Unexpected

Chapter 1

I wake up to my alarm clock, opening my eyes slowly. I groan and shut my eyes rolling over. The alarm keeps ringing and I just want to throw the stupid alarm across the room, that's how I feel every school morning.

I turn the alarm clock off and get up to stretch. I yawn and rub my eyes walking to the mirror. Ew, I look disgusting. Let's be honest here, nobody actually looks good when they just wake up from sleeping. Or at least I don't. I put my hair in a bun and walk downstairs to eat breakfast. I see my mom in the middle of making breakfast so I sit down in one of the chairs at the kitchen table.

"Good morning." I say to my mom.

She looks at me and smiles brightly, "Good morning sweetheart."

"How are you?" I ask feeling concerned.

Maybe I should inform you on some things. My dad left us when I was 12 and I'm 16 now but my mom went into a deep depression. During those years, my mom found someone new and his name is Daniel. When I first met Daniel, I could tell he disliked me. Daniel has a daughter the same age as me named Elizabeth and she also dislikes me too but not as much as Daniel. She's still mean to me. I never understood why though. They got married pretty quickly, maybe because my mom was hurt that my dad left us she wanted to take the pain away. When they got married things started to escalate. First, Daniel would start calling me names like, stupid, dumb, ugly, useless etc. Then it started getting worse by him hitting me. I was only 13 but by 14 I started getting used to it because I knew it was gonna happen. I know you're thinking, "why don't you just tell your mom?" Well, it's because I don't want to see my mom go into a deep depression again. It hurt me so bad to see my mom like that. She barley talked and she didn't make any food for me and my brother, Benjamin, she just stayed in her room. So my brother had to get groceries for us and cook and he was only 13. Benjamin is older than me by one year and he's very protective of me because he knows that Daniel calls me names and hits me. He tries his best to protect me but he also has school and a job so he can't always be there. He works really hard because he wants to buy or even rent an apartment so we can move in there together to get away from Daniel. So basically, my life is hell.

"I'm doing great." She responds smiling, making me smile as well. I love seeing her smile, it makes me happy.

Mom puts a plate in front of me with eggs, bacon and pancakes. "Thanks mom." I smile gratefully.

"You're welcome honey."

I finish eating so I put my plate in the dishwasher and walk back upstairs to brush my teeth and get ready.

After I do that, I walk out to see Elizabeth in front of me with her arms crossed. She glares at me and I just scrunch my eyebrows.

"What?" I ask.

"Don't you what me you little rat." She snaps. "You stole my Louie Vuitton bag."

Yeah, did I forget to mention Daniel is rich and Elizabeth is a spoiled brat? I think I did.

"I didn't steal your stupid bag." I say trying to walk past her but she grabs my arm.

"I can't find it. Who else would steal my bag?"

"I don't know. Did you look in the living room? It's where you were last night." I say rolling my eyes.

She nods her head and goes into the living room. "Found it!" I hear her say. She walks back upstairs and flips her blonde hair. I scoff and walk downstairs grabbing my backpack.