Princess

Arianna's POV

I groan as I get up, feeling the bruises and cuts on my body expand unhappily. It's not going to be a good day, I can tell now. I slip on a pair of leggings and a long-sleeved tee shirt. That's the best way to cover everything up.

Grabbing my backpack, I head downstairs to the sound of Rian in the kitchen.

"Mornin' Ari. Are you okay?"

"Hey Ri. Yeah, I'm good."

We eat in silence.

"Hey so I won't be staying home after school today. I'm gonna go jam with some guys. You're welcome to come if you want, if staying here wouldn't necessarily be comfortable."

I think about it for a minute. Do I really want to stay here alone? I don't think so, but the alternative doesn't sound too great either. Ah well, how bad could it be?

"Sure Ri, that sounds cool. I think I'll come with you, I'm not really in the mood to be alone right now."

"Awesome!" His face lights up. I know he loves it when I get to see him perform.

Trudging through the school day, I'm pretty numb. Not much of anything happens. But of course, always exciting, American History has to happen. I am so not looking forward to this.

Alex's POV
Waking up, late as usual, I head downstairs after throwing on some clothes. Typical, mom's not here. I haven't seen her for a few days now. Oh well. She said it would be different in America, but so far the only change I've noticed is a lack of dad. But that's not a bad thing, so whatever.

As I'm eating "breakfast", a violent pounding comes on the door. It startles me, big time. I open the door to see Jack, who promptly rushes in and plops down on the couch, a grin on his face.

"Well come on in," I say sarcastically, shutting the door and going to take a seat next to me.

"I know you're being sarcastic, but I don't care. He agreed! You, me, Zack, and Rian are hanging out after school to check out some music sound."

"Wow, that sounds awesome!" And it does. I'd love to be in a band.

"Now grab your stuff and come on. We've gotta get to school."

It's a pretty mundane kind of day, at least until American History. God only knows what'll happen now.

Arianna's POV

Per usual, Mr.Collins is late. Whatever. I feel someone tap my shoulder, and turn around to see it's Alex.

"Uhm, hey Arianna. I didn't want to be too much of a burden on this project for you, so I read up on the Great Depression last night and answered some of the analysis questions that Mr.Collins handed out. Here's a copy of the paper so far." And he handed me a really nice looking document that had really good answers.

"Wow, thanks Alex." I said, surprised. "This is a lot, and don't worry. You're no burden." What? Why am I being nice? You know what? I'm too tired to care. I'll be nice for the day.

"Uhhhh thanks. I'll leave you alone now."

"No-wait." Did I say that?

"Yeah? Is something wrong?"

"I was just wondering if you wanted to get together after school and work on this together." What the hell is going on with me?

"I'd love to, but I'm busy right after school. Maybe later tonight, meet me at the library say around 5?"

"Sounds good, Alex." I'm not even sure what just happened. I turn back around, confused.

Alex's POV

Is she sick or something? Oh well, it's kind of nice for a change. She seems really human today.

I'm super pumped for after-school, actually. Hanging out with Jack, Zack, and Rian is gonna be fun. I've missed playing music, especially with other people.