Kira took her precious time, getting delicately soaked in her scented bathtub with rose petals. Her bathroom was enough to hold a hundred people comfortably, it was spaciously decorated in white and gold colors, not to mention the bath itself. She was on her phone, going through her Instagram where she came across the picture of- as she will call it... Her humiliation. It made her blood boil with anger!! She zoomed in to get a clearer look at the picture.

"Curse those ugly witches." She clicked her tongue. "And this moronic loser!" She felt like smashing her phone on the wall in anger, but the last time she did something as stupid as that, she went on "no phone for two months" because of her mother. She had learned, she wasn't repeating the mistake again. Two months of 'no phone' was enough torture for Kira.

Kira tried calling Nessa but it went straight to voicemail, then she tried calling her boyfriend, Liam didn't answer. After almost an hour, she stepped out of the bath to get dressed. She quickly dried her blond hair which cascaded down to her waist, she dressed herself in black pajamas before leaving her room as radiant as ever. She had her phone in her hand, taking a video as she showed off her elegant house.

"Ten forty you guys," she spoke to her Instagram followers while doing a live video. She was getting close to two thousand views. "I'm about to have my beauty sleep but I have to talk to mummy and daddy," she was whispering. "As you can see, I'm whispering... Shhhhhh." She said, tucking in her hair behind her ear as she held the phone above her eye level.

She soon got to a big mahogany door which she placed her ear over. She could hear muffling sounds. "I think they are talking." She said to her phone. "Who wants me to let y'all in to hear the conversation between me and my parents?" She asked her audience.

Immediately, there were tons of positive reply and Kira smiled. She felt like a celebrity already.

"Alright, here we go." She knocked, straightening her hair before opening the door. "Oh hey Fami-" She halted to see her parents staring at her, but there was something different.

Someone else was in the study with them. Someone she was familiar with. Kira frowned suddenly - Loser?
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Kira gaped, staring at the guy who was sitting beside her mother by her father's desk.

"Kira." She called, snapping her fingers to release Kira from her daze.

"Huh?" Kira's eyes didn't leave Aksel. She was too shocked to say anything or move.

"Your phone?" Her mom said when her phone notification sounds kept popping on.

"Oh!" She finally looked away, turning off her live video. She walked over to her parents with a questioning look on her face. "What's going on?" She glanced forth and back at her parents.

"We've been waiting for you Princess." Her father said, gathering a few files together.

"O-okay? So um, what's he doing here? In our house." Kira asked frowning at her father.

"This is why we wanted to talk to you." Hannah said calmly.

"Ohkay?" Kira nodded slowly, folding her arms over her chest.

"This is Aksel Estridsen and he'll be staying with us for a while and-" Jacob gets interrupted.

"What? You can't be serious." Kira scoffed. "This is some sort of joke right? Wh-where's the camera?" Kira glanced around the place but only spotted the security cameras.

"Don't be rude Kira." Hannah chided her.

"Actually it's a fact. Aksel is moving in with us, and I've come to know you've both met in school and... It wasn't a pleasant meeting." Jacob glanced at Aksel who was utterly embarrassed.

"And that Aksel will apologize for." Hannah said immediately, turning to the boy in question.

"I am sincerely sorry about today. I didn't mean to trip over and cause you any sort of embarrassment." He sincerely apologized to Kira. "I really do hope you forgive my lack of conduct."

Kira was left speechless. How dare this guy show up at her place?!

"It was an honest mistake, Kira. And Aksel has apologized for the misconduct." Hannah added when Kira did not utter a word.

"Aksel will be with us, and as such, you should treat him with respect. I want both of you to sort things out, which I know is gonna be hard given what happened. I know this is a lot to take in and I'm sorry this has to happen. On that note, you and Aksel will be going to school together, help each other out, treat him like the rest of your siblings. That can't be hard." Jacob told his daughter.

Kira licked her lips. "Can I talk to you guys alone, please?" She was determined to calm her nerves.

"Okay." Jacob agreed. "Aksel, you must be exhausted. Marie is outside waiting, she'll accompany you to your room." He told Ian.

"Thank you sir." He turned to Hannah. "Ma'am, I'll take my leave." He stood up, gave a quick look at Kira before walking out and then closing the door behind him.

"What the actually fuck?!" Kira finally burst.

"Language." Hannah shook her head.

"Princess I know you're fuming right now." Jacob started.

"Obviously." She answered, throwing her hands up in annoyance.

"And you probably have a lot of questions." He said again.

