I walked onto school grounds and I saw Lana, texting someone through her phone. I shrug and I just ignore it. I walk to my locker and clear my things out. Tyler winked at me and I rolled my eyes. He walked over, and he decided to talk to me.
"You know, you're cute. Would you want to dump Damara and be with me instead?" Tyler asked me and I shook my head. I rolled my eyes.
"No. I love Damara. She makes me incredibly happy. I am in love with her, and that is the end of the story. Don't talk to me." I said, and Tyler looked down.
I grabbed my English textbook and I walked to class with it in my hand. I sat down into my class and I sighed, looking at the teacher. I grabbed my Great Gatsby book that I have started reading and I enjoy it much more than To Kill a Mockingbird.
I just read it through class instead of reading the book that we are supposed to be reading. I like the plot of The Great Gatsby better than To Kill A Mockingbird. Why is it a sin to kill the mockingbird in the first place? It's so annoying. I lean back in my chair and I look around, noticing that nothing has happened and nothing is happening right now.
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It is lunch time and I decided to sit with Tyler, Damara, and Mads. I love how we started just Mads and I, and now we are sitting as an alliance, the four of us.
"We need to find out how we stay safe from Leah and her parents." Mads said, and Damara nodded.
"We need to make sure that no one in this school is onto us and what we are thinking of doing." Damara replied, and I nodded with her.
"I hope that I don't get kidnapped. I want to be able to stay safe from all harm." I said, and the three of them nodded.
"We need to make sure that we were safe, and not in so much danger." Damara said and everyone nodded.
"And of course, we need to think about how we keep her away from Leah. I don't think taking out the chip would be enough." Mads said, we all agreed. We all wanted to say it, but we didn't.
I texted Fiona, saying that she needs to switch schools with us, to make sure that I am safe. I texted her about the fact that I got kidnapped and that I escaped. The chip is at the house, but it's broken because it's not in my leg. I sighed and I smiled, ignoring the rest of my thoughts, as I listened to them talk about how to keep me safe.
-Leah-
"Hello, Lana. What information do you have for me?" I asked her and I paused to listen to her.
"She is friends with Mads, Damara, and Tyler, the new boy." Lana said, and I smiled.
Yes, I remember Tyler. The innocent boy who knows everything. He needs to be seriously shut up. I am annoyed and I look around at everyone at my school, and Jack, my boyfriend who I have to break up with because he has no impact on my life anymore.
"Hey, baby." He said, and I gave him one finger, to give him one second.
"Yes. Is she at school right now?" I asked.
"Yes." She said, and I smiled.
"Perfect. Thank you so much, Lana. I will gladly talk to you later." I said, and I hung up on her, to look at Jack in his eyes, to break up with him.
"What was that about?" He asked me, and I looked at him, with tears in my eyes.
"I am so sorry, but I have to break up with you, Jacky. I have to focus on myself more." I said, and I see tears developing in his innocent green eyes.
I wipe them away, or at least I try to until he swats my hand away and I look down at the ground and his shoes.
"I am so sorry." I said, and I walked away and to my locker.
I look at him from far away and I see that he is hurt. Maybe I shouldn't have done it, but this plan comes first. It always will come first. I want my life back and the only way to get it back is to go through with this plan and kill Ashlyn. I have to kill my half sister.
I can't stop thinking about Jack. Him and I have been together for one and a half years. Ever since the first day of high school. I cry myself, and break down in the hallway. I realized that everyone can hear me cry and so I ran to the bathroom to clean up. I wipe my eyes, and then I text my quadruplet sisters, Luna, Lina, and Lana in one chat.
I say that I am super hurt, and they try to comfort me. They all know that this plan has to commence. They are all in on my plan to kill Ashlyn. Luna is in on it because she just hates Ashlyn, Lana is in it because of the same reasons I am in, and Lina is in because she is my sister.
I smiled when I got care from my sisters and I looked down at myself. I decided to call mother, and see if she is up to find Ashlyn at SeaShore High.
"Hello, mother." I said, and she picked up.
"Hi, sweetie. How are you doing at Green Lake?" She asked me, and I rolled my eyes.
"Anyway, I know exactly where Ashlyn is taking place." I said, and she gasped.
"Where?" She asked me, and I smiled.
"She's at SeaShore." I said and she laughed.
"I am ready to head over to Green Lake to come and get you. There will be no problems at all." Mom said and I smiled, looking around.
