Chapter 1- Getting to know Erika

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You see those girls walking round school right? The ones that really are extremely geeky, don't have many friends and if they do are also 'weird' as you call them, well yeah that's me, Erika Brown to be exact.

What can I tell you about me? Well there really isn't much to tell? Okay well I'm 15 come from originally London, I loved it there but you know mum found a new boyfriend again! So we moved to Milton Keynes... Anyway me well I enjoy literature, to be exact Christiana Rossetti; her words are just beautiful and make sense of life, I also occasionally run but that's a stress relief, I mean my pushy mum try's to make it into a competitive thing but it's really not something I would want to do.

Do I miss living in London? Well yeah sure! I went to a private school you see, and everyone completely understood me and I felt like I knew my self and my purpose but, now being at this school here I need to find what I'm looking for and a new purpose. Also in London I had a lot of friends! Whereas at West High (School in Milton Keynes) I have none well.. I mean at lunch times I sit with Romy but she's from Hungary and no one has any idea what she's saying but sure! I suppose I could class her as a friend.

You know, even though I have been at West High for a few months now, I still feel so much of an outsider to everyone else it's like people don't acknowledge that I'm actually there! And you know what the hard truth is? I can't seem to find my place in this school because sometimes I find my self so caught up in my feelings and just shut everyone off, I just keep quiet and very much to myself so no one else notices the thoughts churning inside of me.

Hm what else can I tell you about me? Oh well! Sometimes I catch myself having conversations with myself inside my head like for example:

'ERIKA, personifications definition is something that acquires human features DUHH'

'No you're so stupid. Please just put a gun to me.'

'Oh bother, guess you need to work on your English language skills Erika'

But you know I guess that's not how put as 'normal' people have conversations with themselves; sometimes I feel like everything I do is being judged constantly.

I guess I will just have to carry on and figure out my purpose.

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