chapter 001.
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penny 💝 ; nelly
mama 💞 ; mom

monday 1:34 pm

penny 💝
hi ma
i was gonna ask if i can come over this christmas break?
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wednesday 10:02 pm

penny 💝
mom?

mama 💞
oh my
i'm sorry baby i didn't saw
but i fear not
grandma isn't doing so good and i don't have time to watch after you

penny 💝
you don't need to watch after me?
i just wanna be there i can help too

mama 💞
i know i know
but i won't be home and granny needs rest
im sorry
i will text you when its a good timing again!
ask your father

penny 💝
okay see you!!

mama 💞
thinking about you everyday! 😘

little one❣️ ; nelly
papa 💕 ; dad

little one❣️
hey pa
i was gonna ask if i can come over for christmas break?
mom is busy with grandma

papa 💕
no angel
i don't really have time it's really stressful at home right now with martha being pregnant

little one❣️
she's pregnant again?

papa 💕
yes! you're getting a little brother

little one❣️
and why can't i come?

papa 💕
it's stressful and martha doesn't want people around her right now

little one❣️
but it's been so long since the last time i saw you

papa 💕
maybe next year
ask your mother

little one❣️
oh okay
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nells ; nelly
lynn ; eve

lynn

nells
what

lynn
no go away
i thought you were asleep

nells
well i'm not

lynn
11pm? don't you need your beauty sleep??

nells
what do you want?

lynn
talking to my favorite beautiful step sis i haven't seen in a while? duh

nells
im your only step sister
sibling in general

lynn
not rly anymore
i don't know if dad told you

nells
he did
tell martha congrates, i didn't and won't get the chance too

lynn
will do!!

nells
so what do you really want?

lynn
dad asked me to ask you what you want for christmas this year

nells
can't he ask himself?

lynn
don't ask me that

nells
right
sorry

lynn
so is there anything you want?

nells
not really actually
there's this one watch i would really like tho
i'll send you the link tomorrow!!

lynn
alr xx

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THE LITTLE HEELS OF THE RED MARY JANES clatter quietly through the dark corridor of the university. The hallway was deathly quiet, which isn't all that unusual for just after midnight in the middle of the week.

Penelope's gentle and quiet steps make her way to the last door in the hallway. Her steps are gentler than usual, because if anyone notices that she is moving outside her room after midnight during the week, she will get into big trouble.

One of the stupid rules of private collage that she doesn't want to break, or rather doesn't want to be caught doing it. Because this breaks her 100 point never broken a rule, rule, which is very dear to her.

The door that leads to the roof slowly creaks open, causing a grimace to appear on her face. Her hands hold the end of her mini denim skirt as she climbs the stairs that were behind the door. As she gets closer to the exit on the roof, the cold September night air begins to approach her.

Goosebumps begin to form on her fair skin, where there was no trace of her summer tan left even though it was only begin of September. The only thing covering her upper body was a cherry red ribbed Hollister shirt that somewhat covered till the belt area of ​​her skirt and a little part of her upper arm.

The end door comes towards her and she simply pushes it open because no one up here can hear her anymore anyway.

Her hands caress her goosebumps covered arms as she somewhat regrets not bringing a jacket. Her hazel eyes glide over the view from the roof. The whole campus could be seen from up here, what looks so beautifully green and happy during the day now looks dark and frightening to walk around alone down there.

However, there are still small lanterns all over the area right away, which is why she can still see where she steps on the roof, her hands following the railing so she doesn't fall over with her shoes.

She feels the coldness of her jewelry through the cool temperatures on her skin, the gold heart necklace that rests on her neck leaves a cold feeling in that spot if you pay attention to it.

Her gaze lingers on a shadow sitting in her seat. Which is why she stops her movements and just stands behind the person whose back is turned to her. The person's legs hang down from the end of the edge of the roof while he just sits there and just looks into the dark.

He sits exactly where Nelly always sits. The brunette was a bit surprised, that was her place and she really hasn't seen anyone up here on the roof, at least at this time of the day. Most of the students here don't even know how to get up or that you can get up here + that it's forbidden scares them off, which is why this was actually always her place of calm.

Penelope realizes that the person knows 100 percent that she is there now, because her shoes clacked slightly as she shifted from one foot to the other as the coldness became visible again.

Her gaze wanders back and forth from the person's back to the front door.

