Promises

Chapter One

My life was falling apart, brick by boring brick.

"Jackie!" I heard my mother scream from her bed "Get your ass out of bed before your'e late for school!"  I rolled over so I was laying on my back. I silently thought to myself 'Finally the last week of school.. One more week, and I'll be done with 10th grade.' Right when I sit up, the door springs open "GET U- your'e lucky your'e up" she spat out whilst shutting the door.  I sighed while rolling my eyes. I got up and went to the bathroom. The school day wasn't anything special, I had to take my English final. So what I threw on was my black vans, my Fall Out Boy sweatshirt and leggings. 'Do I need makeup today?' I sighed out, talking to myself. 'Screw it, I'll just wear some mascara.' I muttered while applying the mascara. When I was done with brushing my teeth and everything, I walked downstairs to hear my mom and her dumb boyfriend David fighting. Again. They always fight over the stupidest stuff and it pisses me off. They were fighting about a can of pop when I got down there. "Do you even fucking realize that I work my ass off to pay for the roof over our heads" David screamed, he always managed to fit that in the argument like we haven't already heard it a million times before. "We both put the god damned roof over our heads." my mom spat put before David stomped out of the door, leaving for work. My mom looked at me almost in tears, "You do realize that we fight because of you right? Not because of your brother, or your sister. We fight because of you. You cause us so muh stress, did you have to drink his damn soda?" She screamed at me, while I was sitting there not even paying attention, because I get yelled at so much I've learned to tune it out. "You don't even pay attention to me anymore, do you Jackie? I'm so fucking sick of this shit." those were my moms last words before she whimpered up the stairs. After she left, I finished my cereal and went to school. 

On the way to school, my friend Lexi texted me. The text read 'Good morning, beautiful. Good luck on your English final. :)' She isn't really a friend.. She is my best friend. She was literally the only one I've told all of my life problems to, I tell her everything. I smiled as I read the text, but it wasn't a real smile. I haven't smiled a real smile since about sixth grade. I text her back saying, 'Right back at ya!'. Soon after I sent the text, I pulled into the school parking lot. Walking through the halls, I heard snickering. I looked around cautiously and there were people whispering. Most people didn't notice my existence, but some people just noticed me so they could treat me like utter shit. I heard 'The Popular Girl' Torii whisper "Look at her, she shoulda' caked it on before she came.. She woulda' looked way better as a clown than a cow." I brushed it off and headed to my English class. When I sat down, I saw Shawn Mendes(Torii's boyfriend of three weeks) sitting by his friends. They were all laughing and telling Shawn about what Torii said about me. Shawn looked over at me and mouthed the words 'I'm so sorry.' I smiled at him and mouthed back 'It's ok' and Mrs. Leonard said "Shut your beaks and take your seats" she thinks she's cool. No. As we all got quite Mrs. Leonard passed out the final tests and we started the tests. When half of the class was done, Mrs. L asked us if anybody wanted to cut some papers for her, and Torii said "Jackie will! She knows all about cutting, she's a pro." she then started cackling like a witch. Shawn looked at her in utter disgust while saying he'll cut the paper for Mrs. Leonard. The rest of that class I just sat in complete silence while everyone around me laughed and spat spitballs at the side of my cheek. After what seemed like hours, the bell finally rang. When I was walking out of class, Shawn came up behind me and grabbed my wrist. I winsed in pain, but I turned around to see a concerned look on his face. "Jackie, heres my number. Call me right when you get home from school today." He said while handing me a piece of paper with his number on it. He smiled at me and walked away. I held the peice of paper in my hand the whole rest of the day and on the car ride home. 

As I pulled into my drive way, my mom was stammering into the house, drunk. No, hammered. I assumed she was coming from work, because she works at a bar. She always comes home drunk. I never know which I'm going to get when she comes home; Drunk or Sober. When I got out of the car, I sighed and looked down at the piece of paper Shawn gave me; wait, why did he give me his number? Shawn doesn't talk to girls like me.. Shawn had the voice of an angel. He was also famous on an app called 'Vine'. He had millions of followers, and he's coming out with a single. He's also in this event with a couple other viners, called Magcon. And here I sat, with his number in my hand. I walked into my house and my mom was lying on the stairs passed out. I gently stepped over her onto the next step. As soon as I opened the door to my room, I sat down and called Shawn. "Hello?" he said answering the phone. "Uh, hey. It's um Jackie." I studdered. Oh my god was I nervous. I don't do this kind of thing. I don't talk to people. "Hey Jackie! Listen, about what happened today. I dumped Torii. What she did wa-" he said but I cut him off before he could continue. "Hey, it's fine. You really don't need to be sorry, and you really really didn't have to dump your girlfriend over someone as stupid as me Shawn." I said. "But thank you." I added and hung up the phone. Seconds later he called me back, I answered but didnt say anything. "Jackie, you are not stupid. Don't ever say that again. You are wonderfully smart, and very very beautiful. You looked so beautiful today, because you didnt wear any makeup. Torii thought she was something cool. But in reality, she's not. At all. What she did to you today was an all time low, even for her." I smiled at his words, but he wasn't done "Jackie, I think you are very talented and I want to get to know you better. I want to be your best friend, I want to be the one you tell everything to. So what do you say Jackie? Can I pick you up around 7 on tonight?" He asked. I waited a while to answer "Sure." I said and I bet he could hear me blushing through the phone, then he added "Wear something comfy, no makeup." He said then hung up.