unchosen path

CHAPTER ONE

chapter 1

~ the prior ~

march 18th, 2018

i was lying on my soft bed, i was so bored, i only had one thing on my mind, i needed to do something. i usually didn't do anything, but i was lying in bed blasting music so no one would come in, that was my big plan. my mom opened the door. she turned off the music. god, she always did this.

"turn it down, dammit." i rolled my eyes and turned it back on but then toned it down, i i knew i would get grounded if i left it so loud. my brother liam, and baby sister kailey never really left their room. i never thought much of it because i was 14 and dumb, it turns out my parents never let them see the world because of how toxic it is, yeah the worlds toxic but not letting the out of their room? my brother was almost 8, and he only came out occasionally. my sister was only 6 months old at the time. but that's not the problem. at this point, i didn't know what was going to happen on march 20th. and i could never prepare myself for it. i heard the phone ring, so i answered it, and it was a girl in my grade.

"whats up?" i say. "hey girl, you wanna come to braydens party?" amy asks. "sure." i say and put on some sweatpants and a t-shirt, i never cared about my appearance. i walked out the door, no one noticed, or really cared. i walked to braydens house, which was about 3 blocks down, so i walked in the door. everyone was partying or whatever, no one in my city took a day off to stop parties but i always went to all of them, i cared about school and stuff but i also wanted to have fun sometimes. i'm gonna be honest, the party was horrible so no need to even talk about that. when i got home, i washed my face and jumped in the shower.

after my long 20-minute shower, i went and laid in bed, i put on a tv show to fall asleep to. i can't remember too well what it was, but i think it was the office. i went out of my room to say goodnight to my parents and siblings. whenever i finished, i went and continued the show, i fell asleep roughly twenty minutes later, my lord, i was dreading school tomorrow, monday. ew.

when i woke up the next morning to my alarm sounding beside me, i clicked snooze and went back to bed. ten minutes later, it turned back on, this time, i got up. i sleepily walked to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, and put on my face wash. then i went back in my room and did a bit of makeup. i picked out my outfit, put it on, and went downstairs for breakfast. there was cereal on the table so i ate it and my parents went upstairs to get ready for work. my sister was about to go with the babysitter and the bus was about to get there to pick me up and my brothers bus was coming soon.

i said goodbye to my parents and little sister and got on the bus. i put in my earbuds and looked out the window. i wasn't very popular or had many close friends, but i was okay with that. i was just trying to get through high school. i was only a freshman, and i was already done with school. i went to first period math, second period science, third period gym, fourth period chemistry, then lunch i got school lunch, fifth period english, then sixth period history. then i got back on the bus to go home. the whole day went normal, that is why i listed it so quickly because this book isn't just about the normal life of a freshman. it is about what happened on march 20th, 2018. the day that changed my life.

that night, my mom came into my room. she never did anything with me alone since she had 3 other kids. oh. i didn't tell you about my older brother. he was 19 and had gone off to college somewhere far far away. he had gotten away from this.

"do you even care about school anymore?" she asked. "what?" i ask her.

"we just got your report card. a 'c'?"

"yes. i got a 'c' on my report card i'm sorry i'm not getting an 'a' in high school chemistry." i say rolling my eyes.

"oh, shut up." my mom said. she always did things like that. told me to shut up, told me i wasn't doing good enough for her, once she called me a mistake, it was complete and total bull. sure i did some things i wasn't supposed to do but all and all i had good grades, i was nice enough, i never got in trouble with the law or even in school like everyone else my age in this town. but she couldn't see past my imperfections to see the real me, like dad does. she had left at this point i laid my head down on my pillow and closed my eyes. not to fall asleep, but to think. i turned off my light and turned over to fall asleep. i was so clueless about what would happen next.