"Clearly." Kira said, putting her hands on her waist. 

"But daddy gotta do what he gotta do. I'm sorry sweetie." Jacob told her.

"No no no, there must be some mistake somewhere! That guy cannot and will not live in this house with us. I do not agree! And... And what was that you said about going to school together? Helping each other? I totally object!" Kira stated.

"Kira, Aksel needs us, it's our duty to help him." Hannah said to her.

"Why here? Then drop him off at an orphanage or something?! He's just a charity case after all!" Kira blurted out.

"Kira!!" Hannah turned to Jacob. "Talk to your daughter! She shouldn't say things like that."

"Honey relax." Jacob said trying to calm his wife. "Okay listen good Kira, the boy stays it's nonnegotiable. End of story." He said firmly.

She tried to object, "Dad but-"

"I suggest you go to your room now. And don't think you're off the hook just yet, after staying out late the other night." Jacob said, wagging a warning finger at her.

Kira knew it was the end for her. If her dad was actually frowning and serious, it meant it was a dead end.

"You're unbelievable." Kira shook her head angrily before storming out of the study, slamming the door behind her.

Jacob stood up with a chuckle. "That went well." He moved to Hannah's back.

She turned around, facing her husband with a frown, "did you just see what she did there?" Hannah scoffed in disbelief, "She stomped off."

"She'll get over it." Jacob smiled, wrapping his arms around his wife to calm her down.

Hannah sighed, "well she better. There's nothing she can do anyway."

"I don't even know who's scarier when angry, you or her." He chuckled, giving her a kiss on the tip of her nose.

Kira screamed into her pillow, trying to release all her anger. How did it happen?! What was going on with her parents and why on earth was that loser guy in her house? She wouldn't live with that loser, never!!
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Nextday, Kira forced herself to forget the nightmare. Maybe her parents meant only for the night and he was going to be out of the house before daybreak.

"I won't let an insignificant human ruin my precious week." She said, smiling to herself as she stared at her God-given beauty.

Today, she decided not to wait for Marie's call. She majestically made her way to the dinning room and on getting there, she met the whole family already there.

"Good morning daddy! Mom. Hey Blakey," She said before turning to Rhea with a small smile and then she stopped, locking eyes with Aksel who nervously adjusted his glasses.

"Someone's in a good mood." Jacob noted while sipping from his coffee cup. "And you're down early."

She slowly shifted her gaze to her father. "I'm picking up Nessa," she managed to smile. She walked to sit beside her brother Blake, directly sitting opposite Aksel.

"You know, Aksel here was telling us about his stay in India. Can you believe he speaks five languages? English, Spanish, Danish, French even Hindi, amazing right?" Kira's mom seemed to praise Aksel.

Kira made a condescending chuckle, "I know right? Like who cares?"

"Be nice." Hannah looked at her, giving a tight smile.

"She's still upset that Aksel kissed her." Blake blurted with his mouth full. Rhea chuckled lightly.

"Can you shut it?" Kira elbowed him in the rib.

"Ow." Kira's brother winced.

"Don't bully your sister." Jacob said to Blake. He stood up and heaved deeply, turning to Kira. "I'm running late for a meeting, I gotta go. Princess please be accommodating to Aksel for my sake." He walked out.

Kira kept on eating without saying a word. Ten minutes later, she was done, she stood up.

"The meal was very delicious. Thank you." He said with a smile.

"You're welcome dear." Hannah looked at her Kira. "Oh, you're leaving already." She said.

"Yep!" She picked up her handbag from the empty chair.

"Kira why don't you take Aksel along with you since you're both going to the same place." Hannah suggested.

Kira whipped her head back, turning to her mum abruptly. "What? OMG mom, no. God no." She declined immediately.

"No please. It's okay, I can manage." Aksel politely refused. He knew Kira would throw an irritating tantrum.

"Oh," Hannah chuckled. "Don't be shy."

"Mom, besides, I'm taking my own car." Kira frowned.

"Then I'll tell the driver to take you both to school and then along the way, Nessa can join you." Hannah said to Kira.

"But mom..." Kira was horrified. "This is the worst idea. I don't want to be in the same car with him, It'll be suffocating. I can't believe you and daddy just forgave him for what he did to me? I was humiliated for crying out loud." Kira lamented.

"He's sorry Kira. And from the video, it was mostly your fault." Hannah told her.

Kira felt stabbed... "Wow. So it's my fault now?" Kira shook her head a little disappointed. She briskly walked out of the dinning with her mom trying to call her back.

