Isabella Im so sorry we didn't pick you up yesterday I got busy with work and I couldn't get out of it. I hope you enjoyed the ride here, I understand Stella showed you your room yesterday? I hope you liked it and if not we can always change you rooms, Stella will take you shopping after school today to get you new clothes and shoes and well furniture for your room, I was also thinking maybe aft-"  Stella interrupted him reminding him to breath. "I'm sorry Isabella he just got a bit carried away, how was your run?" Stella asked me. I glanced at Luca who had an apologetic look on his face. " it's went fine thank you for asking, how was your morning?" I asked. This time it was Luca who answered " Its been a great morning so far, as for your run that's great I wasn't aware you ran perhaps I can join you next time?" I nodded my head in response. Luca glances down at his watch then looked up at Stella " It's getting late I should be going and you missy" he turned to look at me. "Need to get ready for school" he kissed Stella then turned and walked up to me.  " I hope you have a wonderful first day I'll see you at dinner" Giving me one more smile he turned and left to work. Looking at my iPod I noticed it was 6:45, I needed to go and get ready for school I whispered an "excuse me" before turning and going up into my room. I went straight into the bathroom to shower. Taking my time letting the hot water cascade down my body and relax my muscles, i stood there unmoving for a moment before washing and then getting out. I forgot to bring clothes so I had to wrap the towel around myself and walk out into the room, and then go into my closet to pick out an outfit. For undergarments I chose a plain black bra and matching black boy-short underwear, after putting them on I went with my favorite hoodie (it was black and had a plain front and a faded green cactus on the back along with some initials that were on the bottom right corner) I paired it with some regular blue jeans and my converse. Even though the hoodie was faded and fit me a bit big I loved it, it belonged to Donny it was his favorite and he gave it to me as a goodbye gift. After putting on my clothes I brushed my hair and put on a black beanie.Looking  at myself one more time I shook my head Hating the way I looked, but I didn't care I never was happy with my appearance. I grabbed my headphones and iPod checking the time to see how much time I had left, it was 7:05. I put it in my pocket and walked down stairs, I was surprised to see Stella and Paulo at the base of the stair case talking, Stella had an all black backpack in her hand and Paulo had a set of Keys and what looked like a lunch bag in his hands I coughed letting them know I was coming. They both looked up at me , Stella was smiling and Paulo had his usual serious face on Stella handed me the back pack then took the other bag and Keys from Paulo handing them to me as she spoke. " here you go, there's pencils and notepads in there for you, and these are the Keys to the house and your room, just in case and lastly here's your lunch. Paulo will drive you to and from school everyday." i nodded in response. "alright well it's 7:10 let's eat breakfast before we all go our separate ways." I followed them into the kitchen to eat, there were three plates served at the bar all had eggs two pieces of toast and some bacon served with a glass of orange juice. After eating we all got up and helped clean up our mess Paulo started to head out and I followed him out of the kitchen and into the garage to get into the car, once again Paulo opened the back door for me and then proceeded to get into his seat and drive off to school. The drive was short and when we reached the school Paulo pulled into a space and turned to look at me. "Do you want me to go in with you?"

"no" i said. "I'm fine here but thank you" he nodded his head "Okay, ill see you at 2. Have a good day, and if you have any problems call me." I nodded wondering if he knew I didn't have a phone. I grabbed my backpack,  got out of the care and started walking towards the school. Kids where hanging out all around the parking lot and once I got in the building I saw them all through out the halls as well. After finding my way to the office I went in and asked for my things, the secretary was friendly and gave me my things wishing me a good day as I walked out of the office around 7:25 leaving me 5 minutes to get to my first class, Math. The school was big but it wasn't that hard to find my class, for the most part no one noticed me and I was able to get to class without any problems. I was one of the first in class, (not including my teacher) once he saw me he nodded his head in acknowledgment then looked back down at his phone. I sat in the back left corner and put my hood on before laying my head down, I already knew that this was going to suck. The first bell rang and kids slowly trickled in, finally the second bell rang signaling the beginning of class. Like I suspected it sucked, I already knew what they were learning so the class went by fast, soon the bell rang and it was time for my next class, history. I had to worm my way through the people to get by since they seemed to like clumping up in the middle of the hallway and stopping, it irritated me but there wasn't much I could do. Just as I was about to walk into class I felt a pair of eyes on me I turned and saw a familiar set of hazel brown eyes looking at me, my heart exploded with happiness and I wanted to run and jump into his arms but I knew I would be endangering him so I did the only thing I could, I turned around and walked into class. The rest of the day passed in a blur my mind to busy to focus on anything else. After history I had art, English, lunch, science and then study hall which I used to do my homework.
At 2 the bell finally rang releasing me from this place and freeing me to get back to Stella's . I spotted Paulo outside by the car and started walking towards him. He opened the door for me like always before going around, getting into the car and driving back to the house.

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