I woke up sniffed the air, it burned my nose, My eyes shot open like i had a nightmare but this was much, more than a nightmare... i heard my baby sister in her room, screaming, my mother opening up all the doors to help us, i looked around, it was smokey and dark, my mum then ran into to room, with my baby sister in her arms, still screaming and crying.

"Gabriella, come on!" My mum screams at me, as i didn't move, i was scared, frozen... speechless... I looked at the window to see the flames of fire, building up, it was hot; i got out of bed, running to my mum and my baby sister.

My sister was 5 and i am 16, my mum grabbed my hand with her free one, and took us downstairs outside, as we were safe, but the worst thing ever, we watched our house burn to peices, as the fire brigade tried to put out the fire with water but it wasn't enough, after it was out and our house burn't to the ground, we went looking for anything that would have survived, all i found of mine, was my braclet with all my charms on it. I picked it up and hugged it to my chest and put it on, although it was a little dirty, from the black ash.

I looked over at my mum who was crying, it made me teary eyed to see my mother all upset, like this, i don't blame her but it got my thinking, how did this fire happen? I mean my little sister couldn't have done it, cuz she was sleeping the whole time, mum was asleep, so it leaves me? The fire was in the kitchen, maybe it was me, i mean yeah someone could have broken in? But how, smashed a window, i would have a look but, oh wait, my house is burn't to the damn ground... or maybe someone threw a match at my house? A cigarette? What else could there be? I felt this horrible pain, i looked at my hand to see it was all red, raw and burn't like my house, i stared at it.

I know i made dinner, but i was sure i did not burn myself, i am always completely safe when i am cooking for my family's sake. Before i keep going about myself, i should really introduce myself, i am Gabriella Anne Montez, and my little sister's name is Brooke, my mum's Inez. Where's my dad you ask? Well, as far as i know, he is in jail, living in some place... he could be anywhere, whenever i asked my mum where he was, or where he went, she would simply wouldn't tell me, she would either ignore me or say 'Gabriella, please today's not the right day!'


When will the right day be huh mum? I ask myself everyday, where oh where are you dad? or if you are really my dad? And if so why isn't he here, with us at this moment we need him the most?! I'm a very confused teenager, i am home schooled, so here we go moving again, but this time we have a proper reason, as to why we are leaving, last time it was mum got fired from her work, i had to look after Brooke while, mum worked really hard, just to keep the fridge filled with the right food for us to stay alive, which i thank mum for that, everyday.

I walked over to mum and Brooke, and hugged them tightly, the police came over to talk to mum, about the fire, like; 'Miss, do you know what started the fire?' My mum looked at him speechless. The more i think about how it started, i ran to mum.

"Mum!" I yelled at her. She turned around.

"Gabriella, not now, i'm talking to the police officer!"

"No, mum i know what started the fire?!"

Mum's face lit up, a little brighter than it did before.

"It was..." I could see the police officer stepping next to her, listening.

"Yes Gabriella?"

"I think i was... m-me..."

"But, how you were in your room?"

"Mum, you know how you hear someone walking around at night, inside?"

My mum nodded, understanding. "Yes?"

"Well... i think i sleepwalk... i might have been dreaming about something, and as i was sleep walking i turned the stove and i burn't my hand, i must have been hungry!"

"Gabriella but... you have no proof as to it was you or not?"

I showed her my burn on my hand, it was still hurting like hell.

My mum opened her mouth and rubbed my hand, i faked a smile and pulled it away as it was getting worse. "Mum..." I said to her. "See, so it must have been me, i just didn't know, and i'm so sorry mum!" I started to get tear eyed.

"Gabriella, don't be sorry, it wasn't your fault that you always sleep walk..." She quickly hugged me, and turned back to the police officer.

"I am so sorry about that... your house i mean..." The officer said, and nodded and got back in his car.

"W-what a-are w-we g-gonna d-do m-mum?" I mumbled under my tears.

"I don't know Gabriella, we will well, move again...."

"I wanna move that way, if we ever did stay here, everyday i'd just think of this house and how it got burned down!!!"

Cuz of me, i sighed.

My mum nodded at me, and quickly turned to my little sister to see where she was, she sighed of relief, to see she was behind me, holding my not sore hand. "When are we moving?" I begged her.

"Gabby, we will stay at a..." I stopped her, by me talking over her.

"Hotel, yeah i kno mum..." I looked down at Brooke, and mum picked her up.

"Well, we better get going then, we need our sleep, and we well work out the rest, like we always do okay?" She assured me.

I nodded. "Allright," We quickly waved to the police and the fire bridgade and, got in our little car, it was yellow, kinda like a buggie, i got in the front, while mum strapped Brooke in the back, i put my braclet on, and played with it, till we to the end of our 'old street' Goodbye, my old town.

