Katy's Journal

Chapter 2- New Beginning

"Katy get out of the house!" Derrick, my brother screamed from downstairs while I'm putting on my makeup. It was going to be the first day of school, and I didn't want to look like the girl who was suffering a loss, which I was but people didn't need to know.

Placing my lip-gloss in my mini purse, I scream back, "Shut up, I'll be right there." My brother is twenty in his second year of college but he decided to pull out for a little while after my dad's death, his death had a significant effect on me, my brother and my mom and it was already affecting different parts of our lives, the most affected, was our finance, my mom's still fighting for my dad's inheritance but it doesn't take a genius to know that it was already a lost case.

I rushed downstairs to see my brother watching, freaking Game of Thrones when I was almost late for school, it infuriating me seeing him so unprepared because he had to take me to school with his car, being unprepared was part of his daily regime. I went over, to him, snatched the television's remote from him and switched the television set off. "Are you crazy?" He whined.

I disregarded his rhetorical question and pulled the edge of his shirt to follow me to the Garage, "You're taking me to school," I insisted.

He yanked his shirt from my hold, "What the hell is wrong with you? I was watching that, "He whined again. For a twenty year old, he was a real whiner. "I'm not taking you anywhere."

I raised my eyebrow as if telling him he was making a big mistake, "You don't want me to tell mom that you used her credit card to buy some fuel for your car, without her permission do you?," I threatened with a smirk forming on the walls of my lips.

He sighed in defeat and reached in his back pocket to get his car keys, "Get In to the car!" He screamed, mad that I had forced him to do something against his will.

"Thought so," I hissed at him entering the passenger seat in his Lexus, Es, his friends were very fond of using his car for personal matters, the most persistent was Jackson who used my brother's car to impress girls, but for some reason, his efforts to gaining female attention are always futile. I don't know what's wrong with that guy, one time he actually picked a girl up with my brother's car and turns out the girl was a full time club stripper and Jackson brought her to my house. Derrick and Jackson encountered hell that day, that is with the stripper and my parents who thought they had 'plans' with the stripper, if you now what I mean.

I teased Derrick about it all through the ride, Derrick on edge was the best type of Derrick, "Get the hell out of my car!" He screamed out of annoyance when he reached the driveway of my school. I giggled and jumped out of his car, yep I knew I was annoying but it was so fun being that.

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"This is your locker and your daily schedule would be given to you by the school" A sassy girl who's name I later learnt was Samantha said to me, she was taking me on a tour but I guessed it was as a punishment because her voice was devoid of enthusiasm.

Did I mention how choking her perfume was? I could hardly even breathe, "Are you in any of my classes?" I asked just out of curiosity and I hoped I didn't sound nosey but I soon realize what a big mistake I made asking.

"How am I meant to know?!" She snapped at me almost making me shriek.

Noted, she isn't the nicest of people.

She was explaining the school procedures to me, when a black haired boy in a leather Jacket came over to us, he was tall with a distinctive figure and over gelled hair, his eyes were rather...absurd, they were brown with a glint of green and I couldn't quite place it in the category of contact lenses, they were too advanced to be articulated.

I was caught of guard when he disregarded my presence, took Sam by her waist, gently jacking her against one of the lockers, and placing his lips on hers without any form of permission, kissing her ferociously.

Eew!

I raised my eyebrows and quickly looked away, was that even allowed on school premises? and how could they be so heedless of attracting unwanted attention? Crazy lovebirds. Sam pulled him away, "Wait a second...let me catch my breath" She says almost panting with her hand on his well defined chest.

Hello? I'm still here people.

Was there a possibility that I was invisible or something? I coughed to get their attention but I soon regretted it when Samantha sneered at me threateningly, she sighed out of annoyance and leaned against one of the lockers. "Rick this is Katy, she's new," She introduced me to the ill-mannered boy who I presumed was her boyfriend.

He shot me a glance and stared me down, "I see, " He says but I couldn't help noticing the obnoxious snicker in the background of his voice.

How rude?

She continued "And Katy this is Rick, my boyfriend" She continued the introduction no she boasted laying emphasis on the word 'boyfriend', Was I meant to be impressed? because I wasn't even swayed, not in the slightest.

I forced a smile " It's nice to meet you," I said to Rick. He stared at me like I was trash that he was trying to get rid off. He didn't even respond, instead he turned to Samantha and stroked her hair, "I missed you baby," He told her almost making me puke right on the spot.

Me being the outspoken person I was, had to open my big mouth, "You can at least at least respond," I blurted wishing I could take my words back, I was already making a bad first impression.

He slowly turned his head and got closer to me, a closeness that signified danger, "I know you're new and all but let me warn you ,whoever the hell you think are, don't get on my bad list, you'll regret it," He threatened.

My dad always told me that two wrongs didn't make a right but he never said three didn't, "Bad list? what kind of freak show actually has time to make a stupid list, you're pathetic really, "I snapped.

"You should stop now" Sam warns, I think I'm meant to be scared of him. He reaches out to grab my wrist but two boys after noticing the energy, stopped him from doing just that, I think they're his friends, the red haired one pulled me away from him as if he was capable of doing something that would hurt me.

Rick finally cooled down, "it's fine but someone needs to her who I really am, she can sit over there with the other bitches and wait for me to give a f**k," He profanely affronted.

K.O, he finally succeeded at leaving me speechless.

I turned around and walked away before I said anything that would add fuel to the fire, well my turning away was a bit anticlimactic according to the looks of the kids in the hall that were watching the fight. That Wick, Rick or whatever his name was, is a total asshole.