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Joey's pov:

Tomorrow is my first day of school. I'm so nervous.. I've always been scared of big crowds of people and not fitting in. On my last school I got bullied a lot, I would get called faggot and some times they would hit me. But all of that without a reason. They assume I'm gay. I'm not. Right?

No! I like girls, being gay is wrong. Everyone says that: my mom, family, the church, everyone! So we moved to a small neighbourhood in Massachusetts with my mom, my sister and my little brother. Our house is much bigger now! I don't have to share a room with my little brother anymore. It's about time for that.. I need my privacy too!

My little brother is autistic, he's 4 years old now but the difference between him and his classmates is really starting to show. It's sad to see him suffer like that, but it's almost like he doesn't notice that there's a difference.

Nicole (my sister) and I are taking care of him most of the time.. We have a mom but.. she's an alcoholic and gets drunk almost every night, or she brings back another friend from the bar. She's never here for him so that's why Nicole and I take most care of him. We do everything in our house; we clean, get groceries, we cook and try to pay the bills. Nicole is a senior but works a full time job to pay the bills. I work after school and it's getting so hard because I have homework and a life next to school too. That all has to wait now. My mom tried to go to rehab so many times before, but everytime it's the same story: she gets sober for 3 months and then starts drinking again. It breaks us everytime so we gave up sending her to rehab.. She buys alcohol everyday and it's not free, I'm just hoping we won't go bankrupt again.

But I'm starting school tomorrow and it's already 1 am! I need to get up in 5 hours so I better go to sleep. I don't wanna be late on my first day of school!


Daniel's pov.

I'm so sad.. School starts tomorrow! I love summer.. The photo opportunities are amazing! I love photography, it's one of my favorite things to do! But the most important; being able to get away from my dad. He's so abusive, he hits me but my mom can't do anything about it.  I won't let him hurt my mom, she's the sweetest human being but she's so afraid of him.

It all started when I came out to my parents.. because surprise! I'm gay. My mom and dad are very conservative. My mom told me she'd always love me but my dad on the other hand, he was in shock, then he started screaming that I'll burn in hell and he started hitting me. I ran out of the house and never stopped. I stayed at my friend's houses for a month. My mom eventually convinced my dad to let me into the house. This all happened about a year ago, I'm still sleeping at home but that's all.

I came out to my school 6 months ago. The reactions were ok, I guess. I'm one of the more popular kids, even after I told them I am gay. I'm pretty tall and strong so that's why they're more scared to bully me than one of my friends like Shane or Connor. I'm on the football team and not to sound cocky but I'm pretty good at it!

Oh it's already 1 am so I should go to bed and get some rest. The first day of the new year starts tomorrow and I'm re-doing this year because I didn't pay any attention in class. I'm sorry but I was just too focused on football!! But I'm 17 now and probably the only one. I'm going to bed now because I don't wanna be late, or maybe I do...


A/N: Thanks for reading the first chapter of our book! Please don't be too hard on us because it's our first fanfiction ever! We hope you guys wille enjoy the book and we'll try to update it as much as we can. xoxo N&M

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