Away with the wind

Prologue

After Dad left suddenly, Jake went off the wire. Drinking heavily, using girls, sometimes even abusing drugs. It was a dirty and endless cycle. He would go out early afternoon and not crawl back home until late at night, pissed out of his mind. Mum didn't know what to do with him. He was only fourteen, I wasn't even thirteen yet. And then he got expelled.
We had to move, but it all started up again. Jake would get in so much trouble in school that he was expelled. We would then have to move away to a new school, new house, new town. I was sick of it. My whole life was being ruined just because Jake was being an asshole. Mum didn't deserve any of this. She was good, kind, gentle, but most of all, selfless. She always put us first, never thinking about herself.
This all started about four years ago. Four years of a continuos downward spiral. At the beginning, I was scared of him, and upset that Dad had just abandoned us. I didn't trust anyone apart from mum. The only way I could function was just by shutting down. I couldn't communicate with people. They began to look at me weird, and whisper when my back was turned. It was just horrible.
After we moved for the third time, I quit football. It's always hard to get on your football team, even if you're  a regular and had been there for years. For me, as a newbie and a shy person, it was virtually impossible. I just sat on the sideline and was picked on in the dressing room for being to thin. After quitting, I just had no motivation whatsoever.
Two years later, I completely stopped talking. Nothing. No, "hey" as I passed people in the corridor, or, "can you pass the salt?" at dinner time. I disconnected myself from other humans and, keeping to myself and my own thoughts, slowly became the norm for me.
Around six months ago mum took me to a therapist. She had gotten so worried about me and my muteness. She thought that if I was with a stranger, I would be more inclined to talk to them. It was the complete opposite.
When I went to the therapist I didn't talk for the whole hour that I was there. She stared at me with her beady eyes and spider like lashes, trying to 'fix' me. It was disastrous and a massive waste of time and money.
It was after that session that I began to talk to mum and Jake again. I had no plans to go back to a stupid therapist trying to cure me of something that just wasn't there.
And then two weeks ago mum got a letter from our old high school, "expressing there sorrow but unfortunately Jake could not come back for the new school year starting in September." Despite the fact that Jake had turned eighteen two months ago, mum had made him stay on to repeat his Senior Year. I was gutted and annoyed. We had been in Clayton, Ohio for over six months. A long time considering Jake's actions, but then three months of that had been holidays. I had actually been considering trying out for the football team when school had started again in September. I had been working out over the summer to get into shape again.
But no we had to move. Again. Plus, this time, Jake was going to be in the same year as me. Perfect. I was going to be labelled a 'goody two shoes' while he got the 'bad boy' label. Nobody was going to believe that we are brothers. He's going to be the cool new guy while I'll just sit there with no friends, again. God I hate him sometimes.

A/N (2/5/15) - Hey guys! First I just wanna say a big thank you to anyone that has started reading Away With The Wind. This is my first book on this so I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes!! If you like it I'd really appreciate if you could spread the word to other readers! If you don't and you don't have have anything nice to say about it then please keep it to yourself! I apologise but this story might be a cliche and predictable but I promise that it's not the same as any other Wattpad love story! Lots of love! magoo6 xx

A/N (4/1/16)- Sorry for neglecting this story. I just couldn't write anything else, my brain felt dry of ideas but I'm hoping to start again. Hopefully you guys notice that I changed Cole's name to Jake. Lots of love, Rachel xx