Chapter One

I woke up this morning, overly excited to start my senior year of high school. I was excited to be back to school, where all of my friends are at and away from my parents for the day. I spent the day at school, listening to boring ass teacher say the same thing; like every year on the first day of classes, and even though it was a boring in every class, I was just excited to be away from the drama at my house. Yes, I know every teenager says there house is nothing but drama, but mine is different. My mother died when I was twelve years old and so, my father remarried. She is a really sweet lady, but since my father and she had kids of their own, my brother and I have been thrown to the side. You see, my brother Kevin doesn’t have the trouble to be treated like dirt and ignored at the house, since he went away to college and met a nice young lady himself, but since I am still underage I have to live with it. So, after school was over, I was dreading going back home. I decided to go to the park and sit under a tree, remembering when my parents used to take Kevin and I here when we were younger. I must have sat under that tree for a long time, because the next thing I knew, it was getting dark. I knew I was going to be in big trouble, since I was supposed to be home three hours ago. I rushed to my house and ran inside, hoping I could just make it upstairs to my room before I get noticed. I was just about to go upstairs, when I noticed we had company, so I turned around and looked at the couple that sat in my living room, talking to my father.
“Miranda, where have you been”? My father asked looking worried, but irritated at the same time.
“I, um, I went to the park after school….and kind of lost track of time”. I replied.
“Okay, well come sit down, we need to talk to you”.
I walked over to the couch and sat down.
“Um, excuse me”. This guy’s voice said.
I looked behind me and realized, I was sitting on a boy around my age. I jumped off of him and starred at him, losing my train of thought. All I could think about is why this hot, and I mean hot guy is sitting in my living room. I noticed when he looked up at me, that he had the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. They were an emerald green-blue color. I shook my head and looked at him again, making sure I was not seeing things. Nope, I definitely just sat on a hot guy, who probably thought I was weird right about now.
“Um, I am so sorry about that”. I said sitting down on the other side of the couch. Making sure, I wasn’t in reach of him.
“Oh it is okay. After all we are getting married”. The young guy said.
I gasped in a breath, when he said married.
“How dare you think I would marry you? I don’t even know you and you are already talking about marriage”. I said irritated.
“You’re a feisty little thing aren’t you”? He said.
“Okay, Okay that’s enough. Miranda we need to talk to you about something”. My father said.
I looked up at my father, who had a look of sadness and relief in his eyes. I got really quite, so he could talk to me about whatever it is that he needed to talk to me about.
“Um, these nice people here did a wonderful thing a long time ago”. Father said.
“Okay, I’m confused”. I said.
“I’ll explain in a minute. First let’s introduce you to them. This is Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore and this is their son Jeremy”.
“Hi, nice to meet you all”. I said.
They said hi back.
“Okay, so like I was saying they have done some wonderful things. You see, when you and your mother got in that car accident and the doctors told me that your mother died and that you will to unless you have kidney transplants, but we had to have the money before you get the transplants”.
“Okay, what does this have to do with anything”? I asked.
“Well, I didn’t have the money and the Salvatore’s heard it over and made a deal with me. So, I took the deal and that was the best thing I could have done at the time, because I couldn’t lose you too, but now it’s kind of a different scenario”.
“What was the deal”?
“You have to marry Jeremy”.
“I what? Are you kidding me, no I am not marrying anyone. I am to young and have so much I want to do in life”.
“That might be so, but you are marrying him next month and you are going back to Florida with them tonight. You are going to do this even if you don’t want to”.
“Fine, whatever. Just don’t expect me to do anything else.
I got up from the couch and ran upstairs to my bedroom. I sat on my bed and cried, thinking how my father could do this to me. There was a knock at my door, but I just ignored it. They didn’t go away though, instead they walked into my room and shut the door behind them. I could hear them walking towards me and sit at the edge of my bed. I turned around to see Jeremy sitting on the edge of my bed.
“What do you want”? I asked.
“Checking up on you. Believe me, I know where you are. I don’t want to get married either, but I have to. But, it could be worse”. Jeremy said.
“How can it be worse”? I asked with confusion strictly in my voice.
“You could be ugly, but instead you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve laid eyes on”.
“You’re just saying that to make me feel better”.
“No I’m not, but you can think what you want. Now, help me pack some of your things”.
He reached his hands out to me and helped me up off the bed. I grabbed my two suitcases that I have in the bottom of my closet and started throwing clothes in there, not caring if they look neat or not. Once, I had all my clothes packed, I grabbed my toiletry back and went into the bathroom throwing all my hygiene items and personal items in the bag. I grabbed my IPhone from my nightstand and then met Jeremy in the hallway. He took my suitcases downstairs, with me strutting along. I gave my dad a hug goodbye and then walked outside with the Salvatore’s getting into the black limo. Once the limo started moving, I put my headphones in my ears and cranked up the music, while tears streaked my face. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew, was Jeremy shaking me awake. I looked at him in puzzlement.
“We are at the hotel for the night”? Jeremy said.
“Why are we at a hotel”?
“It’s a long drive from Colorado to Florida and we can’t be cooped up in the car”.
I shook my head and followed him into the hotel. We rode the elevator up the stairs to the top floor and then walked to the only door on this floor, placing the key card in the slot. Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore were already in the room, when we walked in.
“Hello dear”. Mrs. Salvatore said.
“Hi”.
“You and Jeremy’s room is right there, so why don’t you guys go get some sleep”.
I looked at Jeremy and then at the door, that lead to our room. I am supposed to share a room with him too. I followed Jeremy to the room, not wanting to argue about it. I stopped in my tracks once the door was shut.
“There is only one bed”? I asked confusingly.
“Yes I know. We are going to be sharing a bed for now on anyways, so might as well get used to it”. Jeremy said.
I walked over to the bed and got underneath the covers, as Jeremy did the same.
“You better not do anything”. I said.
“If I was going to do something, you would be begging me”.
“Well that’s not going to happen”. I said turning to face the wall and falling asleep.

