August 8th

Chapter 1

Rose P.O.V

Thank God it was summer.

I woke up at 2 pm, it felt amazing. No school, hot weather, sunny days, long nights, life can't get any better.

As soon as I woke up my mother burst into my room.

"Why the fuck do you wake up at 2 pm knowing that you have shit to do before we leave to your aunts house at 4:00!" She yells. Oh right, life doesn't get better than this. My mother is a very selfish person, growing up was awesome but when I was 10 my dad had left us. My mom turned into an alcoholic after my father left, it hurt me seeing her come late every night with a bottle of vodka in her hands and tear stained cheeks. As a child there wasn't anything I could have done but just watch. I would stay home with my babysitter until my mom came home, my babysitter saw everything that happened but she couldn't do anything as well. My mom started dating again when I was 12, I loved her boyfriend I always saw him as a father figure, he helped my mom break out of her bad habits and cared for me as his own, he died last year because of a shoot out, my mom was devastated, after his death my mom dated an abusive guy. He was a rebound. Once she started dating him, my mother went back into her old ways. He would hit my mom and my mom would cry on the floor, when she was done recovering she would abuse me. She wanted me to feel the pain she felt.

"HELLO! Are you just going to sit there looking at me like if I'm stupid!?"

"No mom, I'm sorry" I mumble.

"Get your ass up and clean your room, you have 2 hours before we leave." She scolds.

"Yes mom" I sigh.

I stand up and stretch and walk straight to the bathroom. I brush my teeth and wash my face to feel refreshed. As soon as I finish I strip down and get into the shower. Thank god I have my own bathroom. I stay in the shower for about 20 minutes, I scrubbed myself and then got out the shower. I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around myself and walked out the bathroom.

"Woah your not going to give me a show right?!" My head snapped up to see who it was.

"VICTORIA!" I scream as I jump into her arms.

"Hi rose! How you been?" She giggles.

"Oh my god, what are you doing here!? I haven't seen you in like 4 years!" My eyes widened, I forgot I'm still in a towel. "Omg let me get dressed in the bathroom, then you can tell me" I laugh. I walk to my drawers and grab my white lace bra and matching underwear, I then walk to my closet and take out a white dress and a jean jacket. I go into the bathroom and threw my clothes on, I left my hair down in my natural straight hair. I walk out and sit on my bed where Victoria is sitting.

"Okay now tell me everything!" I say excited.

"Well guess who's moving back to Washington?"

"OMG GET OUT YOU ARE NOT!?" I yell as I jump up and down. I'm so excited Victoria is one of my favorite cousins, when she moved I was so sad, even though she's 21, she's still 16 at heart.

"Yes I am, all by myself, mom and dad and the others are staying back in New York. I already have an apartment. I was going to surprise you when you arrived at Aunt Gloria's house but I just couldn't wait to see you" She says.

"Oh my god I am so excited!" I still couldn't believe she was here it's been so long!

"Honey we have to go now!" My mother yells from downstairs.