My #13

Prologue

My name is Aleia Walsh. I am seventeen years old and currently go to Tommen College in Cork. My best friends Claire Biggs and Shannon Lynch also go to Tommen and we have a pretty good group of friends there. I didn't always go to Tommen though, i went to BCS (Ballylaggin County School) but i left last spring because i got into a serious "conflict" with one of the teachers....thats not the point right now though.

I've loved being at Tommen ever since,it's a lovely environment and im finally back at school with my best girls. I've been friends with Shan and Claire since primary school and i don't think i could ever be fed up of them. Claire just radiates sunshine all the time and is the smiliest girl ever and Little Shannon is just.... Little Shannon. If you can't tell,she small (but mighty) and again my best friend for a reason. Our group at school consists of us three,Gerard Gibson aka Gibsie to everyone, who has been in love with Claire for as long as i can remember, his best friend Johnny Kavanagh,the rugby superstar of Tommen and the whole of Cork. He is also the most gorgeous boy i've laid my eyes on but that doesn't matter right now....Claires brother Hughie and his girlfriend Katie and Shannon's friend Lizzie. Lizzie is all prickles on the top but she's a sweet girl and i know there is more to her. We also have Patrick Feely in the mix, he keeps to himself a lot of the time but he lives near me so i know him pretty well.

My life at home is...i wouldn't use the word normal to describe it let's say. My Dad passed away when i was 14 and since then my household has never been the same. My ma has been completely heartbroken ever since but started dating this dick of a man she likes to call 'Marcus'. We don't see eye to eye,me and Marcus...and he doesn't like me very much. He is an alcoholic and when he drinks it gets very messy. He tells me not to eat because i'm 'fat' and he also throws some stuff sometimes....we've all gotten used to it though,even though it does boil my blood even just seeing him. He also pushed me further into my eating disorder though...i've told ma about it but she needs him for the finance in the family. I'm not going to talk much about my anorexia right now because that's a bit....heavy? When i say 'we all' i mean me and my siblings. They are my heart and soul and i don't know where i'd even be without them. My older brother is called owen...he is 19 and he is my protector,he's dating this wonderful girl called Roisin and i love her. My two younger siblings are the twins,Conor and Maeve, they are two years old and are complete babblers half the time but i love them.

It's currently Sunday,October 17th and i'm getting ready to go back to Tommen for my first day back after half term. I'm quite excited,surprisingly because when i'm at school it's an escape,which i know you don't hear very often but it is. I get to hang out with my friends for six hours every day...i mean who wouldn't want that...and it's also an escape from my stupid "stepdad" and all my life struggles. Anyway im going to go to sleep now and ill wake up on the 18th and leave to go back to Tommen (finally)