You know how people complain of struggling to make ends meet before they become something in life? well that's almost how my life went, just with a little twist, in my case there were few complications, a drop of alcohol, a spoon of heart break , a basin of disappointments and a basket of love.

Well this is how it all started.............

My name is Irene I'm 20, "yeah too young to complain about life right? well that's just me for you" I'm a short , not too short but really short slim lady, woman, girl, whatever it is you call a twenty year old, I'm the second child of my parents who think I'm useless but that's by the way . So how did I get to this point? uhhhmm well my life was smooth until nine years ago when there was a little land slide , my family had to move from Greenville but they didn't move, instead my mom and dad decided to share their kids among their loved ones, awwwwnnnn that's so cute, but not for me. I had to live with my Aunty and Uncle who were Soo sweet in the first month of leaving with them.

I had fun with them, I was getting to learn new things , new life style, how to be a girl and all that .... but you know how after the darkest hour of the night comes day, well it was the opposite because after the sweetest part of staying with them came the nightmare's.

My alarm clock , woke me up immediately it was 4:00.o.clock it feels like I haven't even closed my eyes for a minute , I really want to go back to sleep but if I do , I might miss school for that day . So I stood up kept reciting the Lord's prayer while putting water on the gas and trying to sweep the kitchen.....Good morning ma, the water is already hot and in the flask , there's another one on the fire.....mmmmm..... mmmmm really ?? after all I said the response I get is mmmmm, well I'm not surprised ,I get worse than that on some days. sometimes she gets annoyed with me because I appeared in her dream or for reasons I don't know and then I get yelled at for every single thing I do until eventually am through with everything at home, sometimes I wonder what really went wrong at home, did I do something wrong or did I say something wrong or are they just tired of pretending to be who they aren't well we'll never know I guess.

Although I still think my parents feel I'm useless , I miss them the yelling the insults and sometimes the cold treatment , all this makes me look like the problem but really I wasn't the one being yelled at , it was between them and my elder sister , it was like there was always something to argue about, sometimes when someone wakes on the other side of the bed they tend to ruin the day of every other person, because when you have a grumpy face it's infectious , my mum begins to feel like it's her fault , my dad begins to bring up sour jokes to lighten up the mood and I'm just there staring at them because I seriously don't know what to do , so a day came when the argument was hot ,my mum was questioning my sister my dad was trying to calm her down I didn't really understand what the argument was about but I was tired of it all and when I said mum , dad my mum and dad yelled shut up up at the same time and my mum said you don't know anything now get back to your room nonsense, and that was it , from then onwards I became another version of my sister, not wanting to talk to anyone , keeping to myself until I got shipped to this place.

Well today the morning went by so fast , I'm in school trying to say hi to everyone then boom an angel personally created by the Lord with specially well toned skin appears to me and is saying something I don't understand, God she's a beauty her eyes are sooooo blue I could cry. How does a black kid have blue eyes and still not look like a witch but an angel.........

Leslie:IRRREEEENNNNEEEEEEE"..

.Irene well that's a beautiful name, Irene it's my name.... yess my name is Irene....

Oh my God it's Leslie my talkative friend she's the one calling me ,

Irene:hey girl, how ya doing?"..

Leslie:Irene were you drooling over the new kid? I'm beginning to suspect you

Irene:she's just cute and I'm just admiring her , how can someone be so perfect? What's her name?",

Leslie:Xander , she's from the West and she has a killer hot brother that no one has seen yet".....

Irene:oh to hell with him Lez I can look at her all day , she's soooo cuuutteeee"

Xander:Oh am I??

Who owns that voice, am I dreaming or hearing things, I turn around and those ocean eyes are there staring at me on a beautiful smiling face, oh I'm definitely drooling now

Irene:yes you are, you are so beautiful" I finally said,

Xander:Hi I'm Alexander a masculine name I know but I love it, you can call me Xander for short I think we'll be seat mates henceforth seems you're the only one who doesn't have a seat partner

Irene:uhmmm what?? but there are other seats , I'm Irene by the way

Xander:oh yeah I know Irene but I just like you and from what I've heard you like your privacy alot and I enjoy mine too so we'll be good seatmates

Irene:okaaayyy fine, welcome to Greenville high".

Well that was the beginning of me and Xander's friendship and beginning of part of my problems in life.......I fell in love , naaahhh not with Xander with her brother. I was 18 and I fell in love with this tall , dark, handsome, well built , well chiseled , smart ass , hot , every ladies dream brother of Xander, I told ya, the beginning of my problems.