In Charge

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**Quick authors note!! I'm basing Arabella's looks off of Madison Beer, although her hair colour will be blonde in this book for the sake of it and she'll be quite small in height only 5"2.**

Arriving at Slaughterhouse always puts Arabella in a sour mood, she was graciously enjoying my summer break in Italy, so of course arriving back at school was bound to pit a damper on her mood. Though as she step out of her parents Rolls Royce, she couldn't help but feel relief over the fact that at least this year she'll be in upper sixth and have a room of her own rather than share with the lower years. Not every student in upper sixth has their own room, only the house captains, or as the Slaughtarians like to call them, gods and now as girls were now allowed to attend, goddesses, though there is only one per house, and Arabella of course had the joy of being the only Goddess, and her closest friend, Matthew Clegg was the House God for Sparta.

Her goodbyes to her parents were kept short, and she began bending down to a pick up her luggage feeling several pairs of eyes on her, her short skirt and knee high socks didn't help but show off her bronzed legs. A tall shadow suddenly appeared and she stood back up feeling a large rough hand on her curved hip and a tall body lightly pressed against her backside, quickly turning around she gently placed her thin arms around the persons shoulders, only being able to reach due to her six inch red-bottomed heels. As soon as she latched her arms around him she let go and gave the culprit a short kiss on the cheek. She knew it was Matthew right away and she knew he hated physical contact in public but a small cheek kiss wouldn't bother him as they hadn't seen each other in six weeks.

"Arabella, though I have missed you dearly, I do believe that your skirt is too short, especially for a newly appointed house goddess." Matthew spoke in a lowered voice as he noticed many younger boys staring, and a new boy in particular that he didn't recognise. As he spoke, she took the time to look at his perfectly tailored suit and his new house cane held tightly in his right hand. Softly grabbing her chin between his forefinger and thumb, gaining all of her attention he lifted her head to took at his face rather than his suit.

"I know, I ordered the same size as last year but it seems I've grown a few inches. Though by the looks of it being a house god suits you Matty, I like the cane it gives you more of a douchebag vibe" she replied.

"I told you not to use that name in public Arabella, and watch your language, you know I dislike hearing you swear, but we need to go put your bags in your room then head out ready for assembly." Clegg spoke. He had a reputation to uphold and if he heard anyone calling him anything other than Clegg or Sir was bound to ruin it, he only allowed Arabella to call it him in private or at home when others aren't around. Everyone in Slaughterhouse knew of their closeness and his hold of Arabella, after all she was the most inaccessible girl in the entire school, and almost every guy longed for her attention even for a second. Though that wasn't doing to stop some from trying to.

Grabbing her bags he began walking into the school, holding his cane under his arm and Arabella by his side. They walked inside of the separate tower of the building where only the heads stayed, Arabella was too busy talking to Clegg about her holiday to acknowledge everyone staring at the two, but Clegg noticed every student that looked their way, especially the one that he saw a few minutes earlier staring at Arabella as she bent down. With a sharp glare sent to the boy, he moved his focus onto Arabella again as they began to walk upstairs to her bedroom.

He brought her bags into her room for her and sat them and himself on the bed, letting her know that the assembly was in 5 minutes and she had to at least put some tights on because her legs were far too much on show. She sighed and agreed as he opened her luggage and rummaged for a few seconds before pulling a pair or tights out, taking off her long socks she quickly shimmied on her tights on under her skirt and before she could put her heels back on Matthew passed her a pair of high knee boots to wear instead. Arabella thanked him and put them on just knowing that he was just being over protective, and she didn't mind it one bit, more so, she believed it to be nice of him and enjoyed being dressed up by him already knowing that he likes her outfit.

With her uniform now a tad more suitable, they headed down to assembly, ready to go through the usual introduction but unknowingly to them another boy was heading down to at the other side of the school at the same time hoping to see the blonde haired beauty he'd seen earlier again, this time though without her bodyguard.

Thank you for reading!! If this chapter gets any reads I'll of course update as soon as I can! :)