Chapter 1

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Hi! I'm Riley Johnson and I'm 16. I live in London and I'm in one of the most strictly school for girls in the world. It is called The Madame Jade Frislingston girl's school. All the girls here are between 8 and 20 years old. We have to behave all the time. But this is not the problem for me. I'm a really good student and that means a lot for my parents. They sent me to this school because they want me to be successful in my life. And of course I want that too.

"Riley, can you please answer that? Because as you can see, Hannah doesn't have a clue about it" said Mrs Daniels, my maths teacher.
"Sure. The result is 256.981" I told her when I looked on a board. "Excellent! It's really good to see that at least one student know what am I teaching you" she said and started with her long explanation.
After long 15 minutes the bell finally rang and we quickly went outside.
"Hey Riley" said my best friend Clara. We are friend since we were children and I really can trust her anything.
"Hi Clara! How are you?" I said and hug her.
"Not really good. We have this maths test tomorrow and you know that me and maths are not really great friends" she said sadly.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. I can learn with you tonight. But if you don't mind, Hannah will be with us because she is in the same position as you are" I said and smile.
"Of course it's okay. So when and where?"
"At four in my house?" I more asked than said.
"Okay, I'll be there. I have to go now. See you at four" she said and quickly walked home.

I was waiting for the next 5 minutes. Where is he? He told me he would came at the time. Has something happened?

"Hey Riley" the familiar deep voice broke my thoughts.
"Hi Josh! You finally showed up." I said and hug him. He is my neighbour but he acts like he's my brother.
"I'm sorry for being late. Your mother needed my help" he said and smiled.
"My mother? Help whit what?" I asked surprised.
"She wanted to clean the basement and she asked me to help" he simply answered.
"Seriously? She could wait for me, not bothering you"
"Ri, don't worry. I love to help your family. It's not a big deal. Your mom is really nice though. Anyway, you said you wanna go shopping?"
"Wait, you will really go shopping with me? What is today? A holiday or something? At first you helped my mom and now you actually wanna go shopping with me?" I asked doubtfully.
"Oh c'mon I just wanna spend some time with you and I know that you need my opinion about clothes and this kind of stuff"
I have to confess that he really know me well.
"Yeah, of course I can't go shopping without you, but I'm not going to shopping today. Tomorrow is the math test and I have to study" I explained.
"You have to study? You are the best in maths! You know even more than me and I'm five years older" he said and laugh.
"You are right, I am smarter than you!" I laugh with him "but I have to teach Hannah and Clara because they aren't really good at that"
"Oh, I understand now. You are always so nice and helpful. How can you do this?" he asked me as we reached my house.
"I'm actually doing nothing. That's just the way I am" I simply answered and smiled.
"So will you come to my house?" he asked and looked at me.
"Do you have anything to eat?" I asked back and we bouth laugh.
"I think I could find some chocolate for you" he said when we stopped laughing. That's another fact about me: I really like chocolate. I could eat it all the time.
"I hope you're not lying" I said and gave him a killer look.
"I hope so too" he said and walk into the house. I was right behind him.
"So are you alone or is anyone here?" I asked him.
"I think I'm alone. My parents are on Havaji and Leon is still at school" he said. Leon is his little brother and he is really cute.
"And where is Maya?" I asked him because he hasn't mentioned her yet.
"Oh, I didn't tell you? We broke up because she is moving to Germany and she said that the distance would killing us. And I totally agree with her" he said and I could hear sadness in his voice.
"Everything will be fine. You will find another girl, you'll see" I said and hug him.
"Thanks Ri, you really know what helps me" he said and cried into my shoulder. We were sitting like that for 15 minutes.
"Josh? I think I should go now. Clara and Hannah will be here any minute" I said and slowly moved away from him.
"Okay. And thank you for that. I really needed that hug" he said and smiled a little.
"Oh, it's nothing. So, see you later!"I screamed and ran at home.

"I'm home!" I screamed loudly when I came home.
"You don't have to scream!" My mom screamed back.
"Hey mom!" I said and hug her.
"Hello Riley" she said and smile.
"Hannah and Clara will come here any second. We have a math test tomorrow so we have to study" I told her.
"Okay, it's fine" she simply answered. I knew that she wouldn't mind about it. She trusts me so I can do whatever I want. She is really the best mom on the world.

The doorbell finally rang.
"Riley!" screamed Clara and Hannah at the same time.
"Hey girls!" I screamed and invited them in. We studied for five hours and than they finally knew something.
"You will be great tomorrow!" I said encouragingly and smiled.
"Yeah, maybe I will pass but I will definitely not be great" Hannah said.
"But still thank you for learning us" Clara remarked.
"No problem girls! You know that I will always help you!" I said and hug them.
"It's late so I have to go home" said Hannah sadly.
"Yeah me too. See you tomorrow Ri!" Clara remarked. She gave me a big hug and then both of them went home.

"Riley! Me and your dad are going on a dinner! We will be home in 2 hours!" I heard my mom screaming from the hall. "Okay! Have a good time!" I screamed back and I could hear the door closed.
"I'm aloneeee!" I scream at loud and start laughing. I searched for my computer and go on YouTube.
"Karaoke time!" I said happily and turned on the music. I really like music. It's basically my whole life. I love to sing and dance. I really want to play guitar but I have to focus on my school first. I mean I'm not bad but in our school we aren't allowed to do anything that could distract us.

I was singing and having such a good time that I totally forgot time. When I finally realized that, it was already 1 in the morning and my parents weren't at home yet.
Where are they?
They said that they would be at home in 2 hours and they never come home later than at midnight. I called my mother but she hasn't answered. What? Than I called my father and he hasn't answered too. What the heck is going on? What can I do now? I have to go to bed because I have test in few hours . Maybe they just forgot about time or something.

Hey guys! So here is the first chapter of my story. I know it's pretty lame but I had to start like this so I can continue more interesting. I hope you like it anyway!
Xx Lara

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