"Okay. Just let me know when you're here." I said and I heard her getting in the car.
"Of course, sweetheart." She said, and then we hung up on each other.
I smiled, and went back to looking through my locker. I see that Jack is already talking to another girl in the hall in tears. He hugs that girl, and that girl is comforting him. It's his female best friend, Cassandra. Whatever.
I am not letting that get in the way of my plan with my sisters and our parents.
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It has been an hour, and the teacher gets a call. I sat down and I smiled through everything. I just pretended that the call wasn't for me, and I looked at Jack, who's sad about losing me, probably. My heart burns for him. He is the one who made me happy, and now, I am the one who has to make him happy.
"Leah?" The teacher said, and I raised my hand.
"You are going home. It is concerning. You have missed so much school this year." She said, and I nodded, leaving the classroom with my pass.
I exited the door and texted Jack, saying that I still care about him, and I asked if he could be with me again because I miss him. I don't expect to get a response right now and I just exit the building and on my way to see my mom.
"She is here." The principal said and I walked right on in.
"Hi, Leah. Let's go." Mom said, and she held my hand, walking me to the van that we kidnapped Ashlyn in. She drove me to Seashore, and I saw the beautiful town. It's pretty nice, not going to lie. It is filled with different colors of people and different types of people.
"Here is our home." Mom said, driving me to a big house. It is a mansion and I smiled at her.
"Thank you, mother." I said and she hugged me in the car.
We walked out of the car and into the house. It is a fancy house, I will say. It has a chandelier made of glass and the windows are so clear. The floor is fancy fancy tiles and the stairs are in an array. A staircase on the left and a staircase on the right. It's priceless and beautiful. I can not imagine this.
I walk up the staircase on the left, and I see the beautiful rooms that it stores. I walk into the bedroom in front of the staircase, and it is so huge, it's perfect. I lay on the bed placed in it, and it is the comfiest bed I have ever laid on. Like, THE COMFIEST, and it is all green, like mother asked for with a princess bed thing on it and the green curtains to window into the backyard and I go into the room next to mine and it's red. It's Lana's room. It looks so nice and perfectly situated for her.
Then, I go to the right of me and in front of the other staircase. I open the door and I walk into the room. It's blue. It's Lina's room. So beautiful and nicely situated, like I expected for Lina. Then, I walked into the door next to Lina's and it's purple. I walk in, and I see that it is so gorgeous. I sit on the bed, and I start to burn. I jumped in fear and I walked over to my room, with green. I rolled my eyes, because Alia assigned my color and she KNEW that green is my least favorite color. I hate this color society life.
"How do you like your room?" Mom asked me and I smiled, looking at the bed.
"It's amazing. Just like how I wanted." I said, and she smiled, hugging me.
"I am glad you liked it. I put the most effort in designing your room." She said and I nodded, laying on my bed once again.
-Ashlyn-
School is finally out now, and I drive home with Mads, to make sure I am safe. I am scared of walking to school or walking home from school at the moment. I looked outside the window, and I put my hands in my air. This feels like my 16th birthday over and over.
"We would never let you die, Ash. Just know that." Mads said and I nodded, smiling.
She got to the house I am staying at for a while, which is Mads's, and I lay down on the couch, as I start to do my homework, for the first time in a long time. Damara and Tyler are living here temporarily too, for some reason that I do not know about. Tyler comes home first, and he smiles at me, and then he walks in the direction to the kitchen. Probably to get himself food. And I was right. He goes to get some of those Brownies.
"Hey, Ash. How was school today?" He asked me and I shrugged.
"You know, the normal. School is normally boring. I am happy there was no drama today. If there was, I would've completely lost it on all of you." I said, and he chuckled.
"Right now, I have to go and get some groceries. Tyler, keep an eye on her. And do not flirt with her." Mads said, and she grabbed her purse, leaving.
"So, it's just the two of us, huh?" Tyler asked me and I nodded.
"Yeah. Just the two of us." I said, and he decided to walk over and sit next to me.
"Do you want to watch a movie together? I'll get us popcorn." He said and I nodded, looking at the remote to the TV.
I grab the remote as he grabs the popcorn bag, inserting it in the microwave. He puts it in for two minutes and observes it. I sighed and I looked through my phone at my social media. I posted a picture of the TV, and a picture of me and wrote 'watching TV. What are y'all up to?' and I put my phone away as he comes back with the popcorn. I smirked, and we looked in the eyes, with a random connection. I look away as fast as I can, and he grabs the remote from my hands.
