Purple Hearted

Chapter 1. Meet Alaya

It all started when I took my first breath in this world. Brystal Alaya Zoella Rylee Harrison, but I just go by Alaya.

2yrs old. Mother is an alcoholic & drug addict, and my biological father is gone. All I have is my 4 older brothers Cooper, Andrew, Connor & Anderson and my "dad" Daniel.

14yrs old in 8th grade.
As I walk down the hall in black shorts a black shirt and black converse, everyone would stair at me. I was just the girl that had braces and wouldn't talk to anyone. The girl who would cry when she had to get up in front of the class. The girl who would cry when she got home, because someone told her she was fat, or not pretty enough. Some guys at the school would take me for advantage only because I was quiet.

I was in all kinds of sports in school it just gave me something to do. I played rugby, soccer, dance, ballet, cheer, gymnastics. I didn't just play girl sports where it was all girls, I played guy sports to where it was all guys , and one girl.

I was and still am very, very shy. I was always scared that I was Going to fail at life. But Daniel taught me to just go with the flow and take life one step at a time. So far that has worked.

My dad Daniel just died recently , him and I had been talking. I told him that I wanted to write a book, about my struggles and how I kinda get through it.