It's September 2009, first day of Junior year for Charlie Williams. Charlie moved from Upstate New York to a small town in Virginia called Mystic Falls.
Charlie has had a long hard life. It all started when her parents got a divorce when she was on...
"Charlie, come on! It's 1 in the afternoon, get up and do something please!" My mom yells from downstairs. I groan, wanting to stay hidden under my covers forever.
It's only been a month and she expects me to be okay. I've known this woman for only a month and she acts like she's known me my whole life. It just irritates me so much that she wants to be close and everything like how me and my dad were, but i've only known her a month!
"Yeah mom. I'm coming." I get out of bed and grab my brush from my vanity mirror and brush my silky brown hair. I throw on my black ripped jeans and a black hoodie I had laying around. I threw my hair in a messy bun and grabbed my keys from my dresser. I walk downstairs and just walk out the door to my car without saying anything.
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I see her walk out the door while I drive off, I know she's going to be mad but I honestly couldn't care less.
I turned on the radio and turned up the music while I drove around Mystic Falls, one thing I will say is, Mystic Falls is beautiful. I drove to the Falls, and sat there and smoked my bowl of weed that I packed the night before. I love the feeling of the smoke going into my lungs just for me to let it out, something about it is so calming.
A few minutes go by and I see Jeremy, he's literally my only friend here, we've become so close, I told him everything about what happened with my dad and the situation with my mom and he was there to just listen and it was comforting knowing he was actually listening to every word I was saying.
Jeremy's parents died a year ago in a car accident. He lives with his aunt and older sister Elena. Elena is in my grade and he said she was in the accident too and that it was a miracle that she survived.
I'm currently sitting in the Mystic Grill holding my necklace that had my dads ashes in it. It's only been 2 weeks since my dad died and I can't stand being at my so called moms house. She doesn't know me and I don't want to know her.
"Hey, are you okay?" I hear someone ask. I realize I had been crying a little bit from thinking about my dad. I wipe my tears and look up, "yeah, i'm okay, thank you."
He sits down with me and introduces himself, "well, I'm Jeremy and you're obviously new because I haven't really seen you around here and figured maybe you'd want a friend?" I smile, he's adorable and seems super nice so why not. "Yeah that would be great, I'm Charlie. I just moved here two weeks ago."
Ever since then, we've been close.
"Hey Jer!" I yell over to him. He smiles and walks over to me. "Hey Charlie," he says and takes the bowl from me and smoking it himself.
"Rough day?" I ask. "Just Elena, she acts like she's doing okay and expects me to be okay and it's just tiring." He takes another hit and ends up coughing and I chuckle.
"Yeah, I understand that. My mom expects me to be okay and it's only been a month. What's even crazier is she's only been in my life a month and isn't even trying to understand how I feel. She just wants me to be okay and I'm just not." I say while taking the bowl from him and smoking what's left in it which wasn't much.
"Wow lee, I'm sorry," he says while watching me hide my bowl in my car.
Lee is his nickname for me, and honestly I just find comfort in it. No one's called me a nickname that came from my own name, it's usually some other pet name but he's creative and I love it.
"Yeah, I didn't want to move from my bed today and she decided she wanted me up so I brushed my hair, changed, grabbed my keys and left. I can't wait till I graduate man. Honestly." I say with a sigh. He just looks at me and gives me a hug.
Jeremy makes me feel safe, and he's like a younger brother that tends to try and act older. It's really comforting though.
"Your first day at Mystic Falls High is in two days, how are you feeling about that?" he asks while pulling away from the hug. I look down at my shoes, tears wanting to fall but I hold them in. "Honestly?" I pause. "Scared, sad, and just all of these other emotions that I can't process." I say while a tear streams down my cheek. I quickly wipe it away.
"Well remember, I will be here. If you want to skip, we can skip too. I'd rather not be at school anyways." He says while looking at me. I look at my phone quick to see what time it is and it's 3:30 pm already.
"Do you want to come home with me?" I ask. "I have to be home by 4 and it's a half hour drive there." I continue. "Yeah, sure!" He says and we both get in the car and I start driving and the radio turns on and we both jump because of how loud it is and we end up laughing so hard I could barely breathe.
- 4:00pm -
It was a beautiful drive. It was probably also the most i've smiled and laughed since my dad died. We both get out of the car and walk in and I can tell my mom is mad but I really couldn't give a fuck.
"Do you want anything to eat?" I ask Jeremy. "Excuse me?! Where have you been?!" I hear my mom yell, I just roll my eyes. "What does it matter? Leave me alone." I say. "Jer?" I ask again. "Nah I'm good, thanks though Lee." He says.
My mom just glares at me and Jeremy. "And who's this?" she asks with attitude. "This is my friend Jeremy, if you seriously must know." I say with just as much attitude. "I think he should leave so we could talk." She says. I scoff and roll my eyes. "I drove him here, so he's not leaving unless I go with him." I snap back.
"Jeremy, could you have someone come pick you up so I can have a talk with my daughter?" she directly asks Jeremy.
"Seriously?!" I yell. "For the past 14 years of my life you weren't there! For the past 14 years I didn't have a mother! For the past 14 years you didn't have a daughter!" I yell even louder. "So why start to care now?!" I scream, grabbing Jeremy's arm and dragging him out to my car, slamming the door behind me and driving off, balling my eyes out.
"Lee, listen to me, park some where quick please." Jeremy says sounding worried. I pull into a playground. I just start crying even more and he's holding me and comforting me.
