Mine to Keep

Mine to Keep: Ch 1

Chapter 1

Lilly's P.O.V.

6 years later

I reached up and clipped my necklace into place before brushing out my chocolate brown hair. I stared at the mirror criticizing the girl I saw before me and sighed, giving up on looking even remotely pretty. I grabbed my bag and walked to my door. Today was the last day at my school because tomorrow I was going to be moving to New York to find my grandparents. I had a general idea of where they lived so that was where I would be starting. I slipped my suede boots on quickly before walking downstairs to the orphanage door. I happened to share a room with three other girls who were all quite a bit younger than me. After my parents' deaths the police searched for any close family that I might have had at the time but came up empty handed so they stuck me in an orphanage.

I walked to my school with my bag slung over my shoulder and went through the double doors. Once I was near my locker, I saw Rochelle with her most recent boyfriend. Rochelle was one of the few friends I had made after my family's deaths. She had a lot of drama in her own life so most of the time I didn't bother her with what was going on in my own life. If I did say something about myself she would immediately change the subject back to herself. It got frustrating but no one was perfect. I grabbed my books before going over to her.

"Hey Rochelle." I said with a smile.

"Hey Lilly." she said with what looked like a strained smile. I shifted my geography book to my hip and frowned, expecting there to be drama of some sort.

"Is something wrong?" I asked watching her. Her boyfriend, I think his name was Tom or something, wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Uh yeah Lil there is." she said with a sigh. "I don't think it's good for us to be friends anymore. You have too many problems for me and I can't deal with your shit on top of mine." she said bluntly as we walked for class. I stared at her letting out a shocked huff.

"Excuse me? How do I have too many problems?" I asked unable to believe my friend was ditching me.

"Well you annoy me with how much you talk about your dad and your family. He's dead and they're not coming back, get over it." she snapped. I stared at her as I felt a pain in my chest. Feeling helpless tears start to fill my eyes. How could she do something like this to me? What did I  ever do to deserve this? I instantly felt anger rise up in me because of her shallow nature and the stupidity of our friendship. Why was she even my friend?

"Oh so you're throwing away a three year friendship because it's too much work? Out of all the times I've been there for you because your heart is broken because YOU dumped the guy, you cant be there for me? Especially on the anniversary of my parents' death?" I yelled getting angry. Next Monday it would be seven years since they died. "Screw you Rochelle. When you get your head out of your ass, let me know." I said starting to walk away. I happened to have a very short temper. "on second thought, don't. You won't have to worry about me having drama after today. I'm leaving for good so don't bother ever contacting me again." I said angrily before turning and walking away to my first class. Rochelle had been my only friend for the past three years and she didn't want the difficulties? She's the one causing the difficulties! I didn't get how someone could just dump another person as a friend after three years of friendship. Who did that? I stormed into class and sat in my usual seat, barely hanging onto my temper by a thread. Another senior leaned over to whisper to me.

"Hey hottie, I was wondering if-" he started to say.

"Don't even." I snapped, not in the mood to be hit on by a stupid guy. Why did it have to be today of all days?

"But-"

"I said don't! I'm not in the damn mood and I will punch you!" I said turning to glare at him. He leaned back and held his hands up as if he were harmless. He slouched down in his seat and didn't say anything to me the rest of class. Any other time I would have handled it better but today was just not a good day for me.

The rest of the day passed with out incident but Rochelle stayed far away from me and Tom was always near her. I wanted to haul off and punch them but I couldn't without getting in trouble and trouble was the last thing I needed. I walked back to the orphanage at the end of the day, putting my ear buds in to listen to some music. I needed it to help me think about everything going on.

When I walked through the door I was nearly tackled by Emilee, a five year old girl that had taken a liking to me at the orphanage and that had definitely made me feel special. Her parents had given her up because they couldnt handle the responsibility of a child. They instead felt as though they should travel a bit and see if they could find a stable place and then POSSIBLY come back for her. I felt so bad for her and would adopt her if possible but seens how I'm an orphan myself that'd be pretty hard. I knelt and had a brief conversation with her which brightened my day considerably. She showed me a painting that she did in kindegarten of her holding my hand, before I headed up to my room to find some money to buy a one way ticket to New York. I hoped that my grandparents would accept me with open arms and wouldn't toss me out on my rear. I was anxious to go and see them but I was also extremely nervous about seeing them. What if they didn't like me? What if they wanted me gone? I had no way home after because it had taken all my money to buy a ticket to New York. I had no clue what they were like and it would definitely be an adventure to find out.

A/N: I know this isnt very long but it will get longer as the story progresses. I promise. Hopefully I will be posting another chapter later today...maybe not. Please comment or vote