What do you do when the person you've always loved is the same person who keeps hurting you the most? That's something Allison McConnell would like to know. Allison has had feelings for Derris Fox for as long as she could remember. Unfortunately, she wasn't the only one. As a musician and actor known worldwide, Derris was the dream of every girl and popular as he was, he was way out of her league. Allison thought she was doomed to be just one of his many fangirls until fate caused them to cross paths. Unfortunately, what would have been a dream come true for her turned out to be a nightmare after circumstances led to Derris developing an intense dislike for her causing him to treat her badly. Still struggling with issues at home along with her complicated relationship with Derris, Allison also has to handle being the object of affection of the equally handsome Max Crest, Derris' best friend which inadvertently puts tension between the two friends. As tensions heightens and Allison battles her feelings and enemies alike, will she make the right choice or will a sinister plot by a clingy ex ruin her chances at ‘happily ever after’?
더 보기"Allison! Allison!! Allison!!!" Nellie called, snapping me out of my reverie.
"Huh? Sorry, what were you saying? I kinda got distracted," I answered, glancing at her.
Rolling her eyes, she said "No kidding. Do you know how many times I called you? What were you even-" she paused as she turned to look behind her and shook her head.
"Now I get it! Pretty Boy just walked in," she teased.
"Nellie! I've told you to quit calling him that," I reprimanded with mock horror.
"Well he is pretty and you of all people know it," she answered laughing while I simply shook my head at her good-naturedly.
My eyes darted to the figure who stood only a few metres away from Nellie and I, surrounded by a flock of girls as usual. Watching as one of the girls seductively placed her hand on his arm, I could feel a twinge in my chest.
Derris Fox or Pretty Boy as Nellie called him was the golden boy here at Ridgeway Academy. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he'd gained instant fame as well after getting a role on the hit TV series, ‘Back From Juvie’ when he was six.
Now eighteen and incredibly hot, he'd found his place in the entertainment industry (and in the heart of every girl, young and old) as an actor, model and musician.
Needless to say, Derris was awesome. And then there was me.
I've had a crush on Derris since the day I first saw him and overtime, my feelings progressed into love. When I was twelve, I was lucky enough to be admitted into Ridgeway Academy after passing the scholarship exams. Coincidentally, it was also the school Derris attended.
I've been Derris’ classmate for almost six years now and he's never once noticed me. Not like I'd blame him though. He always has girls hanging around him and I'm definitely not his type.
Seventeen, five foot four with my long red hair being my only distinctive feature, I've managed to attract the attention of literally nobody. So it's really not Derris’ fault.
He has the heart of literally every girl in school and me? I'm just your totally normal average high school geek, with no outstanding features whatsoever, who has a mega crush on America's golden boy.
You see, nothing special there. Besides, Derris only hangs out with rich tall beautiful leggy blondes and unfortunately, I'm neither of those things. Still, a girl can dream right?
"Allie, you zoned off again!" Nellie groaned and I sheepishly glanced back at her.
"Sorry, Nel," I answered with a pout.
"Whatever!" she rolled her eyes as she leaned against her locker.
"You know, you should totally go talk to him."
"Yeah right. Why would I do that?"
"Um, let's see. One, you've had a crush on him…for like forever. Two, he's standing right there. And three, I'm totally sick of this."
"Sick of what exactly?" I arched my eyebrow at her.
"This, you. You're always putting yourself down. No matter I tell you how beautiful you are, you don't believe me. You think you're ugly because you don't look like them," she pointed towards the girls flocking around Derris. "Allison, listen to me. You're beautiful just the way you are. Now, you need to talk to him."
"I can't do that.
"Why not?"
"I can't do it, Nellie. I mean, look at him and look at me. He'll probably make fun of me. I-I can't!"
Nellie sighed. "Whatever you say, Allie. I should probably get going. Mrs. Randall said she wanted to talk to me before class started."
"Okay. See you."
"Later, Allie," she said with a wave before heading in the direction of the Art class.
