Addie awoke to the sound of her mom banging on the door to her small room in their trailer home. Smoke poured from under the door, Her mom was high again. Addie yawned, and hopped out of bed. She pulled on a pair of baggy jeans, a faded black tee-shirt, and red plaid button up shirt which she left unbuttoned. She pulled her light brown shoulder length hair into a sloppy pony tail and walked out of her bedroom. "Addie! Phone call!" Dylan called, her mother slammed her hands over her ears and fell backwards in the recliner laughing insanly. Dylan was Addie's older brother by 5 years, he was 16 while she was only 11. Suddenly loud rap music started playing outside, "Those damn gang members better get their negro asses back in their trailer!" Their mother yelled loudly and laughed insanely. Dylan stared at Addie who picked up the phone walking to her bedroom. "Hello?" she asked, "Hey Addie.. its me, J.D." a boys voice said, "Hey Man, whats up?" she asked. "Wanted to know if you could meet us out front the school at 3.." He said, "Why?" she asked. "I'm kicking Chris Carlos' mexican ass!" he said. "JD!" she reprimanded, "Addie.. dont get involved" J.D.'s friend Juan said in the background. "J.D.." she began when She heard a bang from the living room door, "Gotta go!" she said and clicked off the phone hurrying into the living room. "Your rents due" a voice said it was the landlord, "Hey sweetie.. want to come earn the rent?" their mother said cackling. Dylan groaned pushing his mom out of the way and handed the man some money, "Hey thats for my stock!" Their mom said, Addie groaned pulling her bookbag over her shoulders pushing past the landlord and headed down Dweller Lane to the end of the trailer park where the bus picked them up, the bus refused to enter the huge trailer park because last time it did, it was graffittied and mugged, and a student was shot. The bus pulled up smoke pouring from the windows, as a few of the taller black kids got on, then Addie got on, J.D. waving to her from the window. She sighed and plopped down on the seat infront of him, second seat from the back. It was a long bus ride from Lincoln Trailer Park to Grove Intermediate School, which had both high and middle school students in it.

The bus pulled up out front of the dark two story school. Vines grew over the boards on all the first story windows, everything was graffitied. And Kids stood out front smoking Blunts, the Principal no where in site. Addie got off the bus with J.D. adjusting the straps to her bookbag, as a black dude about their age huried up to J.D., "Yo J.D.! Wanna buy some hits?" the boy asked. J.D. glanced to Addie, who tutted and stomped off, and shrugged then took the blunt.

Addie plopped down in the second to front seat in her first period English class, J.D. walked in grinning a few minutes later. Just then their teacher Ms. Grey walked in, she was a short fat white lady who could hardly keep control of the class. When a boy in a red polo shirt, and jeans that didnt hang down to his knees, with shaggy brown hair walked in and handed her a note. "Ah yes class we have a new student today! Please welcome Jacob Tyler" Ms. Grey said, "Have a seat infront of Ms. Rayes" she said pointing to Addie.