Chapter 1: Bad Law Day
I sat at home, alone, waiting for my mom to get back from the station. The authorities caught my brother shoplifting. Most days I sat at home trying to remember what it was like when they noticed me...
My brother came bursting into the house, startling me out of my thoughts. He turned to the doorway, shouting, "YOU DON'T KNOW ME, AND YOU DON"T CARE ABOUT ME, SO SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
Mother came in after him, shouting at him to go to his room. He had no idea how lucky he was that Dad caught him... And, really, he didn't care. This was the fifth time he shoplifted, that I knew of. I was just afraid of what he would do to me if I told Mom and Dad. His favorite pastimes are sitting on my head, kicking my chair backwards at dinner, and locking me in his closet for extended periods of time. To tell the truth, I really didn't mind his closet; I just minded the sitting on my head part.
Ever since we moved here, Jake was a little unstable. My mom said it was because he skipped a grade. I home schooled, so I didn't know what he was going through. I didn't know how hard it was for him to make new friends. Unfortunately, he had taken up breaking the laws in exchange for hanging out with his friends.
I just sat in my chair, listening to their seemingly distant voices quarrel with each other. Neither of them was willing to see the other's point of view. They are so alienated from each other that they don't even know each other, even thought they're family...
Both of them thought they knew me, when neither of them could bother to stop fighting long enough to see that I was different then I used to be... They really didn't care about me at all. The fight between my mother and Jakob ended with Jakob storming off to his room and locking the door. The next thing I knew, it was raining. I went up to my room, not knowing that I would soon begin the adventure of a lifetime...
I sat at home, alone, waiting for my mom to get back from the station. The authorities caught my brother shoplifting. Most days I sat at home trying to remember what it was like when they noticed me...
My brother came bursting into the house, startling me out of my thoughts. He turned to the doorway, shouting, "YOU DON'T KNOW ME, AND YOU DON"T CARE ABOUT ME, SO SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
Mother came in after him, shouting at him to go to his room. He had no idea how lucky he was that Dad caught him... And, really, he didn't care. This was the fifth time he shoplifted, that I knew of. I was just afraid of what he would do to me if I told Mom and Dad. His favorite pastimes are sitting on my head, kicking my chair backwards at dinner, and locking me in his closet for extended periods of time. To tell the truth, I really didn't mind his closet; I just minded the sitting on my head part.
Ever since we moved here, Jake was a little unstable. My mom said it was because he skipped a grade. I home schooled, so I didn't know what he was going through. I didn't know how hard it was for him to make new friends. Unfortunately, he had taken up breaking the laws in exchange for hanging out with his friends.
I just sat in my chair, listening to their seemingly distant voices quarrel with each other. Neither of them was willing to see the other's point of view. They are so alienated from each other that they don't even know each other, even thought they're family...
Both of them thought they knew me, when neither of them could bother to stop fighting long enough to see that I was different then I used to be... They really didn't care about me at all. The fight between my mother and Jakob ended with Jakob storming off to his room and locking the door. The next thing I knew, it was raining. I went up to my room, not knowing that I would soon begin the adventure of a lifetime...