Melanie POV
"So your birthday is on Saturday?" I ask my two best friends Liam and Lily. They are identical twins and we've been friends for 3 years now.
"Yeah" lily answers hesitantly, I don't know why but since we became friends I have never been to their place, we only hang out at mine. They never invite me to their birthdays either, this would be the first if am lucky.
Sometimes it gets lonely at home since mum is always travelling and working, so needing company from my two best friends isn't much to ask right?
"Am I invited this time round?" I ask pouting at them because I know they can't resist this face.
"Of course" Liam agrees to make me squeal happily.
Finally.
"Yes" I beam hugging him tight and he chuckles making his dimple appear. He has one on his left cheek. Cute.
My two friends are really beautiful and you can easily tell they're twins, sometimes I envy their beauty. Not that am bad myself.
They are so lucky to have each other, I wonder how it would feel like if I had a sibling.No doubt amazing.
"Can jake come too?" I look at them hopefully, Jake is my boyfriend and we've been dating for 6 months.
We knew each other since childhood. We were great friends till late last year when he confessed he had feelings for me. Being the soft person I am, I didn't turn him down for the fear of losing him and our friendship. Also, the loneliness at home contributed to their saying yes to him. Sometimes I feel guilty because he's a good person and he deserves to be loved back, hopefully, maybe in future I will learn too.
"I don't know Mel, my brother said strictly family, sorry," Liam says apologetically and I nod in understanding.
I hope I won't be intruding.
"Your brother, is he hot?" I wiggle my eyebrows playfully at them and they groan in unison.
"Easy there Melanie you have a boyfriend remember?" Lily hits my shoulder lightly while Liam shakes his head laughing.
I chuckle "What? am just asking, you know I hate surprises" I say scooping the salad into my mouth.
It's lunch break and we are in the cafeteria, I find school food disgusting that's why one of my guards brings me lunch every day.
Don't even ask me why I have guards because honestly, I don't know. Each time I ask my mum she brushes it off and the conversation never repeats itself.
My mum and I don't have a relationship at all, she's barely even at home. Being a fashion designer, she travels a lot and each time she's around she controls my life which sucks.
The food I eat, the clothes I wear, and everything else must meet her standards. She made me start working as a model when I was 10. I started by modelling her designs and later on, I got offers from different companies because of her influence of course.
She also made me go to etiquette classes, Can you believe that?
Sometimes it's hard managing school and work, but that's not my mother's problem. According to her, I have to figure everything out by myself, she says nothing comes easy and one has to learn to be independent earlier in life. I think everything is always about money to her that's why I was raised by my nanny and guards, she had no time for raising her child.
She stopped supporting me financially the day she made me start working. Am grateful for that though, because it made me realise how much I can achieve by myself.
I don't even know who my dad is, I have never met or heard of him.
I was denied a chance of experiencing a proper childhood, I never did what normal kids do. Instead, I was forced to mature at age of 10. That's why am moving out of her house as soon as possible because it never felt like home, not even one's.
After a long tiring literature class in which I got completely nothing, the bell finally rings signalling the end of the lesson and the day.
God knows how happy I am since today I don't get to work. I need a good rest because I barely sleep especially on school and work days. Sometimes my schedule is so tight that I don't get enough time for myself. So whenever I get time is my lucky day, just like today.
We head to the school gates with my two friends who are in a hurry because they have a place to be apparently.
I think most of the time they act weird like they're hiding something from me but I brush it off, maybe am just being paranoid.
Besides my car, Jake awaits along with Axel one of my guards.
"Hey babe," he says immediately I reach him pecking me on my cheek.
"Hi, handsome" I give him a hug smiling at him lightly.
"Axel" I acknowledge him and he gives me a nod.
Just because I don't like the idea of having guards doesn't make me act rude to them, I do respect them because I know they're just doing their jobs.