Changed

A New Beginning

Hey guys!! So this is kinda of my "intro" into the first book that I have ever wrote on Wattpad. I'm kinda excited and a bit nervous to start this book because who knows what might happen :) whatever happens, I will also continue to love writing and reading. So hope you enjoy this story!!
Love, lforeversmilew ❤️

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Chapter One: A New Beginning

For some people, change might be the worst thing ever. It could range from getting a different color of rubber bands for your braces, or as intense as a close family member passing away. Nonetheless, change is hard to adjust to and can turn you your life upside down .

Fortunately, that wasn't the case for me.

My name is Dorothy Hobbs. Yes, I've had a fair share of jokes pointed at me from the "Wizard of Oz". If you were wondering, it's not my favorite movie.

Growing up, kids where never nice to me, constantly teasing me based on my appearance. I was that classic fat kid in school who ate away my feelings, and my peers never really could accept that I was "fluffy"... but beautiful. This resulted in me getting bullied all through elementary and middle school. Kids would say "Hey Dorothy! Click you red slippers so that you can disappear!" and "Did you eat your dog, Toto?

Yeah... They were pretty cruel.

9th grade was the absolute worst. Suddenly even the handful of people who would sometimes stick up for me, decided it wasn't "cool" to help the loser. I tried so hard to make friends but I just wasn't pretty enough, or that it was weird I preferred reading over shopping. The idea of going through racks of clothing for more than an hour nauseated me. Probably because most of the time I couldn't fit in most of the stuff. Many times, I had run ins with the employees there. Them telling me "Sorry dear, but you can't try that on you're going to stretch that out". My mom has tried in the past to file complaints in the stores, but I knew that in her heart, she always wished for a more "perfect" daughter. A daughter that would be a tiny bit prettier, a little skinnier, and possess just a bigger instrest in fashion.

9th passed by painfully and slowly. I mostly spent that time alone. My favorite time of day was being at home, after I had barely survived the horrible day at school. Whenever I was stressed out and upset, I would binge eat. Anything would satisfy me. A whole tub of ice cream, or a bag of candy. I watched my body fat increase rapidly. Suddenly I was scared to even step on the weight, terrified at what those 3 numbers would show me.

So yeah. That's what life was like for me, Dorothy Hobbs.

My family's quite small, just me, my dad, and my mom. It gets quite sometimes, so when I'm at home I just sing. Singing makes me feel a little bit more happy, and makes me feel prettier. So that's what I was doing one boring afternoon, after coming from school.

I pounced around my room, cleaning and belting out the lyrics to Megan Trainor's new song.

" CAUSE YOU KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT THAT BASS, BOUT THAT BASS, NO TREBLE"

Favorite song right there.

The music was so loud, I barely heard my mom and dad come back from work. I looked over at the clock

4:34....

Huhhhh? My mom and dad never came back earlier than 7. I quickly turned of the beautiful tunes and pounded down the stairs into the kitchen. Dad and mom where sitting in chairs, talking quietly at the granite counter.

"Hey mom, dad... Why are you guys home already?!"

My dad and mom both jumped at the sound of my voice, as if they hasn't seen me there. After adjusting to the shock, my mom was the first to come over and give me a hug. She looked really tired, and my dad looked even more disheveled, if that was possible. My parents were known around town for being the most well presented couple.

"Hey sweetie, didn't see you there. Dad and I were just talking about something pretty serious. Come join us."

Oh no. Last time they said this, Aunt Berta from Canada had slipped and broken her hip. They had asked me if i wanted to go take care of her with them. Normally I'm a pretty nice person.... But Aunt Berta's 89, and always loses her fake teeth and askes me to go find them for her.

I shuddered at that thought.

My dad came over as well and started to say something, a slash of pain came over his face as if his next words were hurting him extremely badly.

"Dorothy, I know that this may come as a shock to you. But because of circumstances we can't really share at this moment, we're going to have to have to do some really sudden."

I was scared about what he was going to say next.

"Honey, were going to have to move."

These were the best words anyone could of said to me.

"To New Jersey."

Halfway across the world? Even better.

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(Note from author)

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