Chapter Two

“Wake up the both of you. We’re going downstairs to the restaurant to have some breakfast”. Mrs. Salvatore said.
I turned around, but noticed that Jeremy was a lot closer to me than I realized.
“Can you move back over to your side”? I asked irritated.
“Well good morning to you to. I can tell you are not a morning person”. Jeremy said sarcastically.
“Whatever, just move please”.
Jeremy went back over to his side, as I laid on my back stretching my body like a cat. Then I got up and went into the bathroom, washing my face with the soap they had at the hotel. I realized that they had toothbrushes and toothpaste, so I quickly brushed my teeth and straightened up my hair. When I was done, I put my shoes back on and went out to the sitting area in the room, waiting for everyone else to get done. Once, everyone else was done straightening up, we left the room and went to the main lobby, entering the restaurant. The waiter placed us in a booth and gave us our menus, asking us what we would like to drink. I asked for a hot chocolate and a glass of milk, while Jeremy asked for the same. Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore asked for coffee or tea. The waiter left and a couple minutes later came back with our drinks. I looked down at my menu, trying to figure out what I wanted to eat.
“Are you ready to order, or do you need more time”? The waitress asked.
“I think we are ready”. Mr. Salvatore said.
“What can I get you guys then”?
“I will have biscuits and gravy with medium eggs”. Mr. Salvatore said.
“I will like the blueberry crepes, with medium eggs”. Mrs. Salvatore said.
“I want the Belgium waffles with medium eggs”. Jeremy said.
“I want the same”. I said.
“So Belgium Waffles and medium eggs”? The waitress asked.
“Yes, like I said the same”.
The waitress left after writing down our order.
“You could be more polite Miranda”. Mr. Salvatore said.
“I apologize, but if she doesn’t understand then that’s her fault. I shouldn’t have to repeat myself”.
“Don’t worry about it dad, she is not a morning person and look what I get to deal with the rest of my life”. Jeremy said sarcastically.
I waited for my food, while Mr. Salvatore was talking to Jeremy about how this is the best thing for him and how he should be more appreciative about it. Once, the waitress brought our food everyone got quite and ate in peace. Then we got up and left the hotel, since everything was already out of our rooms. I tried to ignore the Salvatore’s while we were in the limo. Finally after an hour ride, Jeremy put in a dvd for us all to watch, but the movie he chose was lame and so, I just put my headphones back into my ears, easing back into a deep sleep.
“Wake up sleepy head, we’re here”. Jeremy said shaking me.
“We’re where”? I asked confused.
“At my house, in Florida”.
“We got to Florida in one day”?
“No, we drove most of the first night, and all day yesterday and all night. Now we are here, so wake up and help me with your luggage”. Jeremy said sarcastically.
I couldn’t believe I was asleep through all of that. Instead of fretting over it, I got out of the limo and grabbed the only bag Jeremy left for me, which was my toiletry bag. I walked into the house and noticed that all of my bags were sitting by the door inside, so I put this bag down too.
“Come on dear, let’s get something to eat. The maids will take that up to Jeremy’s room for you”. Mrs. Salvatore said, leading me into the dining room. I wasn’t really hungry, so I decided to only eat some cereal and not have the butler cook me a whole bunch of food. After I was done with my cereal, I asked one of the maids to show me around a little bit. After this entire house is more like a mansion. She started to show me the main floor; which consisted of the living room, kitchen, dining room, and Mr. Salvatore’s study, and an indoor rec room. The maid said that most of the rooms were upstairs, but that I didn’t need to worry about that. So, instead she took me downstairs and I found Jeremy there, on a king sized bed with black and red bedding.
“I’m sure Jeremy would like to show you around down here. After all the entire downstairs is you guys’”. The maid said leaving me there with Jeremy.
“So, this is our room”? I asked.
“Yes, you see the bed is right here. The door on the left wall is the huge bathroom and those two doors over on the right wall is our closets. So, please explore because I don’t feel like showing anything. I would rather get some sleep, since I don’t sleep well in cars”.
Instead of looking around, I went to the other side of the bed and sat down, taking the remote control from Jeremy and flipping through the channels. Cop’s is just so boring and I need to watch something I like. Who cares if he likes it or not. I thought to myself.