"What movie do you want to watch?" He asked me and I shrugged.
"Well, it's not a movie I want to watch. It's a TV show." I said, and he nodded.
"Then, what show do you want to watch?" He asked me and I smiled.
"Let's watch Jane The Virgin." I said and he nodded, putting the popcorn in between us.
He turns on Jane The Virgin, and we are on the episode where Jane broke off her engagement with Michael Cordero. I sighed and kept watching. It's so sad. She's in love with Michael, but she doesn't know it yet. I am totally team Michael.
"Michael is a bastard. I am totally routing for Rafael." Tyler said, and I rolled my eyes.
"She's in love with Michael and she knows it. She is too afraid to admit it." I said, and Tyler laughed.
"She is in love with RAFAEL!" Tyler shouted, and threw some pieces of popcorn with me.
"She is in love with MICHAEL." I said, and I threw pieces of popcorn at him.
"SHE IS IN LOVE WITH RAFAEL!" Tyler shouted and threw a handful of popcorn at me.
"SHE IS IN LOVE WITH MICHAEL!" I shouted, and I threw a handful of popcorn at him.
Then, we made eye contact, as I looked into his beautiful eyes, like the ocean. He looked into mine, and then he grabbed my neck with his left hand, and I looked at his arm, looking back in his eyes as I felt butterflies. He leaned in and I leaned closer to make it easier for him to reach me, since I am super short.
Our mouths, one inch from each other, our eyes, staring deep into our souls, my heart, thumping like it never has before. As our lips touch, I feel those fireworks, kind of like in those movies. Never felt these with Damara. WAIT! DAMARA! I pushed him away and I grabbed my phone, running up the stairs to my bedroom.
"Come on, sugarpuff. I did nothin' wrong!" Tyler said, and I kept running up the stairs, knowing what I did wrong. I messed up.
I opened the door and I noticed that Tyler is trying to walk up the stairs and I slam my door right in his face, locking it as I look at the pink in my room. I sighed and I looked at myself in the mirror. I am a cheating menace.
I just cheated on Damara and I don't want to tell her because I am too shy to say anything to anyone. I just will keep to myself in my bubble and I won't say anything. Sounds easy enough. I looked through the window and I see a couple at the park, kissing each other. I don't picture Damara. I picture Tyler. I don't know what to do about that. I ignore it. I know it'll just go away. I just know it.
All of a sudden, I hear a knock on the door.
"Hey, Ash. What's up?" Mads asked and I unlocked the door, opening it.
"Hey. I am just a little overwhelmed." I said, and she nodded.
"Tell me what happened." Mads said, and I don't know if I should.
I have three options of things to do. I could, one, tell her about the kiss. Two, I could lie and say it's something else. Or three, I could say that I am perfectly fine and it's just the Leah thing that is bothering me. But all together, I decided to say the worst one.
"I kissed Tyler. It didn't mean to happen." I said, and Mads put her hands on her face.
"Ash, Tyler is a playboy. He will only get with you, and break you." Mads said and I nodded.
"I know. I felt fireworks, and that is what's bothering me." I said, and Mads raised her eyebrows.
"Damn. Okay. You felt fireworks for him. Got it." Mads said, and she stood up.
"Please don't tell Damara?" I asked her and Mads nodded.
"I won't say anything. Just don't do it again." Mads said and I nodded, looking at the promise ring that I was about to give Damara.
I just shrug and I go on my computer, to read some nice Webnovel love stories. I need to know what others do. I need to know what the right choice to make is.
-Leah-
"Mother, we need to get her." I said to Katherine, and she looked down at the tile of the house.
"Yes, but we need to get your sisters first." Katherine said and I nodded, walking into my room, and playing a couple of games on my computer.
"DAMMIT!" I shouted, as I lost a game of Poker to a bunch of random people online.
At least I have my own bank account and mother won't get mad at me for using my money. I decided to go again, and I bet $1,000 on this game. I just won $10,000 since I was playing a game against like nine people. Guess that's about a good amount to go to clothes, a good amount to go to this kidnapping, and a good amount to give to my mother to support my sisters. I text dad, and he's onto getting Ash to bring her to the basement that my mother installed in the house a couple of months ago.
I am not enrolled in any school right now because I have to be careful about what is going on with the life at home, and with getting rid of this stupid color rule, and banishing my father with no powers. I hate this.
