Howdy Doody =D.
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This chapter is basically just an introduction in the form of a one-off diary entry from Joey, so it can explain some of the changes I've made with the characters (Other changes are mentioned in other chapters)
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Pleased to be reviewing, kthanks *grins*
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Chapter two will be up within twenty four hours =)
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This whole story is dedicated to purplemonkeyys, 'cause she's simply the best & has helped me with story ideas and helped kick my inspiration back on track =)
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Oh, and special Thanks to IJKS, cause I sort of 'stole' the idea of having past characters in this story from her amazing story 'Forbidden' - Hope you don't mind IJKS!
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Toastie. x
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Chapter One
Dear Diary,
My name is Joey Collins, I'm almost Eighteen years old, and I live in a small town called Summer Bay. I attend Summer Bay High School and every single school day is like hell for me, actually, I think hell might be better than Summer Bay High. What can I say? I'm not exactly the most popular student; actually, I'm the least popular, along with my best friend Aden Jefferies. My parents are the cause of me being un-popular; eight years ago my father Link Collins held the old local restaurant, Bayside Diner, hostage. He killed several people, including two of the town's most notable personnel's, Ailsa Stewart and Floss McPhee. My father was charged with several counts of murder and was sentenced 25 years in prison. A week after my father was sentenced, my mother, Deidre, started to heavily drink and it didn't take long for drugs to get involved. After ten months of suffering brutal beatings and being treated like I was a piece of shit, my mother finally had that "one drink or one drug too many" that I had constantly nagged her about and I found her lying on our kitchen floor, dead. Ever since then I've lived with my guardian Irene Roberts, who is by far one of the most amazing lovable people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Also living with me is my best friend, Aden. He suffered a lot from the hands of his grandfather and his father whilst he was growing up. I have a cat named Jinkers and I feel very sorry for her as she has to put up with all my depressing shit, but I'm pretty sure she loves me anyway.
Tomorrow is the start of term two at school, three more terms left and Aden and myself will be as free as birds. We plan to leave this stupid town and live out at sea. We have weekend jobs on a Trawler called 'Tatum's End' and the crew are just lovely, they really make us feel welcomed. So yes, tomorrow I'm back to school and I truly am dreading going back. I get constantly bullied by Trey Palmer and his pathetic friends. And then there's this group of four girls, the sweetest Leah Poulos, she really is a lovely girl, but she's too much of a wimp to stand up to the other girls. Hayley Smith, she thinks she's top shit, but she really isn't. She's horrible, but no where near as horrible as my number one enemy, Belle Taylor. Belle and I have never gotten along, even when we were kids, we hated each other. Unfortunately in this small town, I can't escape her. Therefore she makes my life a living hell.
And then there's Charlie Buckton, one of the most horrible, pathetic, spoilt little brats I have ever met. She's the type of girl who only has to bat an eyelash to receive her Daddy's credit card, thus meaning she gets what she wants, when she wants. She doesn't know the meaning of 'working for money', to her, money grows on trees and all she has to do is shake the damn tree for thousands of dollars to fall into her back pocket, usually in the form of the seasons hottest trends, a mobile phone or some useless handbag and really, she has too many shoes. I don't even think a shoe shop stocks as many shoes as Charlie Buckton owns. I truly can not stand her; she makes my life a nightmare. I can't believe I used to be really good friends with her when we were younger and at one stage, I had a *crush* on her. Okay, so she is really good looking, her eyes are beautiful, her legs are amazingly long and her smile is gorgeous, it's just a shame she now has the personality that she does, because with that, I won't touch her with a 50 foot barge pole. She used to be one of the sweetest kids, but ever since her mother passed away and the time her father caught us making out when we were 12, she's just turned into this monster.
I best get some sleep, Ade and I are going for our morning run at 6:30, I hope I can beat him home in the morning. I want to have first shower, damn it!
Joey xx