We Are Not The Same

"What could go wrong"

Her POV

All my life, I felt like I was frozen and couldn't move like time kept moving while I stayed very still, growing up in a household of 6 people as the Middle child I easily get ignored. My family consists of a hustling mother ( Esme Reyes ) and an Overbearing Stepfather ( Julio Ramirez ) with two older sisters (Estella (28) and  Sofia(25)) and a younger brother ( Jason (5)). I was born and raised in Chicago but after my stepfather lost his sixth job due to his excessive drug use, we were forced to relocate to New York, I've never been anywhere but Chicago, and moving was scary

But that being said I was excited to be leaving Chicago, don't get me wrong it was an amazing place but I needed to branch out, the only reason I stayed at home while my sisters was off traveling with their husbands is because of my little brother, he has special needs and my mom and stepfather ignore him because they look at him as someone who can't work, they see him as someone who is incompetent and useless but in reality, he is the nicest and smartest person I have ever met, he is the only reason I put up with my annoying ass stepdad.

Moving day is tomorrow and I'm nervous but I'm trying to put on a strong face for Jason, I can tell he's anxious, he's nonverbal but I can always tell when something is wrong, so I try to make loud whale noises, which never fails to make him laugh.

As I pack my entire life into 3 big ass suitcases, I realized that I need more clothes, I reached under my bed and grab a box of mementos from my childhood, it also happens to have an envelope from my dad, with seven hundred dollars in cash that he left for me before he died, I don't remember him much but I have his photo and that's all I need. Once I grab all my bags, I head to the car, for the long drive to the airport, for a two-hour plane ride

(2 hours later )

We finally landed and arrived at the rent-a-car place, it was so much louder here and the people are all moving so fast, I see lots of men in suits and women in suits. Once we get in the car I get comfortable with Jason and start playing with him and his marvel action figures. He made me be the hulk.

Rude.

As we are driving I look outside the window and see the tall ass building with a big red letter M on it, it looked like it touched the sky, " I wonder who works in that building" I said ,then my stepdad said: " only incompetent assholes work there". I guess it takes one to know one, he's such an idiot , he doesn't even have ten dollars to his name, Not to mention he smells like rotten eggs and ass balls.

I hate him.

Eventually, we finally make it to our house, it looks like something straight out of a horror film.

The house is barely a home it's all run down with borders on the windows and has a lawn that hasn't been touched in years, the house smells worse that my stepdad. I turn and see the disappointed/disgusted look on Jason's face so I try to make jokes to lighten the mood which makes my stepdad mad, I enjoy making him mad cause he's a piece of shit.

As I look a this trash ass house I instantly realize that this is no way for my brother to live, he needs professional care, and he deserves someone who gonna be there for him 24/7. I need to get a job.

ASAP

As I walk around the house I am even more disgusted . It looks so run down and cheap. It smells like something died in here and as I walk to the back of the house I realize there are only 2 bedrooms, turns out my stepdad decided he was gonna shove me in the basement with one medium-sized window and only one way out But I'm not surprised cause my stepdad is the cheapest person ever. For my 18th birthday, he took me to chuck E Cheese( which is a restaurant for children )keep in mind I am 5'7 and weigh 180 pounds so my fitting on any of those "rides" was not happening.

He never saw me, he never even tried to get to know me and when I was 17 and Jason was born, my mom was drinking so there were complications with the birth, she was having the baby to try and trap him, but ended up abandoning her own family, that's when I decided that Jason would be my responsibility, I was gonna love him for the amazing person he is. Which is why I need a job but I can't think about that right now, right now I need to focus on this room

I tie my hair up into a bun and get to work, I start sweeping and then I move my bed so it's in the middle of the basement, then I put the old side tables on the sides of the bed , I put my Mariah The Scientist, Jhené Aiko, and HER posters up and I also put my speaker in the corner next to my old bean bag chair, the room is still shitty but at least now it's pretty shit

As I lie in my bed, scrolling threw indeed and getting frustrated that nowhere is hiring, I get a notification from this job listing account I followed on Instagram, it looks legit, they posted a job opening at Mariano's a bar and grill, only ten minutes away, they are looking for a waitress and I have the experience.

what could go wrong