This is an idea that came to me after the day where the cop came to my school (see the final A/N from previous drabble), as well as putting a twist to those times when kids have older siblings that have ugly reputations.
Title: Under Their Shadows
Rating: T
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Summary: I was constantly told that I was nothing like my older brother or sister. I don't mind. I don't even want to come close to being like them. AH
Pairing: Jane, Alec, Heidi
Inspiration: "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." ~ Albert Einstein
You know how they say like father, like son? Or like father, like daughter? That's not me. I'm more like my mother. I have some of my father's looks, but my personality leans more like my mother. Kind, sweet, innocent, smart, pretty... shall I go on?
Everyone in school knows me. I'm Heidi Volturi, a lowly freshmen in Forks High. Why do people know me so well? It's for a reason that I cannot stand. I wish to be known for my beauty, for how smart I am whenever I'm in the honor roll. Sure, everyone knows me for those reasons too, but there's always that one reason that stands out more than the rest.
It's because of my brother and sister.
My brother, Alec, who's a senior and was the quarterback in football of my high school.
And my sister Jane, who's a junior and one of the popular cheerleaders in said high school.
They are popular, but for ways that I never want to be involved in. I want something good in my life, and my siblings haven't showed that they want to have a good life after high school.
My brother Alec is more than just a quarterback in football. At the young age of twelve, he had gotten involved in the wrong group of friends. Gang as I put it. He does drugs, party a lot, has a motercycle, has a different girlfriend every semester, has straight D's... you name it.
As for my sister Jane, she's more than just a cheerleader. She's also a slut. Yeah... I said it. Slut. It's the best word to fit her. How else do you call a girl who goes to school dress like a hooker and does get away with it, not to mention the amount of boys she went to bed with? Hell, she even seduced the brother of my best friend Chelsea. Really gross. Did I mention her friends were also sluts? She's like my brother with the whole new girlfriend every semester thing. Instead, it's with boyfriends, and instead of a semester, it's three months. Her grades are better at least. D's and C's.
I was constantly told that I was nothing like my older brother or sister. I don't mind. I don't even want to come close to being like them. I'm only like Alec for being clever, while I'm only like Jane because I'm pretty. That's it. And I'm okay with it. I'd rather be smart and pretty than be dumb and fakely beautiful.
It's not that I wish to be popular like Alec and Jane. I do. I just want to be popular for being me, not because of the reputation of my brother and sister. Even my current boyfriend doesn't understand that. He's only with me because of my popularity. And I'm only still with him because he's popular. We break up, and I'll be back to being a nobody.
"Get up, Hopeless Heidi!" Alec and Jane yells from downstairs with a laugh. Did I mention that my siblings also like to tease me around? They do that because they think I'm useless.
I don't think I'm useless, but until I prove I'm not, I'm stuck with their constant taunts about how I can never be like them.
With a sigh, I get up from bed.
Another day of hell with them... again.
Okay. So I lied. I didn't go back to the romance couple yet. I will! No worries! I just feel that I need to stray away from romance every once in a while. With this one-shot, this is one of the few times I had no romance kind of pairings or even no pairings at all! I'm proud of myself. :)
My friend has an older brother like Alec. Not with the whole personality, but like being known because her brother was smart.
Suggestion? Don't be put down if you have older siblings that have reputations. Make a name for yourself. It'll be good on the long run.