Chapter One

The Temper

"Billy! I'm going out!"

"How about takin' Jake with you?!"

"Dad! I'm thirteen! I don't need Jacob to follow me around! Honestly, Billy, he's only two years older than me, do you really think it makes a diffrence?!" This was the usual arguement, except I had just turned thirteen that very day. This is my story, it may seem like a fantasy, but it most definately is not! I mean it! This is my life story, well, from when I turned thirteen, but that's when my life started being interesting!

"Marie, I'm just worried that you'll get lost or something!" Ugh! He always said that! Couldn't he be a little more original?!?!

"That happened one time when I was three! I'm thirteen now! It's been ten years since I've gotten lost! Billy, you can't keep treating me like a baby! I'm growing up and you're just going to accept it!" I yelled as I stormed out, don't get me wrong I love my dad, but he wasn't treating me fairly! I sighed, knowing that he was going to send Jacob for sure now, to make sure that I didn't run away from the reservation, again.

"Marie! Wait up!" Jacob yelled as he ran after me, I knew that if I tried that I could out-run him, but I decided against it, just to see what he would do.

"Why do you always follow me?!" I challenged him, knowing he would get offended, but at the moment I didn't care.

"Marie, please don't be upset with me!" He pleaded, giving me his look that makes him look like an inocent five year old.

"Jake, I need privacy! I need to be able to go where I want! I need you guys to stop babying me like I'm three again! I've done more than enough to prove that I'm an adult! I've shown that I can be a house-wife! That's the role I play everyday and I'm sick of it!" I couldn't help it, I broke down into anguished tears. Damnit, Marie, why are you such a wimp?! No wonder they treat you like a baby! You act like a baby! I mentally scolded myself. "Jake, I wanna be alone!"

"Marie, I don't think-"

"Stop!" I interupted, "I'm fine, just leave!" I growled, where was this temper coming from?

"Marie, I'm not leaving until you prove you're ok!"

"Damnit, Jake! Just leave!" I practically screamed at him. "I don't need you, Billy, or anyone except me, because if there's one thing I've learned it's you can only depend on yourself!" I snapped at him and began to sprint away, so fast I knew he'd never be able to follow me without some means of transportation other than his legs.

"Don't forget to come home, Marie, me and Billy worry about you!" was the last thing I heard him say as I ran into the trees, my home away from home, I just had to make it far enough into the trees and I'd be home free.

"What am I doing?!" I said to myself, "Why am I running away?! What's wrong with me?! What's happening to me?! I must be loosing my mind! I stopped running, sat down, and cried.