Love Stems From Hate?

Out on the dark streets of New York there are many types of people.

There are the ones who make their way in the world, climbing the latter of success rapidly day by day. There's the ones who crawl on by, good sized apartments are called their home and a decent job is theirs. Then there's the musicians. Working little by little, some more successful than others but not the worst you can get.

Now going on down the social latter you find Makenna Quinn. In her teen years she was a beauty with life pretty well set and not much to worry about. Well events happened, friends came into her life that weren't good people in any definantion, and now she's here. Her work is the streets and her employers vary night to night. No matter the money she makes it always gets spent on things that just make her beauty fade.

With the factors of time and choices working against her, she isn't as beautiful as she once was but still is a sight to see. Now she walks down the sidewalk, heels clicking as her hips sway, the shortness of her dress not covering much of anything. She then makes her way to a parked car, tapping her somewhat longish finger nails on the window.

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Hayden Smith. A normal name for a normal teen. Well to an extent. He isn't your all around perfect jock or straight A nerd. He isn't the bad boy that all the girls are secretly in love with. Nope. He's just the shy kid in the corner, never to raise his hand to answer a question and tries more than anything to hide his face from others.

Now he isn't your typical kid who is always bullied an taunted, he's just quiet. His shell is tightly equipped around him and he never has once dared to break through it.

Now that his dad is divorced and ready for someone new, he expects his sons shell to at least chip and crack in a few places. Even though Hayden has been staying with his mom for the most part, he is now expected to visit his dad and girlfriend or whatever she is and her daughter for the first time. Not only does Hayden have a hidden resentment for his father, he is secretly a bit scared, even more so as he knocks on the door, mom behind him ready to drop him off.

[sorry for it being so terrible, ill try to make my next post a bit better]

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@ Beautiful Misery

[No, it's fine.]

Alex Copeland was a well-established multi-millionaire who practically owned half of New York. Everyone knew of his corporation and he flaunted it with every step he took. He was used to being pampered in every way from the people he spoke with to the bed he slept on - Alex always got his way. Although, it hadn't always been that way growing up on the poor side of town with three siblings that were always neglected. It would a lie to say that the experience hadn't made him stronger.

He exited a meeting from the back alley way to get back to his car that was parked in front of the building knowing that paparazzi were swarming the front entrance to get a glance at him. Alex was used to having to hide his face from the public just to go out for dinner. Once he got inside, he fixed his suit and pulled out his phone to make a call to one of his business partners. That was when he heard fingernails against the window of his limousine. Alex frowned knowing that it was probably a stripper or a beggar but was always nice to those who were less fortunate than he was. Rolling down the window slightly, he glanced out to see a slightly familiar face and it made him hold back a scoff - Makenna Quinn. Oh, how he loathed that name.

Since he was such a poor child, he had always been prone to being made fun of especially by Makenna. She was basically the leader of the pack who always ganged up on him, but he always fought back. Eventually, the others grew tired of Alex and he only had her to deal with but the rivalry still continued into high school. When they graduated, they finally parted and went their own separate ways. He hadn't known what had happened to her until now but he couldn't say that he hadn't seen this coming. Karma always had a way to come back.

"Step in. I don't care what your rate is." Alex told her knowing that she could identify his voice and pushed open he car door for her to come inside. He couldn't wait to see the look in her face from the wealth that he had created.

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There is always that person that will voice her opinion and openly rebel against higher authorities. Yeah, well, in this case, that was Violet. It was hard to silence her and there was no way for her brain to filter what came out of her mouth. Violet had gotten in trouble on quite a few occasions for her giant mouth but she really couldn't help it. Now, she was with her new step father and her mother living inside of house that she couldn't say she liked. In a new school system, Violet had no friends and all the more trouble to create.

Today, she heard that her step father's son was coming to visit the house for the first time he had gotten remarried. Violet couldn't say that she was excited to meet her step brother and treated it like any other day. That being said, she was upstairs in her room blasting music so loud that it was a wonder how she could hear anything in the first place. Her mother would try to get her to come downstairs but it wasn't going to happen. In her mind, Violet thought that her mother should be happy that she wasn't trying to run away for the third time in two months.

Makenna waited somewhat impatiently for the window to roll down but once it did, her eyes widened and her voice was lost. Alex Copeland.