Hannah sighed. "I don't know what to do with your sister anymore." She looked at the rest of her kids.

After a little moment, Aksel who had been sitting, awkwardly cleared his throat. "I should go too." He told Mrs Aniston calmly.

She nodded. "The car's outside, it's waiting for you." She informed him with a smile. Aksel nodded slowly before standing to leave.
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She sat at the backseat of the car, immediately texting Liam to pick up Nessa. Kira didn't want Nessa finding out she was with the transfer student. Just then, Askel opened the door and sat beside her. She eyed him, fisting her hands.

"Who the hell are you and why do you seem to bring along bad luck?!" She sneered at him.

Aksel turned to her and sighed. "I'm really sorry if I inconvenience you in any way. But just so you know, I never asked to be here. I take full responsibility for yesterday." He nodded slowly.

Kira wasn't listening to anything he had to say. "Oh just shut up already! That mouth of yours is clearly only good at sucking dicks, end of story." She rolled her eyes, throwing on a headphone over her ears. She leaned back, folding her arms over her chest while looking at the tinted side window.

He was stunned to the bones by her choice of words. He had never expected Kira Aniston to be an insensitive, horrible, mean human! He expected her to be the charming, bubbly and nice person she portrays on her social media account, clearly, she was opposite of everything he thought. This was the girl he had been crushing on since he was nine! It did break his heart a little knowing that he spent ages daydreaming of the moment they will meet. But now? He wished he could take it all back. Everything about her was toxic! It was all a total mistake.
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"Why'd you bail on me?" Nessa asked Kira as soon as she saw her.

"My mom." Kira answered, shaking her head and her hand carelessly.

"What did she do that this time?" She flipped her straight fiery hair as they walked down the hallway.

"Can we not talk about that?" Kira sighed. "Look, I'm not in a good mood and... And where is Liam?" She asked.

"He went ahead." Nessa shrugged.

They walked into the English class and Kira sighted Liam with one of his friends.

"Save me a seat will you Nessa." She said, walking towards Liam.

"Morning Kiks." Liam greeted her with another usual pet name he calls her.

"Sup Kira." The guy beside Liam greeted too.

"We need to talk." Kira said to Liam, ignoring his friend.

"Oh." He furrowed. "About what?"

"Nothing too serious. So later?" Kira nodded.

"Mmhm." Liam hummed in return.

"Settle down class." Mr Prism their English teacher said after clearing his throat.

Kira walked to seat beside her best friend who had saved her a seat.

"Good morning class. First, we're gonna be working in pairs for this, second, you'll be working on projects hand picked by me." He continued while looking at the students with a straight face. "So partner up. Note, boy and girl."

"Ouch." Nessa commented before turning to Kira. "Bestie, looks like we're not teaming up this time."

"No worries. I'll team up with Liam and you just look for one cute guy around. Oh look! Adam's over there." Kira pointed at a random guy two seats away.

"No, hold on class." Mr Prism halted the movement of students. "In order to be fair, I'll be the one pairing. Kayden and Kitty, Jorge and Melissa, Davis and Jay, Fiona and Daniel..... Liam and...." His eyes roamed around. "Vanessa."

"I cannot believe this. What's Mr Prism up to this time?" Kira shook her head, clearly upset.

"No worries." Nessa smiled at her friend.

She rolled her eyes. "You only say that because you're partners with Liam."

"That's not true." Nessa chuckled. "Besides you know you don't need a partner to get an A+, you're a genius remember?" Nessa grinned at her friend.

"Yeah, yeah." Kira had to agree.

"Gotta go." Nessa said, before leaving.

Kira finally noticed that everyone was being paired and she hadn't heard her name. "Mr Prism, you haven't paired me up with anyone." She stated.

"Oh I did." The teacher nodded, turning to her.

"Really? With who?" Kira smiled at her teacher.

"With our new student over there," Mr Prism pointed to a corner at the back and Kira followed his hand. "Aksel."

Kira's smile was replaced with a frown immediately.

"You'll be pairing up with Aksel." Mr Prism stated.

Kira turned back to her teacher. "Mr Prism, is there a way I could work alone? I mean, I'm fine working on my own."

"Kira this is a project for two and you can't work alone." He told her.

"Sure I can. You know my capabilities, you know I can do the-"

"No bargains. Just do what I said." Mr Prism said to her.

Kira sighed... "Fine." She turned, heading to the back.