Chapter 1 - A Fresh Start

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--------------------- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ---------------------

~ Aliyah's POV ~

A new day in a new country, let alone a new continentβ€”Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Today is my first day at a new school. I'm a bit nervous, but I hope something good happens.

I woke up to the persistent buzz of my alarm on my bedside table. Reaching for the alarm, I smacked the button to stop its annoying ring. Groaning, I threw the bed covers off and sat up, staring at my bedroom wall. After taking a moment to stretch, the smell of waffles wafted into my room. That smell suddenly gave me the motivation to spring out of bed and get ready.

Once I got ready, I went downstairs and was greeted by the smell of my mums homemade waffles placed on the countertop for me to eat. 

"Ready for your first day of school?" My mum asked.

"I hope so." I shrugged.

While I ate my breakfast my mum went to get ready for her day and the errands that she has to run after she drops me off at school. 

Once I finished eating my breakfast, my mum came out immediately after. We entered her matte black Urus and she drove me to school dropping me off at the driveway.



--------------------- School ---------------------

After I attending the whole school assembly, I was escorted to my homeroom by one of the teachers. 

Once I found my homeroom class, I entered finding a place to sit further from everyone else, placed my bag down and took my seat and did random shit to keep myself busy.

After a few minutes, the bell rang and everyone else started entering the class and taking their seats. A group of three boys entered the class and started approaching me.

"Yo, you're in my seat." One of the three boys spoke. He had dark curly hair and long straight eyelashes (I was hella jealous to be honest). Wait... Isn't he Ronaldo's son!?

"I don't see your name on it though," I shrugged with a straight face.

"You can come sit with us!" One girl with blonde hair yelled from across the room.

I got up, grabbed my things and glared at him even though he towered over me and made my way to her table.

The two girls introduced themselves. One was named Nadia Ahmed she had dark hair and thick brows, I could tell she was Arab. Her dad plays for Al-Nassr FC while her mum is an influencer. The nice girl that invited over was called ChloΓ©, ChloΓ© AndrΓ©. Her father also plays for Al-Nassr and her mum is a famous fashion designer and influencer. 

"Nice to meet you guys," I said with a smile.

"So your mum is Ivuria VarlΓ©z right?" Nadia asked.

"Yeah..." I replied sceptically.

"I genuinely idolize her she's such a strong powerful woman," Nadia continued.

"Real." ChloΓ© blurted out.

"I'm glad to know you think that," I chuckled

"You see that guy with the curly dark hair seated over there?" ChloΓ© asked speaking in a low tone that only we could hear.

"Yeah," I replied.

"That's Ronaldo's son Cristiano Junior." She continued.'

"Yeah, I know," I answered back

"Now the guy seated next to him on the right," Nadia added.

"The mixed-lookin' guy with the curly brown hair ye?" I asked.

"Yeah, that one. His name is Mekky, he's Moroccan," Nadia replied.

"And the one to his left is Nawaf--Saudi Arabian guy,

"Ohh alright," I answered.

After a few minutes of us chatting and getting to know each other better, our homeroom teacher demanded the attention of everyone in the class.

"Alright, everyone!" She yelled from the front of the class.

"Good Morning!"

"Morning," Everyone replied with a tired voice in unison.

"How are you all?

Everyone replied with somewhat similar answers mostly "good" and "tired" and other shit like that.

"So, I see we have a new student here with us,"

"No shit Sherlock," I muttered under my breath.

"May you come to the front of the class and introduce yourself?"

I pushed myself up dragging my feet as I walked to the front of the class. Once I was right in front of the whiteboard, I turned around and sighed. I saw that Nadia had shot a thumbs up for me from her seat which made me smile.

"Okay, soo... Hi everyone, my name is Aliyah VarlΓ©z, and I just recently moved here from London, England,"

"YOUR MUM IS IVURIA VARLÉZ!?" Some random kid yelled from the back of the class.

"No she's Adriana Lima," I replied sarcastically rolling my eyes.

"I'm mostly South African and Spanish with a mix of Brazilian and English," I concluded.

"Would you like to tell us a bit more about yourself?" Ms Priya asked.

"No." I said bluntly. Whoops I didn't mean for it to come out that harsh but there's no going back, is there? I heard a few chuckles and giggles from a few people in class.

I walked back to my seat and sat down. ChloΓ© and Nadia burst out laughing.

"Oh my days, your reply was ruthless," ChloΓ© laughed some more.

"Would you like to tell us a bit more about yourself? No." Nadia said laughing while mocking my conversation with Ms Priya.

"Alright, guys. Before you leave, please do remember that we do have a bonding trip to Mauritius the day after tomorrow! Only Aliyah's payment will be accepted as she just joined, however, for the rest of you it will be considered as late and will not be accepted." Ms Priya announced.

The bell rang and we all got up packing our things and heading to our separate classes since our whole year level was divided into three streams; 8A, 8K and 8M. I had physics first as I'm in 8A while Nadia and ChloΓ© had chemistry first since they're both in 8M.


