Scarlet...

CHAPTER 1

A BROKEN HOME

 “I am talking to you, Steven, Who the fuck is Melissa and why did she send you this text saying you should meet her in Clanis by 9:00pm today” My mum screamed. My dad ignored my mums question and continued to dress up for work. She rose up another question “Are you having an affair, after 16 years of marriage is this how you want to ruin it. Steven is this where you went to for the past four months” She yelled.

 “And how is it your business you useless slut!” My dad replied. My mum said “See who is calling me a slut. You don’t see me committing adultery with other men. I feel stupid marrying a male prostitute” My dad got mad and started chasing my mum around the large house.

 My mum tripped and my dad jumped on her and started beating her up. “Dad don’t be stupid you’re the wrong one you know!!” My older brother Cliff said from his room. “Dad please stop It” Calvin said.

 This started some few months ago and has brought Chaos to my family. Melissa is 41, the same age as my dad. Melissa had been married 6 times and been divorced. She has 3 bad behaved, ill mannered children. Every one knew about Melissa other than my mum. Dad swore to kill any of us that will tell her.

 Monday morning, I got up and did my usual routine. Packed my hair in a ponytail, skinny jeans and black and white short sleeves. I grabbed my black and white plimsolls and entered my mums prime green Ferrari. Calvin hurried after me and my mum drove us to school.

 I am in the 11h Grade but that doesn’t make me popular. I am the dork of the school. I used to be protected when Cliff was in Clifford High but when he got a scholarship to St. Jackson, my world tumbled upside down and inside out. I am currently the smartest person in school but brains meant nothing.

 I had one friend, A couple of years ago called Sally Pretiside but sadly she moved to England after the death of her parents. The only hope I have is the fact that I am the teachers pet. I had a really great voice so I was the leader of all the musical groups in the school. Miss Bleu, the schools head of arts department, absolutely adored me. To her I was the reincarnation of both Rihanna and Beyonce.

 Just last week I got beaten up so bad that, I returned home with a broken hand. It occurred by a terrible miss hap with Tess Shade. She is everything a guy would want in a girl and she has everything. 

 Blonde long hair, head cheerio, Head girl, home coming queen. Talk less of the fact that her mum is the owner and principal of the school. Tess gets away with everything but for some funny reason out of all the shy dorky people in school, I had to be the one she chose to ruin their life.

 School was long and as usual uneasy to cope, so I was quite relieved when the schools bus pulled in front of my lawn. People were so amazed each time the bus pulled in front of my house because of the size and looks. It was fit to be called a mansion.                                                                                      

 We met my mum outside her own home (like literarily it’s her house. Her parents were billionaires and gave it to her as wedding gift) banging on the door and pleading for my father to let her in. Calvin and I were forced to join in

   He didn’t let us in until we threatened to car the cops. My mum spent most of the day crying but it was of no use for the fact my fathers heart was made of stone. Calvin was 14, two years younger than me, but in school he had by far more rep than me. I was just the one with hidden assets.

  Girls in Clifford High died for my brothers but the irresistible genes kind of skipped me.Calvin was currently dating a very beautiful Italian teen model in our school, Santana. She came over every day so she kind of liked m e a lot. I think.

 My parents have not talked for a while now and my mum filled for a divorce. My dad was pretty upset about that for the fact he wanted us but the three of us had already made up our minds to stay with our mother.

  Melissa invaded my house with her three ugly spoilt bratty children. I missed Sandra at times like this but it didn’t make her anything less than dead. She was the only one that you could say everyone loved her. Inhuman.

 “SHIT!!” I was nicknamed in school for the fact my parents gave me the names Scarlet, Heather, Indiannana and Taylor. It was quite depressing because Sandra’s initials were S.T.A.R but the n I was SHIT. I mean seriously were my parent drunk at that point in time? I t was very unfortunate for me that my parents couldn’t be normal and choose only two names.

  My brothers and I planned to sabotage my father and his new boo. I put worms and slime in to her fluffy slippers, Once she put them on,  her scream echoed all around the house. She got to her feet and rushed into the bathroom were oil was carefully poured and she slipped and fell straight into the toilet, by the way was filled with cow manure.  

 She screamed and a loud thump echoed around the house. My dad rushed in to see what had happened. We got grounded and beaten up. The day our grounding ended, we exchanged her hair brightening shampoo with bright orange hair dye. Staining her badly cut short blonde hair, orange.

  “… that shows Cruella De’Vil” Calvin said, trying to hold back his laughter. Immediately, Melissa’s children barged into my room, where Cliff, Calvin and I were laughing and started accusing us of their mums misfortune.

 We were so relieved when mum informed us that her and dad were divorced. “It’s official.” She said. At that very moment dad was heading for the gate with his soon to be family. Cliff, Calvin, Mum and I headed for  the window in my room. Cliff yelled “Fuck you and your family, Steven.”

 Dad and his family were moving to Hong Kong. We left and my mum changed back her name back to Skye Brooke.