Read Neverland Academy for Free Online
Authors: Daelynn Quinn
me?”
“True,
I don’t know you that well, but I’d like to. There’s something about you that
makes me think you’d get along great with my friends and me. I think you’d like
hanging out with us under the academy.”
“Finn,
that’s very, uh, kind of you. But I have my own school to go to starting next
week. And the last thing I need is to hang around with a bunch of juvenile boys
at that academy with that creepy headmaster. Why would you think I’d want to
hang out at a place like that?”
“It’s
fun. Trust me. You’d love it. And I see how you get along with your parents.
They chain you up here like a dog and expect you to be obedient without
question. They probably control who you can be friends with and where you go
and when. Am I right?”
Daphne
refused to respond. She didn’t want to admit his accuracy. His ego seemed
pretty inflated as it was. Besides, she was in a hurry and he was wasting her
time.
“Come
with me,” he continued, “and you won’t have to put up with their stupid rules.”
Daphne
entertained the thought for a moment. How she would love to just run away and
never see them again. But she knew it was a stupid, impulsive idea. It’s not
like her parents would just forget about her and leave her alone. Plus, there
was nothing about that place that appealed to her. “No, thank you. Now if you
don’t mind, I need to be leaving now. Get out.”
“Sure
thing, Daffy,” Finn chuckled as he opened the door and started out.
“That’s
Daphne!” she called out after him.
“See
you later, Daffy!”
“No,
it’s . . .” Daphne started, but the boy was gone. She shook her head in
annoyance. “Whatever.”
***
Even
from the sidewalk Daphne could feel the thumping from the bass blaring over the
speakers inside the club. College students filled the floor, jumping and
grinding, most of them not drunk enough to cause problems yet except for a pair
of girls on the far end of the bar who kept laughing hysterically while leaning
on each other for support. Jagger’s was a Mecca for students in this small
college town, the perfect place to get wasted and hook up with a total stranger
or that weird mohawked guy from Statistics 101.
Daphne
had arrived at the perfect time. Parking was a commodity in downtown Athens and
someone had just happened to pull out of a parking space right in front of the
club as Daphne approached. She saw it as a good omen. Could this night get any
better? Of course it could. She’d be seeing her boyfriend tonight.
At
the entrance, Daphne pulled out her fake ID, knowing full well she’d be carded.
She was tiny and barely passed for a college student. The bouncer glanced at
the card and back at Daphne. She hid her nerves well and smiled sweetly when
the bouncer handed back her card and stamped her hand giving her full alcohol
privileges.
She
paused inside, orienting herself with the club. She wanted a drink, but she
wanted to find Rocks first. Her eyes were still adjusting to the dim,
multi-colored lighting when somebody pounced on her.
“Daphne-san!”
A girl with black-striped blond hair and thickly lined blue eyes towered over
Daphne, embracing her in an awkward hug. Daphne always thought it was strange
that her friend, Carrie, had an infatuation with all things Asian, while she
looked like she came straight from the middle of Sweden. Daphne had some Korean
in her from her mother’s side, and with her ink-black dyed hair she almost
looked Asian herself. However, Carrie’s oriental obsession had nothing to do
with Daphne’s heritage. Although, sometimes Daphne wondered if that was the
real reason Carrie was her friend.
“I’m
so stoked you’re here, Carrie!” Daphne shouted over the din. “I missed you!”
“Me
too, chickie! Why haven’t you called? Or texted? Or something?”
“Damn!”
Just then Daphne realized that she’d left the iPhone on the charger at the
house. “My parents took my phone. I found it
“True,
I don’t know you that well, but I’d like to. There’s something about you that
makes me think you’d get along great with my friends and me. I think you’d like
hanging out with us under the academy.”
“Finn,
that’s very, uh, kind of you. But I have my own school to go to starting next
week. And the last thing I need is to hang around with a bunch of juvenile boys
at that academy with that creepy headmaster. Why would you think I’d want to
hang out at a place like that?”
“It’s
fun. Trust me. You’d love it. And I see how you get along with your parents.
They chain you up here like a dog and expect you to be obedient without
question. They probably control who you can be friends with and where you go
and when. Am I right?”
Daphne
refused to respond. She didn’t want to admit his accuracy. His ego seemed
pretty inflated as it was. Besides, she was in a hurry and he was wasting her
time.
“Come
with me,” he continued, “and you won’t have to put up with their stupid rules.”
Daphne
entertained the thought for a moment. How she would love to just run away and
never see them again. But she knew it was a stupid, impulsive idea. It’s not
like her parents would just forget about her and leave her alone. Plus, there
was nothing about that place that appealed to her. “No, thank you. Now if you
don’t mind, I need to be leaving now. Get out.”
“Sure
thing, Daffy,” Finn chuckled as he opened the door and started out.
“That’s
Daphne!” she called out after him.
“See
you later, Daffy!”
“No,
it’s . . .” Daphne started, but the boy was gone. She shook her head in
annoyance. “Whatever.”
***
Even
from the sidewalk Daphne could feel the thumping from the bass blaring over the
speakers inside the club. College students filled the floor, jumping and
grinding, most of them not drunk enough to cause problems yet except for a pair
of girls on the far end of the bar who kept laughing hysterically while leaning
on each other for support. Jagger’s was a Mecca for students in this small
college town, the perfect place to get wasted and hook up with a total stranger
or that weird mohawked guy from Statistics 101.
Daphne
had arrived at the perfect time. Parking was a commodity in downtown Athens and
someone had just happened to pull out of a parking space right in front of the
club as Daphne approached. She saw it as a good omen. Could this night get any
better? Of course it could. She’d be seeing her boyfriend tonight.
At
the entrance, Daphne pulled out her fake ID, knowing full well she’d be carded.
She was tiny and barely passed for a college student. The bouncer glanced at
the card and back at Daphne. She hid her nerves well and smiled sweetly when
the bouncer handed back her card and stamped her hand giving her full alcohol
privileges.
She
paused inside, orienting herself with the club. She wanted a drink, but she
wanted to find Rocks first. Her eyes were still adjusting to the dim,
multi-colored lighting when somebody pounced on her.
“Daphne-san!”
A girl with black-striped blond hair and thickly lined blue eyes towered over
Daphne, embracing her in an awkward hug. Daphne always thought it was strange
that her friend, Carrie, had an infatuation with all things Asian, while she
looked like she came straight from the middle of Sweden. Daphne had some Korean
in her from her mother’s side, and with her ink-black dyed hair she almost
looked Asian herself. However, Carrie’s oriental obsession had nothing to do
with Daphne’s heritage. Although, sometimes Daphne wondered if that was the
real reason Carrie was her friend.
“I’m
so stoked you’re here, Carrie!” Daphne shouted over the din. “I missed you!”
“Me
too, chickie! Why haven’t you called? Or texted? Or something?”
“Damn!”
Just then Daphne realized that she’d left the iPhone on the charger at the
house. “My parents took my phone. I found it