Scars

Chapter 1

       *beep, beep, beep, beep* I wake up to my alarm. My mom and I just moved here and I start school tomorrow. To be honest, I'm really nervous. My family moves a lot thanks to low income and my mom being in the military. Whenever she's on leave she is always wasted. It's like she doesn't want to do this anymore.
        She enlisted when my father died. She's a wreck when she is home. She uses her savings on alcohol and drugs and rent. Not food or clothes.
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      My name is Jade. My friends call me JD I am a typical teenage girl. Well some might describe me as emo, but they aren't wrong. I am. I like BVB, PTV, SWS, and other bands like that.
      I have glasses and I have long hair. My natural hair color is dark brown. But I dyed it black with purple ends and highlights. My mom practically disowned me after she found out I was a lesbian.
I have been ignored by her for a year now. I've had to find a job at the library last week to keep me from starving. Which is helping. I'm making a good $140.00 a week. I'm only 14.
It's scary being all alone. But yet I'm not. I have to pay for food for my sister too. She's 11 and is a bean pole compared to me. I'm a little fat but not much. I just have a small gut to me.
But that wasn't there before I started working. And my sister needs the food or else she will just go poof.
The thought of that made me giggle because I can just imagine one day out of nowhere just a bunch of sparkles in the air from my sister going poof. I know it's not funny but just think about it.

"When's lunch?" My sister says. I can here her playing on her DS that she got for her birthday.

"In a little while kiddo. What do you want to eat?" I ask with a smile on my face.

She knows we don't have much. But she tries her best to help.

"Um I'll fix a sandwich later if I have time." She says staring into her game.

"Okay just don't use up all the lunch meat."

I got to my room and I read for a while trying to think of what me and my sis can do. It's Sunday. I'm off work and she I know wants to play.
I go back down stairs with my football.

"Hey Becca, wanna toss this football around?" She looks at me excited. I haven't really took the time to play since my job.

"Sure Jade. Let's go out back and toss it. I don't want mom to freak if we break something."

I walk outside with her and we toss the ball around for a little while. It's a good day. I'm glad I took my medication this morning. I take a pill in the morning for depression and anxiety and a pill at night for sleep. It's not always working.
So some days I just stay stuck in my room. Either crying or on the phone with a friend. I don't have my own phone. I use a landline. It sucks. But at least I have friends. I can already tell tomorrow will be a good day.