An hour later, mum was trying to stay awake, as she was tired, as we all were, i turned around to see my baby sister asleep how cute that looked, i smiled and turned back to the front as we seen a 'hotel.'

"Mum, how about that one?" I pointed to the hotel up ahead. Mum squinted her eyes and looked at it ahead. "Okay, it ill do... just for one night, we well be leaving early in the morning!"

"How early?" I asked,

"6!" Mum said, yawning, a bit, she tunred into the carpark.


I sighed and had a good look at the hotel, it looked old and cheap, mum parked in a the carpark, but the wierd thing is, is that she parked away from all the cars, so we were the only car on the right, and left side, there were a few cars,mum got out ad booked a room, we finally got to the room, number 19, mum opened the door, she sat my little sister on the bed.

As soon as i walked in the room, you could smell, spew and dirty socks, one word for it... 'eww' i held my breathe for a few seconds and breathed out again. "Mum, eww.. can't you smell that?" I asked her, sitting in a chair, sighing.

"Smell what?" Mum asked, as she was checking out everything.

I guessed i was the only one out of the three of us who could smell that bad, smell.. i looked around to see stains on the walls, beer bottles were on the benches, mum was clearing them off, so that Brooke wouldn't ask what they were.

"Mum, i'm gonna go to bed early, since we have to get up early tonight!" I got up from the chair and opened my bag that was sitting next to Brooke on the bed, i searched for my pjama's, i found them and walked to the bathroom, a few mintues later i came out, dressed in my pokdo dot pj's and jumped into a single bed which was next to the bathroom door. "Goodnight..." I said, getting comfortable in the lumpy old bed.

"Goodnight!" My mum and Brooke said to me at the same time. I smiled and shut my eyes. The next morning came before i knew it, we were in the car going to another town, which mum wouldn't tell me where we were going just yet.

I was daydreaming out my wndow, what was i daydreaming about you may ask, well, about my house not ever burning down and we were still living our lives, like we were, but everything's gonna change.

A few hours later, we arrived at our destination.

"Gabriella?" My mum called my name, i turned to her.

"Hmm?"

"You will have to go to a public school!"

My mouth dropped. "W-what, what happened to the home schooling???"

"I changed my mind!?" Mum said as she looked in her top mirrior to see if Brooke was okay, and she was, i sighed angrily and looked back out the window, i was just staring out of.


About 10 minutes after mum and i's little conversation about schools, we arrived at our new place, so now i gotta call this place 'home!' We got out and had a quick look at it, it was a two story house, it looked really nice, i'd had to admit, but not as nice as my old burn't one. We walked inside; had a look around, and afterwards we went shopping for new furniture, since my mum had some money left in the bank from all her late night shifts at the bakery, so was quite a good cook, when she wants to be. We got the moving truck and we led it to our house, we made the house like cozsy and relaxing, we all fell onto the lounge exhausted, from all the hard work we did, all day.

After mum put Brooke to bed, i decided to have a chat with my mum about this whole, school thing, mum was sitting on the lounge again, reading the newspaper, when i came up behind her sneakly.

"Mum?!"

I made her jump, since i must had scared her. She put her hand on her heart.

I giggled and sat next to her on the lounge. "Mum, i need to talk to you about, this whole going to a real school, are you are about this, like really?" I asked, looking at her.

"Gabriella, i don't want you to waste away your life at home, when you can be making friends.."

"But, what about Brooke, i gotta stay home, and look after her?!"

"Brooke well go to little kids school, and you to high school! Do you understand?"

I nodded. "I guess so..."

"Good, no go and get ready for bed it's late, i've enrolled you into East High, so you'll be starting there tomorrow, so get up early and get ready okay?"

"Okay..." I mumbled, and started walking to my room.


The next morning pasted, i was awake before my alarm even went off, i was staring at my clock, minute by minute went past, as my alarm finally started playing the radio i hit the stop button and got up, strecthing, as i was just laying there for about an hour, i then walked over to my closet, looking at my clothes, they were kind of in fashion, but i always wore what made me feel comfortabe with myself, i picked out a short skirt and singlet, the singlet was plain it had love hearts and that on it, i put it on, and looked at myself in my long-sized mirror, sighed at myself. "Hmm.." I stared at myself, for about another 2 mintues, and walked to my dressing table, and started to apply make-up to my face, and pulled my hair into a bun, as i was to lazy, to early in the morning to make it look any good.

I walked out to see my mum and Brooke at the kitchen bench having breakfast.

"Gabriella, sweetie your finally up.. what do you want, pancakes? cereal? toast? egg's?"

"Umm, just a glass of milk thanks!" I said, sitting next to Brooke, at the bench, as mum got me my glass of milk. "Thanks!" I grabbed the milk off her, and had a few sips, and sat it back down on the bench, leaving half of it still in the glass.

"Gabriella, are you sure you don't want something to actuallly eat, i mean you not to concentrate in your classes?"

