Fool's Gold

Chapter 1

Heartbreak. Despair. Isolation. I'm sitting here surrounded by white. White walls, white roof, white furniture. A puddle of tears is forming on the floor beneath me. How did this happen? It feels as though a rock is inside my stomach and every second it's just getting heavier. God, oh god I wish that I could turn back time. After what has happened the past couple of months I don't know what's going to happen next.

I'm Grace, Grace Stone. I'm 14 years old and I go to Hills High Girls College. I must say it was very different going from a co ed school to an all girls school because I was always one of those girls that had a lot of guy friends. All of this is good until you fall in love with one.

I fell in love with a guy who was my best friend. His name is Nick. I haven't spoken to him face to face for two years now but we still text and occasionally FaceTime. There is one problem though, he has a girlfriend. This girl used to be my best friend, that was until Nick used me to get to her. I haven't trusted anyone since. Now she is my enemy. A stuck up, two-faced and deceiving bully. Her name is Brittney. She stole Nick from me, but people have different opinions about it though. People think that I've just got a blind eye because Nick USED me and that I should be mad at him. Why would I though? Those dreamy eyes, perfect blonde hair and his figure, God how could anyone be mad at him? I think it's true that you don't realise how much you like someone until they start liking someone else because that's how I feel about Nick.

This isn't the only bad thing that has happened though. It was a thundery, frigid day at school. The sky was lighting up with lightning every couple of seconds. I was in science class with my best friend, Sam. As per usual we were just mucking around and laughing at how annoying our teacher was, that was until a strike of lightning flashed straight on to a tree, causing it to collapse onto the science labs. That day I lost my best friend. She put up a fight when she was taken to hospital but in the end her parents had to make the terrible decision to turn her life support off. I sat by her until the moment she died. I was heartbroken. I don't think anyone knows what it feels like to look at your best friend's lifeless body, hoping that you could've had one more chance to say that you love them or that you're thankful for everything that they've done for you. It hurts like hell.