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Orphic

Angelique's a professional dancer but never had confidence in herself as she was body shamed her whole life by her abusive parents leaving her with self-doubt.

Chapter 1

As I drive through the large black gates of the school I see students walking in big groups to their lessons. They all look very intimidating, I have to stay calm though and try not to embarrass myself in front of everyone we all know It's one of my many talents.

I hop out the car and am immediately met with a girl with long brunette hair, she was my height and very beautiful, she had a wide smile on her face staring into my face as I just stand there awkwardly.

"Hey there!!" She beams at me.

"Hello" I greet her as she sticks her hand out for me to shake, and I gladly accept it.

"My name is Jade Sullivan and I'll be your buddy for the next couple of days." She confidently smiles. I can tell we're going to be friends.

"My name is Angelique Monroe, but you can just call me Angel." My grandma used to call me Angel so I tell most people to call me that. It saves them from mispronouncing my full name.

"You have a beautiful name! I'll show you around the school and let you know all the details and information you'll need to know." She flaps her arm in the direction of the school as we walk up the steps to the big wooden doors.

The hallway is very old-looking and reminds me of an old castle. Groups of students are standing around chatting with one another, some staring me up and down. I just give them a cold glare which seems to back them off.

"Ok, this is the main hallway the classrooms branch off from here," she points at the classroom doors while walking through crowds to get to a big brown staircase with an impressive chandelier hanging from the ceiling. I just gaze in awe at everything.

Jade leads me upstairs to a large office with Principal written in grey writing on the glass window.

"He will give you your dorm key and timetable and just let you know any other information about the school, I'll wait outside for you," Jade says leaning against the wall as I lift my arm to knock on the door.

I push through the door and I'm immediately greeted by a tall man with grey hair and small circular glasses hanging off the end of his nose.

"Hello Angelique," his shoulders stiffen and I could tell something was up.

"Hi." I sit down in a seat in front of his desk.

"I am the principal and you can call me Mr. Smith. I'm sorry we have to do this on your first day but we have to discuss an unfortunate issue with the dorms," his breath hitches as he types away on his computer.

I pick the stitching at the hem of my skirt, anxiety rising inside of me.

He's hesitant before speaking again.

"You have been placed into a boys' dormitory, there was no space in the girls as we accepted you late." He hands me a key as I sit there in silence contemplating on whether or not I should run now.

"It's fine..." I brush it off not wanting to make a bad impression. I take my timetable and keys and make my way out the door seeing Jade still leaned up against the wall.

"How'd it go?" She leaps off the wall and walks over to me.

"I've been put in a boys' dorm..." I mumble.

"WHAT?!" She yells in my face.

"There was no room in the girls' rooms," I roll my eyes.

"What room are you in?" She says grabbing my timetable to check. Her eyes widen in shock when she sees the number 513.

"You're in the golden boys' dorm!" she hands me back my timetable with a shocked look on her face.

"What's wrong with them?" I say confused as to why they're called the 'golden boys.'

"They're only like the most scary but popular boys of the school!" She grabs my hand and drags me off to the stairs.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, I mean they can't be that bad," I say honestly. Nothing scares me when growing up with parents who hate your guts.

"Yeah, we'll see what you have to say after you meet them," Jade mumbles.

She leads me up to a dark wooden door in a cold corridor as I unlock it with my key, stepping inside.

There's a massive circular window in the middle of the room and four beds; it stank of boys' BO and rotten food. We both pinch our noses in disgust as I throw my stuff by the empty bed.

"I think I'm gonna sleep. I'm kinda tired from the long drive," I tell Jade.

"Yeah, of course. I'll see you later. Good luck with the boys," she chuckles, waving her hand and leaves, shutting the door behind her. I flop down on the bed and go to sleep in my uniform, not caring about what I look like. As I'm fast asleep I can hear muffled voices in my dream.

"Is she alive?"

"Who the fuck is this!"

I just groan and open my eyes slowly only to be met with three intimidating boys looking down on me. My only reaction is to scream, and I let out the loudest ear-piercing scream and jump out of the bed, running to the other side of the room.

As they cover their ears in horror.

The first chapter 🤭

I know I said I would post this yesterday but I forgot so sorry about that! I hope you're enjoying it so far. I'm trying my best! And I'm excited for what's going to happen next, I might do it from one of the boys' POVs.

Don't be a silent reader!

Byeee 🤍