1 The Move

The summer before freshman year, Emily and her family not only moved houses, but different cities as well. Emily's mom, Phoebe, had left her dad in a messy divorce and moved back to Phoebe's home town.

Emily didnt have a lot of memories of Sunnybrook since she was nine years old the last time they had been there. Phoebe had packed all of their things and moved them from a gorgeous little country house to a two bedroom trailer on a trailer park. Emily pushed down the wave of anger and anxiety bubbling up inside her as she looked at the trailer. She knew that her mom could never afford a big house by herself. Phoebe had several physical conditions that prevented her from getting any decent paying job, and as a result lived off of government assistance. For now Emily would play nice.

Phoebe had left a man that had been a father figure to Emily for eight years. Now it was just Emily and her mom, and her sister Jess. Emily was now 15 years old and getting ready to start high school. She had no friends and barely knew anyone, but no pressure right? Until she could meet and make some new friends, it looked like she was going to be spending a lot of time with Jess.

Jess was two years younger than Emily and shared her dark brown hair color and small frame, but that's where the similarities stopped. Emily had brown eyes and a narrow face where Jess had hazel eyes and a round, chubby face. Emily was a straight A student and a daddy's girl. She enjoyed reading and she worked hard when she had to. Jess could care less about school and always seemed to be stuck up their mom's ass. In Emily's eyes, Jess was lazy through and through. The two girls were constantly at each other's throats, and now they were about to be the only person the other had.