Chapter 1
Daniel’s POV
Ive never been a lover of school, but what can i do?
If i do not graduate and become something my parents could be proud of, then i guess ive failed in life. Waking up every morning at an early hour getting ready for school can be so exhausting, especially when nothing interesting happens. And with my reputation in school of never getting to a month with any girl i date sometimes can be so aarrrgh, not that it frustrates me that we do not work out. I just hate the drama that comes with it, i’m always finding ways to escape my ex’s and most times i am usually unlucky.
Done preparing and about to drive to school. My mom called at me to wait for my younger brother James, “ I mean isn’t he old enough to get to school by himself?” I asked my mom, who responded with a strict ‘don’t test me’ face. I had no choice but to wait and few minutes later James came out and got into the car i picked to drive today. James is only three years younger than i. I am 17 and will be 18 in few weeks. On my way to school all of a sudden i felt something special about my day. Hopefully it is going to be as special as i suddenly feel.
I pulled up to school and was greeted by my gangs. We shook hands and hugged one another and resumed our girls talks. About the latest. We feel we can do anything and get away with it due to our parents influence and looks. Which is why we just deceive girls and dump them before it got to a month. I personally dont think any girl is worth more than a month with me. If it gets to a month she is even lucky i gave her a month of my life. We self sabotage our relationships so we can jump onto the next fresh girl.
The bell rang and everyone starts rushing to their various classes and i went to mine only that i am not one to rush with others, i take my time. I enjoy doing things at my own timing. I got in my class and as usual i always get stares from the ladies. Ive always known i am a very handsome guy, so i take pride in it. I even feel some female teachers are falling for my looks cause i always get away with any wrong from just giving them my charming look. I sat down and lesson began. Our biology teacher always has my attention, especially when he teaches reproductive organs and also because its one of my favorite subject. In the middle of learning, he paused to say we have new students in school and called them out to introduce themselves to the rest of us in class.
While these are going on i was deep in thoughts about something in biology when my eyes caught one of them coming out. A curly blonde, smooth fair skin like milk about 5”6 in height, curvy and petite. I could only see her form behind as she walks towards the front of the classroom to introduce herself, but i can already tell she is beautiful and i wasn’t exaggerating when she turned to face the class with others. I mean they were others but my eyes were only fixated on her. And oh my goodness, this must be the most prettiest girl ive ever seen. Could this be the reason i felt today would be special? I was currently seeing a girl who i plan on letting go of in a week time from now, but after seeing this blonde beauty, i am surely ending things with my recent girl today. I was very impatient for the introduction to get to her turn, because i badly want to get to know her name. I have never been so impatient in my life for something or someone before until well , until her.
Finally it got to her turn and she greeted everyone and introduced herself as Rose Anthony and that name stuck in me like a tattoo never to be forgotten ever in my life. She also mentioned they just moved in the state and her little sister and her got transferred to this school, which i thanked the heavens for.
Ive never seen such a beauty with natural red plumpy lips, she needs not to apply any lipstick and i know for a fact i would do so many stupid things because of her, things i know i wont be able to control and my thoughts are already occupied with those things. After everyone of their introductions. They all went to their respective seats and i couldnt help but to keep stealing glances at her to the point i think she may have caught me. And i was expecting her to fall for my looks as the ladies usually do, like seeing me, waving and smiling at me, but no. What Rose did instead was gave me a kind of look that i think says ‘who is this freak? and why does he keep staring at me?’ And that was all i needed to stop, at least for now. The rest of the lesson went unnoticed by me, tell me how can i notice a teacher or a lesson being taught while i am two seats away from such a beauty?! I am definitely changing seats. If her neighbor proves stubborn to exchange seats with me, then i will have no choice but to teach him a lesson and let him know who rules this school.
It was already break when i tried going to her but was met with a cold treatment. I was beyond hurt. Never in my few years of asking ladies out have i been answered with a no. Worse is i wasnt even answered with a no but a complete and utter silence and she walked past me like i was invisible. I hated that. It ruined my ego. I hated that she knew her worth, i applauded her within me, she knows she is beautiful and have every right to ignore guys coming to her, but she shouldn’t have ignored me. I was becoming angry and irritated i sped of. I infact canceled school that day. I went home in a hurry. I ignored the call of my parents and went in straight my room. And punched my bedroom wall so hard i bled. Yes i am the angry, rich, spoilt child that hastes being told no for an answer especially from someone as beautiful as she is. I looked for some spirit and bandage to wrapped my knuckles with. And just decided to take a nap hoping the awful feeling goes away. And i driffted off.
I was woken up by angry James. Who yelled at me for leaving him behind and gosh, i cant believe a girl made me forget about James and i could already feel the irritation coming up again and not because of James screaming at me but because i forgot about James. So i stood up and apologized for being such a jerk. He saw my knuckles and softened. He asked what happened and i told him i was turned down for the first time by a lady i asked out and the only way i could deal with it was punching the wall. Then he smirked and a loud laugh followed. Which was like a punch in my gut. “Why do you laugh me brother? I just told you about my pain and instead of your support, you mock me?” I asked James. He replied “Well i laughed at how life changed for you, life is trying to tell you, your days of feeling like a god is over”. For a moment i felt frightened but chased the feeling away. My days in school from now on would be nothing but absolute torture. I hope i survive.
Then i stood up with the highest confidence i managed to build up almost immediately and said to my brother James that “I Daniel Cullen will get Rose Anthony by all means no matter the cost, no one ever turns me down and escapes from me. Never”!!! He told me to be careful, he doesn’t like how i am dealing with this issue. And that night i slept with nothing but the thought of Rose in my head. ‘How could she look at me and not drool like girls usually do? Could there be something wrong with me perhaps? Rose i wont allow you mess with my confidence’. And with that i finally slept off.
Rose POV
I talk mostly in my head than my lips ever lets me mouth out words. People call me a very quiet person, but in my head i always talk especially to myself.
I hated our new relocation, the place, the country, the school and everything in it. My family loves migrating every once in a while and they have no idea how much it affects our lives, i mean my life. I don’t really know much about Jasmine’s, we are not that close and its my fault right from when we were little. Jasmine is a very clingy person who would get sick being alone, but i on the other hand finds peace in self isolation. I always place boundaries between us and it has caused serious strange relationship between us. I wish she could understand me. I mean i love her to the moon and back. But we are the total opposites down to our hairs. She has an ebony colored hair and i a white blonde hair. Both my parents have ebony hairs. And well they said mine is as a result of a genetic mutation. Probably someone in any of my parent bloodlines has it. So i guess i am what they call special. And also my emerald green eyes. I know how beautiful i am. But i have never lived my life based on looks.
I hope today in our new school would be less frustrating and painful as i already feel.
