Chapter 1
I was only about thirteen at the time. Dad had to move because his firm was being relocated in England; the exact location, I cannot remember. My mum and I didn't agree to this movement. In fact, we were totally against it. My mum had her friends and I had mine.
I was one of the "popular chicks" at school. Of course I was. I had money. I had a "hip mum" although I didn't agree to that. I got whatever I wanted. I had more than I needed. That was why everyone wanted to be my friend. That was why everyone was treating me like the Queen of the States but I didn't realise that at the time.
Mum wasn't the greatest mum but I couldn't love her more than I did. She was fond of the demon drink, very fond. She came home one night from the pub and started crying because she thought that we had lost dad. Another time she came home and had totally forgotten who I was. She'd be alright in the mornings though a bit moody but we didn't mind.
We being Dad and I. We didn't tell anyone about what Mum gets up to. You can always trust and rely on Dad with these kind of secrets. He's a type of business man, a manager of something. I never knew what his job was but I knew that my dad was a very affectionate man. His face would crease up if one of his "important documents" had a small dent in it. Whenever you hugged my Dad, you would feel as if you were hugging a brick wall and I really couldn't see myself bouncing on Dad's lap when I was a baby, let alone him changing my diapers. But I didn't hate my Dad for this. I still loved him to bits.
I would obviously have to change schools if I were to move from the States to England and this would mean a whole new life. A whole new beginning and a whole new group of friends, if I was lucky. I didn't want that at the time. I wanted JD, Shamz and the rest of them. I thought they were my "friends" at the time.
I was quite smart but I wasn't top of the class. Nor was I at the bottom. In the middle, just where I liked it. It would be hard to adjust to new surroundings at my new school. Well it wouldn't be easy. The problem was I didn't know that it would be harder than I pictured it to be...