The Exchange.

~~~Hayden's POV~~~

the he road was dark and glistening as street lights reflected off the paint covered road. Tears strooned down my face as I focused on my destination. It's been a week since I was kicked out.schools out and I'm on my way to the airport to have my car belongings and self shipped off. My parents have moved on and it hurts. I saw them in the park today, they looked happy...I guess it was me...

I wiped the tears and thoughts away focusing on the road as I accidentally swerved.

I pulled into the dark lot placing a sticker on my car and handing my keys to the loader so he could board my car on a transporter plane. Slowly dragging my suitcases into the large airport admiring all the paintings on the walls I looked for a flight attendant to log me in..

i made my way to the front desk to a old woman who looked tired. Her hair was a light fluffy brown and her roots were going grey, she had bags under her eyes showing she was tired but a big smile on her face.

i gave her a little smile keeping my hair over the left side of my face. Since I moved out I've been out of a lot of things I use to cover my bruises. I have a large hand sized one on me cheek from my dad, and trust me a lot more on my stomach, chest, arms, neck , legs etc...I'm good at covering though.

the lady gave me a warm smile " hey sweety how can I help you?" She had a small soft voice that just seemed to light up a room.

"I have a ticket for a 3am departure to London." I said giving her a small smile. I handed her my ticket watching as she scanned it and went through the whole process. When she was done she handed me my ticket and smiled.

"u have got 20 minutes. Have a lovely flight sweety." I smiled tilting my head a bit as I read my receipt. She let out a little gasp and starred at my face...oops... I quickly covered it and looked down mumbling 'thank you' and walking away.

I felt her eyes burn in my back but didn't mind. She was just concerned...I guess.

i sat in the waiting room after loading my bags. I sighed as I let my mind fall back to what my dad said.... To all the times since I'd left and seen them...I let my mind go to what everyone at school had said to me...I was alone in the world...everything everyone said to me hurt...but I believed it...I'm taking this trip in hopes to change for the better..because I'm scared...scared that if I don't find some hope and happiness soon...I'm going to do somthing stupid....I've already got the thoughts of self harming and suicide buried in my head...and since I was kicked out there worse...chastity and her group have beat the shit out of me the last week...I'm pretty sure I could be a smurf by the amount of bruises and cuts I have...It just seems there's no hope for me...it only gets worse and more lonely....

my thiughts are interrupted when my flight is announced over the intercom. I quickly grab my things and run onto the plane...here goes nothing.

i loaded the plane making my way to my seat next to some guy who looked to be my age. I sat next to him looking out the window forcing tears back.

" hey." His voice was deep and soft. I didn't look at him, but mustered a quiet and shaky " hi."

i felt let him shift in his seat and watched as he leaned forward so he could see me.

" are you ok?" He said with a worried look. I shifted looking him in the eyes, keeping my hair on my bruised side. He looked at me intently.

" Just stressed I guess...I'm fine.." ' fuck' I mentally slapped myself for letting my voice crack. He shook his head running his hands through his black medium sized hair. His light blue eyes fixated on me as he spoke.

" U seem sweet. I'm sorry for whatever ur going through...maybe we could be friends?" I smiled.

"sure....?" I looked at him for his name.

" Oh haha my name is Eric." He smiled brightly revealing a lovely smile making my heart flutter.

" I'm Hayden." He shook my hand, and laughed a bit, making me giggle.

" So Hayden what brings you on a flight to London?" I swallowed a lump in my throat as I remembered being kicked out. I also remembered how excited I was for getting accepted into this program.

" I'm umm I'm going to be attending London uni for art and music for the year. What about you?" His smile grew.

" Me to!" I smiled. Wow I made a friend. I don't trust him completely yet though...for all I no he could be playing me.

me and Eric talked for hours while everyone slept on the plane. I learned he lived on the other side of LA, and he was a guitarist. He got excepted into the same program as me. I learned he loves the color blue and has never been out of state. Like me.

After hours of endless talking and laughing I felt better. The plane was dark so I managed to hide my bruises. It came to the fifth hour on the plane and I was exhausted. I guess Eric could tell because he quickly shifted an let me lay my head on his shoulder drifting into a deep sleep.
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" Hayden......Hayden...HAYDEN!" I jumped at the voice looking around the plane. My eyes met with Eric's who looked extremely exausted.

"were here!" He said smiling. I gave him a small smile and followed him off the plane. We walked into an unexpected weather change it was snowing.. I mentally face palmed for forgetting it actually snowed in London. Eric saw me shiver and covered me with his coat. I had a thin long sleeve shirt on with some skinny jeans.

" thnx." I said pulling the coat around me.

" No problem.. Well I have to get to my dorm...need a ride to urs?" I shook my head.

" No. My car should be in the lot. I had it flown over thnx though." I went to give him his jacket but he rejected.

" Nah. Keep it. I'll get it later." I nodded and went to walk away but froze.

"wait." I said stopping him. He turned around with raised eyebrows and a smirk.

" Here's my number haha so you can get ur jacket back." He let out a laugh and hugged me before leaving to get his things.

i turned and grabbed my luggage off the cart and headed towards a man holding a sighn with my name on it.

" Miss smith?" He said with a smile and a thick British accent. I nodded and followed him to my car.

" Well miss smith since ur new hear I'll drive you to ur flat." I thanked him and climbed into the car while he loaded my things.

when he was done he quickly jumped in blowing on his hands to warm them up.

" Welcome to London!" He said cheery.

" thank you.....Albert" I said leaning forward to read his name. He quickly drove off. I watched out the window admiring the beautiful town. There were so many homes and pieces of land. The snow cascaded everything perfectly as a blanket.it was amazing here.

not realising how long I'd been staring I felt Albert tap my shoulder.

" We're here mam. Ur room 108 6 floor. And mister hill the director of the exchange program has requested a meeting with you tomorrow afternoon in the lobby." He said helping me out of the car. I smiled and followed him in with my things. My eyes shooting around in awe at the building.

Albert gave me a small wave heading to another car by mine and hopped in leaving... I guess that's my cue.

i quickly hurried into and elevator and pressed 6. The elevator dinged and I shuffled out looking at the room numbers. 101,102,103,104,105...AHH 106! I said sliding my key in the lock. It clicked and I walked in nearly losing my shit it was huge and beautiful!


The living room and dinning room were combined and givin a beautiful view as the lights of the city strooned in.




I set my bags by the door once again nearly losing my shit as I saw the kitchen.

it was retro but completely fit with the living room style.



I walked into the marble hallway and found four doors two were identicle bathrooms which connected to the 2 I'm assuming bed rooms.

I could tell one of the bathrooms belonged to someone because there was stuff on the counters. I felt nervouse of living with another girl...what if she's like chastity....or worse...



I walked into the first bedroom immediately knowing it belonged to someone. There were close flung on the bed and a laptop.



I walked out of the room and into the next gasping. I guess someone new I was coming. The room was beautifully decorated.


I smiled setting my things I the room walking around observing the detail.i had a small porch room were it overlooked the city and has some trees for privacy. The room was my favorite color purple with a huge beautiful piece of art above bed. I ran my fingers along the soft duvet fabric shivering as it chilled me by the touch.

i quickly jumped when someone cleared there throat.

" I hope you don't mind...I didn't no what u liked so me and some of my friends put our heads together to get ur room ready. It gets lonely I've been really excited., to meet you." A small voice said.i turned to see a petite girl with wavy brown hair and greenish brown eyes. Her body was fit and her lips pursed into a smile.she was very sweet.

i smiled " it's perfect..I love it thank you" she giggled and clapped her hands running over to hug me.i stood for a moment then Hugged back awkwardly.

" oops! I almost forgot. My name is Eleanor, I'm ur room mate and hopefully soon to be friend!" I smiled at how nice she was.

" I'm Hayden!" She stopped for a moment then Giggled again.

" UR AMERICAN! I love ur accent " I couldn't help but giggle.

" My accent is so plane! URs is way more cooler." We stood there laughing for a bit and chatting just getting comfortable with eachother.after An hour I started to get tired. El understood and said she understood jet lag very well and left me to rest. IT was 12 in the afternoon here....ugh this will take some getting used to.

i quickly pulled some clean close from my suitcase and went to the bathroom for a shower.

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when I finished I truded to my bed and pulled the covers back falling in. Oh.my.god. This bed was the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.

i layed still for a bit as my stupid sad emotions came back. But I did my best and fought back with the happy thoughts of today's events.