"You can sit down, last time i checked i don't bite" the ironic in the confident tone in his voice irritates her a bit and she stands still in her place, the wind blowing her straightened hair a little from behind.

Penelope becomes even quieter when she finally recognizes the voice and she becomes even quieter if that's possible, her expression becoming more pronounced at that.

She was ready to take a step back and go back to her room when she heard a small chuckle and stood rigid as the man then turned his upper body towards her.

She watches him till his head at her as the corners of his lips turn up slightly, which she can just see through the lanterns.

Matt presses his tongue against his inner cheek as he scans her face and sees her eyebrows furrowing in irritation at him without forming a single wrinkle on her flawless face.

"Come on, don't be shy, sit." He pats the seat next to him, which irritates the brunette even more and she has to suppress a scoff.

As he hears the steps of her little heels getting closer, she hears low chuckling and watches him taking his hand from the spot he just tapped to make room.

Not a second later she sits down, not where he pointed, but a little further away and next to him. She always shifts a little back and forth on her seat because she feels a little too close, even though if the two of them stretched out their arms to each other they couldn't touch each other.

He knows exactly the reason why she hesitated for so long and doesn't answer him or sit next to him, which is why his grin widens. Her gaze slowly wanders over to him, his brown hair slightly tousled by the wind blowing slightly in the light wind of the night.

Penelope's gaze drops to the place where he is sitting as she feels his blue eyes boring through her quietly. As Matt follows her gaze, he tilts his head and chuckles lowly. "what? this is your spot? my bad doll it didn't have your name on it" her eyes, which were still lowered to the floor, furrow and she has to hold back a scoff, which the boy next to her notices grinning, leaning back on his hands.

After a while there was silence again and Nelly's gaze wandered from the school grounds to him. The brunette next to her looks out into the dark, his weight supported on his hands. Which are adorned with a few silver rings and one single bracelet on his right one.

A white tank top caresses his shoulders, which is connected to his left arm with tattoos that create a variety of patterns but one side is more decorated than the other.

Her perfectly plucked eyebrows rise as she sees his grin spread across his pink lips as his blue eyes scan over her.

"Well what brings you up here in the middle of the night? First rule you broke?" His amused voice rings out in the silence and she doesn't even look up at him, her gaze continues down to the lanterns that are scattered around the school grounds.

He isn't even surprised that she doesn't answer him because that's what he expected, for some reason that amuses him more. Penelope knows that Matthew knows what she thinks of him, which makes the atmosphere a little more tense, at least for her. The boy next to her finds it quite funny, at least that's what you can tell from his grin.

From his question, she can guess what he thinks of her, but because she doesn't answer, he is more than sure about what she thinks of him. It's always been like this, not the first time that she avoids their group, especially Matt. The two only know each other a little somewhat through Natalia, one of her closest friends so to speak, who is a little more in contact with the group when she isn't hanging out with Nelly.

"You want some?" She looks over at the boy who is pulling chewing gum out of his pants pocket. She feels his gaze on her expectantly but also unexpectedly until she looks away again. "suit yourself, ..." she furrows her eyebrows without forming a single wrinkle, which he seems to notice because he speaks again with a smirk on his lips that never left since she got here.

"You know this is the moment you're supposed to tell me your name." his voice sounds almost so ironic that she has to suppress a scoff. From the look on his face, she sees that he actually finds this quite amusing. The brunette licks her teeth and looks up at him, he knows her name.

"You know my name", her soft voice sounds for the first time in the quiet night air. Penelope watches the eyebrows of the person sitting next to her raise.

"That's pretty bullish, don't you think?" She watches as his hair falls slightly over his face as he tilts his head at her, with a tone that would make her eye twitch if she would've cared.

The moonlight shines on him, which is why his silver horse chain shines a little in her eyes, her eyes rest on his neck until she looks away again, he didn't expect any other answer anyway.

The bright light from Matt's phone brings her out of her thoughts, he turns the brightness down as he checks the time. Her hazel eyes look slightly over at his screen because of the sudden brightness in curiosity.

The background picture of him and one of his brothers that she can't tell apart from the side, it's a little harder to distinguish them from the front when she sees them every now and then, in the suit.

1:04 am.

"What's your excuse for being up here so late?" her gaze lifts from his cell phone, which he puts back in his pocket, to his face. she watches as he tilts his head to her and waits for her reaction.

