Chapter 1

Laticia's POV

"Thank you soooo much for coming with me. You know how hard it is for me….." I trailed off.

Me and my sister Bree were going to the mall all day. We practically had unlimited money, because Dad gave us $1000 each. Each! (We come from a rich family.)

"I know…… and like I would miss out on an opportunity like this? Heck no! Come on lets shop!" Bree replied.

"Just don't drag me to Hot Topic or some weird place like that."

"Oh come on you know you love Hot Topic."

Bree likes weird stores like Hot Topic and Spencer's; weirdo places I would never go alone. Although I wouldn't go to most places alone either……

"Well….. Only a little."

"That's my Lottie!" she said punching me in the arm.

"Ow! And don't call me 'Lottie'! It's so stupid!"

"Well, every time I try to pronounce your real name, you tell me I'm saying it wrong!"

"Well you are! And stop; people are starting to stare!"

"How do you know? You can't see a dang thing!"

"Yeah I can! Sorta…"

10 minutes later; inside Hot Topic

"How does this shirt look- oh yeah, sorry. I forgot."

"It's ok, just describe it to me. And how can you forget that I'm blind?! We've been sisters for what, two years now?"

Uh, yeah I forgot to mention that. I'm blind, and I'm not really Bree's sister. Her rich parents adopted me two years ago. Before that I was stuck at some lame orphanage since I was three. I was passed around as a foster child for nine years, but I was always sent back. I have too many 'problems'. Until Mr. and Mrs. Jason showed up with Bree. We instantly were friends. Smarty Mrs. Jason realized what an effect I had on her daughter. I brought her out of her shell. I was one of the only people able to do it. They came back a week later and Ms. Jane (my caretaker) told me I was being adopted.

"Well, I treat you like any of my other friends. And I told you I was a gold fish in a past life!"

(Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds.)

"That is true. But I think you were a koi. If you were a gold fish, you would have orangey hair. You would have had to be a koi, cause they come in black." (Bree has straight, medium length, choppy black hair.) "Maybe you were a carp though, cause they were huge.

"Hey!"