She had never liked him and had always made his life a living hell but he was always one to make her deeds come back and bite her in the ass. Now here he was. A fresh hair cut unlike hers. The ends of her hair were frayed and her darker roots were showing easily. He also adorned an expensive suit with a ride that she could only dream of. Karma really hated her. Thought her life never was perfect, only perfect to the naked eye, she alwaysade fun of him. He was more open with his lesser life and she always felt the need to break him down more and more.

When he spoke, she was shaken from her shocked trance and mindlessly got it in. If you asked her why she would never be able to answer you. "Alex, it's been a while," she spoke as she found her voice and closed the door. She the pulled a pack of cigarettes and lighter from her own pocket and lite one easily. She took a long drag. This was not only to keep her calm and just because she liked it, she really just needed something to occupy her brain a bit for the time being.

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As the door swung open, Hayden's anxiety grew.

"Hayden!" His father spoke happily as he hugged him. Once Hayden was finally released his eyes darted to behind his father and they landed on a small petite blonde with deep blue eyes.

"Hayden this is Marie, Marie, my son Hayden," his father introduced him. Only responding with a polite nod, Hayden grabbed his things and walked in. This had been his old house so he went straight up to his old room. As his feet creaked the wooden stairs he soon was in front of a white door with music blaring on the other side. Knocking, he waited.

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@ Beautiful Misery

"Make sure you keep the ashes outside of the window, Makenna." He addressed her but made sure to keep his tone polite. Just seeing her shocked face made a thrill shot through his spine showing how well he had come out. It would be impossible for him not to look down upon her in the situation - she was prostitute and he was a millionaire.

Once she had gotten settled inside of the car, Alex was finally able to get a good look at his former rival. Time had definitely worn her down from her state in high school. He really doubted that she was getting all of the attention from guys now especially from the way she showed everything. Alex reveled in the fact that she had gotten what she deserved. "Yes. I could say about seven years or so. I see that life hasn't been treating you so well. May I ask how it has come to this point?" He really just wanted to hear how she had fallen from glory but without being completely rude about it.

Knocking on the window between him and his chauffeur, he asked the driver to take him back to the penthouse. A short moment later they were driving through the streets of New York, but it would definitely be a while as the traffic was horrid. That was something he never liked about the state - it was hard to be on time to go anywhere.

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Violet tapped her foot to the beat of the music blaring and swung her head every so often. She could admit that music was one of the few things that actually understood her in the way that her mom could never. It was the reason why she would always shut herself in her room.

Hearing a faint knock on the door, she knew it had to be her mother asking her to turn down the music. "You're full of shit if you think I am gonna turn it down, Mom!" Violet called out to her mother who was just beyond the door. It wasn't unusual for her to use foul language in the household since it was the only thing that got through her mother. Anytime she just said 'no', an argument would occur.

Makenna rolled her eyes at his request and simpily cracked the window and thumpe her ashes out before taking another long and soothing drag. Even though she was keeping her composure, she was quite jelous of him, and, even though she would never in a million years admit it, she had always been a bit jelous of him, a reason she always picked argument and such with him.

"Well," she started out, taking a mother drag, thumping the ashes, then beginning again," cut the shit Alex," she snapped abruptly. "You could care less how I became a disgusting prostitue, working the streets. You just care that you're well off and happy and that I'm alone and fucked up," she finished and shook her head. "But to answer your question, I'm a bitch who fucked people's life's up and now I fuck other people just to get by. Does that answer your question?" She asked with a bit of venoum lacing her words.

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Hayden flinched at the language and force of yelling that came from beyond the door, and instead of waiting, cracked the door and bit and stuck his head in.

"Oh I um. This used to be my room. I didn't realize he had moved you in it. Sorry," he mumbled appotogetically as he backed out and shut the door quietly behind him. Just because he had moved out with his mother, didn't mean that gave his father the right to just give his room away. Shaking away his thoughts, he just headed to the guest room and dropped his stuff in before shutting the door and flopping on the bed.

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@ Beautiful Misery

Alex couldn't help but let a slight chuckle leave his throat from the attitude she was giving him. "It was only a question, Makenna. You don't have to be fresh about it. Remember, I am the one who is paying for you right now and I can just as easily decide not to. It isn't like I am actually screwing you right now." This situation would never get old with him. She deserved something like this for all she had done to other people.

