My Guardian Angel

Chapter 1

The summer before my senior of high school was supposed to be the best summer of my life, or so I thought. It was the year that evry teeager looks forward to, we were almost free.

I've been lied to and talked down to my entire life.

I've been told that I won't amount to anything, that I'm nothing but the 'corner store girl'. I started to believe them.

The people in this town aren't as sweet and welcoming as they look.

I push people away before they have the chance to do it to me.

One day, me and Emma were taking a walk around town right after we got done at the bookstore.

I'm the kind of girl who prefers to have their nose stuck in a book on a Friday night, then be out at a party like every other person my age.

I haven't had my normal binge of books lately, Emma just wanted to go so I'd shut up about the new book i've been dying to get.

We had just left my dad's store from dropping of my extreme amount of books i had just bought.

We saw the cutest little duo of boys that we have never seen before. They are both tall, they'd catch any girls eye.

Which is kinda odd because we don't really get new people around here very often.

We are a very small town and Emma and I know everyone and pretty much everything about it, as we are very nosy people.

Emma had been my best friend since 4th grade and is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and now I will be starting off my last year of high school with the best person in my life.

Me and Emma have been through so much. She has been my rock. I don't know what I'd do without her.

We have our fights, but we also have our inside jokes. I wouldn't take back a single thing, she's the sister I never knew I needed.

Well I knew, at the time, my life was gonna be amazing with her by my side.

Through the next year we would go through ups and downs but she was there, always and forever.

If you didn't already know, Texas is very hot this time of year. During the summer all I really did was spend time with my dad in his shop and walk around town at the same shops with Emma.

My dad is a general store owner and my favorite person, he's almost all I have left other than Emma. He always says "Mia, you are my reason for breathing and I love you just for that."

He is a kind and simple man, not without his faults just like every other human bring. His smile is a rare occasion but words couldn't describe how much joy it brings me to hear his laugh across a room

Ever since mom died my dad doesn't like to talk about her, it's almost like he becomes bitter at the mention of her name the older I get. I really wish I knew what she was like.

The only thing I really know is that she had an amazing singing voice, loved to read, and she loved me to pieces, at least that's what grandma always told me. I still go back and watch tapes of her singing to me as a baby.

Those tapes are the only thing that helps me sleep when i'm alone and my mind won't let me rest.

I still have books that she had handwritten notes in, my handwriting is a lot like hers.

My grandma told me stories about how she would sing around the house while she had me on her hip. Her laugh was infectious and her smile would light up a room.

Mom had a fighting spirit and she was headstrong, grandma says i'm a lot like her in that way. I never give up and i always fight for what's right, sometimes i even fight or those who can't fight for themselves.

When grandma died a couple months ago, and dad started acting really weird lately. I think he is hiding something from me.

I guess I will find out sooner or later, right?

Let's just hope these walls i've put up to protect myself don't come crashing down, along with what i've built of my life.

That's the last thing I need.