Remember Me

Chapter one

Aiyana's POV

There once was a boy whose imagination was his reality. Everything that was bad was a evil monster that he had to defeat, and everything that was good was magical. He loved and cherished everything around him, but everything around him hated him. His life was filled with hardship. The boy's parents were his biggest challenge. They constantly tried to mold him into what they wanted him to be, and he was the exact opposite. Then one day they took him away and he never came back.
But this isn't his story. This is the story of the girl that loved him, and I am that girl. He was my everything, and then my everything was stripped away from me. I was left with nothing, but that was years ago. I was only eight then now I'm 16. A lot can change over eight years.
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Present time

I open my eyes to see...my ceiling. Today's my first day working at my new job. Lucky for me it's the summer so, no school until august. My mom decided that it would be good for me to "get out there" and make friends. So, she signed me up to work a part time job at a skating rink. "Get up and get ready" my mom says as she opens my bedroom door. "We can't be late" is the last thing she says before she walks out of the room. Once I get ready, I pack my bag and, I make sure to include two books, one is the book I'm currently reading and, the other is an extra. By the time I get to work there's already a group of kids standing outside the door. Today is going to be amazing, note the sarcasm. As I walk in I run into my boss. "ready to start the day" she says enthusiastically. "sure" I reply. At one point during the day I get so bored that I start counting the amount of lights on the ceiling. There is exactly 83 including the broken ones and color ones. After I count the lights, I remember the books. The one I'm reading now is amazing. It's about a boy who loves reading and watching the sunset but, his life is so chaotic. Sometimes I wish I could just go into the books and live with those characters. I wish I could experience life like them and maybe, I could be happy again. I'm brought out of my thoughts by my boss, Mrs. Rebecca, telling me my shift is over. When I get home my mind is racing. Why can't you just make friends or why can't you be normal. There's also they don't like you and you won't get anywhere in life. My anxiety never gets this bad but new situations always trigger it.