The President's Daughter by David Dower (if you liked this book txt) 📕

words muffled by my pillow.

"Yes. Now let us go. Your mother and father both left for Russia this morning, so that means that I am in charge of you and Thomas, and I don't want to make a bad impression." She stated.

"All I heard was that mom and dad are gone and Alice is allowed to sleep."

She yanked the covers off of my now cold body. "I did not say that, and I don't think I was the one who was begging my parents to go to school," She said, glaring at me.

"If I knew that I would have to get up this early, I wouldn't have asked to go." I said, swinging my legs off of my bed and walking towards the bathroom.

As soon as I got in there, I looked into the mirror and my hair looked like a crow’s nest. I sighed as I tried to tame it, and when that did not work out, I gave up and proceeded to brush my teeth. When I came out of the bathroom Melinda was standing by my closet holding clothes in her arms.

I raised my eyebrows at her, "Holly called and told me exactly what to lay out for you to wear. She also wanted me to tell you ‘If you don't wear these clothes, I will personally rip your limbs off part by part, and dress you myself.’"

My eyes widened, "She said that?" I exclaimed.

Melinda chuckled. "No, I just wanted to see your reaction. She said, ‘you better wear these clothes...or else.’" She smiled amused, at my reaction and then left my room.

I stared at her retreating body. Melinda was like fifty years old, but had the brains of a teenager. I shook my head at the thought of Holly ripping my limbs apart. I then picked up the clothes Holly picked out for me to wear. It was a pair of blue skinny jeans and a white muscle tank with the infinity sign on it.

I smiled at the outfit, she had picked out. It was casual, yet cute. I quickly began to put my clothes on, as I tried to multitask and braid my hair.

I really wish my parents were here for my first day of school.

"Alice! You have ten seconds to get downstairs! Ben is here!" I heard, Melinda scream from down the hall.

Did I forget to mention that Ben is not only my bodyguard, but my driver as well?

"I am coming!" I screamed, back.

If mom and dad found out that we were screaming, they would have had our heads. One of the rules of the house was that there was no screaming allowed. If you needed someone or had a question, you were go to the person directly. You were not to be lazy and just yell. But, since the parents weren’t in the country and Thomas and I were now with Vice President Robert, or Uncle Robbie, as Thomas and I called him the rules were different.

When I arrived in the dining room for breakfast, Uncle Robbie was in his bathrobe, eating a bowl of cereal. I stopped dead in my tracks and slapped my hands over my eyes, "My eyes!" I yelled, sarcastically.

I heard him chuckle. "Ha-ha you’re a comedian, Alice," He said, his mouth full of cereal.

“And you eat worse than Thomas,” I said, shuddering, as he opened his mouth to show me his chewed up food.

“Nobody eats worse than Thomas.” Uncle Robbie said, visibly shuddering as well.

I walked over to the kitchen, grabbing the lunch that our chef, Marco was holding out to me. I thanked him, as I was walking over to pour myself a glass of orange juice. "You know, if dad ever saw you dressed like that he would have your head."

He smiled, "Yeah I know. That's why it's our little secret." He said, pointing to his lips.

I rolled my eyes. "What about the guards?" I asked, waving my hands over to them, as they were standing all around the kitchen, just casually watching us. Usually someone would be creeped out by this, but to me this was normal.

"Aren't you supposed to be heading to school?" He asked, switching the topic.

"Ben!" I screamed, remembering that he was supposed to be the one taking me to school.

Shoot I was running late, why had Ben not come to get me?

When I got to the front door where Ben was supposed to be waiting for me, he wasn't there. I then heard laughter from down the hall. It was coming from the west side of the house. I rarely ever went there because that was where all of the offices were located.

"Ben?" I called out to him, as I noticed that he was talking with two other guards, who were laughing and smiling at him. But once they noticed me, they straightened up, with all of the amusement that was once on their faces, gone in a second. "We have to leave or we’re going to be late." I said, quietly.

"Sure princess," He mumbled to me, waving a quick goodbye to the guards, and then leaving the scene.

As I began to walk towards the front door, I heard the sound of Ben’s feet, as he followed me closely. I pulled open the door and walked out, waiting for Ben to come up next to me. Once he did, we walked towards his red Honda Civic together.

“Nice car,” I said to him, but truth be told I knew nothing about cars.

“Thanks.” He muttered to me, getting inside the car.

I buckled my seatbelt, turning to Ben as he started the engine and proceeded to drive towards the gates.

"Good Morning, Miss Alice." The guard who was opening up the gate said to me, completely ignoring Ben.

"Morning, how are you?" I said, smiling at the guard.

"I am good thanks for asking, so where-"

"For the love of God! Can you open up the damn gates, we have somewhere we've got to be." Ben said, angrily.

The guard looked somewhat frightened by Ben, and shocked by his outburst. "Um, sure," He said, signaling for the two guys opening the gate to hurry up. Once the gate was fully open, Ben pressed on the gas causing the car to lurch forward, as I grabbed onto my seat belt.

