LiarLiar

Chapter 1 - This Is Dodgy

My name is, Charlotte Alfaro, I am eighteen years old and live in California. I still live at home with my mom, dad, two younger brothers and my baby sister. Yes I am the eldest. My brother Toby is seventeen, Jack is sixteen and little baby Sophie is only two she was a surprise for us all. The house is never quiet and there is always mess that has to be cleaned up. I am never at peace unless I am staying away with a friend. With all the stress from my parents and family plus worries from school I still manage to keep time to love Justin Bieber. I know what you're thinking

"Wow she's eighteen and likes him" but to me he is not just a singer, he is not just some good looking boy that writes songs, no, he is so much more than that to me. I can't explain it, he saved me, he made me strong, he helped me find the real me in a way.

When I say he saved me I don't mean I was sitting alone slitting my wrist and he told me "no" I mean, I was lost, I was broken and alone I was depressed 24/7 and honestly I had nothing left living for. My life was horrible, I hated it. I hated waking up and living another day, I just wanted it all to be over with; life was not worth living for me anymore. I was ready to give up and that's when he came along. His music, his story, he messages, all of it, everything about him. He gave me hope, he inspired me to follow my dreams and never give up because people will push you down, they will make you feel like you are no good but you have to know your own worth and you can achieve anything. Not everyone is going to like you, no matter how talented or successful you are, people will still hate with or without a reason. So many people are going to tell you that you can't but if you have your mind set to it you can do anything. That's what I learnt from him and I am 110% sure I am not alone in that. There are so many people in the world that love and adore him but at the same time there are so many people who do not, the people who watch his every move just waiting for him to screw up.

You get annoyed when your parents are always nagging at you and scrutinising you, but can you imagine what Justin has to deal with? The whole world is constantly nagging at him, judging him, making up rumours all the time. Can you even begin to imagine how hard that must be for him? Because I can't.

"If you don't dream big, there's no point in dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing" that's one of my favourite quotes from him. God, he's just perfect in every possible way. He's such a good person with a kind heart but the media show none of that. They're always showing what he does wrong, the mistakes he makes. Making up lie after lie twisting things he says and does to make him look as bad as possible. But I do not and will not ever buy any of it. My life has never been easy; I was always under pressure to do amazingly well in my exams and anything else school related. No one ever supported my dreams; they think it's crazy and unrealistic. Besides meeting Justin my dream is to be a dancer. Dancing is my passion it's all I have. It's a way for me to express myself to the world. When I'm dancing all my pain goes away, my life doesn't seem miserable and I smile. I really smile.



"Charlotte wake up it's time for school" my mom yelled from downstairs. I groaned stretching in bed dreading another day in that hell hole. I got out of bed and jumped into the shower letting the hot water pierce through my skin. I set out my outfit of the day. A denim coloured mini skirt and a white tank top. I made the outfit my own by adding a cute belt and some long necklace's, I put on my make-up, blow dried and straightened my hair till it sat perfectly -which takes a long time- I called the boys down on my way to the kitchen grabbing a bowl of cereal.

"Hey mom" I smiled giving her a hug

"Good morning sweetheart" she gave me a comforting smile back.



Since I started driving I've had to take everyone everywhere I'm like a personal taxi driver for this family. I don't mind though. I grabbed my bag and met my brothers in the car. We all go to the same school so it's easy for us to come and go even as kids we always went everywhere together. My brothers are like my best friends, weird I know. Even though I'm older Toby acts as if he is. He's always looking out if me, I think it's cute. I parked in my usually spot next to my friends' car.

"We're leaving early today meet me back here at three" I called as we walked down the parking lot

"See you then sis" Jack shouted back running off in his own direction "Hey, shar" Toby called

"Yeah what's up?" I smiled at him

"If mom finds out about this you're dead" he whispered pulling me away "Mom isn't going to find out" I sneered

"Shar this is dodgy" he scratched the back of his head

"Trust me okay? This is important to me" I spoke sternly

"I support you 100%" he groaned

"So?" I prompted

"Fine but if mom finds out I wasn't there"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you" I screeched hugging him tightly "you're the best brother ever"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah get to class" he laughed walking away



The day couldn't have gone any slower but it is finally time to leave. I collected all of my things including my brothers.

"I love you both so much for this" I hugged them tightly before getting into the car

"Mom is so gonna kill you" Jack warned



"Mom isn't going to find out" Toby quoted me from earlier. I smiled back at him, turned on the music started the car and drove. This was it this was my time to shine. I knew what I wanted and when I want something I can promise you one way or another I will get exactly that.