My Life Now

Chapter one - The walk

Camping in the middle of nowhere is only safe if you trust the people around you with your life, but I didnt trust them as far as I could throw them.

I was with my mum dad and little sister who is 14 the camp site was just and empty field with the most amazing view all you could see was open land clutter free from buildings and roads so silent and peaceful I would even say it was perfect but as soon as i thought i was happy my mum diana changed it all to make my life hell she screamed at me for something my sister did and threw a big bag at me and told me to leave I had no were to go, I didnt know where I was the three of them packed up and left me there alone I am 17 and homeless!

the only useful things I had was a phone with no signal and 12 pound so I did what everyone would do I walked. I found a little village which was 9 miles away so I walked there and it was getting dark in the trees I set up camp. I couldnt believe a family could just leave a member behind and how could a parent leave a child did they really hate me that much i was so hurt and a lonely but i didnt cry i pulled my self together and thought they didnt care enough to take me with them so why should i care about them so i pushed all the thoughts and memories of my father and the feeling of warmth of his hug and the smell of my mothers favourite perfume and the memories of my little sisters teddy bear collection out of my mind and i sat there for about three hours thinking over evry thing but mainly who was going to look after my sister in school she would never stick up for herself and she was to shy to tell my mother but if i go back to school then will my old family let me look out for her and fight her battles or will i have to walk past her on the corridor and pretend i dont know who she is.

The next day i got up packed all my stuff away put my bag on my back and started walking again but i was starving, cold and in desperate need of a drink so i found a shop and bought a bottle of water. I was walking for hours and when i was walking though a forest i just collapsed and then at that point i realozed that i physicall cant walk any m8re and i wondered if this was the end for me i'd been homeless for 2 days i am not cut out for this so i just slepted and hoped that i never woke up because i couldnt see a point to any thing any more i had no family no one around and i am alone.

I woke to the sound of birds chirping hoping the last few days were all a dream I opened my eyes and realised that hopes and dreams dont come true it was only in fairytales. I went to the shop and bought lots if sandwiches and water and a map and compass I only had £1.50 left so I stashed it in my back pocket for an emergency and I walked for days before I finally recognised were I was.