--------------------- Football Feild (Recess) ---------------------

The bell rang and it was now time for recess. I found ChloΓ© waiting for me outside the classroom I was in as I packed my bag and she led me to the football field where the boys were playing football. We just talked about school and other random things and laughed as we watched the boys tumble and fall when playing football. I laughed hardest when Cris Fell. I don't know, I just feel like he deserved it.

"So.. Aliyah," ChloΓ© asked.

"Yeah?"

"Have you found interest in anyone, a boy?" She asked in pure curiosity.

"No not really," I replied while placing a crisp in my mouth.

"OoOoOo, what about Cris! Bro like all the girls drool over him. Plus, he's currently singlee," Nadia said with excitement.

"Meh, he's not all that." I shrugged.

"Sure, if you say so. But you two would look good together." ChloΓ© shrugged with half of her biscuit outside of her mouth.


--------------------- Cafeteria (Lunch Break) ---------------------

Two classes passed by and Nadia and ChloΓ© led me to the Cafeteria to eat. We first made our way to the cubbies where our delivered hot lunch were kept. Unfortunately, mine was kept out of my reach, it was on the higher shelf. I tried to reach for it but I was unable to. I felt a warm breath behind specifically on my neck and an arm reached high up over me for my lunch.

"This one?" A familiar voice asked.

I looked behind me and it was CRIS.

"Yeah, Thanks," I said as he handed it over to me. I tried my best to keep my cool.

I, Nadia and ChloΓ© placed our bags on a table and went to wash our hands before we ate lunch.


~ Cris' POV ~

"Yo Cris," Mekky started.

"Yeah" I replied

"You got an eye for that Aliyah girl I can tell,

"She's fine to be fair. I've caught like half the guys in our homeroom staring at her, now imagine how many people in her stream have." Nawaf continued.

"Meh, she's not all that," I replied 'genuinely'. Well, at least I hope so.

"Whose not all that?" A soft voice asked from behind me. It was Aliyah.

"Not like it's any of your business," I replied coldly as I sat down. Nawaf and Mekky just stared at me with their mouths open and after just took their seats.

~ Aliyah's POV ~

"Ayt, bet," I answered.

I thought to myself: 'If you wanna be a dick, then two can play that game'

You have started war Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos fucking Junior.

I sat down opposite Cris, and Nadia and ChloΓ© came to sit next to me. ChloΓ© was seated to my right and Nadia to my left. While everyone was chatting and discussing about random shit, I just silently ate my food.

"Aliyah," ChloΓ© called on me worriedly.

"Yeah?" I replied, looking up at her.

"Are you okay?" She asked genuinely.

"Yeah, of course," I answered reassuringly.

"You sure? cuz you've not been talking much," Nadia added, genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, don't worry. I'm GOOD." I said for the last time letting out a small laugh.


--------------------- Drive Through (After School) ---------------------

We had attended our last two classes and it was time to go home. I spotted my mum's white Range Rover from a distance. I walked up to it and entered.

"So.. How was your first day?" My mum asked excitedly.

"It was alright, to be honest," I shrugged.

"I hope so. What did you do today?" She asked and smiled.

"I made two new friends; ChloΓ© AndrΓ© and Nadia Ahmed. Really nice girls. They showed me around and we shared a few stories together." I answered.

"That's nice." She smiled.

"Sooo.. I have a few errands to run this afternoon and I'll be done by around 06.30 PM, so I sign you up at a new football club since we've moved." My mum informed me.

"Oh, okay," I replied.

"Georgina will pick you up once you finish training and you'll go to her house-"

"YOUR FRIENDS WITH GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ!?" I interrupted.

"Yeah." She replied casually.

"OMG! She's such an icon," I said excitedly and that smile quickly turned into a frown. SHIT. That means I'm gonna have to see Cris.

"Really? Better than your mum?" She answered offended.

"Maybee," I replied jokingly.

"I'll pick you up at 7 PM though. Okay?

"Alright," I answered.

"Alsoo, I received an email about the bonding trip this Wednesday to Mauritius. I signed you up and paid for it," My mum said with a warm smile.

"Thank youu," I thanked my mum returning the same energy.

Well fuck. Now I'm gonna have to see Cris every day for the next two weeks. I pray for my survival.


--------------------- Football Practice ---------------------

Once we reached the training grounds, the vibrant sounds of feet contacting the ball and people yelling filled the atmosphere. I went down to the pitch as my mom drove off to run her errands.

There on the pitch, I saw Nadia and ChloΓ©. Today wasn't the day for mixed training (Girls and Boys) and it wasn't a playing day either. It was a practice day.

I thought to myself: 'Bloody hell man. Today isn't even a playing day.' As I groaned

I put on my cleats, headed to the other side of the pitch and joined the rest of the team.

We practised till 4 PM since we ended school early today at 02.35 PM.

We all went to the locker room once training was over and changed out of our sweaty clothes. I spotted Georgina from the bleachers and she took me over to her house.



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A/N

Hey Guyss!

This was the first chapter of the new story I'd love to know what you guys think of it and if I should continuee. I've been writing this the whole day.

I'm open to ideas for upcoming chapters.

Thank you for all your love and support <3

Byee!!

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