A grin settled on his face as he glanced over at her and decided that he wanted to continue to show his wealth. "I have a deal to propose. Why don't we wipe the slate clean? I'll give a place to sleep over in my penthouse and you can keep doing whatever you have to do, but we try to get along." Alex proposed wanting to lure her into the trap by giving her a deal that would be impossible to refuse. He would give her everything that she would need other than a job. That was something that she would have to do by herself without any help.

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She watched the head of a boy pop into the room which made her identify him as her step-father's son. Oh, so he was the twerp that he could never stop talking about. There was never a bad thing that he could say about the kid and it honestly pissed her off. Something had to be wrong with the kid and she would figure it would.

"Yeah? Just get out." Violet called out to him right before he closed to the door to go to the guest room. This was now her room and there was nothing he could do to get her out of it. The room was the one place she could go without someone bothering her all the time.

Makenna raised her eyebrow at his offer, she knew something had to be up with him. Why would he offer her something like that free everything she did to him. Even thought she wasn't really as bad as he made her think, why? She just couldn't seem to wrap her head around it.

"Oh really now? Why offer me that? Why even let me in your car? Why didn't you just send me on my way and let me continue doing what I do? What's in it for you?" She finally asked as she puffed her cigerete and thumped the ashes out but some did fall into the seat of the car, not that she cared.

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Hayden sighed as he stare up at the ceiling. Just the fact he didn't have his room anymore, somewhere he grew up in, now someone else's. standing up he Began to unpack a few things but soon gave up and headed downstairs.

"Hayden Hun, will you go get Violet for diner, I'm not sure if she'd hear me over the music," Marie asked. Though Hayden already didn't like her, he nodded politely an heade upstairs, knocking on his, well her, door again.

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@ Beautiful Misery

Alex could see that her brain was calcuating what he had just said as if it had been some joke. Although he could see why she would think that, it wasn't. He didn't truly mean it, but he did want her to come and see his house. The only thing left was to convince her that he really did want to make amends.

He shrugged his shoulders before coming up with some sort of excuse that couldn't be proven. "Well, I believe in doing one good deed a day. Plus, I have money that I probably won't end up spending so I might as well give it to someone who can use it - a.k.a you." Alex gave her a grin as they continued to slowly move through traffic but seemed to be almost there.

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As the footsteps disappeared down the hall, Violet went back to rocking out to her music ignoring everything in the world. She wished that time would just stop so that she would have to put up with her step-family or her mother. All they did was create havoc that she didn't need in her life.

Hearing the knock on the door, she sighed and dragged herself to the door. "What?" She asked as she peeked through the door and the music started to get louder since the barrier was gone. "Oh, it's you.." Violet said unable to hold back her feeling of disgust for seeing the boy.

Makenna looked at him, her brain still going over what he just said. "Okay," she said sticking out her hand to him. "You've got a deal," she said as she waited to shake his hand.

It wasn't as if she had anything to loose, only gain could come her way. Glancing out the window, she soon felt the vehical come to a stop and soon she was out of the car and into a building. Once inside, her breath hitched a bit at how amazing his place actually was. He really had come far. Something she always expected but would never admit, not even to herself. "Nice place," she said as she glanced around.

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Hayden looked at her, a bit surprised at how angry she seemed. "I I'm, Marie sent me to get you for diner," he mumbled a bit quietly, not exactly making eye contact.

Waiting for an answer, or with how nice she seemed, a door to be slammed in his face, he silently stuck his hands in his pockets, messing with the random things that occupied them.

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@ Beautiful Misery

He met her hand and gave it a firm shake to seal the deal. "Good to hear." It would have been stupid on her part not to take the deal in the first place. At least she was smart enough to realize all she could gain from it.

"Thanks. That's why I call this, one out of all them, home." Alex did it on purpose to tell her that he did have multiple houses but didn't exactly say where. He shrugged off his jacked to place it on the sofa of the couch before walking into the kitchen to get something to drink. "Would you like some water?" He asked as he pulled out a bottle for himself.

Although he was filthy rich, he didn't have a maid that worked for him 24/7. It was pointless with the fact that he was out most of the time anyway. Alex had scheduled for her to come in the mornings just to tidy everything up and that was it.