"My bad, i forgot you're a little shy." her eyebrows furrow under his supervision, eliciting a small chuckle from him.

She opens her glossed lips to answer, but she doesn't get around to it because two voices and bags interrupt her from a little afar.

Surprised, she looks down at the campus, where the two well-known security men do their nightly rounds, like every night.

It's not unexpected because she hears them walk around everytime she's up here at night but it's a bit surprising that they're still around at this time, usually they would've already done their round.

However, she is reassured because she is sitting with her legs crossed now following to her not being seen by any angle, but matt has it a little worse, he slightly lifts his legs, which were only half covered by his jort until the two men walked past.

which takes quite a while because the two of them take their time running because they 1) talk and 2) don't want to do several laps.

The two of them were known to let a lot slide and not always take their job seriously, especially when you gave them something sweet to bribe.

As the light from the pocket flaps dims in the distance, Matt lets his legs dangle again.

1:14am

She looks at the watch on his wrist, which she can just see from the side. which elicits a small sigh from her, tomorrow is a school day and she knows full well that she will curse herself if she doesn't go to bed soon.

The boy next to her also hears the sigh and turns his eyes back to her and raises his eyebrows. She slowly stands up again and straightens her skirt before heading towards the door. "what? no bye?" The cocky voice that she was hoping for to leave her alone, sounds in the quiet.

She just opens the roof door and a quiet "bye" was heard, which she hopes he didn't hear, at least that's what she said. Nelly isn't rude, she just doesn't like him that much, but she knows he heard it before she finally closes the door behind her.

Her quiet steps carry her down the stairs as her brown eyebrows are still slightly furrowed together, but still without creating a wrinkle on her skin that is worth its weight in gold.

In the fall and winter seasons or simply in the colder times, the chances of her skin breaking out or getting worse are more common than it normally is throughout the year.

Probably always due to the change in the weather, the start of the school year, Christmas with the presents, which parent she is celebrating with and the stress of school during the holidays.

It's only the beginning of September but she's already starting to pay extreme attention to it.

The hallway is just as quiet as before, when she takes a step the automatic light turns on and a small sigh leaves her lips, which are covered in lip gloss, even though it's definitely already gone.

Her legs quickly but quietly carry her to her room, because if you look at her in that direction you wouldn't believe she was on the toilet, which 1) wouldn't have made any sense since you have two bathrooms in your room, and 2) the excuse "I forgot where it was" wouldn't have worked after a year here either.

If someone in your situation came up with such a stupid excuse you would just think that she was drunk, which in that case would get her into even more trouble.

The private collage places a lot of value on how you behave and is not particularly strict, even though the students here are at least 18, they pay attention to everything.

There is sometimes time to have "fun" at events such as anniversaries in a large room that is part of the building, but people don't stick to it.

Parties usually take place in the houses of sometimes oldest students here or just the one who have their last year to study. who alone or with several people have their own building relatively far back on campus 'cause of their final finals. so they have more quiet and piece then from the "younger" or just other students then in the library or in the building.

However, because of that the parties are getting thrown there. it still happens more during the holidays because people pay less attention.

Her hand quietly turns the golden metal turntable that leads into her room. A small creak makes her pause before she gives the hallway one last look and enters.

Penelope closes the door behind her and looks around the dark room. There is a hallway in front of her with rules, mirrors and drawers for everything.

The apartment is set up like a real one, everyone has a room, their own bathroom and there is a kitchen, but it is hardly used because meals are usually in the cafeteria, the collage supplies the students here, which perhaps has a lot to do with the price and that not everyone here goes for it.

There are around 800 students, which is why the apartments are big enough because there is space and the students should have a good time.

The main goal of the College is to say "That used to be our student", even if the school isn't exactly the least strict (that's why so many succeed). But there are always a few exceptions.

With a small sigh, Nelly slips out of her shoes and quickly moves into her room, where she closes the door behind her.

The moon litch comes towards her from the open cardins, which illuminates the room slightly and she sees her desk full of paper and books because she hasn't managed to tidy up yet. This absolutely hurts the perfectionist in her heart, but she is too tired and has no strength to do this anymore.

With the last of her strength, her legs now drag her into the bathroom, where she closes the door behind her for a third time.

marie speaks! 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𐀔

this was soo fun to write
next chap will be more interesting i just needed to introduce many things for the plot 😈😈