The Life of Jaylee Anderson

Chapter 1

Today wasn't the first time I walked into a new school. I got used to people always talking about me but, Collinsburg High School, is so what I've never expected. People were coming up to me, introducing themselves and actually wanting to be my friend. I've never really made friends because I've always been called very nasty and inappropriate names. I've been to eight different schools, six different houses, so it was very hard to keep friends. My family, isn't like any other family. My family doesn't really like having the older kids in the house. I have 6 other siblings, and I'm the oldest. It's Junior, Jesse, Jordy, Jose, Julia, Jaycee, and I'm Jaylee. I'm only 15 and have to share my room with two others. I don't like the idea of sharing a room , but that's what I get for being a foster child. I was taken in about two years ago and I was so excited to be with a new family since the one I had didn't exactly want me. After my old family dropped me off, I was in there for three years and I had an eating disorder and I always thought eating makes you fat. In the second week of going through it, my friend Jake found out and he gave me his food everyday. I never wanted to eat it but he wanted me to. Once I gained twenty pounds, he asked me out. We dated for about a year and a half but we had to break up. We said we loved each other and we spent every second together and had our first kiss when I was leaving. He wanted me to call him once I got there but my foster mom don't like me keeping in touch with the kids in my past. Anyways, Collinsburg High School ( CHS ) has been the best experience of my life. A girl named Stephanie came up to me and told me that a guy named Landon liked me. Then she looked at her phone then back at me and said; "Do you have your own phone?" then started texting on her phone. "Yes but I'll have to ask my mom if I can use her phone." , "What's wrong with your phone?" , "My mom took it and said that I couldn't have it anymore." , "Oh. Okay well, ask your mom okay?" , "Okay." As I started walking to my first class, I noticed I was the last one in the room with only one seat left and it was next to a kid who stared at my shoes all hour. When the bell rang, I was the first one out of the room and the first one to be in the next classroom. I sat in the back of the class and one thing I noticed was two guys were talking about me. One of them put a note on my desk while the other one was watching him do it. The note said; 'Dear New Girl, I'm not sure what your name is but I just wanted to say hi and that your super pretty and you should talk to me sometime. -Jake.' I was shocked to see that he was hitting on me. I looked over at him then suddenly the bell rang to go to lunch. He was following me, I could just feel it. Then someone tapped on my shoulder. It wasn't Stephanie or that Jake guy. It was a guy with brown hair, that he spiked in the front, a gorgeous smile and big brown eyes. "Hey. I'm Josh Peterson. What's your name?" he says smiling. "Jaylee Anderson." I say, smiling. I watch his eyes glow and his smile grow big. "Well, hi Jaylee. We should hangout. Want to ditch lunch and let me show you around?" he says with a smile. "Okay but I have to go to Daughtry's class. I have no idea where it is either." , "I'll take you there. Only if you would want me too." , "Of course I would. Thanks Josh." We started walking to the music room and he asked me about my past to 'get to know me better'. I told him about Jake and I, he responded; "You and Jake, you were in love?" , "Practically, he hasn't seen me in so long. I wish I'd be able to but my foster family doesn't want my past repeating. My foster mom says that 'What is done in the past, deserves to stay in the past' but I choose never to listen." , "Here's the music room. Did you know that he's not here for lunch?" , "Yeah, maybe." , "Then why-" , "I like to sing to myself alright.?" he smiles. "You want me to stay?" , "I just want to set my stuff down and we can go." I walk in the music room, set my stuff down, look around a little and then hear Josh trying to talk to me but I walk out of the room and grab Josh's hand and ran down the hallway. Josh stops and starts laughing. "Jaylee, you are crazy. I think I may love you." he says with a smile. I smile back and we started to walk. "Where do you want to go?" he says looking at me. "I really want to go to lunch. We need our food." , "Jaylee, your probably the coolest person I've ever met." he looks at me, smiling.