As Iwatched her go, I shook my head and sighed. Nellie would probably never understand how I felt. Then again, how would she? She was much taller than me, had the most beautiful strawberry blonde hair and had parents who were well off. She had everything it took to be popular in Ridgeway but still chose to hang out with me, a poor lonely nerd.
She was the best friend that I could ever ask for but there were some things that even she could never understand.
I sighed again before turning my attention back to Derris who was still talking to the girls.
If only he would just look at me, just once...
Oh well, not all wishes come true I guess.
I grabbed what I needed for my next class from my locker and closed it. Noticing that my shoelaces had come loose, I bent to tie them when the bell suddenly rang startling me.
Uh oh! I have History next and the teacher, Mr. Jones is very strict.
Taking a glance at my shoelaces and back at my wrist watch, I decided my shoes could wait. I couldn't risk getting detention.
I rose to my feet and started walking quickly in the direction of the History class. In my haste, I accidentally tripped on one of my loose shoelaces and soon found myself falling.
Closing my eyes as I waited for the pain I was about to feel, I found myself opening them when I felt someone's hands grip my waist. My cheeks instantly reddened.
Twirling around to see who saved me and possibly thank them, I let out a gasp as I realized that my saviour was none other than DERRIS FOX!!!
"Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" I inquired, looking at his stitched-up wound with concern. "I'm sure. You heard the medic. It wasn't really serious. The bullet just grazed me. I'll be fine," he assured me but it did nothing to abate my worry. "But still... You could have been seriously injured. Why did you have to rush in like that?" "It was all worth it to make sure you didn't leave here in a body bag. I'd do anything to protect you," he stated, staring seriously at me. "How about you try not to die while you're at it?" He chuckled. "I'll do my best." I nodded to show that I was satisfied and continued to look at his wound. "Allison?" he called. I looked up from the wound. "Yes?" "About what Aria said—" he started. I raised my hand to stop him. "I don't want to hear it. Be it the truth or not," I told him. "I still want you to know. I've kept it to myself for so long but I didn't know how I w
I had several hours before my flight to England which was taking off early tomorrow morning. Nellie being Nellie, she'd organized a get-together for all of us. A farewell party for me.At the party, she'd decided to embarrass me by unexpectedly showing up with an album containing pictures from my childhood that had somehow ended up at her place.Baby photos, bath photos, birthday photos, embarrassing pictures; it was there and Nellie was taking great delight in my embarrassment."I hate you!" I whispered to her while Max and Derris were laughing over a picture taken of me trying to steal a piece of my birthday cake before the birthday and ending it with it all over."Aww! I love you too, boo," she replied, blowing a kiss at me. I rolled my eyes at her before attempting to snatch the album from them."Hey! What gives?" Max whined. "I think that's enough pictures for one day, don't you think? Besides, aren't you guys supposed to be sad that I'm leavi
Neither Derris nor I spoke about the situation with his mom again. Things were a little tense because of it so ignoring it was probably for the best. The next day, Derris got discharged from the hospital so he could finally go home which was enough cause for celebration. But I was also reminded of the fact that that meant I would be leaving soon. I had told my dad to book another flight, guaranteeing him that nothing was going to stop us from leaving this time. The flight was booked to go in three days. Three days to say goodbye to everything and everyone I'd ever known and loved. It was a little depressing but I tried my best not to focus on my nearing departure and just live in the moment and at the moment, I was happy that Derris was doing okay and out of the hospital. After he was released to us, we — consisting of Max, Caleb, Jeremy, Nellie, Derris and I — piled into Max's car and drove to Derris' house. The atmosphere was filled with excitement
Derris made a quick recovery afterwards. It was probably because of his phobia for hospitals after his experience when he was younger but either way, I was happy about that. But despite all my pleas, he'd still refused to see his mom and even when she tried to speak to him, he'd either ignore her or coldly tell her to leave because she wasn't wanted. It was clear he'd made us his mind and that was what worried me. I knew that if he continued to hold on to his resentment for his parents, it would only come back to harm him later on. In a way, it already had. I just had to make him see that. A day to his discharge, I was with him in his ward, reading a book to him like he'd asked me to. When I looked up from the book though, he wasn't looking at me like he always did. Instead, he was staring into space thoughtfully. I dropped the book on my lap and tapped him. "Hey. What are you thinking about?" "Everything and nothing, I guess. Why'd you stop?"
