and even though I moved to this town two mon
the reasons why it's even colder. Seattle was much nicer, and I
hat I wasn't her daughter. I tried every way I could to please her, but her eyes r
me. My mother Marilyn told me I shouldn't have been born, but she couldn
s been miserable. The men she met were all jerks who squeezed her dry
with her. She was willing to pay all of Jack's bills, but she hated me. No matter how much I told her Ja
the day I turned 18 so I coul
!" Mom's angry voice came from downstairs, and I quickly picked a sweater from
My mom picked it up in the trash
deep breath. As I went downstairs, my mo
Marilyn scoffed, looking me up and down. "Well, not everyone
ged over and slammed the door shut. I couldn't take my little finger ba
? You know the rules. You want to eat, y
I held back the pain and
ved a check from her since we moved here two months ago. She won't change her promise, right?" M
my mom, but she acted like Celie w
this town gets a whole lot of mail on a regular basis." I gave up, I fi
. Whew, I had to get out of here. But a body that s
ds, okay?" Disgusting! I quickly pushed him away, Jack, my stepfather al
lshit. She despised my terribly flat figure, and how could Jack, whom she loved dearly, betray her? I couldn't ha
I actually h
d back at the dilapidated two-story bare wood house that I had to call home but should really be condem
a consoled me. I shook my head, I just wanted to get away. She was always in my hea
xistence to Marilyn, she got me
elie didn't treat me like I was insane, and for the
cept her and treat her as my closest friend. She gave me
re aliens, and Celie didn't
rned18. And, she also promised me that she wou
treat me that way. It was a secret between Celie and I. I never
y request was to keep his identity secret. I didn't go any further because I really needed
rst day I foresaw that I would be the target of the people who thought they o
my high school, which was in a far suburb away
ally looked like a castle. An abandoned castle. There weren't even that many k
moment and I looked up at the large building where kids were going
the sleeve of my jacket had rolled up a little, revealin
uilding and found my way to the office. I got my class schedule and everything that
ey could stare at the new girl. I don't know why I was surprised.
me. One of the guys in particular, wearing a
beggar from Se
s like a tramp! She smells sour all ove
ther girl said. And I realized that I hadn't seen any
s didn't stop until the teacher came into the room and I was happy when he did.They were all still whispering and staring at me,but at least they weren
ll. It meant that I was on my own again. I stood up and start
or her books. How pathetic can she be?"The
ome filthy old nursing home. No wonder she
wasn't. I left that class without saying anything to anyone and I got to my next class and I found a seat that no o
ing and their teasing of me. I looked up and I saw two incredibly gorgeous tall, extremely muscled twi
y were focused straight on me, walking t
proaching me. I was pleading with my eyes that they wouldn't come to me,
n his hand and his twin Nathan pulled me s
oing to explode. The look in his eye was eno
" Nathan said in his magnetic voice, while Tristan gripped me ti
ssroom. They must have been wondering how I became connected
hed them away. I had no time to entertain their pranks. After school, I
from behind me. My body still felt the warmth from their
I murmured to myself again as I closed my locker door. Then someon
and hot, with signature blonde hair! She was a loyal fan of the twin duo. I figured some
y're mine! You beggar!"Leia approached me and stood in