~~~Eleanor's POV~~~

i wrnt to to the door as someone nocked and opend it shushing the lads. I invited them over today completely forgetting Hayden was Comming. The girls couldn't come but they were so excited to meet her. And everyone noes how excited I've been to get a room mate. They piled into the living room making themselves comfy. I noticed harry had distanced himself a bit. I shrugged and went to see if Hayden was still up. I no she has bad jet lag but I no she probably noes no one here. I also no she's probably home sick so I wanted to help her make as many friends as possible. Our talk today was fun I learned so much and already love her.

i walked back in the living room alone because Hayden had past out.

i plopped next to louis my boyfriends pecking him on the lips.

" so what's up boys." I said relaxing onto louis. THEY all shrugged

" nothing...just that we are ON A 5 MONTH VACATION!" Louis screamed. I quickly shushed him.

" What?" Louis said with a puppy face.

" my new room mates hear. She has major jet lag. She's all the way from California, so she's sleeping." They all nodded. And as soon as I mentioned another female was in the house that had yet to meet harry he was now joining the convo.

" Will I get to meet her!." I gave harry a glare.

" Don't even think about it styles. She's way to nice.plus I hardly no her, she could have a fragile or not so fragile past!" The boys all nodded and harry grunted.

" Well I can't wait to meet her!" Niall cheered. I smiled as the others all joined in the agreement.

We all settled after a while and decided to watch love actually. I can't wait to learn more about Hayden.

Notes

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