Long story short, I missed my flight the next day. It was a little hard to explain why I couldn't leave town just yet to my dad but being the caring person he was, he understood. Since the family who bought our house didn't have plans to move in just yet, we didn't have to move out yet so our accommodation was settled, at least for now. The next few days after Derris' accident though, were anything but. As it turned out, his injuries were a lot severe and he had to be rushed into surgery two times while still being in a coma. Every moment he spent in surgery was a moment I spent wondering if he would come out alive. And when he did, I was torn between being happy that he made it out and devastated that he was still in a coma. But after seeing his car and the accident scene, it really was a wonder he hadn't died on the spot. Supposedly, Derris had crashed into a parked car from behind and then had his car run into by another car. The police rep
Things progressed smoothly for a while. My dad got a few offers for the house and eventually decided on one. With the down payment, we were able to find a little flat abroad which we paid for upfront.The plan was to move to England about a month before I was to resume at Sunnyside which would give us the time to settle in at our new place.To get rid of the stuff we couldn't bring with us, my dad insisted we had a yard sale which turned out to be a little harder than I thought.We kept only the things that were important to us and our family as a whole and put the more trivial things on sale but even then, seeing other kids touch my little sister's old dolls, the twin's colouring sets and other things like that...It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.But after the yard sale ended, it felt as though a load had been lifted off my shoulders and I could finally breathe. We'd kept those items around for so long and now that they were g
After my conversation with my dad, I got back to Mr Raymond as soon as possible and told him that I had accepted his offer. He was ecstatic, to say the least. He told me to inform him whenever I planned to come to England so my accommodation could be made available.I did, however, have a few months before the dance academy came back into session.My dad and I planned to move to England though as soon as the house sold so we were working towards that.The thought of moving filled me with fear and excitement. I would be leaving Nellie and the life I had known for years to an entirely different environment. Then again, after the year I had had, the prospect of moving was pretty exciting.It was a mix of emotions. Nellie had been pretty sad when I told her my plans."You know I'm always going to have your back no matter what. I'm so happy for you— and also sad. I'm going to miss you, Allison," she sniffled. I rolled my eyes at her dramatics.
Later that night, I was in my room, browsing through my computer for information about Sunnyside. Turns out it was a pretty big establishment and a highly respected one at that.I had no idea how I never knew about them but the more stuff I learnt about, the more my desire to attend the school was piqued.There was just one problem. The school was far away in England and would require me to stay there. Was I ready to uproot my life and that of my dad's? Would my dad even agree to it?I sighed as I turned off my laptop and walked over to my bed, sighing heavily as I flopped on the bed.I still hadn't told my dad about the leaked video and now there was this. The offer was literally godsent but what would my dad think of it?At that moment, there was a knock at my door before it was opened and my dad popped his head in. I sat upright and smiled as my dad walked in, bearing a tray."Hey Dad," I mumbled."Hey, sweetheart. Just thoug
The next few days after my return to school were tumultuous, to say the least. After what Derris did to the guy who assaulted me, no one approached me directly again.Instead, their attacks were more discreet. I got messages instead. Notes, private anonymous messages from people telling me all the nasty things that they couldn't say to my face for fear of upsetting Derris.Every day, I walked into school, looking at the faces around me, wondering who sent the last messages.Nellie told me to just ignore it and not read them but sometimes I just couldn't help it and I got hurt.Some were even accompanied by pictures from the clip and lewd messages. The video had been taken down but pictures couldn't exactly be erased.I tried to ignore it and not let all the whispers, murmurs and messages get to me like Nellie advised but it was easier said than done.I felt trapped at school like my every move was being watched and at home too. I knew that s
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