Eleanora Azarola had it all - looks, money, attitude. 3 new students arriving threaten to turn her life upside down even more than it already is. Forbidden love, drama, secrets emerge as Eleanora tries to handle the high school life. Everything howe...
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Ivanna Azarola was, perhaps, the most curious person Eleanora knew. Not a day went by when her mother and Carla's didn't share the new bits of gossip they had learnt with each other; like everyone at school talked about the new students, so did the parents. Even though her father didn't bother to listen to Ivanna's gossip most of the time, it didn't discourage her from telling it nonetheless. Eleanora was sure the minute she reached home, her mother too would start pestering her about the new trio at Las Encinas.
If there was one thing Eleanora didn't want to do, it was gossip with her mother. Besides, Eleanora knew for a fact that if her mother started interrogating her now, there was no way she would make it to Marina's party on time. As much as she didn't want to attend it, she would rather get drunk - probably make some stupid mistakes like she always did when the girl was intoxicated - than stay at home with her mother.
Eleanora let out a curse when her driver named Miguel - who had been in their service for years - hit a bump, resulting in her spilling a little bit of drink onto her blouse. Earning a quick apology in return, Eleanora responded with an eye roll before downing the little bit of whiskey she had left in Polo's flask. She then forced herself to remember to return it to him in the evening - and to fill it with the same type of alcohol before doing so.
Eleanora and Polo hadn't been the closest when growing up; he and Carla were always together, so whenever Eleanora and Carla got together, Polo was there too. He was like a puppy following his owner; not that she minded his presence, even though at some point it grew tiresome to see him whenever she went.
After starting high school, Eleanora and Polo spent more and more time together. The two of them had the same circle of friends, and saw each other basically every day of the week. He was the one to who Eleanora went whenever she wanted to get drunk; Polo always carried a flask around him, and it amazed the brunette how he never had been caught drinking on school grounds. He was always ready to get drunk with her, something that the girl liked to do perhaps a little too much for his liking.
The girl was quick to open a message when her phone beeped, seeing it was from Lu who reminded her of her promise to go over to Lucrezia's place to get ready for the party. She had already forgotten about her promise, yet knew better than to get Lucrezia mad; she sent her best friend a quick message back just as she reached her house.
From outside, Eleanora could clearly see multiple people in her living room. At the center of them was Ivanna Azarola who too - just like her - was invited for the evening celebration. Multiple makeup artists and hairstylists circled her; to an outsider who wasn't custom to Ivanna's traditions it would have seemed as if she was the one throwing a party. Eleanora, however, knew how her mother always liked to be at the center of the attention just like herself - she had her mother to thank for that.
Eleanora quietly opened the main door, hoping to sneak by all of the people. Her mother noticed her almost immediately, asking - more like commanding - her presence in the living room. Letting out a small curse under her breath, Eleanora entered the room with a small smile on her face.
"How was school?" Ivanna asked her daughter, a glass of margarita in her hand and in the middle of a process of getting a manicure.
"It was good." She replied quickly, glancing at the clock on the wall. If she had to stand around the living room for another ten minutes, there was no way she would have arrived at Lucrezia's place at the appointed time. Lu hated when people were late; Eleanora was in no mood to getting lectured by her best friend.
"Did you see the new students?" There it was - the question Eleanora knew would be asked. For the whole day she was questioned about the trio, and she was growing extremely tired of it. At the end of the school day she ended up snapping at whoever even mentioned the new students. As much as the girl tried, she couldn't understand the need of her mother to know about the new students - after all, they certainly weren't anything interesting.
"They're nothing-" She started, but stopped when her mother's phone rang. Ivanna answered it without any hesitation, dismissing Eleanora with a wave of her hand, yet her stare indicated that she wasn't done talking about them. The girl mentally thanked at whoever had called her mother, running up the stairs to grab an outfit and make her way towards Lucrezia's house.
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Eleanora was so busy with dancing from a guy from her school - she was sure the guy was a year above her, even though she had no clue what his name was - that she didn't notice the new students walk inside to Marina's party. She only then noticed them when Lu walked next to her, dragging her away from the boy and to Carla instead. Christian was already in a conversation with Carla at which Eleanora rolled her eyes, a smile - that wasn't sincere at all - on her lips.
"Christian, how nice to see you here." Eleanora exclaimed, clear to everyone that she had meant the greeting in a sarcastic way. Christian, however, didn't either notice it or didn't bother to reply with sarcasm, greeting her with genuine happiness in his voice.
"Who the hell invited them?" Eleanora hissed silently to Lu; the girl replied with a small shrug, the two of them looking over to Carla with distaste. Eleanora wanted to slap Carla for giving Christian that much attention - the blonde seemed even interested in him. The thought seemed outrageous to Eleanora.
Why the hell would someone be interested in a lowlife like Christian when they had someone like Polo?
