HEY GUYS! I KNOW, I BASICALLY DISAPPEARED FROM THIS SITE FOR A WHILE, ALONG WITH THIS ARCHIVE, BUT, I'M BACK! I JUST WANTED TO POST SOMETHING BEFORE I GO BACK TO SCHOOL. WHICH IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW. I KNOW I SHOULD BE UPDATING A STORY THAT ALREADY EXISTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW A SINGLE AUTHOR THAT HAS AN IDEA, AND DOESN'T WRITE IT DOWN! SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I GIVE YOU Tough Child, 'Livin Wild! ENJOY! :)

Nina's POV

The day started out like any other normal day. I woke up at 7:00 A.M. on Friday in October. I pounded my alarm clock until it shut up. Getting out of bed, I stretched, made my bed, picked out an outfit, and hopped in the shower, after grabbing a towel from the laundry room.

After my shower, I blow dried my hair, and it returned to it's naturally wavy self. I brushed it out, and returned to my bedroom. I decided to go all 'American' today. I wore a crop top with an American flag print, regular jean shorts, American flag printed converse (one had red, and white stripes, and the other one was blue with white stars), an American flag printed hat, sunglasses with an American printed frame, and my usual American flag printed backpack.

Nina's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133802602

(ALL LINKS ARE ALSO ON MY PROFILE)

I walked down stairs to the kitchen, where my Gran was making breakfast. "Morning Gran." I greet, putting my backpack on one of the chairs.

"Good morning, sweetie. Did you sleep well?" She asked, putting a plate of eggs, and bacon in front of me.

"Yes, I did, thank you. How about you? Did you sleep well? Did your back hurt this morning?" I asked, sympathetically, while taking a night of my eggs. My Gran had a bad back, due to her mattress.

"Yes, it did. When are those tempur-pedic guys gonna deliver that damn mattress?!" She asked, to no one inparticular. I just shrugged, and continued eating. She put a glass of milk in front of me, and I downed it.

"Somebody's hungry. Didn't you eat last night?" She asked me.

"No, I had to finish my homework." I told her. Before she could respond, the door bell rang. I grabbed my backpack, and slung it over my shoulder. "Bye Gran! Love you!" I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and ran towards the door.

"Bye sweetie! Love you too! Have a good day at school!"

"Thanks!" I yelled to her, before swinging the door open, stepping outside, and quickly closing it behind me. There in my front yard stood my 6 best friends in the world. Amber Millington, Patricia Williamson, KT Rush, Joy Mercer, Mara Jeffrey, and Willow Jenks.

"Ready?" Amber asked. I slid my sunglasses on, and nodded my head.

"Ready."

We walked to Amber's silver minivan. She wanted pink, but her dad didn't want her to have such a strange colored car, so she chose a neutral color that would always match her outfit. We all had our licenses, but Amber was the only one who owned her own car.

Today, Amber wore a dress that was black on top, and turquoise at the bottom, and had a large, black bow on top, and it showed just a little bit of her skin underneath the bow. For shoes, she wore velvet black pumps with a platform. Her family was rich, so she basically owned a bunch backpacks to chose from, so it would always match her outfit. Today, she had a black leather/lace backpack. Her phone case was a darker turquoise that had a curtain shuttered print. Her necklace was in the shape of a heart; half was turquoise, and the other half was gears. Her eye makeup was black, winged eye liner, a light shade of blue on her outer eye lid, and mascara. She had light pink lip gloss on, and her nails were plain turquoise.

Amber's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133803788

Patricia wore a loose black [kinda] tank top that said 'BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK', slightly high waisted blackish/greyish jean shorts, a spiky black belt, and black combat boots. She had on her usual black eyeliner, but nothing too dramatic. Her usual black watch, a black bracelet with silver spikes on it, and a pair of black skull earrings. Er backpack was the usual, plain black.

Patricia's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133804747

KT wore a loose purple crop top, with spaghetti straps, plain jean shorts, purple sandals, and her normally crimped hair was straightened. Her normal grey backpack, that was made of such a soft material, that you had the feel it. Her nails were a dark purple, with tiny stars as nail art, and her phone case was the usual; a galaxy background, with black zigzags going over it.

KT's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133806687

Joy was dressed up like a country girl who just moved to California. She had on a red [sorta] crop top, slightly high wasted, light washed jean shorts, and brown combat boots. She had on two bracelets; a brown strap bracelet, and a golden charm bracket with only a golden heart charm. Her phone case was it's usual silver, and her backpack was it's usual dark green, with brown leather lining, and straps.

Joy's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133807745

Mara wore a loose olive green top, that had one strap going off the shoulder. She was the only one wearing regular jeans, and she matched her shirt with a pair of olive green VANS, with brown leather straps. She wore a bracelet that was a bunch of thin silver bracelets connected, a thin eyeliner, her glasses, and her blue backpack with brown leather straps, and a repeating white bird pattern. Mara did need glasses, but not the ones she's wearing. Her parents made her ware contacts, instead, but, occasionally, she would wear a regular pair of glasses over them.

