You Changed Me

Lacie

     I was 12 when it happened. If I'm being honest I wasn't even that upset about it. I mean why would I have been? They got drunk every night and were always brought home by the cops after being found in a ditch somewhere. It's their fault they died. They didn't have to get drunk and leave the people they should have cared about most home alone waiting for them to come home. My brother took it hard... he was only 7 at the time and even though he rarely saw them he was still upset. Once they died me and my brother were put into foster care. They put us into the same foster home because Jeremy was so young they didn't want to separate us. Two years later when Jeremy was 9 he was adopted by a young couple. He was happy to leave but didn't want to leave me. I told him it was fine... and it was because he would be safe and happy. Unfortunately, I was never adopted. I have been living in the same foster home for two years and all the other kids have found families. More kids join every year but I am the only that had stayed. I don't mind my foster family... they are actually really nice... it's just I know I will never be adopted and I may never get to see Jeremy again... but that's my life... and that will always be my life...

It's my second year at Manchester High. Honestly I don't have a problem with it. I'm literally invisible to everyone so I don't have to worry about getting bullied or people asking me for things... there are a lot of people in this hellhole who deserve better. I have met a few people who know me but never talk to me except outside of school. Yeah, it would be nice if they talked to me but, that would be suicide.

One of the only things I enjoy in life is writing. It's a way to get away from the real world and express yourself. The only person that talks to me is my English teacher. Miss Nickson. She really enjoys my writing and wishes I would share them with the class. But, I guess she has no idea that literally no one knows who I am... of course everyone in my English class either plays a sport or at least has friends. The one person that I have never known where he fits is Jace Baker. Yeah, he's the quarterback but I can't be the only one that sees that he hates football... I know it's all an act and I'm going to figure out who Jace Baker really is.