Kelsey and Me

Chapter 1

My life is horrible. I could end it there, but I will tell you more. My name is Rachel Hart and I am 13 years old. I have two brothers one who is 15 and one who is 3. Most of my summer and whole life consist of biking 10km to my best friend Kelsey's house. No we are not clingy that is the only place I feel safe anymore.

My family is crazy. My mom works from home and sells shampoo for this evil man that rips people off. My dad lives with his girlfriend all the way across town and has rights to see us 2-7 days a month. When my parents split up my life went through complete hell. I spent every single day and sometimes night at Kelsey's. Then when they had to figure out who got what it was even worse. Mom got the house and us and Dad got Woody the not-so-family-family-dog.

Summer isn't as bad as the school year is. In the summer I will bike to Kelsey's house and we will spend all day together. Sometimes if we are planning to go anywhere like the beach or if we are having a sleepover, we will plan to meet at the convenience store which is just around the block. Mainly because I can't bike 10km with a bunch of things in a book bag. So I would bring my stuff there and Kelsey's mom would pick me up there. The reason she couldn't pick me up at my house was because Mom didn't like me going to Kelsey's and her mom didn't really get along.

When I went to Kelsey's we did a lot of different things. We would go places and her curfew was 11pm but that was just to be back in their yard or street. But we would still be allowed to stay up until whatever time we wanted.