I opened up this case that Jack gave me when we broke up. It looks like one of those cases that you know, one of those small cases you would find at an engagement ring store. It had red velvet on the case. I opened it up and it was this beautiful ring. It was a silver ring with a diamond in the middle. It made me think about Jack. Was it an engagement ring? Nah. It was a promise ring. Now, my heart burns for Jack. I can not believe that he was actually going to give me a promise ring. He was going to promise to stay around, and it was a REAL diamond. Him and I were the epic love story.
*flashback to freshman year*
I was wearing a beautiful little purple skirt and a nice pink T-shirt. I walked onto the school grounds and I smiled, knowing that I am the new girl at this school. It's January 26th and I just started here.
"Hi. I heard you're the new girl." Jack said, and I giggled.
"Yeah. You could say that. Leah. That's my name." I said, and he shook my hand.
"I am Jack. Nice to meet you." Jack replied, and I blushed.
The romance was there. It was there. I was in love with him, and he loved me. I feel horrible for breaking his heart into dozens of pieces, because while it broke his, it also broke mine into millions of little pieces scattered on the floor.
*present day*
I look at the ring, and then I look in the mirror. I picture Jack beside me, holding my waist and kissing me on the neck and then on the cheek. I giggle a little bit and I expect a baby. Then, I dropped to the floor and screamed out of pain.
"I need to call Jack." I said, and I dialed his number into my phone. It went directly to Voicemail.
"Oh, hello Jack. It's Leah. I got the ring. I miss you. I was wondering if we could see each other again. I miss you, Jack. I remember the day we met like the back of my hand. I remember when life was perfect. Can we please go back to that?" I asked Jack, through a voicemail, and then I hung it up, looking in the mirror.
I actually got a text from Jack super fast after that voicemail. I looked at the text and he asked me if he could come over. I texted him yes and my address. I smiled at the text and then next thing I know, I heard a knock on the door. Wow. That was quick. I ran down the stairs and I looked through the hole to see if it was Jack, and it wasn't. It was my sisters. I sighed and let them in. I was hoping for Jack.
"Hey sis. It's been so long since we saw each other last." Luna said and she hugged me.
In case you're wondering, it has been about 2 years since we saw each other last. I hugged her back and I lifted her. I brought her to her purple room on the second floor. She gasps and she lays in the bed, feeling great about herself.
Then, Lina walked through the door with a bag of clothes and whatnot, and she hugged me, but then quickly rushed to her blue room. I rolled my eyes. Lina was never mean to anyone, but was never nice to anyone either. She's the introvert of the sisters. And last but not leask, my favorite sister, Lana walks through with bags of jewelry for her room and when she sees me, she drops the bags on the floor and gives me a huge hug. Lana is a sweetheart to me. Luna tries to be nice, but has her moments, and Lina, well, she just ignores everyone.
Lana walks up to her room after hugging me and she smiles at the way the room looks. Her fancy lights around the top and the TV on top of her dresser, her bookshelves next to her bed, and her P!ATD poster on the side of her room.
I walked back to my room, and I layed in bed, thinking about Jack. About an hour passes and I hear another knock on the door, and I rush down the stairs, hoping it's Jack, since he said he would come over, but Lana answers the door first. I looked into Jack's eyes.
"Who exactly are you?" Lana asked Jack, and he looked right at me.
"I am Jack. I am here for Leah." He said, and he walked in the house, and gave me a beautiful green bouquet of flowers and Jack and I walked up the stairs and into my green room.
He sat down in a chair and looked at me. I looked right at him, blushing.
"So, Jack, I saw the ring. It's gorgeous." I said, and Jack nodded.
"Yeah. Did you read the note?" Jack asked, and I opened the note that was inside the case.
'Hello Leah,
It's Jack, your one true love. The man who would forever make you happy. While you broke up with me, I could tell that you didn't want to. You still love me and I still love you. I understand that you broke up with me because of your terror to take Ashlyn down and to get everyone their rightful rights to not be tied up in this society all about color and incorrect treatment. I love you, Leah. I understand that you didn't tell me because you were scared that I was going to abandon you and leave you for ransome. I would never leave you. In fact, I am on board with your plan. Let's get this villain together. I will gladly be your partner in crime. Always and Forever.
Love, Jack'
I looked right in his eyes, and started to tear up. I wrapped my hands around his beautiful, long neck and I looked into his eyes, as him and I made out, tongues dancing in each other's mouths and my mind just thinking about him and only him.
