Hate to Love You [dearly detested]

ving again?" I asked, already knowing th

It was an expression I've trained to hide my feelings

ittle hope I held. Hope that for once in as fa

ht?" My adoptive mom spoke snuffing

hree maids who was pulling a huge desi

had no idea why I hoped this day would be different. It was m

ophia said "Happy birthday darli

rily, once again keeping m

tly, a few expensive gifts would follow before they left. I never got what I truly wante

and I settled on the couch enveloped by an awkward s

asked once the silence was be

catching surprise in her eyes for a fleeting moment. For some re

neither did she but I saw guilt weigh

ng it to the point that I didn't feel e

d by the sound of foot steps coming down the st

ded to her husband, who was my adoptive

brief peck on her chee

u so much Lora. Happy birthday." I smiled stiffly at his words

r account. Spoil yourself..." at his words, he paused, thinking of something befo

onversation and feed their thoughts with f

darling." Sophia said with a smile and

lding which was now completely silent and seemingly empty to out

while before I felt a single tea

s my day. My birthday and they'd just left.

ainst doing anything for the rest of the day, directly pulling myself off the do

*

w open as I abruptly sat up in bed. It took a full minute for

clock on the vanity beside my

emnants of my nightmare. I saw point in trying to go back

pajamas was soaked in cold

, the bed itself was dry since it was water proof. I changed the s

nightmares in the first place. As I did, my eyes stung with tears I adamantly refused to

d passed and I still had sometime before I had to get ready for school so with not

d before 7:00am, I was dressed in my

ally for me. It consisted of a plain white long sleeve shirt, light blue vest, royal blue

I couldn't help but grimace at how ba

the stairs, taking breakfast and eventually stepping out of t

huge black marble fountain directly in the

d brick and floor to ceiling windows, giving it the elegant look that

ated for students and watched the activities going on aro

me sort of activity or discussion going on. I noticed

idered below them. Essentially, even though almost no one who attended this school was by any means small when it

sign of weakness" I

fore stepping down and making my way to the central building

ed for a few seconds when I thought I recognized someone but since I couldn't catc

to keep my eyes where I was going to avoid bumping

meone in the middl

" the per

rown not even bothering to take

ut they blocked me, making me lo

ky either. He was big and brooding and he

he stretched his hand blocking me "apologize

onfrontation on my first day so get out of my way. Besides you bumped into me not t

e you" he said ange

with a scoff. "Yo

twitched. He was about to say something again but a loud voice ran

lease report to the principal'

C.