Charity Case (One Direction)

Chapter 1

Hi guys! so.. this is my first story on Wattpad and I'm pretty excited about it! please comment what you think - I'll read as much as I can.

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I'm Alexandra - but just call me Alex. That's what my friends do, or at least did... anyway - I have been an orphan since I was about 12 years old. I'm now seventeen -- almost eighteen -- so that have been my reality for about 6 years. I guess that's what I deserve though. My past? Well I -

"Alexandra! You have two minutes to get your lazy ass down here and take a shower!" Oh joy - just the sound of that voice made me shiver. That's Mrs. Berry calling. I guess you could say that she's the leader here but that surely doesn't mean that she is nice. At all. I don't think she has a nice bone in her entire body!

I quickly stripped of, pulled my old purple towel around me and took my long brown hair out of the messy bun I made earlier this morning. My towel barely reached to the middle of my bruised thighs but it would have to do. I don't think anyone will care enough to ask about my scars anyway, if they noticed they would probably just make fun of me - but that I was definitely used too.

Life here wasn't luxurious at all - well at least not when your name is Alexandra Catherine Albright and you were dropped of here because your -

"Alexandra!" Mrs. Berry rushed into my dorm. She looked mad - but when didn't she?

"I'm so s-sorry. I was just trying to find my-" SLAM. I was suddenly cut of by a hard slap on my left cheek. Not that I was surprised - it happened pretty often. I could feel the warmth of my blood running to the place where she hit me, but it was quickly replaced by pain. Tears started forming in my eyes, but I refused to let them fall - I wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of seeing me cry.

"Get your lazy ass in the shower right now or I will kick you out!" she yelled. It wasn't the first time she threatened me with throwing me out - but she never did. I guess it was too entertaining to torture me here, but in a few weeks I turn 18 and then I would finally be able to get out of this terrible place!

I hurried past Mrs. Berry and apologized quietly. I wasn't sure she heard me, but knowing her she probably didn't even listen.

I reached the big bathroom quickly and entered the shower in the corner - the one no one wanted to use because I used it. The other orphans didn't really like me because of my past and the fact that I wasn't from a rich family either certainly didn't make it any better! Most of the kids here were from rich families.

I turned the shower on and prayed that there would be some hot water left. I was relieved when I felt the comfort of the hot water run down my bruised skin. For a while I just stood there just enjoying the pleasure the water was giving me, while I started singing my favorite song 'Beautiful' by MercyMe quietly. It was the last song I heard before -

"Well, well, well. Who do we have here?" a sharp voice said from the other side of the shower curtain, "is it little miss Misfit?" My entire body stiffened and suddenly the water didn't feel so hot and relaxing against my body anymore. It felt like my blood suddenly was frozen in my veins, no forget that - every cell in my entire body suddenly felt frozen. That voice could only belong to one person, and that was certainly not someone I wanted to talk to or ever be in the same room as. Ever.

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So.. that's the first chapter! I know it's short - the next ones will be longer!

I would love if you would take a few minutes to tell me what you think! :-)

I will be updating 1-2 times a week, acording to work and school and stuff ;-)

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xx, Line (yes - that's my name :-) I'm danish, so please bear with my grammar)