AHW

"Chloe, there is a rat in my room! Mom told you to clean it or you will be sleeping outside! Better start packing up!" My stuck up step sister screeched. Hi I am Chloe. I live with my step mother and my step sisters, Britney and Samantha. They are so obnoxious and self centerd they make me feel like dirt. Not saying that I didn't already feel like dirt. My dad died in the army, so I went to live with his second wife, my step mom, veronica. My mom died giving birth to my brother. But he died  two days after birth. So ever sense, I have been thinking of how happy i would be with my real family. But i don't have time for that. I have been planning on getting an acedemic scholarship to Harvard. So i have to keep my head in the game. right now im on my way to school. Veronica was convinced that having me driving in the car with dumb and dumber, would ruin their glow that took them two hours in the bathroom doing. so I'm on the bus. "hey Chloe, whatcha doing?" maddie asked me. maddie is my best friend. we have been friends since 2nd grade. now we're in 12th grade, ready to fly off on our own, to college. "oh nothin, just day dreaming" I reply. "well, don't sit there! what were you dreaming about?!" I look away trying not to reveal the secret with a clear tone. "the Halloween dance." I muffle into my jacket. "why? it's just a dance. it's not like anybody will ask you to go. the bus comes to a complete stop. i grab my backpack and race off of the bus, trying to ignore maddie's stupid comment. maddie drags behind, trying to stop me. " Chloe. chloe! it's not a big deal. it's just a stupid high school dance. nobody likes us. we're not popular. you have to exept that." I stop and turn around. " So because we're not popular, we can't have a good time at a party?! if that's what your trying to say, then I'm not talking to you for a long while!" maddie turns a bright red in her cheeks. "FINE! if you want to learn the hard way, so be it!"

I didn't know what to do with maddie. she is always so difficult. she never understands what it would be like in my shoes. how hard it is to live with my family. I thought friends were always there to understand you and comfort you. maybe maddie isn't my friend. But I can't say that to her! she would be devastated. luckily I have one more actual friend. his name is Brian. he is like the brother I've never had. literally. he's awesome! every Tuesday we go to ramby's resturaunt to get smoothies. I bet rambling rasberry berry, and he gets lucky peanut piña colada pineapple with a hint of mustard. it sounds as gross as a sewer rat. I've never tried it because I was scared I would wake up in the emergency room getting my stomach pumped! so I stick to the usual.