battle scars(book one)

chapter one

ARABELLS POV

I sighed and dragged my two suitcases into the dorm room. My parents said this would be a great experience for me and my brother when I really knew they just didn't want to deal with us anymore, after our sister dies due to cancer the family went down a spiral Brice acted out in school I started cutting myself and mom lost her job, they didn't want us anymore so now we are here at Springfield prep. I took my small bag of bathroom supplied over to one of the cherry wood desks and sorted out my stuff , I looked up into my mirror and sighs my blonde hair fell down my back in curly waves, my emerald eyes looked sad but hopeful. As I finished up my unpacking the door opened and my twin brother walked in his short blonde hair was spiked and tosseled he had on a white fitted tee under a blue checkered flannel with blue jeans.

"Ara you gotta finish we have to go to the deans office and do orientation "

"Brice I know, I'm finished let me get my slippers on" I said as I tugged on my UGG slippers, I sigh and threw on a cardigan and fallowed my twin brother down to the deans office.

As we reach the deans office I can't help but feel like I don't belong here, my inner self nags at me and tells me to stop being a puus

* but I can't help but feel self conscious we finally reach the deans office and knock on the two tall solid oak doors I grab Brice's hand as I hear this booming voice

"Come in" the dean says , Brice pushes on the heavy oak doors and we slowly enter a circle room with a big wooden desk and three massive book shelves in front of the desk sat two chairs and behind the desk sat a big leather chair where the dean was seated he motioned for us to sit and I slowly walked over with Brice and sat in one of the chairs he motioned toward.

"So Mr and Mrs block," the dean started, I yawned inwardly as he began to drone on about the school code and how their is no uniforms but we have a dress code and blah blah blah, after what seemed like forever he looked at me and said" your parents mentioned you tried to kill yourself after your sister died?" Brice clutched my hand as my body grew cold I glared at him and stood up" what ever my parents told you shout not be discussed " and with that I turned on my heel and ran back to my dorm room I threw open the door to find a skinny ginger standing in my dorm she had emerald eyes like mine she looked at me and the gasped "oh my god so your my new room mate?" She said sneering at me a little, I rolled my eyes and stalked over to my bed and flopped down on my back sighing loudly

" so you really have a twin brother?" Ginger said I sighed and sat up and looked her dead in the eyes "no he's actually a stalker that just looks a lot like Me" I said my words dripping with sarcasim I sighed and pushed my self up off the bed as she just looked at me with the dumb look on her face "yes he is my twin, we look alike his name is Brice Rex Johnson and my name is arabell Lynn Johnson now can we stop playing badger the new girl I would like to read" I said as I plucked a book from the book she'll and sat back down on my bed , the girl just looked at me the narrowed her eyes "look just because you tryed to commit suicide and are a freak does not mean you can snap at me when ever you like " she said placing her hands on her hips I huffed and slammed my book shut I stood up and came toe to toe with her

"Look you little pre madona drama queen, I may be new but that does not mean I am a freak. You have no right to say that shit. My older sisters death has nothing to do with my depression, now stop being a bitch and leave me alone." Just then a girl walks into the room she has honey blonde hair and bright purple  eyes which is odd but I like it she sighs and looks between us "ezmerelda" she said placing her hands on her hips " you and I both know this is not your room anymore now shoo before I tell the dean" the ginger known as ezmerelda stomps out of the room and slams the door, honey comb(my nick name for her) laughs and Shook's her head she then crosses the Room over to me and smiles "hi my name is ivy and I am your actually roommate " she  says sticking out her hand and smiles at me.

After what seems like forever of  staring at my  room mate I shake my self to come back to reality and meet my hand  with hers " hi I'm arabell but I like to be called Ara " I said smiling at her  I giggled  and sat on my bed again crossing my legs in a Indian style   ivy sits on the floor in the same position as me and looks up at me " well what brings you here to the acadamey  ? " says ivy, she bites her lip and waits for my answer after taking a deep breath i say " me and my twin brother got shiped here for personal reasons" i say as i quickly cover both my wrists  and bit my lip as well, after a few beats of awkward silence chimes fill the room i look around puzzling and ivy looks at me and laughs " honey its just the dinner bell, come on i hear we are having steak and spaghetti tonight!" i laugh and link arms with ivy as we bounded out of the rrom to meet the rest of everybody for dinner. 

 After me and ivy make our way to the dining hall we bump into brice and tall boy with deep chocolate brown  eyes and hair as blond  as  if it were dyed,  brice chuckles at me and says "jeez babybear watch where your going" i blush at the nickname he gave me when we were two he gives me a big bear hug and  finally notices ivy " well hello! you moust be a friend of my sisters, im brice, and before you ask yes we are twins" me and brice chuckle as ivy blushes and says " would you guys like to sit with me and ara?" the boy standing next to brice  looks right at me as he says "yes, that would be lovely, my name is archer" as he grabs my hand and kisses it gently, a shiver ries up my spine as i notice one of my scars is showing.  i blush a little and slowly make my way to the food line with ivy as the boys find us a table.

After we have all got our food and are seated i noticed that i got sat next to archer and my brother was sat next to  ivy, i sigh as i pick my fork and dig into my spaghetti and stea, it was the best thing i have ever ate! the spaghetti was covered in sauce, as i finish my first bite i take a sip of my brown pop and look at ivy who got the same thing as me and says " hey dude want to go home with me in a few weeks?, were allowed to go home every weekend to visit our families but i dont want to see my folks for two weeks" she says as  i smiles and nod my head yes, after we are all done with our food ivy and my brother exchange phone numbers and archer asked for mine, i rattled off the numbers as i heard the click clacking of stiletos on the marble floor. " hey dude here comes that crazy bitch thats been trying to get with you all day " brice says to archer, all of a sudden archers arms wrap around my waist and tug me close to him as ezmerelda walks up to our little group " well well well, looks like little miss no body is trying to steal my man" she says as she licks her lips, i roll my eyes as archer says "back off ezmerelda  i got  a girlfriend see " archer says as he plants a soft kiss on my temple.  ezmerelda huffs and storms off down the hall with clenched fists, i laugh as ivy pulls me away to go to our room to get ready for bed. 

[ END OF CHAPTER ONE] sorry the ending sucks right now but it will get way better i promise! >>>> picture of archer  off to the side <<<<