So..hi everyone! It's been a long, LONG time since I've put a story up, and I swear I wrote this and had it up but I must have deleted it or something. Anyway, here it is and I'm back for a while. I'll try and keep this updated regularly but no promises. Hope you enjoy this first part.

Chapter 1

"I don't want a party this year you guys." Nevra said as she and the girls headed to their table outside in the Lunch Courtyard at Stiles High. It was a warm and sunny afternoon in Stilesville, a normal day at Stiles High.

"And why not?" asked her friend, Sasha.

"Because, that would involve my mother coming and I really don't want to see her." Nevra explained almost matter of fact like. The girls all rolled their eyes as they sat down at their table.

"Why not, Nev?" Yasmin asked.

"Because, she's hasn't seen me since I was a baby; then all of a sudden a year ago, she calls me up and tries to walk back into my life, and dad welcomes her. I don't wanna talk to her." Nevra explained, making the girls rolled their eyes. Nevra seemed to be stuck on the same soap box; she didn't want to see her mother, not now not ever.

"Oh come on Nevy Nev," said Fianna, throwing her arm around her best friend. "Chill it out. Why can't you just except that your mom is back?"

"Because it's me." Nevra answered. Meygan and Dana rolled their eyes. Why was Nevra being like this? She was usually the logical and smart one out of the crew.

"Nevra, you need to chill dude." Cloe said, stealing a couple french fries from her tray.

"We're throwing you a party anyway, even if it's just the few of us" Jade added. Nevra rolled her eyes. Her friends obviously weren't going to give up on this so she figured she'd better just cave in and deal with it

"Fine." she finally said, pouting like a child.

"Smile, dolly dimples." Meygan said.

"Please, it's for our freaking Christmas Card baby." Dana added, as she pulled out her digital camera. She quickly snapped a picture of Nevra, who was flashing a cheesy grin. She then looked at the picture, giggling as Meygan peeked over her shoulder, seeing the picture and laughing.

"Oh this is so going on Facebook." she said, biting her lip and looking up. She then passed the camera around the table, letting all the girls looking at it. When it got to Nevra, she couldn't help but laugh at it herself, laughing at how weird she actually looked.

"Nice, thanks Dana." she smirked, sticking up her finger. Dana smiled, blowing her a kiss, only for Nevra to pretend to catch it and throw it on the ground. They all couldn't help but laugh at how crazy the pair were; it was always like this.

"So," Jade began, once they'd all calmed down from laughing. "How about we get a band to play?"

"I call dibs on Coldplay, or Blessthefall." Cloe suggested before Nevra could even open her mouth.

"This is Nev's party Angel," Sasha pointed out, winking before continuing, "Let her decide."

"I don't know about all that, so how about we just all hang out at the mall and request a birthday cake for me. We can go to the Stiles Buffet too, or something like that." Nevra said, once again trying to get out of having a party. The girls just rolled their eyes again. Nevra was pretty adamant on not having a party but the girls weren't hearing it. It was a Bratz tradition to have a birthday party and they refused to break the tradition just because Nevra was on a soap box again.

"You are getting a party, Nev, so just stop whining and stuff; we said you're getting a party and we mean it." Jade said, jokingly slamming her fist down on the table. The girls all went silent for a minute before bursting out laughing, shaking their heads at Jade's little outburst.

"You sure told me, Jade." Nevra smirked, high fiving her friend, sending them all into hysterics again. Soon enough they calmed down, just as Yasmin's blonde-haired friend, Hannah, wandered over.

"Hola, chicas," she greeted. "Como estas?"

"Bien, y tu?" Yasmin replied.

"Bien mi amiga mejor." Hannah replied with a wink, making Yasmin giggle slightly.

"Working on the Spanish eh?" she asked.

"Of course; I need to if I want to pass. Am I doing okay?" Hannah asked, tapping the heels of her half boots against the cement ground.

"Compared to last week, you're freaking amazing." Yasmin answered.

"How were you last week?" Fianna asked, looking up at Hannah as she munched on some grapes she'd been stealing from Dana's tray.

"Horrible; I swear I won't even be surprised if I completely fail. I mean seriously, I can't even roll my tongue and that complete and utter biatch of a teacher won't tutor me so pft." Hannah replied, rolling her eyes as she twirled some of her long blonde hair around her fingers.

"Don't say that, Hannah; you'll pass." Sarah said sincerely. Hannah gave her a thumbs up, giggling slightly.

"I doubt it, but thanks anyway Sash. Anyway, I really came over here to deliver the gossip." Hannah said, signaling for them to lean in. The girls all leaned closer and Hannah carried on.

"Right, my lovely Spanish teacher Señorita Valez is apparently dating the theater teacher." she said, making everyone scrunch up their face.

"Ew!" they all said together as they all pushed their lunch trays away.

"That's disgusting." Meygan said, holding her head.

