Outkast
By: Jaded Reflection
Chapter 1
You know the girl that everyone in the world seems to hate? The person who people automatically label as a loser or a freak? A loner? Yeah, that's me in a nutshell. They all look at me like I'm the scum of the earth and don't deserve to live just because I don't make a good fashion statement. Every high school in the world has people like me so why should I be any different? Because they know I'm a freak and never let me forget a damn moment of it.
Isn't it weird that people always seemed to judge you by what you look like? Like if you look a certain way, you are that kind of a person and if you change your styles everyday then you become a poser? I seriously don't get it. I mean like how do they find time to actually look at you and criticize your appearance? It's so annoying and stupid.
But I've learnt to deal with it and frankly don't even care anymore. I try and ignore them but they always get on my case. It just surprises me that they never get tired of me. Hn.
My name is Riona Carter and I'm an outkast. Welcome to my life.
Let's start from the beginning. As I said, my name is Riona Carter. I'm half Guyanese and half Greek. I have two parents who don't really give a shit about anything much less me. Along with that, I have four older brothers, three of which are in my school and are popular and jocks. The oldest, Chase, is in his second year of Princeton. From all my family, Chase is the only one who actually looks at me and talks. Everyone acts as if I'm invisible. I swear to God, if you ask them if they knew anyone named Riona, they'd probably say: "Riona? Riona who?"
As if it isn't enough that they ignore me at home but being my older brothers, they should atleast defend me at school right? Hell no. At school, it's worse than at home. If either one of them see my coming towards them, they turn away and start talking or flirting with some next girl. I'm the youngest in my family, unfortunately. And, I have a twin. Twins are supposed to be your other half. Your soulmate. They're supposed to be your best friend. But who was I kidding? That was only in stupid novels or movies.
My twin's name is Devon. He is 1 day older than me. Well not really a whole day but he was born at 11:57 pm and I was born at 12:02 am. Then there's Jared. He's a junior at Roswell High. He played basketball and hockey. And then there's Adrian. Adrian's a senior at Roswell. So, in total, there's me and Devon (we're sophomores), Jared, Adrian and lastly, Chase.
I sighed. Chase wasn't coming home until Christmas and it was only the middle of October. Even though we talk on the phone sometimes, it wasn't enough. I may sound selfish but I need someone with me here all the time.
Chase was busy with his studies and he recently started working too so that gave us less time to talk. I couldn't even dream of going to Devon. If I even so much as step into his room, he'd glare me to death. Same with Jared and Adrian. Their stuff was off limits to me. I'd never hear the end of it. I smiled humorlessly. Great family I have, ne? Yeah, that's what I thought. Was it even possible to forget your own flesh and blood? Much less the person who shared the womb with? I'm talking about Devon, yeah.
Anyways, I don't wanna talk about any oft them anymore. I looked around my room and my gaze stopped at a couple of photo albums that Adrian had dumped into my room. Reaching out to them, I grabbed a hold of one and opened it. I smiled as I saw the familiar picture. It was of my and Chase way back when we were young. I was about 8 and he was about 12 or 13. We were under the Christmas tree, opening presents as fast as we could. I turned the page and a picture of me and Jared caught my attention. He looked about 8 so I was 7 back then. Something that really surprised me was that we were laughing and his arm was around me. I closed my eyes and subconsciously a tear made its way down my cheek. I closed the photo album and put it back.
I opened my eyes and rubbed my cheek. They used to like me. What happened?
So...how was it? This is my FIRST attempt at a story from first person's view and also writing a story like this. PLEASE TELL ME HOW I DID! It'll only take your 60 seconds at the most! I really need input on this story. Now, just press that Go button and send me a review!
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