• "Erin?" my dad called, i walked down the stairs and into the living room. i live with my dad and he's a lawyer. my names Erin. i am sixteen years old and i'm a junior in high school.
    "your mom is coming to visit" he said... he means my mom just got the time from her busy life to come and see me... her little failure.
    "your kidding" i could only hope.
    "sorry Erin i'm not" he said, he looked hopeful of me saying more after all i barely say anything but he could see he wasn't going to get that lucky. i turned around and walked upstairs and slammed my bedroom door. i hate when my mom visits. she always brings me stuff... pink stuff. it just bothers her so much that she messed up and gave birth to her very own gothic princess. my mom is a forensic scientist. she left my dad fourteen years ago for another guy. i never really liked her that much... she's way too obsebvant. she always expected me to be her little popular preppy girl... translation:she wanted me to be just like her. but she realized about three years ago that i am definately not her. the complete opposite actually. i have one friend but she's not in the "in" crowd so there goes the popular wish and when she showed up for my eighth grade graduation i wore black combat boots, tripp pants, and a black tee shirt. so there goes the preppy portion.
    I got dressed and hopped on my bike to go to school. when i got to school i showed up unnoticed as usual. the teachers even stopped noticing if i showed up late. the kids don't even look at me anymore and if they do its because someone's cat went missing. i don't know why the kids at school think i did it... i mean i don't even talk at school. the kids there accuse me of being a vampire and they keep their distance. there was only one kid who ever talked to me and lets face it... she's kind of well goodie-goodie two shoes and right now she's considered my best friend.
    i walked into the class and made my way down the aisle to my seat when i noticed a guy sitting there. i stopped and stared at him hoping he would get the point and get up. i waited, he didn't. he just stared back. apparently he's new. the teacher started to talk and the oddly realized me just standing there.
    "Erin, why don't you sit in the front today?" she asked, i turned around and sat in the front seat. it made me feel very uncomfortable sitting up here. the teacher started her lecture which lasted for almost all of class when she finally said "do whatever you want for the rest of class" she said an went to her desk. i laid my head down to wait for class to end. i felt someone staring at me i turned around to glare at whoever it was and it was the guy who was sitting in my seat. i rolled my eyes and turned around.
    school ended finally but i wasn't really looking forward for school to end cause when i got home my mom was more than likely to be there. i walked out of my building and someone was waiting beside my bike. great, its the guy who was sitting in my seat in first period. apparently he didn't get the fact that he should be scared of me. he should have heard all the rumors by now. i sighed and walked up to my bike. i planned to ignore him completely, hopefully he's not persistent.
    "hello Erin" the guy said, i ignored him. "i'm harper" sounds like a girls name "i'm your step-brother" i dtopped taking the chain off my bike and looked at him. he did kind of look like my mom. no, he can't be. i continued to take my chain off my bike. after i got it off i hopped on my bike and took off toward the house.
    my house was the first house down the road from school. a normal person would walk to school since it was such a short distance but i am usually running late and its faster to ride my bike. i got home and as i expected my moms car was in the driveway. i looked behind me towards the school and that harper guy was walking toward my house. i turned around and walked inside. my mom was sitting on the couch.
    "hey honey" she said, i looked at her, rolled my eyes, and ran upstairs into my bedroom. i heard the front door shut soon after that. i heard people talking down stairs so i turned on my radio as loud as it could go and laid down on my bed.