" Eden ! Eden ! " , a man's voice called me softly from behind, I wanted to turn around to look at him but my feet kept running, taking me far away from him, yet I felt something drew me to this stranger.
I was now in an empty room more like a large and well decorated ballroom with a beautiful chandelier, I was wearing a simple light pink lace dress with silver heeled sandals. The room seemed empty but there was music playing, and suddenly I heard this man's voice calling me again calmly and softly from behind.
I could finally turn around but I only saw a brief silhouette of this man, he was tall, more taller than me that's for sure, with a navy blue suit, but his face was blurry, suddenly we were starting to dance to the rhythm of the music. We stopped dancing for a moment, he leaned over to kiss but then I heard my alarm clock ringing and realized it was all just a dream, a weird but fantastic dream.
Some people take dreams very seriously and even think that it is a prediction or a snippet of our past life; others just take them for dreams. I rather think that a dream is a journey, a journey that our mind makes during our sleep when it is not in our body. I've never had a dream like this before, my dreams were pretty short and brief and where most of the time I'm being chased by something.
Anyway, I woke up and got up from the king sized silk sheet bed. I had to get up because today was the first day of school. After a wonderful summer break in the Brantucket with my friends, it was finally time to go back to school again. Did I want to get out of bed ? No !! Did I want to go to class ? No, either.
The first day of school can mean a lot of things like meeting our friends again and that's the only positive thing anyway. We also find these annoying teachers who bombard us with homework from the first day. Anyway, Eden had to get dressed if she didn't want to be late for her first day.
Eden Moreno is the youngest daughter of Robert Moreno, CEO of Moreno Group which has made a fortune in the real estate sector and luxury hotels. The Moreno own most of the land in Northview as well as most of the land in the neighboring towns.
But the Moreno were known long before that, as they were among the founding families of Northview in the late 1700s along with the Campbells and the Hayes. But then comes the second generation who settled shortly after these three families settled: the Clemons, the McClains, the Carillos and many others.
The Moreno estate where Rosestone Manor was founded is just as vast as the Campbell estate. Robert Moreno was a cold and ruthless well known businessman while Eden's mother, Helene Moreno, a former model and a former Miss World, is now one of the most emblematic figures in fashion and has her own brand of clothing and cosmetics: Mystik.
Eden has an older sister, Heaven Moreno who is currently studying pharmacy in Switzerland. She is as Eden called her the " golden sister ". Most of her parents' attention turns around Heaven and everything concerning Eden generally takes second place, Eden got used to it as time passed by.
Eden was living most of the time alone in the manor as her father is a workaholic and her mother travels all the time.
Back at Northview High
Caitlin and Blake were still standing in front of his locker when a man's voice shouted : " make way for the queen "
Everyone around them all immediately moved away from the corridor leaving a big path in the middle and all lowered their heads, others were shaking in fear.
" What's going on ? " , Blake asked, shocked by the sudden change of behavior of the students.
"Quick lower your head. The Queen of Northview High is coming. Her name is Eden Moreno, if we are lucky we may not be in the same class as her " , Caitlin told him and lowered her head in a hurry.
" Who is that ? " , Blake asked, confused as they saw the silhouette of four girls in the distance.
" Huh?! You don't know who Eden Moreno is? Dude in what world you live? " , Caitlin raised her voice while whispering but Blake was still confused.
" Never heard that name before " , he replied bluntly.
" Are you kidding me ? In what world do you live in ? Eden Moreno, daughter of Robert Moreno the CEO of the Moreno Group. Her father makes a big donation to the school every year so everyone lets her do everything she wants in this school and everybody calls her the Queen of mean here " , Caitlin explained.
" Another stupid rich kid who thinks the world is theirs only because they have money " , Blake exclaimed, opened his locker and put some of his notebook in it.
" Nope, you are wrong buddy. Eden is a spoiled rich kids yes but she is far from stupid. She has been valedictorian since primary school, she is an outstanding swimmer who has won the national competition every year since she was 12 years old. She's the president of the swim team, debating club, dance club, choir and music club, chess club, science club, and leader of "The royals" where obviously there are only spoiled trustfund kids like her " , Caitlin told him.
" It's her, the girl in the middle with dark black hair " , Caitlin pointed at Eden who is still a little bit far from where they were standing.
" And who is this girl in her right ? " , Blake asked, fascinated.
" The girl with red hair ? " , Caitlin asked.
" Yeah, she looks fascinating " , Blake said with a smug smile on his face.
" Her name is Janelle Clemons, she is also a rich kid, not as rich as Eden but still rich. She's Eden's oldest and best friend, they met in kindergarten I think, she's not as mean as Eden but she doesn't do anything to stop her, so it's all the same. She's a theatrical prodigy and all things art and directing, she's the president of the drama club, the film club, she's done Broadway several times I believe. She is also a local star, every year she is the star of the school play, she hosts several TV shows and has acted in a few films " , Caitlin told him.
" Interesting " , Blake said, still smiling and looking at Janelle carefully.
" The twin sisters next to them are Lara and Sara McClain, Lara is the one with the bangs. They have been friends with Eden since middle school. They are real b*tches, everyone calls them the infernal twins, they are co-captains of the Northview cheerleader team and date the co-captain twins of the football team, Jason and Brandon Carillo who are real jerks and bullies too by the way. The six of them are called by all as The Royals and Eden is the Queen " , Caitlin warned him.
Eden walked confidently in the hallway with a white shirt partially opened with a small dark green waistcoat embroidered with the Northview emblems with a small gray pleated skirt which she matched with a pair of black thigh high boots with her long jet black hair styled in a high ponytail with only a few streaks falling on both sides.
As always everyone was bowing each time she was passing by but something caught her attention or a someone more precisely, he wasn't bowing like everyone. She thought that maybe he was waiting for her to come closer to bow but he didn't, he didn't bow at all instead he stared at her and so did she. His dark brown eyes met her hazel gray green eyes for just a short moment but it seemed to last like forever.