Life for her was perfect.
She had best friends who were there for her, she had a loving family (sort of), and was well-liked. She had everything rolling for her at 15.
Well, that's what she thought.
Notice those past tenses used? Yeah, they mean something.
Until a certain incident happened in 9th grade, she changed. She gained enemies, and her health decreased. Her self-worth lowered with each passing day. She was broken, angry, and with so many emotions bottled up, mean.
Her parents moved her back across town, and she changed again. She went back to being nice; her normal self. But two things stuck with her: her health, and her nightmares that she wouldn't ever be able to escape.
Then...
Her mother got a promotion, and thus, had to move across the country.
See, she was on-call 24/7 and hardly in state, as was her husband. What was she supposed to do with her teenager who can't exactly live alone?
Well, you send her away of course.
***
16 year old Brooklyn May is sent to go live with her parent's old friends when they get an offer they can't pass up in New York. That wouldn't be such a big deal for her, but, it's the biggest deal when she's not only moving out of the state, she's moving to another country.
So, she's got to say goodbye to her friends, life, and the nice beaches that lay in Los Angeles and move to Canada. To make matters worse, she's not just moving in with strangers, she's moving in with a family made up of boys.
The hottest and baddest boys at school, the Canadian Rebel Boys (or Brothers). At least that's what her new school calls them.
Not only does she have to survive her Junior year and the years to come, she has to learn to tolerate being with boys; not just herself and her friends back home.
Making new friends and enemies along the way, Brooklyn struggles her way through high school with a bunch of perverts, snobby girls, drama, and maybe, just maybe, finds a way to live with the boys and possibly find love while doing so.
*(COMPLETED)
"The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth."
He bit his lip.
"I wanted to te-"
His eyes began to water and as a single tear fell he looked at me and said "but what if you've been lying for so long you don't know how to tell the truth?"
"I have and so will you."
He shook his head, shut his eyes, and leaned his forehead against the glass. "And here I was thinking you would admit that you don't tell the truth either."
I gripped the telephone as my knuckles turned white. "What do you mean?"
"Come on Zoey I've seen you sneaking around acting like you're busy. You're hiding something and you won't tell me."
All Zoey Campbell ever wanted to do was keep her head down and get through high school. Too bad it isn't that easy.
Zoey is tired of everything and everyone. She is tired of being pushed around and tired of watching in the shadows. She is tired of pretending to like that girl that doesn't even know her name. Tired of pretending that she is ok when she isn't.
She is constantly hoping for a better way out thinking she should just disappear. All she wants to do is scream but no matter how loud she screams no one can hear her.
Don't worry things just get worse. Everyone thinks she's a "sick" girl and just another suicide case waiting to happen. I mean what kind of girl sits by herself everyday right?
Zoey is running out of time and she thinks no one has tried to help her until her "special" speech in class. No one really cares about what she really thinks anyway. It just that feeling of pity. Everyone thinks she really is sick but she knows she's not. But what if she is? Maybe all it takes is that one thing to make her snap. As her life gets thrown into chaos and deep dark secrets she can't help but try to figure out the truth. Will she find a way to let her new friends save her or will she just end up as another suicide case?
*Disclaimer wrote this in 2017 when I was 14.