"Hell yeah it is; and now that I've said that, I'm bouncing before my lunch makes a visit." Hannah said, standing up. Yasmin stood up as well, throwing her messenger bag and Coach bag over her shoulder.

"Yeah come on, we'd best get an early start to Trig class anyway. Maybe Mr. McDonovan won't give us an hour long lecture today about life and shit." Yasmin said, rolling her eyes."

"Okay, meet you at the trash," Hannah told her before turning to the others and going, "Bye girls, see you laters."

"Laters girls." Yasmin said. The girls all said 'later' in return before watching as Yasmin and Hannah walked off. They then carried on with their lunch, just talking and laughing and genuinely enjoying this time they had together between classes. Once they'd actually cried with laughter, the lunch bell sounded, signaling that it was over. They went off and dumped their lunch trays before saying their goodbyes and going off to their next classes...

"Hey wait up!"
"Students hit the buses; social hour in the free period in the morning!"
"Hey there's my mom; catch you later bro!"

It was a typical afternoon; three-thirty in the afternoon and school was over for the day. Dana and Nevra were walking out together, since their last class was Human Anatomy and they'd had that together. They were chatting about normal things, such as the fact that Nevra wasn't getting the latest chapter they were working on in class.

"Dude, I'm totally calling you tonight. I'm not getting it right now." Nevra said, rubbing her head with her free hand. Dana laughed, draping her arm around her friend's shoulders.

"I got you, girl. Just call and I shall answer, if I'm not eating." she winked, making Nevra giggle. The girls carried on chatting for a bit longer, just chatting about normal things such as plans for the weekend, the weather, the latest great TV shows. However, Dana soon looked around and spotted her stepmother pulling up.

"Argh gotta go, dolly dimples, there's step-madre. Laters." she said, squeezing her arm.

"Laters." Nevra replied, waving. Dana waved back and wandered off to the shiny black Range Rover. Nevra watched as she got in and did her seat belt up, then waved again as the car pulled off. She sighed to herself, looking around and seeing that it was starting to empty out a bit out front as the buses were now leaving and the student parking lot was starting to empty out. She wandered over to the concrete bench and sat down, pulling her phone out. Her dad wasn't there yet and she was bored, so she decided to text Meygan to pass the time. She pulled out her white iPhone 5 with it's bright pink cover and sent a text off..

Nevra: Y does my dad take so long to get me? -_-

After a few minutes, her phone made the ping sound; Meygan had replied..

Meygan: Lol sup dolly dimples? ;) Gotta remember thats not ur nickname:) Idk tho boo :/ Call him? Mommy, Mikey, nd Tom all say hi btw.

Nevra; Yh; I'm startn 2 believe that u losers think my nickname is 'dolly dimples' Its Queen B thank u ;) I'ma call him tho n a minute:)

Meygan: Well excuse me ;) Queen B; I got u now ;)

Nevra and Meygan texted back in forth for almost fifteen minutes. Nevra looked up and still saw no sign of her dad and now the school lot was pretty much empty. She sighed and ended her texting conversation with Meygan and scrolled through her phone, touching 'Home' before touching the 'Call' bit. She held her phone up to her ear, waiting. On the second to last ring, she heard an older woman answer with a 'Hello?' It was their housekeeper, Linda.

Hi Miss Linda, it's Nev." said Nevra.

"Hey sweetpea. What's up?" Linda replied, sounding as cheerful as ever.

"Is my dad there? He's not gotten here yet." Nevra asked.

"He left about ten minutes ago," Linda answered before going serious and asking. "He's not there yet? Are you alright, baby?"

"Oh I'm fine; but he's not here yet and the Stiles High yard is emptying out, because people are leaving and others are going to practice and such, and it's a bit cold out here but I can't be bothered to go back inside and stuff." Nevra explained all in one go. Linda sighed slightly.

"Oh baby; he should be there soon; give it about ten more minutes and if he's not there, call back and I'll come and get you." Linda said sympathetically.

"Alright; thank you." Nevra replied. The two then said their goodbyes and hung up, and Nevra started absentmindedly playing with her phone. However, she was suddenly interrupted when she heard a few familiar voices.

"Oi oi dolly dimples."
"There's the finest Queen B around."
"Sup Queen B?"

Nevra looked up, seeing Cameron, Dylan and Shawn wandering over to her, their football gear in their hands. She smiled, standing up and greeting them all with a high-five. Cameron and Dylan had been two of her and the girls' best friends since they were all babies, and Shawn was new to the crew as he'd only just moved there a year or so before. He was very friendly though so everyone got along.

"What you doing out here by yourself, Nev?" Dylan asked, draping his arm around her shoulders.

"Waiting on my father; he's taking his sweet time today; the day it just happens to be freezing out." Nevra said, sticking her bottom lip out in an adorable matter.

"Aye the dolly dimples are gone; bring them back Nev." Cameron said, nudging her, making her laugh a little bit.

