Disclaimer: Does it look like I own Twilight?

I'm different.

I'm not saying this because I want people to notice me for my differences. In fact, it's the opposite.

STRIKE ONE: I'm an albino.

No, not the kind with really pale skin and has to carry around sunscreen protect themselves from the searing sun. No I'm the other kind. I asked my mom at one point if I was adopted, but then she showed me the tape of my birth and that synched it for me. You see, my entire family is black.

I know, I know: How in the world are you white with a black family? Well, when God was dealing out the black card, he apparently didn't have enough and ran out or skipped me.

In school, lots of kids would wonder why I was hanging around "African American's" and then I would say because I was one too. Cue five seconds of silence then hysterical laughter. Then there's the, "No seriously" and I have to claim it's true. Then people treat me like the plague.

STRIKE TWO: I hate trends.

When people are wearing high heals and short shorts, or booty shorts as my mom called them, I was adorned in jeans and my Converse. Add that to my hatred of shopping, and you can tattoo 'Loser' on my ass.

STRIKE THREE: My passion is music, movies, and books.

I love classical books. Jane Austen is my all-time favorite author. As for music, I listen to anything from Beethoven and Hayden to My Chemical Romance and AFI. Most polluted teens like Vanessa Hudgens and Miley Cyrus (shudder). With movies, I like to watch comedies the most like Half-Baked and Jackass.

STRIKE FOUR: I hate the sun.

Not because it'll burn my skin like Claudia and that other lady's skin did in Interview With a Vampire, but because I truly don't like it. I even sleep with the pillows covering my eyes so that when I wake, I won't see the sun.

I also love anything cold. I live for it practically. Rain, hail, sleet, and snow (my favorite!), you name it, I love it.

STRIKE FIVE: I can strike up a conversation with guys.

I mean a real conversation too. We can talk about video games, sports, motorcycles, and cars. I have all four of my brothers to thank for that. My main obsession in that area is cars and motorcycles; I love them. The speed and the sleek blackness of a new car. The leather interior and tinted widows…

STRIKE SIX: Not outgoing.

I like to keep to myself for the most part. You can never know who to trust in this world and on small secret could rip your family apart. I don't try out for sports either. It doesn't matter that I know everything about it, sports are a waste of the time in your life...

STRIKE SEVEN: I carry a burden.

I used to be different then how I am now… I'm going to leave it at that and see if you can guess how I was different. You probably won't. Even I am sometimes surprised at what happened to me…

I guess that's my signal to start at the beginning. Or, I guess should say, the end of the beginning…