"No, mum i'm fine..." I got up from the stool and walked back to my room.

I had one more look at myself in my mirror before returning back to the kitehcn, and waiting for mum to be ready so she can drop me off at school, but the more i thought about it, the more i was getting more afraid... What if no one likes me? What if i will have no friends? What if i fail in my classes? What if... mum my's voice interuppted my thoughts, in which i'm glad she did, i looked up from the ground, from my thinking of bad negative thoughts.

"Gabriella, you ready to go before, you are late for your first day at your new school, we wouldn't want that now would we? to make a bad impression, of yourself, to your year, classmates, teachers?

"Yeah, mum i was ready half an hour ago, i was just watching you ruhing around, with Brooke, trying to her ready and yourself!" I said, giggling a little.

Mum smiles. Okay, well get in the car then!" She said, pointing to the door, with Brooke waiting with her teddy bear for me.

"Okay mum..." I faked a smile and grabbed a few things i needed and out them into my bag, i walked over to the door, picking up Brooke, and walked outside to the car, i strapped her in, and i then got into the front set, we sat there for a few mintues, until mum finally came out running to the car, i handed her the keys and off we went, first we dropped Brooke at her little school, then it came to me...

My mum pulled up infront of the East High, so that's what mum called it, i just looked at her, scared as she stopped the car out the front, people, started stating at my whsipering about me, gossiping, i was still staring right infront of me.

"Gabriella?" My mum waved her hand infront of my face, i blinked a few times, and looked at her.

"Y..y..e.s..s...?" I mumbled to her, with a scared look on my face.

"Gabby, come on go on and get out, please, or i'm going to be late for my job!?" She said in a rushing voice, as if she wants me to go quickly.

"Okay, okay, i'm going mum!?" I said, a little annoyed that she wasn't helping me a all!

"Bye mum.." I opened my car door, and everyone looked at me, for a second and way. I sighed.

"I'll be waiting here for you after school!"

"Okay, bye mum!" I finally got out, i took teo steps and what do i know, mum's speeding off in her little yellow buggy, away down the street.

I took a deep breath and started walking towards the to big white doors, that East High had, the sign abive the doors was a big white and red sign, saying 'East High School' I looked at it, quickly and looked back down to the doors.

Gosh that sign made me feel welcome, i giggled to myself, and started walkiing again inside, everyone was chatting, and and opening there lockers, i walked through them, through the people who stood in my way, which i hated when your walking and people stop right infront fo you, when your going somewhere important or, trying to get past, i sighed annoyed and walked around the people who stopped infront of me, i walked then straight to the front office, was it wasn't hard to find it said, 'front office' and a big arrow pointing to the door, i opened it and got my schledule and m locker number and code for it, i wrote it down on a piece of paper and quickly, said "Thank you" politely and walked out.

Everywhere i looked was red or white, i was guessing it was there school colour and a wildcat poster almost everywhere saying "Go Wildcats" They were on all of the lockers, and walls, doors, you name it, it would have been on there. I walked my way to my locker, and looked at my code, for it, and quickly shoved it, in my pocket just incase anyone seen. It came open, i swang open the door and placed some of the books i didn't need that had been in my bag, as i was looking at my schledule checking to what classes i had and the books i needed for it. I got my books out for biology, homeroom, and some other classes i had today.

I looked around at everyone, they looked like they were all gossiping about someone. I shut my locker, just as the bell rang to go to class, i had homeroom first, i made my way to the class that was homeroom was in, room 127, i walked in a little late since i was new, i knocked politely and entered with the teachers voice, said i could enter, it was loud, but as soon as they all looked at me, they went quiet and stared at me.

"Ahh, Ms Montez... excellent, your a little late but that's okay cuz it's your first day, take a seat anywhere!" My teacher said, i looked around for an empty seat, the only seat left was the one at the back, i moved through people to get to my seat.

A few people who i didn't know, looked at me, but one particular boy caught my eye, he had the most bluest eyes, i have ever seen in my whole life the way they just sparkled in the light. He gave me a quick warm and welcome smile, i smiled back, being poliet, was i liking him? How can you, you only just met him? He looked looked back at the front as the teacher was talking about something, i wasn't listening, i was to busy staring at that one boy.

"Ms Darbus?" A boy next to me yelled out, and asked a question of what she was talking about, she asked him back.

Ms Dabus, my face lit up, as to now i knew her name.

After class fnally, ended i walked out, of course the last one, i looked both ways out from the corridor to see which way i go, to ym next class, biology? I had no idea, but there was some many people in the corridor as i was, it started to get crowded, and people pushed me around as they were trying to get to there, friends, or classes, i looked both ways one more time and walked to my right, as it came to the room 345 my biology room, i took deep breath and walked but, this time i was't late to my class.

The same thing happened i was being watched from the whole classes, they were like hawks staring down there pray, but i ignored them or well... tried too.

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