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When he didn't meet her gaze, she already classified him as a coward that couldn't face his fears. If he thought that she was scary, then he would have never survived her old school. Violet scoffed right in his face unable to believe that her mother had actually called her down.

"Yeah? Well, you can tell her to take this and shove it up her ass." With that, she held up her middle finger before closing the door straight in his face. She had never had a formal sit down at the table with her 'family' before and she sure as hell wasn't about to do it now.

Violet flopped down on her bed and went back to listening to her music. She hated how this boy was turning her regular routine upside down within the first few minutes of arriving inside of the house. First, actual dinners. Then what?

Looking around at his place she couldn't help but feel so..jelous. She had never thought her life would come to this. To having sex for money and now in her ex rivals pent house who is now filthy rich with an amazing life.

"Sure," she said, accepting his water though honestly she was already hating this. She was never one to want to depend on anyone, but here she was, actually staying at his place. "So what do you do exactly?" She asked curiously.

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Hayden flinched a bit with a small sigh. "Okay um. Sorry," he mumbled as the wind from the door pushed his hair back a bit an he turned on his heels and walked back down.

"Umm I'm not really hungry. I'm kind of tired from the flight. So I um, I'm gonna go upstairs," he mumbled to Marie and then disappeared back towards his room. He couldn't help though but glance as he passed Violets. Why was she so crude? That was a question he wished he had an answer to.

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@ Beautiful Misery

He passed the bottle of water over to her knowing that she was jealous of everything in his possession. If he were in her position, Alex knew he would feel the same way. There came a good amount of pride with his money.

"I am the CEO of a company that I am sure that you will know." He explained the name and how if was more focused on the technology of the world. Alex's job was definitely not a walk through the park since they were long hours but it did pay off in the end. He was able to afford all of life's luxuries.

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Violet turned onto her side as she contemplated whether or not to escape through the window. It seemed to be more and more tempting as the minutes passed. She glanced over at her door hoping that no one would come check up on her in the middle of the night. She just needed some time to clear her head from the insanity of the house.

Pushing open the window, she lowered herself down onto the branch not far down below before hoping onto the ground. It was always easy to get out the house quietly without any troubles. Violet grinned to herself before going off to take a walk down the block in the dead of the night.

Makenna grabbed the water and twisted off the cap before taking a huge sip. Though it was that apparent with the Dress she was wearing. She wasn't exactly your picture of health especially with weight. With bad choices and her mind on overdrive, eating healthy was never a high priority for her.

"Wow. You turned out well," she said a bit quietly as if she didn't mean for him to actually hear and defiantly not comment on it. "You know, I thought it be me living like this, but you know. Life's funny," she said with a small sigh.

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Hayden stayed in his room for a while, just staring up at the ceiling, counting a few cracks, not doing much of anything. His mind was everywhere and though he didn't want to believe it, he was angry at his dad.

Hearing a crack, since he ha always had better than just average hearing, he made way to the window and opened it looking down. Peering below he saw a dark figure, heading toward the night and an open window. Violet. "Violet," he whisper yelled down to her. "You really shouldn't be out at night alone," he told her. There neighborhood was rather good but strange things could happen.

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@ Beautiful Misery

Texting one of his personal chefs, he asked for him to prepare a gourmet meal for two people. Alex usually didn't eat much food since he was off being a workaholic. "I hope you like Italian." He said as he placed the phone back into his pocket.

He held back a scoff as she said that she had thought she would turn out in his position. "It seems that life didn't plan for you to have a life like this. They say Karma is a bitch." Alex shrugged his shoulders but he really did think she deserved to live like that.

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As she was about to step off when she heard the voice, she frowned and glanced up at the window. How dare he tell her what to do! He had only known her for less than three hours and was already trying it tell her what was best. "Look, I have done it before and lived. Sayonara." With that, she continued to march off towards the end of the street not about to have some kid stop her.

Makenna rolled her eyes at his little petty comment and said nothing. It did sting a little but free a while you end up feeling nothing no matter what comments you here. Even though she did do things when the street lights slivered on that were looked down upon by most, she did have a day time job as a waitress at a run down diner. She heard people talk about her but never commented on it and never planne to.

