She was once a girl with no parents raising up two little kids and attending High-school, going to jobs and facing bullies. How did her life change just by one little thing?
Read to know what happened.
That was the first thought that came to my head when I opened my eyes to the dreadful sound of my alarm. I got up from bed and walked towards the window of my room. I stood near the window and drew the curtains to see what's on the other side. All I saw was a busy street filled with many vehicles as usual. A short sigh left my mouth as I left my room to wake up my 7 years old siblings.
I opened the door to their room and called "Eric! Jessi! Wake up!".
"We are already up Sky" Eric answered calmly.
After that I went to the kitchen and prepared a small breakfast for the three of us. Yes three. Let me introduce myself first.
My name is Skylar Flores. I am 17 years old and I live in Los Angeles with my siblings, Eric Flores and Jessi Flores. They both are twins who are 7 years old. When I was 11 my father died. A few months later I found my mom kissing someone. Around a week after that incident, mom abandoned us and left with that man. I have not seen her since then.
At that time we were staying in California City. With the help of my uncle we moved to LA and he bought an apartment for us. His name is Jake. The apartment was not too small but not too big either. It was a cosy place for just the three of us. My uncle stayed with us for three months until he had to go back to California City for my cousin's studies.
He asked us to come back with him but I didn't agree and since that time I have been living in this apartment with my siblings. Thankfully we don't need to pay rent as the apartment is owned by a friend of my father. However, I still need to earn enough money to buy food for three of us so I go to a few part time jobs.
Overall, life is not difficult even if we live alone. We all know how to take care of ourselves without depending on others.
The point where things get tough is when it comes to school. As soon as we started attending the new school rumors about our parents started spreading around the school rapidly. People started looking at us weirdly or laugh at us. Some did feel bad for us but most people did not really care. A few students known as "popular kids" bullied me too.
I know that things will be a lot more difficult for my siblings. They won't even remember mom or dad properly. They were just one years old when it all happened and lost their parents.
My one and only aim is to never let them feel unloved and lonely. I always try my best to give them the most. I work in four part time jobs a day. I spend half of the money most of the time and save the rest.
After school I drop them off at home and make lunch for them before leaving to job. I'll come back home by dinner most of the time. While I am away my dad's friend, Uncle Charlie takes care of them.
And that is how our everyday is usually like. Today is just another day like that. After making breakfast I ran to my room and got ready in a hurry.
My outfit:
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By the time I came out Jessi and Eric were almost done with their breakfast.
"Good morning Sky!" Two of them greeted to me.
"Good morning little ones" I greeted back and sat on the chair across from them gulping down my breakfast in a hurry.
After finishing breakfast I walked them to their school and headed towards my school which was not much far from there. I stepped into the school premises right when the clock hit 7.
