Teach Me Something New

Chapter 1

(Picture above is the Shadow's and Joy's school timetables.)

I can't remember my birth parents, they abandoned me when I was only a baby. Since then, I have been bouncing from foster homes to foster homes, until one family took me in; Joe and his daughter Joy. They have been the only Family I've ever known; the only people who have loved and cared for me. But I'm still not happy - I want to know my birth parents and why they left me. I know I'm not perfect, but I'm their daughter.

My name is Shadow Thompson. I'm 17-years-old. I have red eyes and white hair. I also recently got a tattoo on my hip that says 'Courage' and got my nose, eyebrow, lip and ear pierced. I know, typical goth look, right. In addition to that, I am currently dealing with a bad case of depression. Why? I couldn't deal with the fact that my parents. Sorry, my birth parents, left me. Who could do that? Leave your child I mean. I do love my adopted family terribly, but I would still like to meet my biological parents.

I started self-harming when I realised that they weren't coming back and that they didn't want me but never had the courage to tell anyone.

* * * * *

It was the first day in a new school that changed everything for me. Joe, Joy and I moved to a small town called, Mount Kingsley, and Joy and I were going to Mount Kingsley High School (MKHS).

"It's going to be okay girls, I'll be here after school to pick you up," Joe Explained, smiling at us gently, reassuring us for the exciting, yet nerve-wracking day that beheld us.

"See you later daddy," Joy says, giving Joe a quick kiss on the cheek before hopping out of the car.

"Bye Joe," I say holding out my fist. He gave me a fist bump and wished me luck as I got out of the car and walked beside Joy to the front office to get our forms and everything else we needed for school.

"Stop playing with your nails," I whisper to Joy who was busy picking her nails, a nervous habit of hers.

"Sorry, how are you handling the big change so far?" Joy asked me, probably feeling bad for being in her own world, feeling guilty for not asking sooner. I sighed.

"Okay, I guess. Let's just get this day over and done with, aye," I reply, faking a smile to show I was 'fine' while I was itching to cut this pain and depression away.

"Yeah," she says smiling back as we walked into the office to be greeted by the staff at the desk.

"Hi, I am Shadow Thompson and this is Joy Thompson, it is our first day and we were wondering where we could get our form, timetables, and anything else we need," I said, plastering a fake smile on my face. Man, I could be an actress.

"Yes, we have them right here, along with your locker numbers and combos," she smiled, looking between Joy and I. "My name is Ms Kook. Come by here if you need anything," She explained, handing over our books and forms.

"We have three classes out of five together - Aqua Marine, Geography, and English, as well as one line of free periods," I said, as we compared classes on our way to our lockers, which happened to be next to each other.

"Well, we might want to get ready for English so we have time to find our class and settle into seats,' Joy advised. I nodded, stuffing books into my lock and my bag, while Joy did the same.

When we found our English classroom, we walked in to see a teacher sitting at the desk in front of an empty classroom.

"Hello, are you our English teacher?" I asked as the teacher looked up at us. My breath got caught in my throat - he was hot.