"No but seriously; how long have you guys got practice today?" she asked, looking at her phone for the time; '4:05PM'

"Till six; I swear Nev we're gonna freeze our asses off." Shawn said, rolling his eyes.

"Are you saying, you can't handle the cold weather bro?" Dylan asked, punching him on the arm. Shawn punched him back, laughing.

"Get lost, mate; I can handle it but it's ridiculously cold here today; it's a joke." he replied, rolling his eyes. Nevra was laughing at them and shaking her head. She carried on talking to them for another ten minutes before making them go off to practice so they wouldn't get into any trouble for being late. She pulled her phone out again, pulling up her contacts to call Linda again when her dad pulled up. She rolled her eyes, dropping her phone into her handbag before slinging her backpack over her shoulder and holding her handbag. She went around to the passenger side, but was shocked when she opened the door. Sitting there, in the front seat, was her mother. She glared; she could've strangled her. What was she even doing there? The ride home from school was her time to talk with her dad; no one else was supposed to be in on that. Her father, Mark, smiled nervously at his daughter.

"Back seat kiddo." he said, narrowing his gaze. Nevra rolled her eyes and slammed the passenger door shut before opening the back door. She threw her bags down beside her and slid into the seat, before closing the door back and putting on her seat belt. Her dad started driving off and Nevra wasn't saying anything as she didn't have anything to say. Mark sighed slightly, deciding to break the awkward silence..

"Erm; I'm so sorry kiddo; me and your mom were shopping and we kind of lost track of time." he explained, rubbing his head as they stopped for a light.

"You never lost track of time when it was just me." Nevra mumbled under her breath, looking out the window.

"What was that?" her mother, Bethany, asked.

"Nothing," Nevra replied, before sighing again and going, "Dad, you're still gonna look over my English paper tonight right? I fixed it today but I'm still kind of unsure."

"Oh, man," Mark groaned, shaking his head. "I completely forgot. Can I look over it when me and your mom get back from dinner tonight?"

"Dad you've got to be joking! You know I've been stressing over this paper all week, it's due on Wednesday and I'm really freaking out and you can't even look over it after I told you about it when I first got the assignment and warned you that I would be asking you time and time again to look over it. You're joking right now, right?!" Nevra raised an eyebrow, folding her arms over her chest.

"Look, dimples, I'm so sorry; I've been trying to fix things with your mom and it just slipped my mind. I'm so sorry baby; I'll look over it when I'm back." Mark said as he carried on driving. Nevra rolled her eyes, looking out the window...

"Just forget it; I'll ask Linda if she can look over it." she sighed, playing with her fingers in her lap as the ride home continued...

As soon as they got home, Nevra jumped out of the vehicle with her bags. Linda opened the door, smiling at her.

"How was school baby?" she asked. Nevra shrugged, giving her a quick hug before going inside. Mark sighed, following her.

"Nevra." he said.

"Just leave me alone." Nevra replied, stomping up to her room. She slammed her door and threw her backpack up against the dresser, knocking some of her make up into the floor. Her dad was seriously spending more time with his now ex-girlfriend than he was with his own daughter. She missed the times when it was just him and her, but now with her mom into the picture, it was messing everything up and she was fed up. She lay back on her bed, staring up at the ceiling and thinking when suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at her door. She sighed and hopped out of bed, prepared to lay into her dad if it was him. She pulled the door open, seeing Linda standing there.

"Hi Linda; what's up?" she asked.

"Can I come in, please?" Linda asked. Nevra nodded, moving aside before shutting the door halfway and going over to her bed. She pushed her Macbook aside and her various sketch books, making room for Linda to sit down. The older woman sat down, smiling slightly.

"Your dad does love you, you know." she said. Nevra sighed, pulling her knees up to her chest.

"I just wish that little-" she was about to say but Linda shot her a look. She pouted, thinking before carrying on.

"I wish that woman hadn't come back into the picture." she said, looking at her. Linda supportive patted her back.

"It's going to take some getting used to; but it'll be alright, Nev." she said. Nevra shrugged before getting up and getting her backpack.

"Lin, can you look over my English paper for me? I'm still not completely sure on it." she asked, changing the subject. Linda smiled, nodding.

"Of course I can; let's see it here." she said, putting her glasses on. Nevra sat with her, pulling out her English paper, desperately wanting to take her mind off things...

After a couple hours of homework, with a majority of it being spent laughing along with Linda, Linda decided to head home for the night seeing as Mark and Bethany were back now and Nevra wanted to get some rest. Nevra saw her out, then locked the door and set the security system before going back upstairs. She went into her room and changed into her bright pink pajama bottoms and matching spaghetti strap top, then climbed into bed. She set the alarm on her phone, then clapped off her lights before snuggling under the blankets. All the school work then the different emotions she was having about her dad and that woman that was her mother were catching up to her, causing her to drift off into an exhausted sleep...

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