Oh brother. How times have changed.

Chapter one: Meet my life.

(At the side of the page, I have a little multimedia picture. It's of how i want Savannah to look like! :-) )

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I was walking home in the dark ally.

I heard footsteps behind me.

I felt the presence sneaking up on me.

it got closer. And closer. And closer. I started to speed up to a fast walk....to a jog...to a run...to a sprint. But I couldn't shake it off; the stalker wasn't ready to leave. Then I did the most stupid thing I could do. I stopped for some reason. My entire body stood there still. I screamed at myself to keep going but my body didn't respond. It's like I was completely paralysed. My heart was racing so fast you could barely hear the separations between each beat. Then the thing grabbed me, thumped on my shoulders hard and screamed "GET OUT OF BED YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR YOUR FIRST DAY FOR SCHOOL, SAVANNAH!"

"What?" I whispered as my eyes fluttered open. The light seeping through my blood red curtains blinded me, as I squinted my eyes

"You. Are. Going. To. Be. Late. Genius. It. is. 8. Am." Said my older sister, Marilyn in a bored monotone voice as she leaned over my bed, still holding my shoulders. She wore her long dark brown perfectly straight and sleek hair down, with a black suit that hugged her curves. My sister was a natural beauty; she didn't need any makeup, although she always wore smoky eye-makeup that made her huge green eyes stand out. "Oh my god. Are you going to get out of bed or what?!" I groaned and threw a pillow at her. She dodged the pillow and said, "Whatever, I’m off to work. Toodles toad." She left my room whilst carrying her briefcase, making her look immensely professional.  I could tell that she was forced to wake me up by our mum, who was most likely currently making breakfast for the entire family, like every morning. I could smell the aroma of my mum’s delicious French toast. My stomach rumbled. Yeaaah....I should probably get out of bed now.

I jumped out of my bed. My warm....cosy....toasty....irresistible.....I shook my head. "Okay knock out of it Savannah, you can't go back to bed! You just can't!" I told myself.  I looked at the clock. "OH SHIT."

I ran into the bathroom to freshen up. I stared into the mirror, wondering what to do to my hair for the first day of school this year. I saw that my hair managed to work magic overnight and transformed into beautiful long dark red curls. Ah, the perks of sleeping with wet hair. Perfecto. I then ran over to my wardrobe and opened it to find all my clothes being stuffed and crumpled.

"Eh, I’ll clean it when I get after school. Maybe. Probably not." I told myself.

I reached in for a pair of maroon skinny jeans with a black and white checked singlet, along with my black converses. Voila, je suis ready for school. Oh wait. Make up. I dabbed a little bit of soft rosy pink lip gloss on my plump, already pink lips, along with some eyeliner to make my big green eyes stand out. I glanced at myself in the mirror one more time and decided my look was complete. Not to sound cocky, but i was indeed good-looking. I've been told that all my life. Even when i was a child, i constantly had little boys fighting over who got to play with me. My life has always sailed smoothly. I smiled to myself.  Lets hope it stayed like that.

I grabbed my backpack and was ready to go.

This was guaranteed to be my best year yet.

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I was walking through the school gates when somebody grabbed my arm and turned me around.

"SAVANNNAH!!!!" Screamed the little brunette as she tightly squeezed the life out of me in a hug. Annabelle was her name, and she was my best friend. We'd known each other since we were in diapers. When we were young, we'd call ourselves the "Anna's" because we both had "anna" on our names. Back then we thought it was the cleverest idea in the world, and instantly became best friends. Playing with our Barbie dolls, sleeping over at each other houses, making up role play situations where we would be spies, popstars, and teenagers all in one. Those were the days. We've been tight ever since. We were special to each other.

"ANNABELLE!  HOLY SHIT,I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" I squealed while hugging her back. It was true, all throughout the summer, Annabelle had been off at her parents penthouse in Miami, with her entire family, even her brother Derek who was one year older than us. I hadn't seen him for almost five years. The last time I’d seen him, was when he was a pimply hormonal jerkwad of a thirteen year old. He was the most annoying creature in the world. One time when I’d slept over at their house, he stuck gum in my hair while i was sleeping. I woke up that day, looked in the mirror, screamed, ran into his room, punched him while he was sleeping and gave him an instant nosebleed. It was one of my very favourite accomplishments. He was a naughty kid, that's why his parents sent him to boarding school or five years. He wasn't evil or anything, but his parents were strict, therefore so were their punishments. Rumour is, he's coming home this year. That'll be interesting.

"I missed you too!" Beamed Annabelle, smiling and jumping on the spot. She'd always been the cuter one, she still had a baby-face and looked like a 13 year old. "Oh my god. We need to catch up, ASAP. So much has happened over the summer! I met SO MANY hot guys on the beach. and i mean HAWT. Like, Taylor Lautner worthy!" She squealed.

That started me up. "TAYLOR LAUTNER WORTHY?!?!!??" I love Taylor Lautner you see. "YOU SAW SEXY TAYLOR LOOK-A-LIKES AND YOU DIDN'T INFORM ME SOONER?! I'D HAVE BEEN THERE IN A SECOND.  Holy crap. Hold me. “I pretended to faint, as a smiley Annabelle caught me.

She laughed. "I'm sorry! i just wanted them all to myself!"

"Selfish slut...I've taught you well." I winked.

"I learn from the best." She winked back. "ANYWAY! Back to the topic of catching up! My parents are throwing a barbecue at 8pm today because Derek is coming back! And you're coming! No Ifs, buts, or maybes. Comprende?"

"Yes sir!" I suluted. "It'll be interesting to see what your devil brother has turned into, maybe he's even hot now. Then i'll get my revenge for your little Taylor Lautner get together in the summer" I nudged annabella who shivered.

"EWWWWWWWWW" Noooo! you and Derek?! EW EW EW. NEVER. THAT'S SO FREAKING WEIRD SAVANNAH! WHY PUT THAT IMAGE IN MY MIND?!?" She shrieked. I burst out laughing at my hilariously immature best friend.

"RELAX BELLE! I would never do that. I mean.....its Derek....ew. He's like a brother to me. The brother I never wanted." I reassured her.

Annabella nodded. "Remember when he stuck gum in your hair?" She giggled.

"Oh god. I never forgot." I said as the bell rang for first period. "Oh I better get to maths then! Bye! See you at 8 today!"

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