Chapter 1

It's mid January and also the day I will be moving in with my father. I would like to say I'm staying with him because I have no where to go or I misbehaved in school. But that is not the case. That would be a better scenario than the one I'm in.

The real reason I'm moving in with my dad is because I want to know the truth. I need to know if he truly loves me or not. All my life my dad has been a dead beat and I just need to know the reason why he left.

I am now sixteen years old, a junior in high school, and I barley even know my father. Only the hateful things my mom says about him and also the memories I have of him as a child. Also from the calls I get from him once in a blue moon. I admire him for that but it's not enough for me.

"Alexandra! Hurry up before you miss your plane!" my mom, Renee, yells. I don't know why she's worried, by the time we get to the airport I would have to wait an hour to board the plane. My mom always has to be early to everything. If she on time she's late. That's just how her brain works.

My mother is short and looks like me; so I've been told. We have our differences though like how I'm skinnier than her and my skin is lighter. My mom's skin is like a coco brown and mine is a more of a hazel brown. She's strong, smart, and hard working but extremely forgetful. I love her with all my heart. My relationship with my mother, at times though, feels like a friendship. I feel like I tell her anything and everything.

My mother has always been there for me and has taken care of me and my siblings, Simone and Leon. We're close like siblings should but we also fight a lot. But like always our mom is always there to separate us before we cause any damage.

As I reach the door my brother, Leon, puts me in an unbelievably strong hug.

" Lee, I love you and will miss you but I … can't... breath," I say breathlessly.

"Sorry," he wipes his tears from his eyes, "I'm just g-gonna m-m-miss y-you." Then he starts to cry.

" Stop crying. You'll make me cry too. I'll be back soon for vacation, I promise." I mean it. I cant stay away too long I would miss everyone too much. Then my sister comes over to me for what I think is a goodbye but knowing Simone she wont.

"I'm not gonna say bye 'cause I'm actually glad you're leaving. Good rid dens." I knew it. She never liked goodbyes and she's obviously still mad me from locking my room so she couldn't get in while I'm gone. She's not having my room; whether I'm here or not. But I know she's going to miss me. I could hear it in her mind. Don't go, please. I don't want you to go.

Being a mutant in this family has given me amazing advantages. I can read minds, have super speed, telepathic and could do many more. Yet being a mutant and is awesome I can't tell anyone who isn't one like my sister and brother. They are old enough to get powers but they haven't yet so my powers have to stay secret.

"Simone. Be nice," my mom says, "Okay, we are leaving now. Richmond will be here soon to watch you guys. Lock the door behind us."Richmond is our step grandfather but we all know him as Richmond so we never call him grandpa or papa.

My mom unlocks the car and puts my suitcases in the trunk. Then we get in the car to leave my life and start a new one on the other side of the country.

"Are you ready?" mom asks. I know exactly what she's saying. Are you ready to see the idiot that abandoned you for eleven years? I don't need to read her mind to know what she meant.

" As ready as I'll ever be." I tell because I don't know exactly if I'm ready. Since the only memories I have of my father are too playful and violent. So I guess I will see what happens.

"Do you have everything you need?" she asks

"Yes. I even triple checked mom." I have to tell her that or else she'd worry about it the whole way to the airport. She's such a worry wort.

"Okay just making sure." Then we're off to the airport and my new life begins.