My True Life Story

New Year, New Drama

I'm going to fast forward a couple of years but I can tell you, what happened in the years I skipped talking a bout nothing had changed, the bullying still continued and just got worse. This part of my life you are about the read about, was a big part of my life. My older brother had moved on to highschool and was now at primary school by myself but little did I know not only were things at school going to get worse but things at home were going to get worse as well...

So this is it, my older brother has moved on to highschool and I'm here by myself. What was going to happen? This I did not know at the time. I am now 11 years of age and this time I have got a male teacher. I have still got all the same classmates doing all the same shit. My mother has decided to step down from her job to take a break and spend more time with us for at least a year but little did she know, things were going to change for her aswell. The bullying didn't ease and I was feeling worse. I got home one day and my mother and step father at the time, asked my brother and I to take a seat down as they had something they wanted to discuss with us and it seemed serious. Once all sat down together she announced that her and my step father were taking a break from each other and we were going to live somewhere else for at least 6 months. This was a complete shock to me as they seemed so happy together and all I could think was,  was it something I had done? Why is this happening? My mother explained that things will go back to the way they were she just needed some time away to think. So that weekend, my mother, brother and myself packed our things and went to my mother's best friends house where her best friend didn't live at the time but said we could stay there for as long as we needed.

It was weird, you know? Everything you were so used to just changing all of a sudden. Being in a weird house, much smaller house to what I was used to may I like to add. My mother called my school to explain what was going on at home and they understood and passed the message on to my teacher who pulled me aside quietly to ask if I was okay and ensure I knew that if I wanted to talk I could go to him but it honestly wasn't something I sort of wanted to discuss. Once the rumour got out about what had happened, everyone in my class laughed at me and said it was bound to happen. Which sucked because I still didn't even know as to exactly why it had happened. I was still trying to get used to it. The weekend came and it was my step fathers turn to look after us for the weekend. He tried to make it fun and enjoyable for us but it just didn't work. Was just weird having the family separated and in two different houses. My brother was making things a bit more difficult as well with his school as he was getting into a lot of trouble.

My mother thought he may have been acting out as to what was happening at home but she didn't know about what was actually happening at his school either. My stepfather even had a word to him to see what was going on but my brother just ended up walking off and ignoring him. A few weeks passed and things were getting worse. My brother started skipping school and was becoming more violent towards everyone including me. A few months passed and we had moved back into our old house and my mother and step father sat us down again for a chat. This time they seemed more cheerful about it. They announced that my mother was pregnant. I was over the moon as I always wanted another sibling where as my brother, didn't want anything to do with it and walked off.

We had to move house and my mother being in real estate, got us a really nice, American style,  low set home with a decent sized back yard. It was smaller than our last house but my mother decided it was time to downgrade to something smaller and not a high set home. We moved in and everything was going well. My mother and step father decided to sit my brother down and talk to him about why he  was still acting out at school. My brother went off at them telling them to get fucked and he walked out. My mother obviously panicked until she got a phone call from my nan and pop saying that he had just walked to their place. Now to walk from our new home to their place it takes a good couple hours as we lived on the other side of town. My mother didn't know what to do and was obviously upset. I didn't know what to do or think either... I mean who was this person my brother was becoming? My pop drove my brother back to the house to gather some belongings like his clothes ect... My mother tried talking to him and he just shut the door in her face and ignored her.

My brother was getting worse and my mother was about to give birth and was trying to get the house sorted for when the baby arrived. One morning I woke up, and my mother and step father were gone and my nan was there. I asked, "where is everyone?" she replied, "your mother has gone into labour early. I have to take you up there after they let her out." I was so excited that the day had finally arrived. We finally got to the hospital and I was over the moon to find out that I had a new baby sister. I sat there, holding her with the biggest smile on my face. The visiting hours had ended and I had to leave to go back home. The next day, I got up and got ready for school very quickly as I couldnt wait to tell everyone! When I got into class I started telling everyone how my mum had finally given birth and it was a girl. One of the boys responded, "is she as ugly as you?" everyone laughed and suddenly my happiness was gone. I mean why did even bother? Little did I know I had a surprise waiting for me when I got home...