A Perfectly Imperfect Love

Chapter Two; Me.

Me. I am extraordinary. Intelligence like no other. Alluring beauty. Extensive talents. Exceptional athletic skill. Perfect? Maybe. My childhood certainly allowed for perfection. I was always provided with the most pristine resources available. Being rich and all, I have everything I could have dreamed of. I have never known the feeling of longing for something. My wish is my father's command.

I was his firstborn you see. His baby girl. I never came second to anything or anyone, apart from the company of course. Then my siblings came along. Twins. A brother and a sister. My three-year-old self was rather disorientated at the fact all my parent's attention was suddenly changing direction to these children. In their defence, they weren't exactly normal. They were both very very sick for the first year. And It was a lot to handle. So my parents shipped me off the holiday house in New Zealand with Aunty June for eleven and half months. I didn't mind. It was tough though. To be so far away from Mum and Dad for that long. But it was for the best. "Best for everyone". That's what Mum always said anyway. Except I don't think it was best for me.

It really messed me up. I was in therapy for a year after I came back. I didn't know how to deal with it. I just came back from an overrated holiday with my aunty. No school. Not interactions with anybody. Just me and June. then I came back to a house with two babies. Very loud babies. And two very tired parents. That didn't give me the time of day ever again. They were just so busy. Dad had more meetings than I remembered. And Mum was always taking care of the twins. The house was always so chaotic. But, before I knew it, I was off to school. I had the choice to go to an all-girls private school or just a regular private school. Who wants to go to an all-girls school? Nobody. So I chose the most prestigious high school in all of New York; Trinity School, Manhattan.

My high school experience wasn't exactly normal. It was wonderful. I loved it. I was Audrey Shadel so, evidently, everybody knew my name. I was totally famous. All the girls wanted to be me and all the boys wanted to be with me. I was the most popular girl in school. I could have been friends with anybody I wanted. And I did. I had a group of girls that followed me around and worshipped the ground I walked on. Obviously, I did have some haters. Clearly, I was amazing and there were some people who just didn't know how to appreciate my excellence. And instead of loving me, they hated me. They had this sickening jealousy towards me. It was bad energy to be around so I steered clear of them and they didn't worry me in the slightest.

My family is reasonably typical. I have nothing to do with my Mother Lee's side, but I was very involved with my Father Frederic's Family. His sister; June, and my Grandparents; Claudia and Alfie came to my families house for a massive roast every Sunday. My two younger siblings Shawn and Abby were obviously very close. But that left me by myself. But I didn't mind. My best friend Lexi was practically my sister and when we weren't at school we spent every weekend together at each other's houses.

I'm nineteen now and I have moved out of Mum and Dads mansion. I have my own luxury apartment on the Upper East Side and Carnegie Hill. Lexi lives in the apartment under me and we are still very close. She's all I have now really. But she's all I need. We have this big plan to start our own law firm and make our own fortune out of it. We are calling it "Scott Shadel Legalix". I think. We will get to the name later. I love my life. It's perfect. I have everything I need.