Dark curtains

Chapter 1

"It's okay Pheobe we'll figure this out. They're just jealous." I bury my face in my hands, frustrated. "You don't understand." I mumbled. "Of course I do." Lisa exclaimed. "Remember? I was the fat girl with a big nose, Harry Potter glasses, and a rash on my face that looked like a baboon's butt." She said. I looked up at her with burning tears in my eyes. "Well for one, you're not fat. Two, you don't have acne or glasses anymore. And three, that's nothing compared to what's happening to me." And that was all 100% true. Lisa was not fat, she was almost as skinny as a twig. She didn't have acne or glasses anymore, which brought out the true beauty in her face. There's something in her eyes that always gives me a reassuring kind of feeling. Lisa has dark, green eyes. Like an emerald. And fairly pale, but glowing skin that was absolutely perfect. I on the other hand, have witch fingers and grayish eyes with absolutely no kind of color whatsoever. And maybe I had some acne, but not a lot. I threw a pillow in frustrating. She had no idea what this was doing to me. "Look at me! I'm going INSANE!" I screamed. She laughed. "A teensy bit." I shot her a look. "Oh come on Pheobs. You've only been there for a week. Not even a week! 4 days!" She tucked a strand of hair behind her ears. "Look, I know it's hard at first, but the same thing happens to everyone else. We've all been through it. It's just that some people at our school are bitches and don't know what they're talking about." The fact that Lisa had just said a curse word made me feel the slightest bit better. She's the kind of person who would never do that. At least not in front of people. I cracked a grin, just for her sake. I could tell it made her feel accomplished. "You're right." I smiled. "They are bitches." This made Lisa giggle a bit, but I could see she was blushing. "Just ignore it... Fudge nozzle." I gasped and shoved her as hard as I could...which isn't very hard. "OW!" She yelled as she laughed hysterically on the floor. "Okay enough. Wanna go see a movie?" I suggested. I hadn't seen a movie in probably a billion years. I've been so busy with my new transition to the new house, it's just been a lot to take in. I haven't had the time at all. She offered to drive, but I said I was okay. I needed something to get me distracted. And Lisa was the perfect distraction. When we got there, She insisted on buying 4 large things of ice cream and a thing of popcorn. I agreed because who would pass up that offer? It did make me feel better though. We saw a movie about a girl who traveled the world with her boyfriend and suddenly crashed onto a desserted island. The girl finds out later that her boyfriend was killed and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. It teaches a bunch of lessons about love and crap and how love can solve the worlds problems. But that, is a freaking lie. I had that once. I had a boyfriend whom I loved with all my heart until he cheated on me. I remember my heart shattering into a million pieces. But that's over. I haven't thought once about the asshole, Derrick, ugh it sickens me. Lisa looked at me with worry in her eyes. "Are you okay Pheobs?" She asked. I could tell she was being 100% serious, so I acknowledged her. "Yeah, there's just a lot on my mind right now." Which was true. I had just moved from Alaska all the way to Georgia. I've lived in Alaska since I was 15, so I've only lived here for 2 years, but have yet to find a school... Until this week. My Dad thought it would be good to wait 2 years for me to get used the the city, then we could send me off to school. Obviously, that was a bad idea because I had no idea how crowded wit was going to be and how to get around. I've probobly been lost going to school at least 2 or 3 times this week. I'm not exactly a walking map. So yeah. I live in a small town house with my Dad and my brother Ethan, while me ignorant mother is in Vegas probobly getting high and hooking up with other guys. My dad and her got divorced obviously, because when I was born my mom said it was too much. Next thing you know, she's in Vegas probobly on drugs and maybe locked away in prison. How should I know? I've never bothered calling her before. If you ask me, that's not exactly good parenting. Lisa grabbed my face. "Watch the movie child and stop looking at me." I grinned as I turned my attention back to the lovesick, stranded girl.