The Icy Beta

Chapter One

This is my second story!!! Warning: There will be grammatical errors. Please just bear with it. Hopefully, I would be able to receive comments from the readers this time round. However, please do not curse and say some bad things.

I'm only writing out of interest. I do not have the ambition to publish a book or be a top writer. I just love writing, that's all. So.. Here's the very first chapter!!!

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*Hailey's POV*

Hailey Winter - aged 20. I was an orphan since the day I was born. I didn't know who my parents were. I was hoping that one day they would come and find me. And I wanted to ask them why they didn't want me. It had been over 20 years and there were no signs of them. It didn't bother me much whether I would find them or not. Since they were not concerned about me, why should I be concerned about them? I was happy with my life and I would be happy in the future as well.

I had Auntie Clara with me. She adopted me when I was 10. She treated me like her own child, with care and love. Auntie Clara was single and I always wondered why she had adopted me. She could have dated a guy, get married and get pregnant with her own child. Why would she want to adopt me? I asked her that question before. She said she always wanted to have a child but since she didn't meet any potential man to be with and conceive a child, she decided to adopt one. I had some reservation towards her reasoning but well... I was glad that she adopted me. She gave me a home. She was my family and I wasn't complaining about it.

What was I supposed to do now? Oh yes. Today marked the first day of my university life. Although I didn't really sound excited but trust me. I was excited. I could meet new people, new friends and probably... a boyfriend? I wasn't desperate or anything. It was just that I have this good friend of mine having a boyfriend. They have been together for around 3 years. They met during junior college. I was envy of her. 

"Hailey!!! I'm heading out for work. You should be getting ready for school already!!!" Auntie Clara shouted.

"Yes!! I'm ready!!" I picked up my bag and walked out of my room. I swiftly grabbed 2 pieces of bread from the table and shove it into my mouth.

"Bye Aunt Clara!!" I took my bicycle out and rode away. I loved this feeling – The feeling of carefree.  I felt the breeze sweeping through my face as I rode. It felt so refreshing.

"Meow." I was too engrossed in enjoying the breeze and I didn't see a cat running out of the bushes. I hit the brakes immediately. My bicycle tumbled over the stones that were on the ground and I went flying out.

"Ow." I moved my hand slowly and tried to stretch my legs. I stood up from the ground and patted the dirt from my jeans.

"Ow." I whined in pain when I tried to move my right lower arm. I took a peek at my arm and found a deep cut stretched across my lower arm. I hissed and a frown formed between my brows when I felt the pain shooting up from my arm each time I moved it. I couldn't clean my wounds as I didn't have any first aid kit with me. Guess I have to wait until I reached school and asked Chloe for help. School!!! I took a look at my watch and realised I was late.

Ignoring the pain I was getting from my lower arm and my sore legs, I paddled my bicycle and sped away. I locked my bicycle in the school compound and took out my timetable from my bag. I ran as I searched for my classroom. I was panicking and didn't really look where I was going.

"AH! Ow!!" I knocked into some group of girls and went falling backwards. My timetable flew out of my hand when I fell.My butt landed on the ground first, followed by my right lower arm. Pain shot up from my injured armimmediately. How unlucky. Falling down twice within the hour and get wounded on the same spot.