S C A R L E T

"Why can't you be more like her?!"

I stopped walking for a moment when I heard what was coming from his mouth. His words were filled with hate and disgust, something no child expects from her own parent. He was always comparing me with her and not once has it clicked in that thick skull of his that I can't be anyone else other than my self.

"News flash old man, she's dead." With that, I ran to get away from his presence. He irritated me, the person called my father did. Rage filled my whole body and my inner chambers shivered with pure anger and hatred. This happens every time I see him, unexplained and uncontrollable anger lances through my body and eats up my flesh. I squirmed, it too much!

Blinded with anger, I picked up a rock and went to where his precious car was parked. I think it was a Benz, I don't care.

Smash!

I hit the wind shield with little effort and it broke but I want more, more! I kept on hitting and smashing the car. Why can't he see me for me?!

Smash!

I AM ME!

Smash!

She's dead!

Smash!

I HATE EVERYTHING!

Smash!

I felt restraint when I was about to take another swing at the car and flinched. They're touching me! Stop touching me! I looked back to see hefty boys and some teachers trying to restrain me. It's impossible though, I was stronger and unsteady as I trashed around in their hold.

"SCARLET CALM DOWN!" I heard Mayorkun yell and I couldn't help but sneer at him.

"Uh oh, Mayorkun is mad! I'm freaking scared." I said sarcastically. "So bad Mayorkun, you couldn't be the heir-in-law of Fredrickson industries eh?"

"Scarlet..."

"SHUT IT! SHUT UP! SHUT THE FREAKING HELL UP! I didn't ask for any of you, NO!!" The anger boosted my confidence, not that I didn't have any. My vision suddenly went hazy and all black and I felt a sharp pain on my neck. My eyes widened in realization as I saw a man pushing a syringe into my neck. Tranquilizer...

I only remember cursing the man and my father before I hit the floor.

L O G A N

Scarlet's outburst was the talk of the school. The nerve of that girl to wreck a Mercedes Benz was nothing to look over. Ayo shuddered in fear or disgust, whichever one you can picture him like.

"This isn't the first outburst she's had. Last time she took her anger out on Scott, the quarterback was hospitalized for a month." He said. To say I was surprised is an understatement, only forced words came out of my mouth.

"A quarterback?! A month?!" I managed.

Ayo shrugged like it was nothing. "That's why I thought she was a boy but... a girl bashed Scott like that. Man, you're in for some deep shit with her as your seatmate." He looked at me with this 'I pity you' look and went to class.

After the whole Scarlet drama, classes went by fast and before I knew it, it was closing hours. Ayo asked if I wanted to hitch a ride with him but I had to go to my part time job. Yes, I have a job. I have to work to pay my rent for food and other stuff I need. Ever since I was thirteen that's how it has been although life was difficult back at Beastgrovia because of my identity but I pulled it off with help from my best friends there.

Those two were the only ones to accept me for me despite what they faced because of a certain someone I want to erase so badly from my life.

Work was uneventful and I sluggishly dragged myself to my studio apartment. I flopped myself on the couch and thought today through and through, Scarlet and I... we both hate our fathers. I sighed and went to the kitchen to prepare food for myself, a skill I had to learn because of situation, and went upstairs to remove my blue contact lenses.

Why wear blue contacts on perfect eyes? You ask. My original eyes are the cause of my problems. My right eye is blue and my left eye is green. Wow! You have mismatched eyes, a rare sight, you may be thinking but those eyes are a landmark for other people. They remind them to stay clear of me and maybe torture me. It's no surprise no one recognises me with contacts on since they didn't spare me a glance when I was original. In short, no one knows my face, they just see my eyes and scram.

I ate silently and played a game on my phone when it started ringing. I looked at the caller I.D and a smile tugged at my lips.

"Hey Nata." I hailed. Nata has been my friend and big sister figure since I was fourteen (although I'm older) and she took my loneliness away. Her along with her boyfriend, Sean.

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Italics = Nata
Normal =Logan
Bold italics = Sean
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"So if I didn't call, you weren't planning to call at all?!"

"Of course not snake sister, I had work."

I heard her dramatic gasp from the other end.

"My baby! Are they over working you?! Are you being bullied again?! Should I come and choke the living daylights out of them?!"

I couldn't help but smile at her impulsiveness to choke anyone that crosses her path. She should have been named after a snake. I rolled my eyes even though she couldn't see me.

"I'm fine mum! I'm seventeen not seven and last time I checked, I escaped the womb before you did."

"Pah! Anyway guess what?!"

"What?" I heard her squeal in excitement.

"I moved to Beastopia with Sean!" She gushed.

"Whaaat?! You guys are years too young to live together!" I exclaimed, sitting up on my couch.

Sean and Nata met when he came for a field trip to Beastgrovia and maintained a good long distance relationship.

"Not together dummy! I transferred schools since I was left alone in Beastgrovia." Nata refuted and I chuckled.

"Oh! So I'm all alone now hun?" I joked.

"Made any friends yet?"

"Yeah, a lot actually but they're all gonna flee when they find out who I am." I sighed into the phone. Nata was silent for a while, then she spoke.

"Hey Logan, they'd come around like Sean and I did. They'd see you for who you are." She encouraged.

"Ya think?"

"I know. I have to go now, I've got homework on first day"

"Homework?! Tell me it is not an apology letter." I joked.

"What gave me away?"

I laughed at that. Leave it to Nata to mark somebody with injuries on her first day. "What did they call you this time?" I asked.

"Can you believe it?! They called me tiny, I'm not that short!" I could imagine Nata huffing on the other end. Honestly speaking, she was a midget and there are sometimes I feel like I can lift her by the scruff of her neck like a puppy but her size doesn't fool me. That girl can pack a punch.

"Course you are!" Another voice I recognize butted in from the other end.

"Sean." I greeted

"The one and only."

"Well bye guys, I am so tired from working." I dismissed with a slight yawn.

"Bye snake brother."

"Bye Lo."

I ended the call and washed the plates I used. I lied down on my bed, I was exhausted. I gazed at the ceiling absentmindedly as the events of today swirled in my mind like a stormy sea. Only one thing stuck in my mind; if my new friends find out about me, would they come around?

I closed my eyes and let sleep take over.

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