Chapter 1: August

 Jenny, my sister, sat down and tried on shoes and I said, "Come on, this is boring." She smiled at the camera and said, "Come on, doesn't this look pretty?' I looked at the dress she wore. A white shirt front with a black skirt and a belt. I said, "Yes, it's very pretty."

 She smirked and said, "Prettier than that girl." I reddened and she stopped and said, "She seems nice, but so shy, I really like to know more about her, don't want my brother to date another whore."

 I just looked down, while my mind was a fucking train wreck. She said, "I think I tortured you enough."

 As we walked out, a brunette saw us and screamed, "August, is that you? What a huge consequence." I muttered uncomfortably, "Um, who are you?" She faked a shitty smile, "I'm your classmate, silly, Kelly, and who is this, your girlfriend, she's so pretty." She then dragged Jenny by the shoulder and Jenny grabbed her shoulder and said, "Wow, see, Gus, these are the types of people I don't want you to date, girls that think that any girl is competition and too blind to know we have the same surname."

 She dragged me to a bench and I asked, "What was that all about?" She looked at me and said, "Your little friend over that called me a blonde bitch and how I was using you to fund my shopping."

 I laughed and said, "I hope to avoid her, like the rest of my fan club." She laughed and said, "I bought donuts." 

 I laughed and she handed one to me. As I chewed on it, she said, "See, this is why I like that redhead, she's jealous but not going to diss me about it, you could see the disappointment in her eyes, she's different." 

 I laughed and said, "Maybe, her name's Harmony by the way." Jenny looked at me and said, "She's gonna be a fun person to be around." 

The next day, I woke up to my mother and Jenny yelling. My mother was saying, "Jenny, you could've died." Jenny said, "I didn't and I'm 14, I have a permit, let me live my life." My mother said, "You could've killed August." Jenny said, "He's 14 and I wouldn't let him die." My mother said, "Doesn't matter, the point is you could've crashed the car, could've killed yourself and kill him."

Jenny said, "I intern at Dad's company, my dad, your husband has a car company that his daughter interns at." My mother said, "Okay, you want to act like an adult, Jenny Calypso Stranger, get out of my house." She growled and stormed off. I said, "Mom, what happened?" Mom said, "Your sister drove while she didn't have a license and she almost got a speeding ticket, also why didn't you stop her?" 

I looked down and my mother asked, "What's going on between the both of you? She's off trying to get herself arrested and you're here enabling her." August thought, 'Maybe if you had known she was getting bullied, she would not be trying to fit in.' As I walked out, I saw Jenny smoking and I snatched her cigarette. She said, "Hey, give that back."

I asked, "You want to get high before school starts"" She fought back, "Are you mom or something?" I said, "You wanna bet on something-." Fay said, "The both of you, stop, it's seven in the morning and you two are acting like the first grade." She pushed the both of us out of the way and waltzed in. 

Jenny snatched her cigarette and said, "Thanks again, August, I don't need my reputation to be more ruined." She then took a smoke and left. I just sighed and went for English class. The English teacher, Miss Scotts, said, "As you see your grades, please know that grades don't define you." I thought, 'It does.' I look at my grade, a barely pass and a 'see me after class' note.

Miss Scotts said, "August, this grade may not define you but you're literally failing my class, and the strange thing is you're not failing in any other classes but mines, amd the thing is, all basketball players for the school team have to have a GPA of 3.0 or more." 

I said, "Okay, I'll try harder." I sighed and went out my way. After school, I was walking when I saw Justin Brown, the former captain of the basketball team. I groaned and said, "Brown, again and again, I'm-." Justin punched me right in my nose and said, "You wamt to take everything away from me don't you, Stranger? First, my position on the team and now my ex-girlfriend." 

I asked, "What are you talking about?" Justin said, "Don't you try to act dumb, I saw you chatting with Clark, pretty isn't she? I know I have wonderful taste, just didn't think your type was the nerdy art kid." I remembered that redhead girl and as Justin was about to hit me again, someone grabbed ahold of his hand and said, "Leave him alone."

Brown spinned around and saw Jenifer. Jenifer said angrily, "That's my brother you're talking to and he's no bitch but I am." She punched him hard on the face and he fell. She grabbed ahold of my collar and we ran off. We panted and Jenifer said, "You welcome." I said, "He could've killed me, thanks." She rolled her eyes and said, "I'm sorry about today."

I said, "It's fine, let's just go home, why the hell hasn't our parents told our teachers I'm dylexic?" Jenifer shrugged and said, "Special eds probably." I nodded, knowing what she meant. I did not want to be treated as 'special'. We then walked off and she said, "Art class starts tomorrow again." I sighed and said, "Don't remind me." As we walked off, she said, "Our school needs you to win so I'll help you with English."