Mara's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133808352

Willow wore a light washed, jean crop top, with a faded daisy print, slightly high waisted, light washed jean shorts, and light blue VANS with white polkadots, and white laces. To match her top, she wore a strap bracelet that had daisies on it, a daisy necklace, and a pair of daisy earrings; along with a black, and white Micky Mouse watch. Her backpack was what stood out the most; it was a rainbow printed backpack, that was supposed to look like Hello Kitty. Willow absolutely loved it, and had been using it for 3 years.

Willow's Outfit: m/set?.embedder=8272961&.svc=copypaste&id=133809385

We arrived at school soon, and Amber parked the car in the spot reserved for us (Her dad is seriously rich!). We exited the car, and walked through the front door, all eyes on us. We're pretty popular around here. Ok, we're the most popular girls in school. But we do not act like we're better then other people.

I help people with personality; like if you're shy, I'll help you break out of your shell. Or if you're too full of yourself, I'll yell you to stop caring so much about what you look like, and start caring more about your friends, and family..

Amber helps people with fashion. She helps people express who they are; like she'll recommend stores, and sights to people that sell stuff that they would like. Like she'll recommend a sight like [too ] to a goth kid, or scene kid, or punk kid, or an emo kid. And she'll recommend a store like Forever 21 to a girl who like to dress up. Amber also helps people with any kind of relationship problems! It's a personal favorite of hers.

Patricia helps people stand up for themselves. There is a lot of bullying in this school, and anybody who complains to the office, or somebody she sees getting bullied, she's make the bullies back off, and teach that kid how to get them to leave you alone.

KT never lets anybody be alone. She is a total social butterfly. If you feel alone, she's always there by your side. If she sees a kid at lunch sitting by themselves, she'll go sit with them. If she sees somebody walking alone in the mall, she'll go with them, and help pick out some cloths for them, that she think they might like.

Joy always makes sure people are being themselves, and not faking. She hates cheating; of all kinds. She also hates lying. She hates it when people aren't being themselves, just to impress someone, or because someone didn't like what they're wearing, and made it known. She also made sure everybody was comfortable. Whether if it was with another person, or the situation their in, she always made sure that everyone felt comfortable in their own shoes.

Mara helps people with their studies. She'll touter kids, help them with projects, help them get ready for a test, or quiz, help them with their homework, etc.

Willow helps people feel better. When somebody feel's sad, or mad, she'll be there for you. She hates it when people are sad, and does everything in her power to make them feel happy.

We walked to our lockers. They were all right next to each other, and we each had a different colored lock. Mine was red, Amber's was pink, Patricia's was black, KT's was purple, Joy's was silver, Mara's was green, and Willow's was yellow. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to paint the lockers, themselves. We all had the same some homeroom, but different classes. But we at least had somebody in each class. We were never alone, we always had each other.

Walking into homeroom, we smiled at the teacher, and walked to our seats, in the back of the class.

Time Skip: After School (Nina Just Got Dropped Off After School) (Still Nina's POV)

I got dropped off by Amber. I waved, and yelled by to the rest of my friends. As the car drove away, I got out my keys. But when I looked at the door, I was surprised to see that it was already cracked. That's weird. Gran never leaves the door unlocked, never mind opened! I slowly walked into my house, the door creaking as I pushed it open.

"Hello?" I called out. Looking around. It took me a second to process what I was seeing.

My house had been trashed.

The couch cushions were spread out across the room, and the couch itself was upside down. The chair that came with the couch was on it's side. The TV had been tipped over. Figurines, vases, and picture frames were smashed, and there was glass everywhere. There was holes in the walls, and ceiling. Carpet was ripped up from the floor boards.

By this time, I was already crying, and about to have a panic attack.

I walked into the kitchen. The counter was cracked, the fridge was open, along with a couple cabinets. Dishes were smashed everywhere. And, as I looked down, I saw th worst possible sight to see.

My Gran.

In pool of blood.

Lifeless.

Shot dead.

I couldn't take it anymore. I screamed, but no one heard me. There were no neighbors, and we didn't live with anyone. I started bawling, and breathing heavy. I got my water out of my bag, and downed it all. Then I started taking deep breaths. I calmed down, but still cried.

I looked at my Gran once more, and noticed something in her hand. I walked over to her slowly, and reached for it. It was a piece of paper, with a phone number on it, in my Gran's hand writing. It read.

(Phone # not to be given out)

Call, please. I'm sorry.

I love you, Nina.

-Gran

I looked at Gran, and back at the paper. What's happening?

HEY GUYS! SO, MOST OF THAT WAS A FILLER CHAPTER, BUT I HAD A LOT OF FUN WRITING THE ENDING! I HONESTLY WOULD WRITE MORE, BUT I GOTTA TAKE A SHOWER, AND GO TO BED. SORRY! DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A REVEIW, TELLING ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE FIRST CHAPTER! BYE GUYS! :)