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Ch.1 | Let's Make a Deal

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Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a seventeen-year-old girl with long brown hair and dull grey eyes. She had two best friends and only a mother to look after her.

One stormy night when she is little, the man who is supposed to be her father, takes off never to return again. Not only does he take all of his belongings, he also takes the little girl's love and trust along with him, causing the little girl to feel angry and worthless. She decides from then on, that love isn't real. In fact, she vowed to hate anything to do with love for the rest of her life. 

Her one true love might be right underneath her nose, but she doesn't even know it, nor does she really seem to care. She must learn to trust and teach herself to love again, only then will she truly be happy. Can she do it? Why, of course she can, as long as she has help. Who's going to help her, may you ask? 

Well, you'll have to read to find out. After all, this is a tale as old as time.

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I never believed in fairytales. Who would? The concept is completely farcical. Who believes in a fire-breathing dragon guarding your hopeless body inside of a tower while you wait for your one true love to come and rescue you?

It's impractical, really.

How can you love a complete stranger that you've never even met before? Or, maybe he was there all along, hidden right beneath your eyes. Either way, I didn't care. Love is foreign to me, and I intend to keep it that way. 

That isn't important to me right now though. What is important, is senior year at Rutherford High. The one year that truly matters. The one year that can determine your entire future.

It's the last day of summer, and normally my two best friends and I would go to Splash Mountain and continuously slide down the water slides until our butts were sore. Sometimes, we would even buy countless amounts of water balloons and have an epic water balloon fight in my backyard.

Today though, is the last day of summer before Senior year, and my friends and I wanted to do something a little less juvenile and a little more grown up.

So here we are, at the community pool, sun bathing on lounge chairs and completely bored out of our minds.

"Can we at least just drive by Splash Mountain?" Elena pleads while holding her towel over her face to shield the sweltering sun rays.

"Will you stop whining? We're having fun, aren't we?" I sheepishly smile, earning two glares in return.

"Who cares what we do? Nobody else cares." Elena sighs.

"You both are giving me a headache." Abigail says.

"That's not us, that's this stupid sun eating up all of our energy." Elena replies, giving me another pointed look.

"You know what, fine. Let's go." I suddenly lean forward in my chair and grab my beach bag, tossing my belongings inside before standing up.

"Really?" They both smile wide while sitting up.