The Kim Austin Series 🔥🧨💥

The Beginning

The Kim Austin Series

By: Karlee England

Chapter 1

P.O.V/ Kim Austin:

Have you ever felt like nobody really knows you? You feel alone even in a room full of people who think they know you but don't. Because if they knew you, they probably wouldn't like you. My name is Kimberly Austin, but I prefer to be called Kim. I was born to Ann and Dave Austin on April 18, 1968. We live in Knoxville, Tennessee, where I was born. I'm fourteen currently, and I will be fifteen in eight months. I'm a freshman at Finway High in North Knoxville, where Kroger's grocery store is beside it. You can walk from the school down to the store.

Today is Tuesday, August 10, 1982. It's my first full day of freshman year, and it's a little overwhelming, but thank God I have my best friend with me. Her name is Erica Nelson, but she goes by Jane, her middle name. We have been friends since we were babies. Jane is a year older than me. Her birthday is June 20, 1967. She's fifteen, and she's a sophomore this year. We walked to school today. To get to our school, you must walk up a sidewalk right beside the school. It was made on a hill, but it's flat by the time you get up there. We are approaching the front, which is a big open courtyard. Directly in the middle on the left is the front entrance of the school, where a set of cement steps leads up to the front doors of the lobby. Looking to the right, a sidewalk is attached to the courtyard. It leads down to two double doors onto the school's second floor, where the cafeteria is located.

The school was built in 1951. My parents were born in 1950; my mom and dad are thirty-two. They had me when they were seventeen, and they graduated from here not too long after. I'm not like your ordinary fourteen-year-old girl. I was made a bit different, quite a lot. You see, my mom was born a witch with magical powers, a total of eighteen powers, I was born a witch, too, and I have the same powers as my mom. Like her mom, Jane is also a witch and shares the same powers. But being a witch isn't the only thing I have to hide. I have come to terms with the fact that I am attracted to girls romantically.

I think you call that Bisexual. I know what you're thinking. Am I attracted to Jane?? Yes, but I'm not in love with her, Jane is a beautiful girl, but she is straight and not remotely interested in girls. But she doesn't know that I'm Bi. Honestly, I'm afraid to tell her I don't know her reaction. Besides, here in 1982, you don't talk about Homosexuality because, in God's eyes, it's a sin, and you're going to hell, is what the Christians say. Am I a Christian, you ask? No, but I believe there is a god. My parents aren't Christians either, but they do think there is a god.

I'm scared to death to tell them I probably never will because I'm scared they won't accept me for who I am. Jane and I are standing in the courtyard waiting for our friends Jason Henderson and Kyle Stevens. Jane has had a massive crush on Jason since middle school, and I think he likes her, too. Kyle is known as the most handsome boy in school and has good looks. His hair is brown and blonde, and he has a crew haircut. His hair is short on the sides and the back with some length on top, his eyes are hazel green, his skin is white, and stands at 5'6". He weighs around 140. Yes, Kyle is gorgeous, but he is taken by Kelly Davidson.

Kelly is the same age as Jane; she is the coolest and prettiest girl in school, says others. Kelly is a rich girl; she wears the latest clothes and shoes and drives a black 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. She just recently got it from her dad, Austin Davidson. Kelly isn't always the nicest person. She can be pretty mean sometimes, but she isn't always that way. Sometimes we butt heads. I just don't hang out with her like I do with Jane because of Kelly's mean streak. We are acquaintances, not friends. We heard the sound of an engine entering the school parking lot below where Jane and I were. I see Kelly's black Pontiac Firebird pulling in, driving by the sidewalk, slowly stopping near us. I can see Kyle on the passenger side, Kelly in the driver seat, and Jason in the backseat behind Kyle. The passenger door opens, and Kyle pulls the lever to push the seat up so Jason can get out. He steps out, standing at 5'7"; he weighs just a tad more than Kyle. Jason's hair is black. It's like John Travolta's hair in Grease the greaser hairstyle, and his eyes are brown. Jason is walking towards us. I see Jane smiling as he starts walking over. I see Kyle get back in the car with Kelly as she turns up the hill by the gym to park her car in the back parking lot for the students and staff. Jason smiled at us and said, " Hey girls, what's up?" Jane said, " Nothing much, just waiting on the bell." She blushes a bit, and I smile. Jason is cute too, but I don't like him like that because Jane likes him a lot. I spot Kyle and Kelly walking down the steps beside the gym and across the street into the courtyard. Jason is wearing a black leather jacket with a white t-shirt under it, a pair of black Bull denim jeans that are black, and a pair of black Dr. Marten boots. Kyle is wearing a black shirt with a grey snake called Whitesnake, a popular band nowadays; he is wearing a pair of light blue, acid-washed jeans and a pair of black Nike Cortez for men. Kelly is wearing a light blue denim jacket with a black Kiss band t-shirt under it. Her hair is dark brown with curls at the end, you call that straight hair with waves; it goes past her shoulders just a little bit, and her eyes are as blue as the ocean; she has a pair of light blue high-waisted jeans and a pair of white and dark blue Adidas top tens that are hightops. I'm wearing a red MTV shirt with a pair of dark blue high-waisted jeans and a pair of dark grey New Balance 990. My hair is brown with natural blonde highlights. It also comes past my shoulders, and my eyes are hazel green. Jane is wearing a long-sleeved Van Halen band shirt. The sleeves are black, the front and back are white, and a pair of light blue high-waisted jeans and white Nike Air Force are high tops. Her hair is the same length, but it's brown, and her eyes are light blue like ice. Kelly asked, " Are you guys going to the World's Fair this weekend?" Jane said, " I can't make it. I have to babysit". I said, " Who are you watching?" Jane said, " Terri and Don's baby, Jesse." Kelly said, " Ugh, children." Kyle said, " I'll see if I can go." He looks at Jason and said " What about you Jason?" Jason is zoned out he's eyes are glassy and unfocused he didn't hear Kyle. He taps him, and Jason is pulled out of his thoughts. Kyle said, " You alright, man?" Jason said, " Yeah, I just need to go." Jason walked away abruptly. Jane is concerned about him. She said to me, " I hope he's okay". Kelly said, " He's strange. It's what he is". Jane looked at Kelly and said, " He's not strange."