chapter 1

My name is  Lia jenkins. I go by LJ though. Well atleast at my old home I used to. Am like your average chick. Not. Hehe. My personality is amazing though. well, that also depends on your tolerance levels 

Anyway due to very compromising situations back home. My little brother and I had to move to LA and start living with our mother and her boyfriend. I don't really like the guy. 

I know I am supposed to be the understanding daughter who really wants her mom to be happy but honestly, my dad just passed a year ago. I don't know how she expects me to be okay with all this. It kind of  makes me wonder if she was ever hurt by daddy's death. 

"LJ, get up, you're gonna be late. Its your first day of school, don't make me come up there," my mum yells from the kitchen and I pull the covers over my head. 

Honestly i've been doing this for almost a year. I wake up. Lay around till she comes and gets me herself  just to irk her abit. 

I know what you're thinking. Why would anyone be so mean to their mom? Yada yada (rolling my eyes). Well you do not know my mum. To the outside world she's okay. She's this beautiful happy go getter and caring mom but once you get to really know her, you'd spite her too.

"Lia, i told you to freaking get up," my mom badged into my room with a scowl on her face.

Bingo

"I heard you the first time, you know, not responding the first time usually means i dont give a fuck. Just in case you didn't know." I replied fake smiling and going back to bed. 

A few seconds later I felt the blanket being ripped off my body leaving my shorts and tshirt exposed. 

"What the fuck?" I cussed sitting up.

"Don't cuss at me lia, now get up and get ready, you're driving JJ to school." She retorted walking out of my room. 

I sighed and slumped back into my mattress. 

Well that was boring.

I finally stood up and started getting ready, deciding I am too lazy to actually take my time on this shit I threw on a grey cropped vest, some dark jeans and a dark grey Nike sweater. 

I finally entered the kitchen where everyone else was and by everyone else I mean my mum, JJ, my little brother and. Finn Presley, my mum's love interest. The devil incarnate. A schomburg. Whatever you want to term it. 

"You do know this school is for rich elites, bambina, you could have at least tried," my mom said, rolling her eyes at my choice of clothes and I flinched when she used my dad's nickname for me. 

"I don't care and dont call me bambina, you're not dad" I glared at my cereal

"That's no way to talk to your mum lia," finn interjected 

"Like i care about your opinion frank," i scoffed

"Am pretty sure you know my name and that's rude lia, your mum and i are trying," he says and I immediately lose my appetite. Someone shoot me please. 

"Am not asking you to, come on JJ. We got school to get to," i   stood from my seat and walked away from the entire scene, leaving my dish at the table. 

Like a bad bitch.

JJ followed me outside, listening to music on my phone. He was exactly like me, just more reserved. 

"Lia," he called as  we settled into my car. 

"Yeah," 

"I hate the first day of school," he whispered glaring at the radio and I smiled. 

"Yeah me too," I replied but  driving us to school nonetheless.

JJ had definitely been my rock this past year. He's the only person that made me feel like not everything in my life was going wrong. Honestly, if it weren't for my eight year old little brother I'd be dead and I mean it literally. 

I dropped him off at his school and waved him goodbye making sure he had his lunch money and all his books.

"Wait you forgot something," i said to him and he turned back to me 

"What?" He asked impatiently. 

"So you're seriously not gonna kiss me goodbye," I asked and he frowned, making me laugh. I love it when his flustered 

" But we discussed this. I am 8 years old now and am a big boy. I am too old for kisses." He mumbled but moved closer to me. 

" I don't care if you're 30 JJ, you'll always get my kisses," I said and kissed him all over making him turn red from embarrassment but he still giggled. 

"Remember what dad said. Everytime it gets hard in the present it gets easier in the future, okay big boy," he nodded and sort of sprinted to the school entrance. He stopped suddenly right before entering and turned around with a big smile plastered on his face.

"I love you lia," he said and ran off to wherever he ran off to. leaving me feeling like a proud mummy. Oh my heart 

I finally got to my new school and mentally hit myself when I realized how late I was. There was no person outside, not even a staff member.

I moved towards the main office to collect my schedule and there I met a lovely old lady whose name I learned to be Ruth. She welcomed me to the school and took it upon herself to walk me to my first class. A darling aint she. 

" This is it," her sweet grandma voice sounded as we stood directly outside this large white door. 

"Thanks mrs smith," 

"Aww don't thank me love, would you like me to walk in with you just in case you have trouble with the teachers," she asked earnestly and i grinned but declined 

" Can I come see you during lunch though," I asked , completely smittened by the old lady. Maybe I just liked her or maybe I desperately craved a mothers attention and love. Whatever it was, it made Mrs Smith dear to me immediately. 

She grinned at me."I'll be expecting you, you're such a sweet child," 

She chuckled and slowly walked  back to her office. I slowly opened the door completely forgetting to knock and eyes instantly landed on me. So many eyes. 

Don't get me wrong, I am a confident person. My father taught me to always hold my head up, but that didn't mean I liked attention. If anything I loathe being the centre of attention. 

" lovely of you to join us, you must be the new student, miss jenkins right," 

"Yeah," I said, a little nervous. The rest of the class was quiet studying me, obviously judging me. 

Well this is awkward. 

I noticed how they all sat with poise, looking all posh, all the girls were dressed in designer clothes and their make up was done to perfection. "Privileged kids " I thought to myself and tried my level best to keep the contempt out of that thought. 

"Well am ms warez, I'll be your literature teacher, mind introducing yourself." Seriously couldn't we just skip this part.  

Mentally puts a rope through my neck and shoots myself at the same time.

"Well uhh... I am Lia jenkins, am from Wisconsin, just moved," 

"Why did you move?" One girl in the middle row asked, clearly trying to intimidate me. 

"Personal reasons," I said simply. 

"Well by the way you dressed I wouldn't be shocked if you robbed a homeless shelter," another girl said and the class erupted in laughter. 

Seriously, that wasn't even funny. I could do so much more damage. But, calm down Lia, you're new, let's try this nice thing out. 

"Glad I could entertain y'all, may I sit please," I asked the teacher who looked at me with a  pitiful expression.

I know, miss, I know, they're demons. I thought to myself as she nodded and I began moving to the vacant seat at the very back of the classroom.

"Oh my god she said y'all who says that in a formal setting, does she even speak proper English" Okay that's it this girl was going to get it. 

"Actually i do speak proper English, miss look-at-how-dumb-i-am , what i dont speak though, is stupid. A language you seem quite fluent in." I said with the  most polite smile I could master. 

The whole room went quiet, like I had done something unthinkable,and after the extremely uncomfortable silence, in came the curious gazes. This school is full of weirdos, someone end my life please.

The blonde bimbo that was saying shit started to speak again but miss warez cut her off. Thank god. I was seriously calculating how hard I would have to stretch for my fist to make out with her face. 

"Okay ladies let's not get ahead of ourselves, miss jenkins is new and that is no way to welcome her," 

"Who said she's welcome, look at her she looks like she crawled out of a rat hole,she doesn't belong here," 

"Shove it up your ass blondie," I snarled and the teacher glared at me this time. 

"Miss jenkins language, both of you keep quiet or you'll have detention, now I'd like to proceed with my lesson." 

Ooh boy i was so gonna hate it here.