I looked at Ben, whose eyes were focused on the road ahead of us. "You know you didn't have to be so rude," I saw his grip on the steering wheel tighten. "Someone’s got their panties in a twist,” I mumbled, looking out of the window.

I felt Ben's eyes on me as he let out a sigh, "I am sorry. Things have just been hectic lately."

I nodded, not feeling the need to answer back. The rest of the drive was quiet, with only the sound of the radio filling our awkward silence.

When we pulled up to the school’s parking lot and Ben parked the car, I began to get nervous the same nerves as the day Holly took me to my first ever High school party. I rubbed my clammy and sweaty hands on my jeans, as I breathed in and out, trying to calm my nerves.

"Don't be nervous, don't draw attention to yourself and you'll be fine." Ben spoke in a monotone, opening the car door getting out of the car not bothering to wait for me.

I quickly got out of the car, rushing to catch up with the boy who was just a few feet ahead of me.

Must he always walk ahead of me?

"Who's she?"

"Is she Ben's girlfriend?"

"She looks like a whore."

Ouch, that one hurt…

I stopped in my tracks as I looked back at the crowd of people watching us, trying to find the source of the person who called me a whore. I suddenly felt someone's hand resting on my lower back, "Just ignore them, they’re jealous." Ben said, whispering to me in my ear and guiding me inside the school.

I knitted my eyebrows in confusion, "What are they jealous off?"

"You," He stated. "After all, you are with the hottest guy in school." He said, cockily.

I rolled my eyes at Ben’s ego, slapping his arm. "Ha- Ha, you’re hilarious!" I said, sarcastically, as I did a quick scan of Ben, my eyes trailing his body head to toe. Ben just rose his eyebrows at me in return, “Trust me when I say that I’ve seen better.”

He smiled at me, his facial expression amused. “Whatever," He said, flipping his non-existent shoulder length hair over his shoulder.

I chuckled at Ben. He was a pretty funny person when he wasn’t snapping at people. We continued to walk and make small talk all the way to the main office to get my schedule.

"Hey, Miss Kuch." Ben said, to the lady at the front desk.

"Hello Ben, who have you brought with you?" She said, looking at me with a small smile.

"This is our new student her name is..." Ben said, knitting his eyebrows in confusion as he looked at me to finish his sentence.

"Ali Clair," I said, sticking out my hand for her to shake, which she took.

"Hello, Ali." She said, smiling and shaking my hand. “I knew there was going to be a new student, but they usually come with a file from their old school or any sort of school. However, I didn't receive anything from you." She said, curiously.

"I was homeschooled for most of my life, and my parents recently thought about putting me to school so that I can experience it before I go off to university." I said, honestly.

"However, I usually I get some sort of background check or any medical forms as well. But, I never received anything from you. Also, your parent’s never signed the forms." She said, looking at me unsurely.

"Well, that's my parents for you, very forgetful." I said, in a joking matter.

"But, even if you’re home schooled, you still should have some medical-"

"Okay," Ben said, interrupting Mrs. Kuch, before she could question me again. "The bell has already rung for first period and we don’t want to be late.”

I raised my eyebrows at Ben. That was his excuse? We were already late as it is, what’s a few minutes more going to do?

 I opened up my mouth to speak, but he sent me a glare, basically telling me to go along with it.

"Um sure, I'll write you two a late pass as well." She said, scribbling her signature on two slips and handing them to Ben and me. She then grabbed my schedule off of the printer and handed it to me.

"Thank you," I said to the secretary.

She smiled at me, her eyes filled with curiosity. "No problem. Be sure to come back if you have any questions, or just ask Ben. I am sure he will be glad to help! Anyways, have a great first day!" She said, waving to us.

We both thanked her, quickly leaving her office and walking down the empty halls. "Let me see your schedule." Ben said, grabbing it out of my hand before I even had a chance to say anything. "You have third period with me, second and fourth with Holly, as well as lunch with the both of us."

I raised my eyebrows at him, "How do you know what classes Holly has?"

"Um, it's a small school." He said, his hazel eyes darting around the hall, refusing to meet mine.

"Uh huh." I told him, unconvinced as I began to continue to walk down the hall in search of my first period class.

"Hey, where are you going?" I heard Ben yell from down the hall.

"Away from you!" I shouted back, sarcastically.

I heard him snort, "Like you know where you’re going."

"Whatever," I muttered under my breath, waving my hand dismally not bothering to turn around.

"Okay," I said to myself, leaning against a locker. "Where the hell am I going?" I muttered, looking down at my schedule for the first time.

8:10-8:20 Announcements

8:20-9:35 Drama- A. Moore (115)

9:40-10:55 Chemistry- J. Kelly (200)

11:00-12:00 Lunch

12:05- 1:20 Math- E. Jennings (101)

1:25-2:35 Physical Education- S. Angel (Gym)

I let out a sigh, as