It's just a phase

Chapter 1: The Rebellion

It was one Sunday morning that it all began, the day that everything changed. It started off like a normal day, I woke up around 10 in the morning to a worm cup of lemon tea. My mother would make them for me every morning accompanied by a few strawberries, she would arrange them in such a beautiful way and the sweet odor would wake me up. Although she was not always that lovable. I stayed in bed a while longer, checking my messages and sipping on the lemon tea my mother had brought me when I realized that it was awfully quite. Normally my two younger brothers, Alex and Kevin, would be running around somewhere in the house making a ruckus, so I went downstairs to investigate. I carefully walked down the stairs, trying not to slip considering the fact that I was wearing long grey socks and was still half asleep. I took a peek out the window and noticed that the driveway was empty. My mother had probably taken the boys somewhere. She hasn't really been home lately after my father left us. The sky was grey and the weather was gloomy, so I decided to go to my best friend Lilly's house. We would always watch movies with hot chocolate in our hands on rainy days, I remember that ever since we were kids, she would have 9 marshmallows in her hot chocolate and I would have 8. She always likes to be ahead of me in many things, she was even born a day before me, but I don't mind. After I rang her doorbell, she took a while to answer but when she did, she escorted me into the house and we sat on her couch to choose a movie, when her boyfriend Michael walked out of the kitchen. I wasn't really too fond of him, he was a slob and very arrogant. I even saw him kissing another girl while he was with Lilly, and I confronted him. Although I wouldn't dare to tell Lilly because he knows horrible things that I did in the past and everyone would despise me if they found out, but she also seems so happy with him and she was suffering from depression a while back. I wouldn't want to get her back in that state. He grabbed his backpack and kissed Lilly goodbye on her forehead, then glanced at me and proceeded to leave. We chose to watch a sad movie, the story of a young girl trying to find her way in the world. I could relate to the film because I felt so lost during that period of time, I didn't know where I belonged. When the movie finished we decided to go meet the rest of the gang at the Kirla cafe. That was our hangout spot for over 4 years now and it never got old. There was just such an amazing vibe there, everyone knew one an other and it was a really chill place. When Lilly and I walked in, we felt the warm breeze of the cafe heater and the amazing smell of freshly grinded coffee. The rest of the squad was sat at our usual table, exchanging jokes and laughter so Lilly and I quickly joined the bunch. We were talking about regular everyday things when the conversation was interrupted by Yohan's phone call. He went to the corner of the room to answer his call while the rest of us continued to chat. A while later, I noticed that he was still  on the phone with god knows who, and he had an angry expression. So I went to check on him. He told me in an upset tone that everything was okay and that I should join the others, so I walked back to my seat and sat down with a perplexed look. Even though I was sitting with the rest, I couldn't help but wonder why Yohan was so upset, or who he was talking to. I've always been intrigued by mysterious things, ever since I was a little girl. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone that began to ring, so I went outside to pick up the call that was apparently from my mother. As soon as I Answered the phone, my mother was yelling words that I could barely understand and urged for me to go home that instant, so I left without saying a word to Lilly or anyone else. When I got home, I noticed my mother in the garden with a bottle of liquor, her breath smelt like whiskey and her hair was all scruffy. I approached her to ask if she was okay but she pushed me away and I fell to the ground. I looked up at her and all I could see was pure hatred in her eyes. She always thought that my brothers and I were the reason why dad left so she would often get drunk and get upset at me, but this was the last straw. I couldn't take it anymore so I hopped on my bike and started cycling as far and fast as I could, I didn't really know where I was going, but anywhere would be better than home. I ended up finding myself at the high school, I don't know why I went there, but I think that its because I feel safer there. I wondered the halls, looking for Miss lahey's classroom, because I  always felt like I could talk to her about anything.Then I realised that she wasnt at school, and I sat on the floor in disespair. I had no where left to go, no one to talk to, so I decided to go as far away as possible. Out of the town, far from anyone and everything I new.