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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Like any other teenager on the planet, Eleanora hated school. What she hated more was being in school when she was hungover due to last night's drinking; the girl knew she had no one else to blame but herself, and now walking in the halls of Las Encinas, the brunette wondered perhaps she should limit her drinking from now on.
Being drunk was fun, the aftermath of it - not so much.
Lu's yelling did no favors to her headache - Eleanora's best friend was - like always - mad of the fact that Eleanora hadn't answered her calls and messages last night, and was bombarding her with questions about her whereabouts. Eleanora loved Lu, she really did, yet now the only thing she wanted to do was to slap the girl in order to shut her up.
In Eleanora's opinion, at times, Lu acted a little too obsessively over their friendship. The two girls were instant friends when Lu moved to her neighbourhood; the brunette and Carla had been friends prior, a fact that Lu still felt insecure about. No matter how good friends she and Carla were, Lucrezia had a fear of Eleanora replacing their friendship for Carla's. Eleanora understood her fear - after all, people fell out of touch with each other every day - yet in the 21st century you would think that girls could be friends with each other, not rivals.
It might have been the case in other places, but not in Las Encinas. The parents actively encouraged their children to compete with each other - for Eleanora, her childhood was constantly filled with competitions she could not care about. Even at the age of sixteen her parents continued to pressure her; luckily for her, Ivanna and Emmanuel Azarola finally had started to realize that no matter how hard they pushed their daughter, Eleanora would still do whatever she desired.
When her English teacher started babbling about the curve used to grade the students, Eleanora barely managed to keep her eyes open. The new trio hadn't even heard of the grading system; the brunette, however, knew it by heart. To her parent's relief Eleanora cared about her grades a little more than the majority did, placing her slightly above the average. She was in no means as good of a student as Lucrezia was or her best friend's new rival Nadia.
Luckily for Eleanora, the bell rang much quicker than she anticipated. It didn't take her long to grab her things and walk outside of the room, barely acknowledging her friends farewells. The first thing the teenager did upon reaching her home was drop onto her bed, falling into a deep slumber in the matter of minutes.
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"Well, don't you look fancy." Eleanora greeted Christian with a wide smile. Much to her surprise - and to Lu's annoyance - she quite liked the boy. Of course she wasn't about to go and announce it to the whole school; her reputation mattered far too much to her, one that she had spent years to build up. If anything, Eleanora was definitely not ready to give up her position at the top of Las Encinas.
"Gracias." Christian replied, performing a very over the top twirl which made Eleanora roll her eyes at him. Perhaps she didn't like Christian that much.
Her dark eyes scanned the place, hoping to glance her friends, yet no one seemed to be present. It wasn't surprising in Lu's case - the girl always liked to be stylishly late - but much to Eleanora's annoyance even Carla was nowhere to be seen. Weird, since the party was taking place at Carla's own house; Eleanora was sure that Carla and Polo were most definitely hooking up in her room.
"Have you seen Carla?" Eleanora suddenly questioned, forcing Christian to stop his monologue on whatever topic the girl didn't bother to listen to.
"She went inside, not sure where though." He replied, motioning to a random spot he didn't even glance at. Quickly walking off, Eleanora didn't give Christian an opportunity to continue his rant, an action to which the boy took offence to.
Not that Eleanora cared much for it.
Her heels clicking on the marble floors, Eleanora was quickly stopped by Guzmán's parents who questioned her of the whereabouts of Ivanna and Emmanuel Azarola. She didn't have a chance to reply when Guzmán appeared - excusing himself as well as her - dragging her off to a corner where Polo was already sitting along with Ander. With a smile Eleanora greeted her best friends, taking a seat alongside them.
It wasn't long before the night - which had turned out alright - would take a complete turn and force Eleanora to do something she had no idea she wanted to do.
