Gabriella.

"Gabriella come on, you're taking forever!" Martin yells for the umpteenth time but I ignore him again, still trying to round up with my makeup.

He was the one who said I should look pretty so he better deal with the consequences.

"I'm coming in!" I heard him holler but I'm quick to lock the door so he can't get in, hopefully I can frustrate him enough till he changes his mind about taking me with him. My head doesn't think straight when too many people are around and I'm nervous as it is.

"Gabriella, you forgot that this is my house and I have the spare key to your room," he reminds me and I hiss.

"You also forget that you're such a messy animal, it'd take you hours to actually find them," I replied and he shut up, finally giving up on trying to intimidate me.

I peep through the door to see a distraught Martin furiously typing away on his phone.

"Who are you chatting w

Liam.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone. We'll talk later Liam," as soon as those words left her mouth, I snapped.

"Wait Gabriella!" I yelled after her but she was already lost in the crowd.

"Get off me!" I pushed Layla off aggressively and went after Gabriella so I could clear the misunderstanding and tell her Layla is not my girlfriend, well at least not anymore.

I spot her leaving the club and I thank God she hasn't gone too far, at least I could explain things to her so she doesn't hate me more than she already does.

"Hey Ella!" I yelled out her name as loud as I could and she looked back at me with raised eyebrows.

"Huh, aren't you supposed to be in there?" She asked and I sighed.

"I really need to talk to you first." I replied back and she smiled a little, making her look even more beautiful.

"About what?" She asks.

"I'm so sorry about what just happened there. I really wasn

Fourteen years earlier...

Gabriella

We arrive in school and I sigh in frustration since everyday in school is always torture for me. I really hate it when teachers and parents tell us kids that school is fun when it's nothing but a scam.

To me, school just serves as a daily reminder of how sad and lonely my life is. It's like a painful way life helps me reuse and recycle my sadness, if you know what I mean.

Gabrielle struts in sassily in her usual bossy manner and she is quickly joined by those snakes she calls her friends, Mia, Alicia and Tracy. The four of them together are the reason I hate school. Four psychopathic children roaming around a supposedly sane environment and they claim school is a safe place. Liars!

"Hey loser, can you move to the other side? I don't want people staring at us at the same time. It's disgraceful!" Elle taunts and as usual her dumb friends laugh like 

Gabriella.

"Gabriella come on, you're taking forever!" Martin yells for the umpteenth time but I ignore him again, still trying to round up with my makeup.

He was the one who said I should look pretty so he better deal with the consequences.

"I'm coming in!" I heard him holler but I'm quick to lock the door so he can't get in, hopefully I can frustrate him enough till he changes his mind about taking me with him. My head doesn't think straight when too many people are around and I'm nervous as it is.

"Gabriella, you forgot that this is my house and I have the spare key to your room," he reminds me and I hiss.

"You also forget that you're such a messy animal, it'd take you hours to actually find them," I replied and he shut up, finally giving up on trying to intimidate me.

I peep through the door to see a distraught Martin furiously typing away on his phone.

"Who are you chatting with?" I asked as soon as I walked out but I didn't get a reply, instead Martin just stared back at m

Chapter 15.