if amaya were to describe her life in one word, it would probably be shit. she had an absent father, an abusive, alcoholic mother and her older sister ran away with her boyfriend. her sister was her rock, and she was all she had left, until she was gone. amaya didn't feel as though she had anything left to live for, so she turned to destructive behaviours. smoking, drinking, partying, you name it, amaya had probably done it. but that was before her life got turned upside down.
social services decided to make a surprise visit to her house in cincinnati, after complaints were made that she was not turning up to school. amaya didn't see the point in school really. with how her life was currently going, she didn't see herself making it past 25 so why waste it with school every day? social services, on the other hand, felt differently. they decided to place her in a group home, however that didn't go too well. she was kicked out after two weeks for seriously injuring two girls because, in her words, they were "being little skanks".
social services then had to go as far as contacting her 'closest family member', who turned out to be a long lost cousin living on the south side of chicago. considering that this was her only option, amaya decided to behave (until she got there) and go with social services to her cousins house. he turned out to be a recovering alcoholic, going to AA meetings daily and working at a grocery store nearby. he seemed nice enough, amaya thought, however she wasn't too thrilled about living with a person who she barely knew and, on top of that, having to go to school every day once the summer ended.
although she didn't particularly want to, she agreed to start a new life with her cousin, joey, on the south side, and be a 'law abiding citizen'. she knew that would go downhill fast.
the first few weeks of her new life were pretty awkward, as expected, but she grew to like joey even more and they began to have a pretty good relationship. she even felt like she had something worth living for now. amaya liked joey because he was laid back, not strict and overall nice. joey liked amaya because she was lively, energetic and pretty funny when she wanted to be. they clashed occasionally over stupid things, like chores and money, but they came to agreements most of the time (on amaya's terms).
amaya was really starting to enjoy her new life on the south side, but she didn't expect what was to come when she finally started school. who she would meet, the choices she would make, they would change her life as she knew it.
AUTHOR NOTE
hey! thanks for reading, sorry if this story isn't the best it's my first fanfic, also some storylines won't be included such as dominique (she's a bitch) and nick (sorry i love him but it was too complicated) so i may write another with them in! please vote and leave feedback i love to hear it 🤍 ALSO MASSIVE TW TW TW this story will contain mentions of physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, drugs, vomit, fighting, blood, weapons and pedophilia. if that triggers you please don't read !!! love you all ❤️
