The Dark Divide by Laura Sopko (mobi reader txt) 📕

Introduction

My name is Araya-Dawn Warren.

Have you ever had the feeling that you don't belong? Like the feeling that you were adopted or that you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or maybe Gods playing some sick, cruel joke on you? Sometimes I have that feeling. But at the time I'll think it’s just a feeling, maybe it will pass maybe it’ll only last a second. A minute. An hour. But it doesn't go away. It decides to stay. To haunt you, makes you want to run. Run far away. Maybe I should start at the beginning of the story. Tell you how meeting one person can ruin your entire life. I'll tell you my story.


Chapter one

In less the twenty-four hours, I'll be eighteen years old.
Chilly isn’t it? To think that Araya Dawn Warren, 17 year old punk ass kid is going to be 18. Ha! It should be interesting if I do say so myself, but as I like to say age is but a number. Okay so let me tell you a little bit about my life. I'm 17; I live in New York City on the Upper West Side in a small flat with my mom. My dad died when I was eleven and my mom became an alcoholic. So yeah my life’s not that crappy but it’s up there. So now that you know a little bit about my life let me tell you my story.
Friday. Ah no matter how you look at it Friday is the best day of the week. For me it’s because me and my G.B.F. (Gay Best Friend) Miles, and my boyfriend Alex go to this awesome club called The Panic Room. The Panic Room is an all ages welcome Japanese punk/Goth club. The way it goes is that every Friday Alex, Miles, and I meet at The Cattail Café and get hyped up on coffee, and then we go to The Panic Room and party until we can’t party no more, so that’s where my story begins in the ladies bathroom at the Cattail café.
We have been at the café for an hour and each of us has drunk 4 cups of coffee, but strangely I’m the only one who will pee in the restroom. Guys are weird like that, they will pee in a dirty ally behind a club but not in a relatively clean public bathroom. Oh well let them suffer. So as I was saying I was in the bathroom washing my hands when a perky blond chick comes in, gives me the once over, then goes into a stall. I ignore her and turn back to the mirror to fix my makeup and hair. I make sure my hair is still in the Japanese buns on top of my head and my makeup is still elfish. Just when I finish reapplying my eyeliner the blond comes out of the stall and to the sink on my left.
“I love your makeup!” The blond sequels excitedly
“Um thanks?”
“And your hair! Who does it and what color do they use?”
“I do it, and at the moment its electric blue.”I say throwing my crap back into my bag.
“Oh cool,” she starts to follow me out of the bathroom.”I’m Anna by the way.” She informs me sticking out her hand for me to shake.
“I’m Araya Dawn.”I say taking her hand.
“Cool name I always wanted to be name-“ She grabbed my wrist as I try to pull it away.”Where did you get that?” She asks shakily pointing at my sunburst shaped birthmark on my wrist.
“I’ve had it since birth, that’s where the tern “birth mark” comes from.” I retort rushing out of the bathroom leaving an awestruck Anna standing near the bathroom door.
I make my way over to our table and tell them its party time. We make our way to the old abandoned building The Panic Room is in and head straight to the dance floor.
“I’m going to go find someone to dance with while you two…..do whatever it is you do.” Miles scanned the dance floor found his pray and left us on the dance floor.
“Okay A, you were right I have to pee! Will you come out to the ally with me?”Alex asks batting his eyelashes at me.
“Fine even though I told you so.”I smile at him as we make our way to the back door that leads to an ally.
We make our way out to the ally and before the door even closes Alex is kissing my mouth with an extreme urgency.
“Alex what the hell are you doing!?” I ask trying to push him off me.
“Come on A, I love you and I want to prove it.” He says trying to kiss me again.
“Yeah you to but not in a dirty ally behind a friggin club.” I look into his eyes and I see something break in them.
“There! You did it again!” He says pointing at me and jumping back.
“What? What am I doing?”
“You never say I love you too. You always say “you too” or “ I know” The entire time we’ve been going out you have never told me you love me.”
“Yes I have lots of times!” I yell
“No you haven’t ever since your dad died you’ve been like a robot!”
And here comes the water works. It’s not like he’s lying , the only people I have ever said “I love you” too is my mom and dad but after my dad left me I stopped loving people. I know how odd that sounds but its true.
“How can you bring that up Alex?”I say turning to leave.
“Okay I’ll take it back if you tell me right now that you love me.”
