Chapter 1
Finn Sharkey's life had never been perfect; in fact it had been the opposite. His mom and dad had split up when he was 7 and honestly he couldn't blame his mom for wanting to get out of the house. His mom had moved to America and he had stayed with is dad. When he was 7 he didn't understand why his mom had left but now he did. His dad was unemployed and lived of benefits, every night he would drink until he passed and somewhere in-between this process he would beat Finn until he cried.
Finn and his dad had just moved, again. They moved a lot because his dad would upset the neighbours and basically get us kicked out. In theory the neighbours couldn't actually kick us out but when they throw bricks though your windows every day you just had to get out.
It was the first day of Waterloo Road Boarding school (Yes he was going to a boarding school but this school was different it was for the Ill-behaved kids) and Finn was looking forward to getting out of the house. The teachers at this school would probably hate him by the end of the week; he never behaved in school (that was another reason why they had to move a lot).
"Mom what are you doing sending me to a boarding school for bad behaved kids?" Chlo Grainger asked her mom. Chlo's mom was going to be a teacher at this new school and Chlo and her sister Mika weren't looking forward to going.
"Chlo it's not just for bad behaved kids, it just accepts bad behaved kids," Chlo looked at her mom begging her not to send her to this school. "Chlo you're going and that's final, now go get your tie."
Chlo stormed out of the room. Mika, Chlo's older sister walked into the kitchen where her mom stood. "You know having your mom as a teacher is pretty lame," She said as she walked out the back door into the large garden they had.
"I'm ready now can we go?" Chlo shouted at her mom.
Earl Kelly had been kicked out of his last 6 schools because of violence, guns and knives. His older brother Marley didn't care much about his grades; he spent most of his life looking after his younger siblings: Earl, Denzil, Sambuca and Shannon. Shannon was Earl's twin and they were very close. Sambuca was also close to her brothers Earl and Denzil. Denzil was like a mini Earl he looked up to his brother and does what he says. Rose Kelly was there mom and an alcoholic.
"Come on guys we're going to be late," Marley shouted at his younger brothers and sisters. The Kellys gathered downstairs and grabbed their bags and went outside. Marley pulled Earl to the side.
"What are you doing man," Earl shook his brother's hand of his shoulder.
"Why don't you try and settle down here, yeah?" Earl didn't say anything he just shoved past his brother.