Chapter Three

"What do you think you're doing?" Jeremy asked me snapping the remote out of my hands.

"I thought you were going to sleep? I rather watch something I like instead of dumb as cops." I snapped at him.

"Well, I am watching this so deal with it." Jeremy snapped back.

"You know what, whatever just go to sleep you inconsiderate ass!" I yelled getting up going to the bathroom in our bedroom. 

I decided to just take a hot bubble bath. I feel disgusting anyways from being in that limo for three days. I started a the hot water from the jacuzzi tub and then stripped my clothes, sitting in the bathtub, turning on the jets for the tub. I was not going sit in there and let that ass be himself. I realized this was going to be a really long marriage, if I even get through it. Who knows something might happen and things might change. If only. I wonder what school I will be attending here. After all I only went to my other school for one day before I had to leave with these people. I don't even know who has arranged marriages these days. Oh wait, I do that right. Whatever, I just hope Kevin knows where to find me. I need to text him and let him know the stupid shit that has happened in the last  three days anyways. I started crying thinking about my brother. I sat there crying in the tub, until my water started to get cold, and then washed my body and hair. Getting all of filthy scum off of me. I grabbed the towel from the rack, next to the tub and dried off. I realized I didn't grab any clothes for me. Great, just what I needed. I opened the door to pick and see if he was sleeping. Sure enough he was, so I went out to the bedroom and found my luggage was no longer in the bedroom. I decided to look in the closet. I saw the maid was putting my clothes away. I grabbed a pair of panties and bra, some comfy lounge pants and a tank top. I quickly scurried back to the bathroom.

"Ahh, what the hell. I thought you were sleeping?!" I yelled at Jeremy, who was standing up peeing. 

"Uh, I had to go to the bathroom. Why are you in a towel?" He asked, exploring my body with his eyes.

"Stop looking at me and get out. I need to get dressed." I say sternly, glaring at him in the meantime.

"Na, I like what I see. Plus, it's not like I don't know what's under that towel." Was he seriously smirking at me. If he thinks he will be seeing my body any time soon, he needs to think again.

"Get out. You will not be coming anywhere close to see what's under this towel for as long as I say. So go now!" I yelled. He done pissed me off.

"We'll see about that cupcake." He said smirking. Walking out of the bathroom, closing the door with him. 

Cupcake, seriously. I hate that pet name. I hurriedly got dressed and than brushed my hair, placing it in a ponytail. Since, my toiletry bag was on the counter. Then, I went out of the bathroom and headed my way upstairs. I was going to avoid him as much as possible. This is the only way I could get through this thing. I went into the living room and sat on one of the sofas, taking a deep breath trying to calm me down. 

"How's things going dear?" Mrs. Salvatore asked me.

"Just peachy." I say sarcastically. 

"Well, come on it can't be to bad." She says back.

"Yes it can, your son is a complete ass by the way." I snapped at her.

"Well I can tell you're mad, so I'm going to walk away now. By the way things will get better hun." She says, leaving me in my peace. I sat there for what seemed like hours. Then Jeremy came into the living.

"Get to the dinning room dinner is done." Jeremy said, walking back out of the living room. I really hated being told what to do.

