The Life of Mercedez

Bitch, slut, whore, skank, loser, fag lover, fat ass, immigrant. The words swirl around my head 24/ 7 and I can't stop it, that's the worst part of it all.

My name is Mercedez , I am 14 years old, I now live in Lincoln, Nebraska , home of the Corn Huskers, I just moved here from Puerto Rico and I've grown up without my mom until this year. My dad he still lives in PR. My mom is now remarried. I am the youngest of six, 3 girls, 3 boys, Shea is the oldest of us all, she is 30, and just got married to this guy named Jason who has 2 kids, Chance and Bella (I'm not Jason's biggest fan) , then there is Jamal and Mikel, those two are 20 years old, they go to school here in Lincoln at UNL, Mikel got in with a basketball scholarship, Jamal got a full paid scholarship for being the top student in the school, they are twins but Jamal is my favorite brother, he is awesome and does everything with me, then there is Ariel, she is 18, and is off to collage in her home town of L.A. where she is raising her 3 year old son, Kayleb. Then there is Myron he is MY twin brother and my best friend, my only friend. We are both honor roll students. Myron is the quarterback of the Boltz and is the other captain of glee, he also is the leader of art club, Spanish, and lightning fast technology club. He is kinda, um, extremist, or an overachiever you might say.

So next week we go into 9th grade, at a new school, in a new town, and I am not excited what so ever.

The only upside to this is Myron and I will finally be taken seriously. Myron and our mother, Anastasia, are extremely close and he tells her everything. Mom was 16 and having the time of her life when she had Shea, Shea kinda threw a wet blanket on Mom's party fire, and she had to grow up very quickly she only had 7 months, Shea was born 2 months early. After Desiderio , Shea's father, and mom had Shea their parents forced them to get married and be adults, get a home, a car, and jobs. Desiderio didn't like that so he left them when Shea was just over a year old, and mom was forced to drop out of high school, and like always, mom left her home, in Puerto Rico and came to the states, where she found a home in NYC. When Shea was 5 mom found Cayden and 3 months later they got married, a home, and a happy life. About 4 months into their marriage mom got pregnant, just this time she was pregnant with triplets. When Cayden found out he was in shock and started drinking, when ever he got drunk, he would beat mom and Shea. Mom left Cayden when she was 7 months pregnant, and moved from New York to L.A. Soon after she got situated in her new apartment with Shea, found a roommate who was also pregnant and single, and soon after her divorce was finalized she went into labor. After 29 excruciating hours in labor she had two healthy babies named Jamal and Mikel, she had one other baby, but she was not alive when she was born. After that mom went into a deep depression and didn't leave her apartment building for about 8 months, she homeschooled Shea, and worked in a coffee shop that was on the ground floor. When the twins were just over a year old mom found a man and this time thought he was definitely the one they got married and after when mom was 6 months pregnant with Ariel they had been together for only nine months but they were together for 4 more years, when they broke up mom moved into Lincoln. That was mom's longest relationship she had since Desiderio, her and Desiderio were best friends from the time they were 2 years old, they lived next door to each other. They were together for 5 years, before he left. After that mom was just plain out desperate she was speed dating and doing online dating, that is actually how she met my father. She found this social network that a friend, Estefania from back home in Puerto Rico used, they met in a pregnant teens camp that they had there in the '80's. The camp was kinda weird from what I know of it, it taught them how to say "NO" next time, so they don't get pregnant again. It taught mom nothing. But anyways Estefania set my father and mom up in a chat room and they talked for hours everyday so they decided to meet up and meet each other in person for the first time. The funny thing was it wasn't the first time they were meeting because my father is Desiderio they thought it was a sign that they really were meant for each other so the very next day they flew to Las Vegas and got married. They were really happy and mom, Shea, Jamal, Mikel, and Ariel all moved back to Puerto Rico to live with Desiderio in his home. He made a living by working as the plant manager at a power plant. He was the richest man in town and they lived in a mansion and they each had a dog of their own. It was a dream life and a dream family for only a while, that is, until mom found out she was pregnant. Again. She was happy but she didn't think Desiderio would be very happy. Much to her surprise Desiderio was extremely excited. He said they finally would have a family. He didn't really mean it though. Because two and a half years later he would be gone, he had an affair with some beautiful, 100% Puerto Rican Barbie. She was 5 foot 10 inches, 130 pounds, double D cup, size 4, hair that was perfect with perfect curls that went to the bottom of her back, and a perfect 6-pack of abs who's name was Perfect, and that name fit her. He left my mom, and Jamal, Mikel, and Ariel . With absolutely nothing, no home, no money, no food. He kicked all of them out, but not us. Not Shea, Myron, or me. We were his. But he didn't care about us. Mom got a job as a tour guide but i thought she wouldn't leave and go back to the states without us. When she got the money for her, Ariel, and the boys she jumped on a plane and left, she left Puerto Rico, she left her job, and worst of all, she left us. She left us with "Puerto Rican Barbie" and that man.