He moves from my lips to my neck, and I stop him in the process. I am not in a mood to have sex right now. I am in love with him, I just am not a full on sex person.
"I don't want to have sex, because to be honest.. I am a virgin." I said and he nodded.
"I am completely okay with that." Jack said, and I smiled.
"Really?" I said, and he nodded.
"I'm a virgin too. I just don't like to tell people that. I believe in saving myself for the one perfect girl. To save myself for the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with. And that girl, is you." Jack said, and I blushed even redder than when he got here.
"I find that so hot, you have no idea." I said, and I decided to lay on my bed.
He jumped on the bed, and he's not burning. His color is red. How is he not burning up from the color differences?
"I got myself temporary burn resistance. I'm okay." He said, and I felt relieved. Thank god he got the resistance. I sighed in relief and held his hand.
"Leah, what are you doing here with a boy? I thought I told you to break up with him." My mom said and I chuckled.
"I am on the plan, miss. I will do anything to help your case, ma'am." Jack said, and I smiled at him, then looked at my mom.
"Fine. You can join us. You just need to promise to not say anything to your friend, Tyler." Mom said, and Jack looked at me, and then at my mother.
"Of course I won't say anything. He hasn't been talking to me all week, since Ashlyn came into his life anyway." Jack said, and I look through my social media, and I see my recent post that has a picture of me in my room with my new things has about 6,000 likes. Perfect.
I showed Jack the post and he smiled, nodding at it. My mother leaves the room and shuts the door for us. I lock it, even though that is against my family house rules.
"Why are you locking the door?" Jack asked me, and I smirked.
"Just so we don't get interrupted." I said, and I turned on YouTube on my TV.
-Ashlyn-
You know, I am honestly over everything. I did read the Webnovel stories and I know what I need to do. After this heist, and chapter of my life, I need to make sure that I tell Tyler how I feel, and ditch Damara as fast as possible, so I know exactly how this works. I looked at pictures of Damara and I from school, and homecoming, and I sighed, knowing that it is January 26th. The day that I knew I would never be happy again. The day that life started sucking for me in the worst way possible.
I read a book about science, just to get my mind off of everything right now. All this drama started on my 16th birthday and will never go away, probably for as long as I live. I need to make sure I turn seventeen, so I can be able to choose the colors for this document and I need to make sure I have a baby so I can pass it on to the young one once the baby turns seventeen, so that this government can keep going the way it is. My mother created it so that my father can't control power and destroy the world.
I have to keep it that way because if not, the world will be destroyed and the whole human race would go extinct. We can't have that. Did you know that science is actually not helping me distract from the problems in my life. I decided to grab my bag, not my satchel thank god. My normal bag I carry everywhere. I walk outside of the house by myself and I sigh as I take a walk around the neighborhood. It actually helps me take my mind off of everything, which is amazing and perfect.
As I walked into the park, I saw Leah and Jack making out in the window of her house. At least I know where the quadruplets live. I sighed and went on with my day. I sat down in the gazebo, hoping that Tyler would dance here with me someday and enjoy the dance of a lifetime. Me wearing a beautiful orange dress with small little stars, sleeveless, and my hair in a beautiful bun with strands in the front of my ears. That sounds like the dream dance to me. Tyler in his yellow tux, with his striking dark yellow tie and eyes, bright as a diamond, staring into my ugly bland brown eyes.
We're both standing at the two different openings of the gazebo, and we walk to the center in unison, as he holds out his hand and I grab it with passion and happiness. He pulls me towards him and he puts his right hand on my back and his left hand meets mine. We waltz with each other as a shooting star comes upon us, shining through the night.
But, that's only a fantasy. I just sit in the gazebo and I take a couple of pictures for the media. I smiled in the first one, winked and stuck my tongue out in the second one, and in the third one, I lifted one of my legs in the air. I looked at the sky and it's sunset. The beautiful vibrant colors of orange and purple contrast in the sunset. I hear heels from someone, and I turn around, to see it's Leah. I gulped and waved in nerves. Jack was with her.
"Hey, Ashlyn. How are you?" She asked me, and I stood up, and I chose to walk away as fast as I could.
"You can't get away that easily." Leah said, and she grabbed me again. I tried to scream, but she put her hand over my mouth and took me to her van, the same place I was a couple of days ago.
"I have her." Leah said, and she looked to see that I am in the back, trying to scream my way out.