I walked into the dinning room and sat at the seat next to Jeremy, since that where is father motioned me to sit. Great, can I ever get a break from him. It seem like that is impossible. I butler came and brought us each a plate of food. We were having steak, backed potatoes and a small salad. At least, they know how to eat.

"Okay, you guys school starts tomorrow." Mr. Salvatore said.

Great, just what I need. I guess its a private school, but we get to wear our own clothes, instead of gay ass uniforms. Thank gosh for that. After dinner, I went back to the living room, laying down on one of the couches. Like I said I was going to avoid him as much as possible. I just don't understand why we are going to be starting school on a Friday, instead of Monday. So, pretty much we go to school for one day and then have the weekend. Lovely. I ended up falling asleep on the couch, and felt someone put a blanket over me. The next morning Mrs. Salvatore woke me up and six thirty telling me to go get ready for school. Great, I thought sarcastically. I went downstairs, and got into the shower. Jeremy was still sound asleep. Woohoo, I don't have to deal with him yet. After my shower, I blow dried and curled the ends of my hair. Then put mascara, eyeliner, and some brown eye shadow. Placing some clear lip gloss on as well. Then I made sure my towel was secured around me and went to the bedroom, heading towards the closet. 

"Finally, you're out of there. You take forever to get ready." Jeremy says, slamming the bathroom door shut. Good, I know something that gets on his nerves. I walked into the closet and put some matching black panties and bra on. Then, I found my fitted black leather skinny pants, putting them on as well. I grabbed my red over the shoulder top, putting it on as well. Then to top it off I put my red flats on. Yes, I looked hot. I was determined to piss him off today, like he has been pissing me off since I left my parents house. Payback is a bitch. 

Chapter Four

I grabbed my wallet, and phone placing it in my back pack. Then, I went upstairs and waited for Jeremy, trying to be as patient as I could. He is supposed to take me to and from school, which I think is crap. I would much rather just have a car of my own and drive my damn self. Jeremy came up giving me a scull, I guess from taking too long. He literally had twenty minutes to get ready. Who cares, he can wake up earlier if he wants the shower first. We went to the garage and got into Jeremy's black Camero. He turned his stereo up, thank gosh it is 'Brand New', one of my favorite bands. He sped down road, after road. I was lost, that was for sure. I never been to Florida before, and other than going to the house, I haven't been in town at all. We finally parked to a normal sized looking school and we got out. There were a bunch of students out, looking at both Jeremy and I. I noticed a bunch of girls glaring my way. They might as well get used to it, I want to be here as much as they want me here. 

"I'll see you later Miranda. Make sure you're here right after school, if your not I will be leaving you." Jeremy said, then he walked away towards a group of guys.

Whatever, I thought to myself. I walked to the front doors of the school, and found my way to the office. There was a middle aged looking girl behind the counter, she would be pretty behind that geeky look. 

"Yeah, I'm new here." I say.

"Oh okay, what's your name." She asked looking up to me.

"It's Miranda Thompson". 

"Oh, we don't have Thompson, but we do have a Salvatore starting today." She said confused.

"I'm pretty sure that would be me. You see I am engaged to a Salvatore. Getting married in a month, so I am guessing his parents just signed me into school under there name." I was beyond annoyed now. Why can't I just use my name for a while longer. 

"Oh okay, I get it. Here's your schedule dear and your locker number is on the top of it." She handed me my schedule and then I walked out of the office. I glanced down at my schedule and say my locker was number 27. It had the combination right next to the number. I walked to the lockers and found my number. I opened it up and put my things away from my back pack. Then, I grabbed a note book and pencil. I looked at my schedule and noticed I had six classes. 

Class One: English 12

Class Two: Government

Class Three: Senior Cooking Ed

Lunch

Class Four: Senior Art studios

Class Five: French

Class Six: Study Hall

 

Great, just what I wanted. Not… I walked around the school, trying to look for my english class. This school, was a little bigger than the one back home. 

"Hi, you must be new here?" This black haired, green eyed girl came up to me.

"Yes, in fact I am." 

"Well, my name is Shelly. I can help you if you want." 

"I would love that. I'm Miranda and I am trying to find English 12." I say looking back down to my schedule.

"Ok, yes follow me. It is upstairs at the end of the hall." I followed her to my class.

"Thanks I appreciate it." I said.

"No problem. I'm not in this class,so I will see you later then." She said walking away.

Yeah see ya, I thought to myself. I entered the class, as the second bell rang. The teacher looked towards me. 

"May I help you?" He asked.

