Chap 1
As soon as I woke up I knew something wasn't right about today, but i brushed it off as paranoia. I dressed for school, putting on faded black jeans, a Paramore concert t-shirt from last year and slipped my feet into a pair of gray converse. i have thick black ringlets for hair that always tangled, so I just pulled it into a messy bun and went downstairs to scavenge for breakfast.
I looked through the empty cabinets, they where always empty. I live with my six-year-old sister, Kinsley, and my alcoholic mother. There was never any food in the house, unless I bought it myself, and my mom spent every last penny we had on alcohol and condoms. So last year I got a job at the local Scoop&Shake, an ice cream and milkshake shop.
"Kinsley, lets go!" I called from the foot of the stairs, pulling my jacket on. My little sister ran down the stairs wearing a skirt and a frill pink shirt, looking way to grown up. I debated for a moment but decide it wasn't worth the fight.
"breakfast?" she asked and I shook my head pulling my jacket hood up. Grabbing my car keys off the counter, I headed out with Kinsley at my heels. I slid into the drivers seat of my old whit Toyota Camry, and Kinsley plopped into the passenger seat ignoring my disapproving glair. sighing, i pulled out of my drive way and turned don the road that led to my sisters school. After a short drive i pulled to a stop in front of the elementary school.
"Have fun Kiddo!" I said as she hopped out of my car and ran up to the school.
It took me a good ten minutes to drive up to my school and I was five minutes late. I stopped at the office to get a tardy pass and a well known glair from Miss Kathy. I silently slipped day the hallway to my english class. Mr. Varner also glared at me, but said nothing when i handed him my pass. An eruption of laughter broke out as i walked to my seat and Safina Hernandez coughed the words "Mya the freak" as I walked by her desk.
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I was at my locker after fourth period when Safina Hernandez and Gemma Cordova started singing "Mya is a F R E A K!" in loud tone-deff voices. And that was it, i had take all i could take. With my head held high I walked up to them, punched Safina right in her plastic nose-job, and walked away. i was thinking quite highly of myself until Miss Kathy was marching me up to the principals office.
"Well, this sucks royal monkey balls." i grumbled after Mr. Sanchez told me i had been suspended for a month. "Now call your mother to come pick you up." He demanded. Oh, that should be fun, I thought bitterly. I dialed my moms cell number and Mr. Sanchez put it on speaker so he could hear what she said. "Ello?" my mother slurred. "Mom? its Mya-"
"Who is this?" She yelled through the phone.
"Mom, its Amyra, you know, you daughter! I got suspended, I need you to pick me up." I said even though she was in no condition to get behind the wheel of a car. "Amyra? My daughters name is Karina Petrovea!" she slurred.
"Kinsley Petrova. And she is my sister." I corrected. Mr. Sanchez was giving my a pointed look. I hung the phone up. "She is a little drunk, this never happens." I lied.