“I can’t,” I say simply and turn to leave. “I’d be lying.” Then I run.
I run out of the ally and start walking down the abandon street towards the café. I can’t believe him! He knows how painful my dad’s death was to me, and then he goes and tells me that it broke me. Like I didn’t already know that! Before me and Alex went out I had the biggest crush on him. We met in fifth grade when I moved here with my mom. Alex, Miles, and me where inseparable for the first four years, but we started to drift apart when Alex started hanging out with the “prissy kids” and dating Cindy Crawford, the school whore. Miles realized he was gay but we were still best friends. Miles and I even stuck together when I started dying my hair and wearing weird clothes.
I just entered the café’s parking lot when my phone started playing Alex’s ringtone pulling me out of my daydream.
“Yes?”
“Where are you babe? I thought you would go back into the club, but when I got back in there you were gone.”
“Ha! You thought I would stick around while you call me a robot and ogle other girls.” I say while I place my order.
I turn around when I finish telling the guy at the counter what I want and look around the café. Its 11:29 so there aren’t many people in it. There’s and old guy drinking a cup of coffee while reading a book while on the other side of the café is a group of teenagers having a serious conversation near the door on the side where my car is. I look at the group of teenagers and realize that Anna, the girl I meet earlier in the bathroom, is one of them. I look at her for a couple of seconds and realize she’s pretty in that perfect and blond sort of way, not the kind of girl I would hang out with.
“Araya! Are you even listing to me?”Alex yells on the phone.
“What?”
“I asked if you wanted to go out tomorrow for breakfast so I could apologize.”Alex always apologizes at breakfast, like I’m going to be any less crabby in the morning.
“No.”I say simply and hang-up.
“Uh here you go miss.” The guy at the counter says as he hands me a cup of delouses sweetness.
“Thanks.” I say and pay the guy.
I turn around and start walking towards the door to the parking lot, hoping to avoid Anna on the way there. I mean I know she’s going to see me because she’s sitting right next to the door, but a girl can dream.
“Araya! Omigosh I thought I wouldn’t get to see you again when you stormed out of here earlier, Where have you been all night?”
“Uh….. I went to this club called The Panic Room with some friends. What about you?” I answer awkwardly. I mean come on what do you say in these types of situations?
“Oh I’ve just been hanging here with these people. Guys I want you to meet Araya Dawn, the girl I was telling you about earlier,” Anna says pulling me into the booth next to her. “Araya I’d like you to meet Mitchell, Clara, and Jace. Mitchell and Clara are my brother and sister and Jay is a family friend.”
Mitchell looks like a guy about 19 or 20, around 5” 11’ with dark brown hair, nice tan, and dark green eyes like both his sisters. Clara looked about 14 with long blondish brown hair pulled into braided pigtails and loads of freckles. Jay was sexy with a capital S! He had blond hair that reached just above his shoulders, the sexiest tan I have ever seen, and a face that would remind you of an angel.
“Nice to meet you guys.” I reply
“Wow Ann you weren’t kidding when you said this chick was punk. I mean I don’t know anyone with their lip and their nose pierced, and neon friggin blue hair! And must I even bring up the outfit?” Clara said exactly.
“Thanks.”I smile at her.
“Yeah you’re totally hot. How old are you? 16? 17?” Mitchell asked wiggling his eyebrows in a way that made me giggle.
“I’m going to be 18 tomorrow.” I reply
“Cool.” Was all he said.
I look at my watch and see that its 11:48. Shit my moms gonna be pissed if I’m not home soon. I look at my car and notice Alex leaning against it, watching me.
“Shit I have to go,” I pull out a pen and write my number on a piece of napkin and give it to Anna. “Here, in case you wanna hang out or something.” I say running out of the café.
I walk out of the café and towards my car where Alex is leaned against it like he owns the shit.
“What the hell do you want Alex? I thought I told you we were done. Or did you not get that from me running out of the ally crying?.” I say as I come to a stop five feet in front of him.
“I wanted to apologize, but you refused to go to breakfast with me so I thought I’d come and talk to you.”
“I’m not talking to you so you can go and screw yourself.” I say and pull out my keys to unlock my car.
“Come on Dawnie, just let me make it up to you. We could go out to breakfast then we could go and walk in the park it will be fun.” He says as he starts to close the gap between us and take my hand.
“No! Alex I don’t want to be with you anymore! I’m tired