Bittersweet Paradise

Life as I now know it.

I woke up and looked across to the window. The sun was streaming onto my face through a peek in the curtain. I smiled in content, the light looked like fairies dancing at a ball. It was magical to say the least. Living in Australia did have its perks. I moved to Australia from Minnesota a few days ago. Originally I was living with my Nan there but she got too sick to look after me, so she had to go live in an old folk's home.

I hope she is all right, after my dad died from cancer she offered to take me in because my mom wouldn't have me. She ditched us when I was a baby, went off with a more "hot" and "fit" guy. Dad got an aggressive form of Leukaemia a few years after she left. It's genetic and he couldn't help it. I miss him, it is a shame he couldn't see me grow up like he wanted to.

Now that my Nan is in an old folk's home my only choice of refuge was to move in with my mom. Child Services tracked mom down and made her take me in. For a while she refused, saying that I would ruin everything she has built for herself down in Australia. The Government officials gave her two options; take me in and accept the fact that she was stuck with me or pay a lump sum of money to send me off to a boarding school. Looks like she favoured to keep her money more than send me off. I would've been happy with going to a boarding school.

I got a big surprise when I showed up to her house in Sydney. No, it wasn't just the fact that she was still with the guy she ran off with, it was the fact that she had four other kids that she never told me and my father or Nan about.  I had four half siblings that I knew nothing about, and she seems like it's just so natural. How could she not tell me before I arrived? What she has a pet crocodile now too? Well that wouldn't be surprising since this is Australia. "Home of the crocodile hunter"

It's already been a few days and I know I and she won't exactly get along like a mother and daughter should. We really haven't talked to each other; she hasn't even explained the rules OR talked to me about me and my life. After all she did leave me when I was only a baby. What she did tell me was that as soon as I can find a job I would have to buy my own things (food, clothes, bathroom necessaries etc.) and to pay my share in the rent.She also told me I would have to find my own way to and from school and anywhere I may need to travel to. It doesn't help that school is basically a half an hour walk from home, and that I didn't have any money to buy a car.

School starts tomorrow and my "siblings" didn't even fill me in about how the school works. When I asked them they said that I could figure it out for myself. How am I supposed to know where to go and to know the rules of the school? My school is so different from my school in Minnesota. At this school you have to wear a uniform and so on, whereas at my other school it was all just so laid back. I had friends at my old school; great friends, it's going to take forever to find friends at this school. People may not like me because they will think I'm some kind of freak with skin as white as ghost. There's not much sun in Minnesota though so hopefully they will understand.

Well I guess I should get up now. I finished unpacking yesterday so I guess I should go have breakfast and then go explore what Sydney has to offer. One of the best things that I get living here is that I'm close to one of the most popular beaches in the world; Bondi Beach. It's only a twenty or so minute walk from where I live; I can always get to know the area on the walk there.

I get off of my bed and walk to the bathroom which is outside my room. I strip off and jump into the shower, turning the water on; I make sure it's on the perfect temperature. I quickly wash myself with some vanilla soap that was already in the shower. Once I'm done I hop out and wrap myself in a towel and walk back to my room. I then proceed to choose my outfit for the day. For my outfit I choose a knee-length white sun-flower dress, white sandals, and my favourite necklace and bracelet that my father and Nan gave me for my 10th birthday. I curled brown shoulder length hair into a fishtail seashell braid. Grabbing my makeup I did my usual makeup routine that is perfect for going out exploring. Checking that I look presentable I put some money into my chestnut brown wallet and walk out the door.

I head downstairs to make myself breakfast. I look at my watch which reads 8:00am. It seems the others aren't really morning people, though I guess because it is Sunday and most people usually tend to sleep in. Not me though, I like to wake up early so I can enjoy everything life has to offer, because you never know when it will be taken away.

Once I'm in the kitchen I hunt for some food. In the fridge there's bacon, eggs and hash brown so I decide to cook up that. Being careful not to use too much food, wouldn't want to get into trouble. After the food is cook I sit down to eat as quickly as I can. I want to be out of the house just in case they decide to grace me with their presence and complain about the missing food. As soon as I am done eating I wash up my dishes and put on my shoes.

Before I left I decided to write a note so mom would know where I was going and that she wouldn't freak out. Well not like she would, but you know I should just in case.

I'm going out to get to know the area. Don't wait up, be back before dark.

~Ebony

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