Never the Same

Chapter One

Filled with tiredness I pad downstairs to the kitchen, I get my toast in the toaster and head back upstairs to see if my baby sister is awake - she's not. I leave her and eat breakfast; life will never be the same.

"You monster" I scream to mother, "You don't do anything!"

"Just feed her", Snarled mother, turning back to her tea, " I can never she looks like her father even when she is only young, and she always will."

"why do you even stay in my life" I snap to her "you can leave now" and she does she picks up her bag and heads to the car. Drat I think I'll have to be late and wait for the baby sitter I'll miss school not like it matters anyway I thought, bitterly. I head to the bathroom to start putting on mascara and eyeliner to hide the rings of sleepless nights around my eyes. Today I leave my dark hair floating around my face. Finally I hear the doorbell and my sister Emily's baby sitters cheery voice and I glance at the clock not late thank goodness I grab my bag and mumble a thanks to her as I rush out the door.

I don't have any friends at this school and as a 15 year old girl in high school who lost her father when she was 14 makes life terrible especially when a have a helpless baby sister and a useless depressed mother , I feel for her I really truly do but I survive ,and she doesn't get beat up everyday at school but at least she found a job I have to work too I end up paying for the baby sitting fees and mum pays for the school fees and food meal times aren't fun and because my food or lunch money often get stolen I'm as skinny as a needle my sister usually is sobbing because she is hungry too I wish she wasn't born ,i would never hurt her but without her we would be surviving better and I could attempt to calm my mother i think she has been drinking "to ease the pain" in her lunch hour secretly but she goes mad when i mention it and that expains alot really now i approach school , i duck my head cover my face with dark locks of hair and slink my way in. My attempt hide doesnt work ,as usual the beast gang Kyle,Jules,Archer and Jazz who is pretty much the boss of the girls thats the job she assigns herself for anyway. I see them smirking and then they walk over. "You cant hide forever Aubery",taunted jazz "oh no i think you need hair extensions you dont fit under the hair you have'.she said making a pouty face. I resist the temptation of pulling my hair from in front of my face and i keep walking forward, i dont have time for this ill be late. Too late Jules shoves his finger in the growing bruise on my ribs and shoves me on the wall beside the class room great i think, now no one can see me . I struggle but Kyle stands on my feet as Jules covers my mouth and traps my arms i try kicking out but soon give up the strong boys throw me to the ground my face scrapes the concrete wall and i feel the sting of blood "give me your lunch money twerp dont waste time"Archer hissed and i reach in my side bag and slap and note in his hand "now let me go freaks" i mumble

"What did you call us",demanded jazz

"just let me go"! i struggled to spit out and they did only after Archer digs his hand in the back of my neck.

And i walk ,alone, to the bathroom to clear up my face and i swear at them under my breath.