Rosaline

The sharp pain that shot through my head was enough to tell me that I had did some pretty crazy things the previous night.

I held my head between my hands and winced as I struggled to sit up

As I peeled my eyes open with great difficulty, I jerked back in surprise. This looked nothing like my room. Where the fuck was I?

That was when I noticed the man lying beside me on his front , naked. Looking under the sheets I was equally naked.

“Fuck!”

I groaned as I scrambled off the sheet trying to be as quiet as I possibly could.

I quickly put on my clothes that were littered on the floor, squinting to find my shoes, I noticed it at the corner of the room.

As I was about to leave the room, I noticed his wallet on the couch and a thought came to me.

I was pretty sure the contents of that wallet could literally save my life plus it was no big deal, it was not as if I would ever see him again

Quickly, I grabbed the wallet and ran out of the room.

As soon as I got out of the hotel I flagged a taxi and sat inside, heaving a sigh of relief

“Where to ma'am?”

The driver asked me and I quickly ratted out my address to him.

After a few minutes of looking behind my shoulders in fear that the strange guy might have noticed and would be following me.

A few turns and not seeing anything suspicious, I was convinced that I had escaped .

Opening the wallet, I saw some thousands of dollars and and an American platinum black card.

I gasped in shock, earning a weird look from the driver .

Smiling sheepishly at him, I closed the wallet and put it back into my bag.

It was way more than I bargained for but it was everything. I began dreaming of the different things that could change in my life and my lips lifted up into a smile.

“Ma'am I said we are here’

The driver's voice broke through my day dream

The scowl on his face was enough for me to know that he had been trying to get my attention for a while

I shrugged helplessly and squeezed a few dollars into his hands and got off the car.

I had not even closed the door when the driver drove off, scoffing,I adjusted my bag on my shoulder and began walking towards my house.

It was not really much, it was basically a shabby, looking one bedroom that had leaks and cracks everywhere but I paid for it all by myself, so it was home to me.

I dropped my key by the tray beside the door and activated all the locks. I had a total of thirteen locks on the door and even those locks did not make me feel safe.

Looking over my shoulder was something that had become part of me for the past year and a half .

I was so conscious of everything I did to prevent those men- beasts that killed my parents from finding me.

“Shit!”

I exclaimed as I saw the time, I was already late for school

I hurriedly had my bath, my outfit for the day , my cheerleading uniform already out, we had cheerleader tryouts for the freshmen today.

Candace had already texted me to remind me about that.

Candace was my best friend and co-captain of the cheerleading team and dance team with me.

As I stood Infront of the mirror , going through a process that had become like a part of me, I noticed my black roots were begining to grow out again.

I packed my hair in a high ponytail tail and used the curling wand to give it waves and make it bounce.

Applying my make up, I took great care with the details, put on diamond earrings I had swiped from the mall and the jewel encrusted wrist watch I had gotten from one of my previous night stands.

I had to keep up the appearance of the cheerleader captain who was the prettiest girl in school, dressed the best and had a lot of money.

So far, I had been able to keep the truth hidden from everyone and I hoped to God that it remained that way.

Carrying the birkin bag that one of my exes had gifted me, I put on my essentials that consisted of a few make up items for touch ups, my iPad, my ear buds case and some perfume.

I connected my earbuds to my iPhone, it was the latest version and I had worked my back to procure it.

I had to keep up with appearances, or at least that was what I told myself.

Wearing my customised skechers, I locked the door behind me and walked down to one of the prettiest mansions in the neighbourhood and stood there.

At the nick of time Candace drove up to me.

“Hey bitchhh!!”

She squealed and I laughed as I got into the car.

“Hey you!”

I grinned widely at my best friend as I took the cappuccino latte in the cup holder and took a huge slurp

“Damn! I needed that “

I sighed.

“Trust me, I can never meet you in the morning before you've had your coffee. So now that is out of the way, how was your night out yesterday”

I froze initially before I remembered that Candace had no idea what I spent my night doing.

“Oh that, I bailed on him”

“But why??? It seemed like he was really into you”

“I couldn't just have it in me, I tried but he kept on going on and on about himself . It was almost obsessive”

Candace burst out in laughter.

“I can just imagine. Everyone says that is how Noah is.”

“Yea, definitely, I've experienced it first hand now”

I grimaced as I sipped on my coffee.

I connected my phone to the bluetooth and Rosé and Bruno Mar’s “Apt” came blaring out.

Candace grinned at me as we belted the lyrics to one of our favourite k-pop songs.

We arrived at school , as Candace parked, I noticed alot of people gathered at the parking lot staring at something

“What is going on?”

I asked Candace as we both got out of the car.

“Gosh! I forgot, the new student, he must have come already.”

“What is so special about the new student that is making everyone throw him a welcome party?”

I asked confusedly

“You don't know?”

I shook my head in response

“Know what?

I asked

“He is basically the latest recruit of the country’s Hockey team , ‘the wolves’. But he decided to take a hiatus to finish up his degree in college, so he transferred here for the hockey academy”

“Wow”

I breathed, my attention more on my latest post on my Instagram than the piece of information she just shared with me

It was basically a picture of my lip imprint on my coffee cup but it had gotten up to a million likes in the last five minutes.

“Are you even listening?”

Candace asked me as we walked towards the hallway doors .

“Yea, but I don't really care about this hockey guy honestly, I have a million things on my mind, like how I am yet to perfect my choreography for dance practice tomorrow “

“Are you sure because I hear that he looks like a fucking god”

“Candace, you know me enough to know the fact that I have some real problems other than some hockey asshole that everyone is fangirling about. I am pretty sure he reeks of sweat or he has a weird head shape or something “

“Ouch”

I heard a deep baritone voice behind me

For some reason, the voice sounded so familiar, but I could not place it

“Was I talking to you…..”

My voice trailed off as I came face to face with the man from the previous night, the one I stole his wallet.

“YOU!”

He said and at that moment I wished the ground could swallow me whole.