La Push High School, my personal hell on earth. Every day I wake
up and walk down the halls to a better education. I am invisible to
everyone here. I have a total of one friend named Sara. People
have looked and laughed at me every day since I moved here a
year ago. The worst bully of all you ask? Paul Mathews, he is
one of the most popular boys in high school, and has every girl
wants his attention. Every girl wants to claim him for themselves,
every girl but me. I want to just break down and cry every time he
spots me in the halls.
"Look what we have here it's Joey Reed in her new gray shirt. I
guess the dollar store got in a new shipment of clothes" Paul yells
out, while everyone turns to look at me laughing.
Walking up to me, as his eyes wondering all over my body. It
made me want to run to the nearest classroom and hide for the rest
of the school day. I quickly turn away from him and start to unlock
my locker, but he can see my hand shaking.
"Joey, I don't know why you are embarrassed by my comments. I
just wanted to point out to everyone where the outcast's of La Push
shop. Consider it a plug for the Dollar Tree, you being their top
model of spring fashion and all." Laughing at his own joke he
quickly places his hand in my locker knocking down all my school
books off the shelf.
Bending down to pick up my books. I am no longer able to hold
back the tears that I feel coming out. I am just glad that he walks
away with Jared before he can see how bad he really has hurt me.
Later walking home, I look back at today's events and wonder
what happened to my live. Before my mom died, are family was
completely happy. My father would walk around with a smile on
his face. My other brother would be in the garage working long
hours on neighbors cars, so that they didn't have to spend a lot of
money they didn't have in order to fix them. I was even happy, I
would spend hours drawing pictures in my room listening to music.
I had been popular once, My friends would all come over and hang
out. We would go shopping and to the show. I had a great
boyfriend Trent that would make me feel like a real live princess.
I will always remember December 24, 2008 it was the day my
Mom and Trent went to get my Christmas present. The puppy that
I always wanted since I was two. The roads were very slippery and
my mother lost control of the car. Trent and my mom was killed
instantly. My family has not been the same since. My father
decided to moved us to La Push. The only thing besides going to
work that he does is sit in his old favorite rocking chair and stares
out into space. My brother is always out drinking. He tells me that
he loves me, but I look just like mom and it is hard on both of
them. Moving here, was so bad on me. People didn't even want to
get to know me. I was not a shy person, but with all that happened to me I really couldn't make the first move and talk to people. The
only person that bother to say anything to me was Sara. The
reason she even talks to me is that she gets grounded a lot and her
mother knew mine, so she was only allowed to come to my house
during her punishment.
I just want the pain to go away. I want to have someone here for
me. I want to be able to have someone listen to me and my feeling
again. When They died, a little part of me died also.
When I finally reached my house. I walked in the door to find my
father completely passed out on the rocking chair. I quickly put a
cover on him and then walked to the kitchen to make us some
dinner. Looking in the cabinets I soon realized that I desperately
needed to go to the store and pick up some necessary little things
like bread and milk. Ten minutes before dinner is ready my father
walks in the room and kisses my forehead without ever looking at
my face.
"Joey dinner smells great like always" my dad replies taking an
extra scoop of mashed potatoes and gravy on his plate. He walks
back into the front room and turns on the news.
Great I think to myself another night alone at the kitchen table for
me. Getting out my history book, I begin to do tonight's
homework assignment.
"Goodnight Joey" My father calls out as I walk up the stairs to my
room for the night.
"Love you Dad goodnight" I call back
After getting out of the shower, and getting dressed. I grab the
hairbrush from my dresser and start brushing my long black hair.
Standing in front of the mirror, I can see the lines under my eye's
from not being able to sleep at night. If I stood straight up. I
would be five feet, six inches tall. I had nice curves around my
waist, not that anyone would notice. Not with the baggy clothes
that I put on. I didn't want to draw attention to my figure at
school. The pain of loosing Trent still hurt after all this time.
When another boy would even look at me, I almost felt like I was
cheating on him, as stupid as it sounds.
Hopping into bed tonight. I hope that I don't have the nightmares again tonight.
Well what do you think so far. Next chapter will have Paul in it more. I just wanted you to see what kind of person Joey is like and get to know her more. Please review it makes me happy.