A/N: Hey! Just an edit of the first chapter! I hope that it will be better than it was before!
My eyes start to tear up as I see another one of my friends leave through the front door of the orphanage. She is free now, while I'm still stuck here trying to get through each day without getting hit or covered in saliva. For the most part I try to keep to myself and only speak when spoken to, but even then I end up finding myself getting into trouble with the other children.
"Lacey was the only friend that I had left in this place…" I sigh to myself as I look around the room. It's not the nicest room in the world, it's about the size of a large closet, but it's a place to lie down at night. I grab my pillow and clutch it to my chest. "I'm all alone now… What am I supposed to do?" I whisper, silent tears sliding down my cheeks and soaking into the pillow.
There is a loud bang on my door followed by a bellowing "DINNER TIME!" Then the stomping of dozens of children of various ages. I jump up from my bed knowing full well that if I didn't get down there I wouldn't be eating anything until breakfast the next day. Bursting from my room and out into the hallway, I bump and shove people out of my way not even looking back to see if they are alright. I trip down the stairs and arrive at the dining room panting and trying to catch my breath, when I see that all of the seats at the long table are taken already.
"Awe, poor, poor Nettie! She missed dinner again; If only she would make it on time for once, then she wouldn't look like skin and bones!" The bane of my existence said in a baby voice. All eyes in the room were on my rapidly reddening face.
Glaring at her I walk over to the table and grab a few buns before walking out and going back up to my room, where I sigh and plop down onto my bed in anger. 'That girl doesn't know when to stop being such… Such a… A BRAT! She never knows when to shut up! Always sticking her nose into other people's business.' A little growl slips past my lips and I pout looking at the buns. I sigh again and wrap up in my little blanket, letting my fingers curl around the edge. I lie there thinking about what tomorrow is going to be like, then I drift off to sleep. Dreams filled with better, kinder, and warmer times.
I wake up to the sound of banging on my door accompanied by a masculine female voice yelling, "Get your lazy ass out of bed!" Then I remember that this is the day that I get to get out of this dirty house and take in the sights and smells of London.
Scrambling to get dressed into cleanish clothes, I fall flat on my face. "Great! Just freaking great!" I yell wiping the bloody mess from my face with the only thing that was close enough to grab, a dirty sock… Now let me just say something, it's really hard to lace up a corset while trying to stop a bloody nose, but somehow I managed to do it.
I look at the grumbling woman sheepishly. "I'm sorry for being late Miss. I must have slept in." I rub the back of my neck awkwardly, trying not to wince under the glare of this woman.
She grumbles and Hands me a list of things to buy when I'm out and a small pouch of coins. "Don't let it happen again, and remember that if there are any coins left, you can spend it on yourself." She says the last part quietly as her eyes soften.
I smile at her then run down the hallway, flinging myself down the stairs, and out of the door past the jealous stares of the other occupants.
I give them a smug smile. As I am stepping out onto the road, I trip on the hem of my dress and fall into the street. I let out a high pitched screech as I see a carriage coming right toward me. The driver of the carriage sees me just in time and tries to steer the team away from me but I end up getting kicked in the head and stepped on.
I look up to see a man clad in a black tail coat with equally dark hair and red-brown eyes walking quickly over to me. "Are you alright miss?" the mystery man asks me with a gentile smile on his face.
"I… Ow…." I manage to get out before I pass out, right there on the road.
A/N: Well there is the first chapter done! :D I hope that you like it guys~