This Is Me

Chapter 1

Hey guys! Please excuse the typos. But Chapter 1 is here!

Okay. Lets go!

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Avery's POV

Family.

The people that are there for you since birth. They can be your best friends, and your worst enemies. They are the only people in this world who look like you.

Except those weird twins that everybody has. Which can I just say, that's really weird, like yeah...

Anyways. I have my family. I love all of them so much! But especially Blake, my only sibling. Blake may be my only sibling, but he is the only sibling I'll ever need. He has always been there for me, when I was bullied in middle school, when I didn't have any friends, he was there. He has always been there, and I couldn't be more grateful.

"Hey Av." I suddenly feel a pair of strong arms wrap around me, and I get a glimpse of beach blonde hair.

Speaking of Blake

"Hey Blake. What's up?" I say as I finish sharpening my pencil.

"Nothing much. Just stoked because guess who is going to the mall with us later?" he says, while I relax into his touch. See, Blake is a big cuddly teddy bear. And its nice, as his sister, to be able to cuddle with him sometimes. Especially the hard times.

"Hmm, Chewbacca?" I joke, with an amused grin, and he chuckles.

"You're close. But its Lukas." and he laughed when he heard me gasp. He then moved to stand next to me to see my reaction.

"Lukas? You mean, childhood best friend Lukas? The Lukas that I haven't seen in about a year and a half? That Lukas?" I say quickly, while getting excited. You see, Lukas was my only other friend in middle school, and he left to go on a trip when I was in 8th grade. I haven't seen him for a year and a half, and I miss him so much. Lukas was basically my other brother. My best friend. And it was so hard to have him gone.

"No. The hippo down the street. He needs new close in plus sizes." He says sarcastically, but amused.

"Yes you dork, that Lukas! Now, he'll be here around 11 to pick us up. Okay?" he continues when I nod "alright. Now, what are you working on?" he asks, sitting down.

"History homework. I can't seem to understand it though." I say a little frustrated.

"What do you not understand? I can help." he offers, looking at my papers.

"Well, I think we're learning about World War 2." I say, checking to see if I was right.

"More specifically?" he asks.

"Ugh, Dunkirk I think?" I say, not so sure. I don't really pay that much attention in history class. Don't judge.

"Oh yeah. I know a couple things about that. I can help. But not now. Now, you need to go up and get ready! Its 9:47, and we all know how long it takes you to get ready. So let's go! Shoo! Shoo! Go get ready!" he rushes me.

"Hey, I need my precious time. And calm your little butt down. Jeez." I say, moving to get up. I love when we do this, because its just fun!

"What if my little butt doesn't wanna be calm! Now go!" he says, laughing.

"Okay okay. I'm going." I am laughing along with him. I go up the stairs, to my bedroom. When I get into my bedroom, I move to my closet, to pick out what I am going to wear. After about 10 minutes of debating, I choose a blue summer dress, that goes about just below my knees, that has spaghetti straps, with some white close toed shoes. After I choose my outfit, I decide to shower. After I get out of the shower, I blow dry my hair, then curl it into little golden blonde ringlets. When I am finished with that, I look at the time, and see that it is 10:36. I decide to put on some simple makeup, such as eyeliner, some foundation, mascara, and some lipstick. When I finish that, I look at myself in the full length mirror I have. Wow Avery. You clean up nice. I tell myself. I look at the time, 10:56. Lukas should be here soon. I waste the last few minutes lying on my bed, playing on my phone. Suddenly, I hear a knock on my door, and I grab my purse, and phone, and I make sure I have my wallet.

When I get to the door, I open it, to reveal my older brother Blake, wearing a tanktop, and some jeans, with sneakers. I smile at him, and when he returns it, he brings me out to where Lukas was. When I saw Lukas, I got so excited, that I dropped everything and ran to him. He looked over at me, and a huge grin immediately made its way onto his face.

"Avery!" he said, after I already engulfed him into a hug.

"Lukas." I say, but quietly. He squeezed me and then let go.

"I missed you so much Av" he says, smiling at me.

"I missed you too Luk." I smile back. Then, Blake came up, and we all headed out the door, making sure to lock it. We made our way to Lukas' black truck, and we got in. I was in the back, while Lukas and Blake were in the front. After about 30 minutes of catching up, and listening to music, we got to the mall. When we went in, we went browsing the shops and such. At about an hour and a lot of bags later, we decided we should go to the food court, for lunch. Now, it being 1 in the afternoon, the food court was fairly crowded. Once we ordered our food, and found a place to sit, we started eating. Lukas and Blake were sitting across from me.

"So Av, how has high school been treating you?" Lukas asks me, I frown, "That bad?" he asks frowning.

"Well, its not exactly pleasant. I mean, having friends would defiantly help things." I say. I see them both frown, and I look down, suddenly finding my hamburger interesting. I only look up when I hear 2 low growls. I see the boys looking behind me, and I was confused at first, till I heard a voice that I hoped never to hear again.

"Well if it isn't our dear Miss Avery Winston. "

I froze.

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