Chapter 1
"Sammy! You're going to be late!" Jane said, opening the door, with her grandson, Gabriel on her hip.
Sammy Thomas opened her eyes and looked at the alarm clock. She threw the covers off. "Mom!" she yelled.
"What?" Jane asked.
"Never mind," Sammy said. She stood up and took Gabriel from her mother. "Gabriel, you're suppose to wake Mommy up," she said.
"I went in there and he was standing up, so I changed him and fed him," Jane said. "Sort of like what you should be doing."
Jane opened the closet and threw Sammy's outfit at her. It didn't really matter because all Sammy owned was black stuff.
"Gabriel," Jane said, to her grandson. "You are going to wear color. We are going to teach you about colors."
"Get out of here, Mom," Sammy laughed.
"Love you, Sam," she said, kissing her daughter on the forehead. "I'll be downstairs. Drop Gabriel off with me before you leave."
"Ok," Sammy said. Jane left and Sammy laid Gabriel down on her bed. Gabriel had sweet blue eyes that cut through her.
"I know, you don't want me to leave," Sammy said, picking up Gabriel's hand and kissing it softly. "But I have to go to school."
Sammy stood up and pulled her flannel shirt over her head and dressed in the black tank top her mother had thrown at her and then the black fishnet top, then she pulled on a black skirt that had chains hanging off of the belt loops.
"I hope this school doesn't have a dress code," Sammy said. "Or I'm screwed."
Gabriel giggled.
"You think that's funny?" Sammy asked, laughing. She sat down and pulled on black tights on and then slipped her feet into her black slide on shoes. "That's very funny, Gabe."
Gabriel giggled again.
"Come on," she said. "You're going to Granny and I'm going to school."
She picked Gabriel up and carried him out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen. She kissed her mother and son good-bye and left the house.