"Um, yeah I'm new here and I guess I'm in this class." I say.

"What's your name?" He asked me.

"Miranda Thompson, I mean Miranda Salvatore." I hated that name right now.

"Oh okay, any relation to Jeremy Salvatore?" The Teacher asked. I noticed all the students looked towards me, except one. Jeremy. Great he was in this class to. I glared at him.

"You have no Idea." Both Jeremy and I said at the same time. 

"Okay then, well you can go ahead and go sit next to him, since that is the only open seat." The teacher said back to me. 

Great now, I have to deal with him in classes as well. I walked over to him, while he is giving me a smirk, I am giving him a glare. 

" Nice to see you Miranda Salvatore." Jeremy says sarcastically.

"Stop calling me Salvatore, I am not one." I snapped.

"Oh not yet, but in one months time you will be Mrs. Miranda Salvatore." He chuckled at my glaring response. 

"Wait dude, so this is the hot chick your marrying?" This guy sitting in front of Jeremy said.

"Yeah Kyle, and she is a pain in my ass." Jeremy said. I'm a pain in his ass, more like he's a pain in my ass.

"Dude, who cares if she's a pain. She's hot and not just regular hot either. More like model hot. If you don't want her Jer, I will be more than willing to take her off your hands." This Kyle guy said. I heard a low growl coming from Jeremy.

"Back off Kyle. She's mine." Jeremy said. I swear when he said I was his, it was more deep than saying hands off type of thing. Whatever.

The rest of the class, we listened to the teacher talking about what we were going to be doing this semester of school. Once the bell rang, I got out of my seat and headed towards the door. I found my government class two doors down. I guess, most of the senior classes are upstairs. The teacher told me to sit anywhere, and so I found a seat in the back of the class, on the right hand side. I saw a guy sitting next to the seat I sat down in. I took my phone out, so I could play games on it, until class started. 

"Hey what's your name?" The guy sitting next to me said.

"Miranda. Yours?" I asked.

"I'm Trevor. You dating anyone?" Trevor asked.

"Technically no. Are you?" I asked back.

"No, I'm not. What do you mean by technically?" He asked.

"Well, you see I am supposed to get married in one month. It's arranged and the guy is a complete ass, so I need to find a way to make him fall and fall hard. Do you have anything in mind?" I asked Trevor.

"Wow, you got it bad. Who's the guy may I ask."

"Jeremy Salvatore." Just as I said his name, he walked into the door smirking at me. He walked over to me.

"Did I hear my name?"

"In your dreams, I don't even think about you, why would I talk about you." I glared.

"If you say so sweetheart". He said walking to the other side of the class, taking a seat. Thank gosh, I don't have to sit by him today.

"Okay, he definitely likes you. He wouldn't act like that if he didn't. What would you say using me as a tool in your plan. If you do, he will be falling at your feet by the end of the week." Trevor said.

"What do you have in mind?" I asked.

"Well, Jeremy's family and mine are some what of rivals, and you can act like your dating me for the week or until he crashes. Make him so jealous, he wants you."

"How would you know it will work?" I asked skeptically.

"I know Jeremy better than you do. Believe me he wants you so bad, he just doesn't want to show it, this will make him show it and make him want you more."  I smiled at that, great plan.

"I am so in." 

"Good, after school we are going to go shopping and get some even hotter clothes than you already have. Make him lust for you more." Trevor said.

"Okay sounds like a plan." 

The rest of the school day went just about the same, teacher after teacher telling us what we were going to be doing for the semester. Plus, Jeremy happened to be in all of my classes. Trevor was only in three classes. Shelly happened to be in four of my classes, I was thrilled about that. In my last class before the bell rang, I told Jeremy to just go home that I had a ride and that I was going to go shopping with a friend. He looked skeptical about it, but complied anyways. I went to my locker and put my things away, just grabbing my wallet shutting it behind me. I noticed Jeremy was already gone. I found Trevor and we went to his Black Eclipse. He drove us to the mall, and I got seven new hot outfits. Really hot, they didn't look slutty, but they were hot. 

Authors Note

Hey everyone, I know I said that I will update my book, but I am stuck on where to go from here. If you guys have any idea's please let me know, and I will take them into account. If I don't get back to you right away I'm sorry, just have patience. I will get back to you as soon  as I can. I have been really busy going to school for criminal justice and have also been busy planning my wedding. Anyways please let me know your guys idea's. Thanks 

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Texte: Nikki Plotner (Please do not steal anything from my book)
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 22.05.2012

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