"Yeah. It sure is and I'm not hungry," she said after a moment. She took a gulp of water and when she finished, crushed the bottle an threw it in the trash. "So I have a place I was crashing at and I need to go grab a few clothes I have there. Ill be back in like an hour," she spoke, really needing a shower right now. Plus she needed to get her stuff before he came home, he'd kill her if he though she was leaving.

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Hayden frowned and looked around frantically. Sure she would probably be fine but what if she wasn't? What if it was all his fault she was taken or hurt or something? Making a rash decision, he open his window wider and stepped out.

Holding onto the terrace that was near he climbed down but with one misstep almost fell but ended up only being a foot from the ground so he had nothing major hurt in the tiny fall. Picking himself up and jogged towards her and stopped at her side.

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@ Beautiful Misery

It seemed that she had been pretty accustomed to getting similar comments by the way she let it bounce off of her. There was no signs of being hurt by it and that was something that he did have to give her credit for. Alex just shrugged his shoulders at her eye roll and finished up the bottle of water. He pulled off his tie before tossing it near his jacket. He never liked wearing ties - it felt like something was constricting him.

"Then make yourself hungry. It would be an insult for you not to eat a world-class chef's food." He told her as he checked his watch to see that he would be over in a few more minutes. Even if Alex wasn't hungry, he would always eat a little of his chef's food since it was just that good. "Sure, that food should be done by then anyway. Don't give me any bullshit, alright? You better be coming back."

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She heard the sound of the window behind her creaking open before an accompanied thump against the ground. Oh, he better not be trying to act like a hero and follow her! Violet sighed and frowned as she tried to out run the boy but apparently it wasn't good enough. "...Look, Kid. I'm not going to save your ass if something happens."

Makenna rolled her eyes. "I'll et if I feel like it," she said shrugging. Sine she was rather stubborn, she probably wouldn't be eating.

"And if I don't?" She challenged with a look of venom covering her face. She never had liked being told what to do or anything of that such. "See ya," she said as she walked out.

She headed out the building and down the dark streets. She shivered at bit as wind blew past her. Her heels clicked as she walked causing a bit attention from one of her regulars but she declined. However the man wouldn't take for an answer, and not being stupid, Makenna went along with him, back to his place. This wasn't unusal for her an she knew shed be way more than an hour getting back, if she even went, so she would like to see the pissed look on his face if he so gave one

After about 3 hours, Makenna finally headed back, the little clothes she had in a worn bag. She walked inside and shut the door behind her, pockets money filled.

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Hayden shrugged as Violet spoke. "I don't expect you to. You'll barely know I'm here," he said nodding as he then glanced down and stuffed his hands in his pockets. Walking down the street, he glanced around, just making sure no one was around.

He did notice a black vehical on the side of the road that was running, but didn't think much about it until it started moving.

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@ Beautiful Misery

He sighed seeing that her stubbornness had not faded over time as well as her rebellious side. "That's your loss. No shelter or food, but if you don't want to return that's fine, too." Alex pointed out since that was basically the only reason why she had decided to stay. Not the bull of wanting to make amends.

Once she returned, the dinner had been set on the table and he had dressed into causal wear. "It took you long enough. What happened?" Alex questioned as he stood from the couch where he had been watching the news. It wouldn't have surprised him if she had said that she had a small stop on the way to her house though. Anything to make money.

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"Yeah, yeah." She replied knowing that she would notice his annoying presence even if she didn't want to. Violet pulled her beanie down over her ears from the chill of the night not even exactly sure where she was heading at the moment. All she wanted was a few moments away from the house but she couldn't even get that.

Makenna shrugged as she threw her bag to the couch and ran a hand through her hair. "Not that you care so doesn't matter," she shrugged and looked around. Seeing the way everything looked and how good the food smelt, she felt out of place and disgusting. "I'll be back," she said, grabbing her bag.

"Where's your bathroom?" She asked as she looked up at him and waited. Once she knew she walked towards the bathroom and soon was in the shower, the hot water burning her back but feeling amazing. Washing the dirt and grease from her head she soon was back. "So what's to eat?" She asked.

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Hayden glanced around, eyeing the vehical a bit. "Hey, we might need to head back," he spoke in a hushed tone, eyes darting the the vehical that kept getting faster.

"Hey baby. Ditch the freak and get in," the driver of the vehical spoke as they pulled beside them,

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