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CHAPTER ONE

HAZELS POV

ELIZABETH RYDER
1970 - 2015
A loving daughter, wife mother and friend.

"I've been shot!" Jason screeches dramatically. I see dad splatter mom with paint and while Jason is whining I grab the flag. I smile victoriously and rush towards dad, he hugs me and drops the paintball gun. Mom and Jason sigh defeatedly. Jason being the sore loser starts arguing about the game not being fair.

I smile at the memory as tears run down my face. I am embraced from the back with the warmth of my brother as he envelops me. He smiles sadly and wipes my tears. We sit silently in front of moms grave.
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I rush to the shower to do my morning routine. wrapping my towel around me, I enter my closet and match a random burgundy hoodie with black ripped jeans. I see my reflection in the mirror and stare into my green eyes that I inherited from my father, the only difference being that mine have dark circles which resemble a raccoon. I dump my jet black hair into a messy bun and rush downstairs just to see Jason nibbling on a toast, I grab it from his hands and kiss him on the cheek. "Hazel!!" He drawls out and whines like a five year old. I ignore him and rush out of the house. I check my phone just to see I'm half an hour late, but well............who cares. I skate my way to Greenwood High while enjoying the cool breeze hitting my face.
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The hallways are empty as I am 30 minutes late. I check my schedule and see that I have History with Mr.Smith who is a short, fat man with round glasses similar to Harry Potter's and I absolutely hate him. He is always looking for opportunities to give me detention. Lucky for me, Maddie shares this class with me who stares at me with her wide blue eyes. I give her a pleading look and because of the best friend telepathy she knows exactly what I want. Maddie raises her hand and calls the teacher who grunts and walks towards her "sir what does pawn mean?" He grunts once again which he tends to do a-lot around Maddie and I and struts towards his laptop that is connected to the projector. Looks like one of our teacher really sucks at his vocabulary because he needs to search simple words up. While he is walking towards the front of the class humming an annoying tune, I quickly slip into the classroom and lucky for me the chair by the door was vacant. Mr. Smith searches the word but I guess due to his recent searches "porn" comes up and being the fast man he is, he clicks on it. The class starts to snicker and the teacher seeing that the students' attention is elsewhere, he looks towards his projector and goes red in the face. Seeing the teachers reaction the class erupts in full blown laughter.

The rest of the classes pass by in a blur not being as entertaining as History. During lunch Maddie and I meet up and go to a café close by the school since both of us are not in the mood of eating the gross school food.

After school is done i skate back home and when i reach, I'm met with a silent house that i am all too familiar with. I make a snack and gobble it down then take a shower and change into the baggiest clothes I own. I play on the phone for a while until my eyes start feeling heavy and i finally give into sleep.