Regina's Darkness

One

I'm typically a sweet person. That's how I was growing up, sweet, naïve....so damn naive. Until I learned that you won't be satisfied in life until you take matters into your own hands meaning: doing what you have to do. Now sometimes that means making sacrifices or sometimes it gets complicated because you have family that loves you and you'd do anything for. For me, that would be for my brother, sister, and Dad. Unconditional love is a bitch right?

But as I got older, I found out about my true self. I will very well admit that I am spoiled rotten to the core. Mix that with my beauty and past abuse, you create a monster. I am that monster: I take advantage to get what I want. When I realized that most people would do anything for me and go as far as cleaning up every single mess I've made, I let it become apart of my life. Call me crazy.

"Dani! You better not be sniffing it up in there! It's time to go!" I yell upstairs from the foyer.

"Save it Reg, he's probably feeling the motions already. You know, we can just go without him." My sister Zelena points out.

We're really close. I've always protected her with everything I have and I would kill for her. Literally. And if I say I'd kill for someone that means I have a love for them that nobody in their right minds will ever get to experience. It's the kind of love that people adore, that people want from me. One day, I'll find someone who accepts every flaw of mine and I won't ever let her go.

"If we leave him here, then he won't make it to school. He might OD or something. DANIEL!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming relax!" My sloppy brother huffs as he climbs down the stairs. Looks like I'm driving.

"Really? On your first day?" Our little sister scolds with disgust. "Trash."

"Shut the hell up you little twerp!"

"Enough! Now, we're going to all go to school. Play nice for daddy's sake. Remember what he says-"

"The attitude stays at home and smile because there's a camera everywhere." They both mock with boredom.

"Exactly," I beam to put a good mood to their day.

Daniel playfully rolls his eyes in return and Zelena purses her lip. My little sister has always had a bitchy attitude that can be hard to tolerate sometimes. And my brother, he needed attention since we hardly had any from our parents. That resulted in him hanging with the wrong crowd so now he's a junkie. I've gotten so sick of checking him into rehab and babysitting him. Yes, I'd do anything for him too but I can't keep putting my life on hold.

The car ride to school is normally always quiet except for Zelena yapping on her phone to her bestfriend and Daniel jamming to music. We don't talk, so I get to think. I think about how I want this school year to play out. At first I wasn't even going to finish high school. I'm better off spending most of time making music or dancing. I could even be in new york auditioning for as many broadway plays as possible. Anyone would want Robert Gold's most favorited daughter to be in their plays, but I don't want to keep being known more my father either. I have to start completely from scratch.

"Don't embarrass us Dani," Zelena begs as we get out of the car. Our brother pokes out his chest in attempts to hide how high he is and forces a big smile.

"I'm not, trust me." He promises. I'm not convinced in the slightest, neither is Zelena.

We let him go ahead of us and decide that we're better off entering school on our own. Once we pass the security scanner, we're immediately bombarded with a whole bunch of obsessive wannabes. They're called groupies and they don't mind calling themselves groupies.