Royals - One Direction AU

Chapter 1

Mackenzie

I remember the first day at Brightside Boarding School like it was yesterday. I'd lived in Scotland my whole life, and I wanted to see the world a bit. I had read this book by John Green called Looking for Alaska, and it isn't about the state in America. The main character Miles, or Pudge, wanted to do something memorable in his life, and it wasn't happening in Florida where he was living. I felt the same way, and when I told my dad I wanted to seek a Great Perhaps of my own, he agreed. Besides, my parents were going through a divorce and my dad didn't want me to see it all unfold. So I packed up all my stuff, and was shipped off to a place near Wolverhampton, England. I had no idea where I was, knew no one, but I brought it upon myself.

I was roomed with an American girl named Mary. She was really pretty, and had fire engine red hair. She seemed a bit scared herself about being so far away from her parents. To think I was afraid! Scotland is right across the street compared to America! She sounded like she was from the West, because I had heard people from the East and they sounded different. And then there was the typical Texan accent too. But she told me she was from Arizona, which was incredibly hot and even got up to 120 degrees! I wondered how someone couldn't get cooked in that heat, but she told me she wondered how we didn't all become icicles in the cold, so we were even.

Once we had all our things tucked away, we went into the hall to seek out other people. The girls dorm was on one side of the building, with a common area in the middle which separated it from the boy's dorm. Many girls were still tucking things away, so there were really only some boys there in the area. Mary headed for a cutie with curly hair and dimples, with really nice green eyes. I ventured over to a nice looking boy with windswept hair and ocean blue eyes. He was with another boy with bleach blonde hair, blue eyes too, but they were a bit lighter and had a hint of green to them.

"Hi there," I said with a friendly smile, and extremely conscious of my accent.

"Hey! You're from Scotland! That's cool, 'cause I'm from Ireland," the with bleach blonde hair said. He had a crooked tooth in the front, but it suited him. "I'm Niall. Niall Horan," he said as he held out his hand.

"Mackenzie Marling," I said as I shook his hand. "You from somewhere else too?" I asked the other boy.

"Nah, I'm from England. Doncaster to be exact. I'm Louis Tomlinson by the way," he grinned. After the whole introducing to each other, we began talking about music we liked, and Louis and I bonded over my favorite band Green Day, scheduled a jam session, and the rest is history. To this day he is my best friend, which is a good thing since his mum and my dad are dating! Dad plans on getting engaged to her over the Christmas break so "All the kids will know at the same time" or something like that. We have our group of ten friends: Anne Richards (the girly girl who is really smart), Kristin Robinson (knows everything that every celebrity is doing at all times, especially Big Time Rush), Rachel Londress, Mary Grande, and me make up the girls, and the boys are Louis (the Sassmaster from Doncaster), Niall (the funny, Irish one who eats like there is no tomorrow), Harry Styles (he's the green eyed curly haired one who is very cheeky), Zayn Malik (the 'bad boy' of the group), and Liam Payne (a real sweetie).

Anne has light brown hair that almost goes blonde in summer, tan, with really nice blue eyes. She's short like me and knows the answer to everything school related. Kristin has blonde hair and green eyes like Harry's, and is tall. She's always sneaking her phone around to check Twitter and Tumblr, and is really sweet when she wants to be. Rachel is hilarious, always seeming to get hurt at volleyball practice and rolls along with life. She has curly hair and hazel eyes, and just got her braces off so her teeth are really nice and pretty. Mary is the daring one, because of her red hair. She's tan, tall, and plays basketball really well (she's the reason our school team doesn't totally suck). She has pretty carmel eyes, and also manages to get a lot of injuries from sports. Apparently I'm the punk, 'cause I listen to all that kind of music and have a bit of an attitude when I want. I'm short, like 5'4" short, with long curly brown hair that goes down my back and blue green eyes that are mostly green. I'm super pale and have lots of freckles that sprinkle my nose and cheeks.