FREE FALLING
CHAPTER
ONE
- H a n n a h ' s P o
i n t o f V i e w -
The hot, musty
air of William’s High stuck to my skin, making my tan
arms and legs shiny from the heat. I took in a deep breath,
observing the crowded hallway around me.
People milled by, walking in every direction. Some, binders
in hand, walked with friends, talking about the latest
gossip. Others clung to their backpacks, heads down as they
pushed through the clusters of people, rushing towards their
next class.
As I walked, my brown sandals clacking against the marble
floor, I could feel people staring, boring holes into the
back of my head. My sandy blonde curls bounced on the
shoulders of my light purple shrug top, and I could detect
the jealous looks from every girl that passed. I hated those
looks, but of course Holly loved them.
Holly, Miss Perfect and William’s certified drama
queen, was walking beside me, Gucci purse in hand. Her
bleach blonde hair and flawless figure attracted enough
attention, but to top it off, she had the brightest blue eyes
and straightest white teeth anyone had ever seen. Needless to
say, she was the envy of everyone she met.
I was just her studious, quiet sister, who had somehow been
sucked into the popularity along with her. Holly and I may be
twin sisters, but we are as different as it gets.
Holly, a flirty socialite with ‘passing’ grades
and an endless closet of expensive clothes, was a
trendsetter, constantly being followed by her group of
wannabes.
I, on the other hand, preferred to stay under the radar, as
far away from drama as possible. I didn’t need to
bother with friends or clothes because Holly did all of that
for me, somehow fitting me into her popular group with her
rich friends and endless invitations to parties. In truth, I
was just a shy, smart girl living in the shadow of her overly
talkative, underly disciplined, sister. But of course,
that’s not how everyone else saw it.
Ever since my dad got his new job and started making decent
money, it seemed like everything had changed. Our townhome
became a huge house, my overly stressed and always working
mom turned into a housewife, and my run down public high
school turned into William’s High, the most prestigious
private school in Rhode Island.
Everything seemed to change, except for me. I was still the
same nerdy, reserved girl I had been before, but now I had a
popular twin sister to help me along.
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I shook any thoughts from my head, concentrating on opening
my locker, the one next to Holly’s. I ignored, as I
always did, the whistles that she received from countless
boys on a day-to-day basis. She pretended that she
didn’t notice, even though I knew from the subtle half
smile on her face that she was content with the fact that
guys noticed her.
I was happy for Holly and her new life. It was where she
belonged. Ever since we were little, Holly had always been
pushed around, whether it was being bullied on the playground
or made fun of for her cheap sneakers or lame lunch box. How
she had risen from that to become William’s junior prom
queen, I had no idea, but I was glad that she finally got the
respect she deserved.
“You ready to go?” Holly asked, just as I closed
my locker, looking at it one last time. The shelves were
empty, and all that was left was maroon colored paint. The
same maroon colored paint that had been there before I had
moved into this locker, unchanged by my presence.
As I closed the door, twisting the lock, I realized that my
locker wasn’t mine anymore; it was just like all the
others. A clone, something that used to be special, but now
it was ordinary. It was just a locker, hardly distinguishable
aside all of the others. And I was just Hannah, barely
noticeable behind the shadow of my sister.
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