𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: Gracie Joyce has always dreamed of being a actress when she grows up. She knew that it would be almost impossible they way her life was going at the moment. When an opportunity for a new movie production find...
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What do you want to be when you grow up? It was a simple question when we were kids. We got excited saying a doctor or maybe even an astronaut. And then it got tougher and tougher to answer that question when we got older.
Highschool shoved this down our throats and basically told us we would be failures if we didn't have a plan by the end of highschool.
My plan? I didn't have one. Well- except proving my parents wrong.
Since the day they tossed me out, I've wanted nothing more than to prove them wrong. Either by being rich and successful, or just happy. And the happy option wasn't really going so great so option one was in motion.
I didn't know where my parents were now. For all I know they could be dead, I haven't seen them in years. I didn't even get to graduate because I got kicked out and became homeless at age sixteen.
I was now twenty-one with my birthday coming up on Christmas. That's how long it's been since I have had a normal life. Who am I kidding? I never had a normal life.
My parents have been awful to me since the day they found out they were pregnant with me. My mom didn't stop drinking or smoking while she was pregnant and I was so close to dying but unfortunately for them and me, I was still alive.
Point is- I could care less where they are because it was pretty obvious they didn't care where I was when I was living with them, and when I'm not. I was glad it was this way, I was able to grow some confidence and independence over the years.
Where I am now, I'm pretty content. I have an okay job, it brings in money and I'm able to pay my rent. I have my best friend Daisy who has been with me since her parents took me in a couple years back.
We are practically sisters.
Daisy works as a makeup artist for movie and show productions. She is actually the best in the area and is wanted by everybody. I'm proud of her because she has worked so hard to get to where she is and I would be nothing without her.
As for my job, I work as a receptionist at a local business that is run by a pretty big family company. I got paid enough to live off of that job, but it's not my favorite.
Ever since I was a little girl, my dream has been to become an actress. A movie star. I had made audition tapes for the past five years and have never gotten a call back from anyone.
One thing that made me even more upset that I didn't get any of those jobs, was that I had to hear Daisy talk about them and how cool it was to be on set. And it's not her fault, it's my own for letting myself think I was good enough for this type of job.
Papers slam on my desks and brings me out of my thoughts. Mr. Sanchez looks down at me with a scowl on his face. My face becomes pale and I'm quick to apologize for whatever I did wrong.
"Miss Joyce, it has been thirty minutes since I asked you to fill all this out and I still haven't gotten anything back from you! What have you been doing this whole time?!" He yells at me which makes my cheeks flush in embarrassment because I can feel everybody's eyes on us.
