I have never been a very difficult child to be around. I mean I never acted out. I did as I was told. I was kind to my parents and elders. I took care of my harebrained mother. Well, that's all over now. I'm not going to leave my home and be the goody good I was. Aunt Deana thinks I'm evil so I'll give her reason to believe that. There's so much I could do. Lets see...hm, well changing my appearance is a must. My long straight brown hair has to go. My full lips can't stay unblemished forever. A lip ring maybe. Or, better yet, a tongue ring! That would Aunt Deana flip! I never really realized how many possibilities there are to annoy on person. Eyebrow rings, tattoos, piercing...oh my. This should be interesting.
I should start with my plain boring brown hair. Brown is so unoriginal don't ya think? Purple or blue would be much better. Or black could also suffice. I've got it! Black hair with purple and brown highlights! I will also have to get it cut of course. Well, no time like the present. I creep down the stairs carefully trying to avoid being seen by my parents. I hear them in their office fighting just down the hall. "Charlie! I think we need a divorce!" my mom says. I stop dead in my tracks. So this is why they are sending me off. "You know what Renee your right. Maybe you should just go and marry Phil! You don't think I know what you've been up to when you work those 'long hours'? We work at the same damn office Renee!" Oh my god! My mom has been having an affair? That was unexpected. I move silently towards the office to hear more.
"Yeah Charlie, well what about you? I went along with sending Bella off because I truly thought it was the best. How was I 'supposed to know that you were doing it for your own pleasure?! You hate our daughter don't you?" Hold on just a minute? What the hell? "Renee, I don't hate Bella. I just don't think I'm fit to be her father. She needs someone who can control her better. I can't handle her." What the freak did he mean by "handle her". "She's getting out of hand Renee. She's barreling down the wrong path."
"Oh right! Did your sister feed you that shit? Is that why you are sending Bella to her?"
"Deana knows how to stop problem children before they even start Renee!" Okay, I'm not going to take this anymore! I run towards the front door and I grab my purse and coat and slam the door with as much force as I could. I run to my truck and throw the keys in the ignition and pull out of the driveway. Oh, so my dad thinks I'm a problem child huh? Well, that's exactly what he will be sending to aunt Deana. I fly down the highway way over the speed limit and I start to slow when I reach town.
I drive to town until I find the local "Goth District". I'm not judging, that's really what it is called. It has everything a Goth could desire. It even has a history museum just about Goths. I pull into a hair salon. To be honest, it didn't really look like a hair salon. The building was black and its name was "Edward Sissorhands Salon". That was the only clue to what it was. Black fabric was over the windows and the front door. I grab my purse after parking the car and get out. No time like the present right? Inside Sissorhands Salon you could definitely tell it was a hair salon. Except it looked like something in a commercial haunted house instead of downtown Phoenix. I go to the person sitting at the front desk and tell him what I want with my hair. He leads me towards an empty chair and starts working on my hair. I close my eyes to keep it a surprise. When I'm able to look, I'm nearly blown away. It doesn't even look like me! My long brown hair is replaced with an edgy cut near my shoulders in black with purple, blue, and red highlights. It looks amazing! "Hey, do you know any good tattoo and piercing business around here?" I ask. The dude just gives me a pamphlet that advertises the best of the Goth best in Phoenix. I exit the shop and go to sit in my truck. You know, that whole time I was getting my hair cut the guy never said a word to me? Looking in the pamphlet I find what I was looking for. "Tom's Tattoos" and "Bill's pricings" aren't far away and the pamphlets says that they are the best. To top it all off there's Arizona's largest Hot Topic in the shopping center close by.
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To end the day you would never believe I was the same person who started out. My hair is black with colorful highlights in an edgy cut, my full lips conceal a tongue ring, my shirt is hiding a Buddha and peace sign tattoo. I have purple contacts to wear, a new kickass wardrobe, and an assorted amount of black and gray makeup. I'm ready to be sent off to my dear Aunt Deana now. Of course my parents flipped when they saw me, so I just flipped them off and locked myself in my room. Good old Bella is gone. New Bella is taking over.
Ok, so next chapter will be her going to live with Deana and getting into the cult-like school. Thanks for reading and please review!