Ok well I just finished Chapter 1 of City Girl. I'll post it a chapter at a time in about a week at most.




Kelly Parker rushed through the sea of people, clutching her books. She looked at the clock on the wall. “9:00,” she muttered under her breath. “Great, it's my first day of high school and I'm already late.” She practically ran to the door of her homeroom and tried to sneak in without anyone noticing. She tiptoed past her best friend, Sarah, and was almost to her seat when - “Kelly!” the teacher boomed across the classroom. “Where have you been? Do you have a late pass?”
“No, Ms. Howard, I-”
“Enough! I believe I'm going to have a talk with your parents about this. Sit down and read. It's almost time for first period.”
Kelly sat down and unzipped her backpack as soon as the first bell went off. With a groan, she zipped it back up, grabbed her books, and headed towards her writing class. She stepped out the door as she just realized she'd left the map of her school at home. Her alarm had gone off so late that she forgot to grab it on the way out. There was no way she could face her teacher after the first impression she had just made. “Great...” she mumbled. She was about to go get Sarah when the entire class had literally pushed her out the door. Her only hope was to go ask the front office. She dashed down the hallway as fast as she could. She burst through the office door, breathing heavily. “Do you know... if I... could get... another map?” Kelly asked, still trying to catch her breath. “Of course, sweetie,” the lady asked. Sweetie. That was the name her mom used to call her. Her mother had died in a car accident only three months ago. Now Kelly despised it when someone called her “sweetie”. When the office lady whirled her chair around to finger through the file cabinets, Kelly hung her head, pressed her lips together, and kept blinking to try to hold back her tears. “Here you go,” the woman said, extending her arm out for Kelly to take the map. “Thanks...” Kelly said in a quiet voice and ran into the hallway.
The day carried on. She went to all her classes: P.E., Math, Science, History, Technology, Home Economics, etc. She made a few new friends, hung out with Sarah, and learned a lot that day. But on the bus ride home, something hit her. She wouldn't be able to tell her mom about her first day of high school. She wouldn't be able to burst through the door, grin from ear to ear, and hug her while smelling her cinnamon scented shampoo. No, things were going to be different this year. This time she could only talk to her dad about it, and she had hardly spoken to him the entire summer. But that didn't matter. This year was HER year, and nothing was going to get in the way of that. She was going to get on the honor roll and be popular. So, why did it feel like she was missing something?

Kelly was almost finished with her math homework when she heard a knock on the door. “Come in,” she yelled. Her dad peeked through the door. “Um, Kelly? Can I talk to you?” he asked quietly. “Sure,” she said, pushing her papers to the side.
“You know Carol, the lady I work with who's been over here a lot these past few months?” he asked, putting his hand on his neck.
“Yeah, with the annoying little twin brats that do nothing but torture me whenever I babysit them?”
“They aren't brats, Kelly. They're sweet little angels. Anyway, yes that's the one.”
“What about her?”
There was a long pause, until her dad broke the silence.
“Well, believe it or not... I'm going to marry her.”
Kelly looked at him and laughed. “Wow, Dad! That's a good one!” she said while she was giggling. “Kelly, I'm serious. We're getting married next month,” he said with a stern look in his eyes. Kelly suddenly stopped laughing and her eyes popped wide open. “What?! I...I hardly know her! You know what? Just get out of my life!” she yelled as she ran out the door, tears streaming down her cheeks. “Kelly, wait!” he yelled. She turned around and said. “No one asked me if I wanted a new mom! I hate you!” She called back, then ran as fast as she could towards the graveyard where her mom was buried. Rain started pouring down as if God was crying with her. She look one look at her mother's tombstone, covered her eyes with her hands, and then sank into a dark hole of sorrow and disbelief.

Really good keep on going! it could be turned into a movie

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Wait did her mom die in the fire or the car accident?

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Car accident. The dad and Carol were the ones standing outside the apartment when it burned down.

Okay the chapter is so big I'm cutting it in half. I'll show the other half tomorrow

No need to tell you about the wedding. Everyone was crying, including me. Everyone was crying tears of joy. But I was crying for a different reason. I was crying tears of pain.
Moving boxes were everywhere since Carol and the Devils were moving in. Everything was finally unpacked. A month ago I had thought I was living in a nightmare, since Mom died and my teacher and I got off on the wrong foot. Wow, I was wrong. That was just the beginning. I kept sinking deeper into my nightmare.
Me and Sarah were in my room studying for our math test. Well, not really studying. We were giggling about what was going on at school. We were laughing and having a good time, when all of a sudden, “Ah!!” I screamed as something toppled over me. Knowing exactly what happened, I caught my breath and managed to yell,”'Megan! Ashley!” They walked into the room with sweet innocent little smiles on their faces. “Yes?” They asked at the same time. A millisecond after they said that, Carol came running into the room. “What the heck happened to you, Kelly?!” Carol exclaimed. Can you guess what happened? Yup, Megan and Ashley's first prank. A net had just fallen from nowhere and I was strapped to the floor. “Carol, look what Megan and Ashley did to me!” I yelled at the top of my lungs. “Kelly do you expect me to believe these sweet, innocent, little eleven-year-olds did this to you? Go to your room. You're grounded for three days,” Carol said sternly. I looked into her piercing eyes and said, “But Carol-”
“But nothing!”
“Can I at least say one thing?”
“Sure.”
“Carol, I'm already in my room.”
“Oh. Right. Well then stay in your room. Sarah I'll call your parents and them you're coming home.”
Sarah nodded. She didn't really talk to anyone but me. She walked out without a word.
“As for you young lady, I expect you to study while you're in your room, because I know that math can't be that funny,” Carol said sarcastically while pulling the net off of me. Ignoring her comment, I blurted out, “You can't just punish me like this! Okay? You're not my mother!” Kelly ran out the door once again with tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Happy –whoa!” Carol said as I woke up the next morning. “Kelly, why am I up here?” There was no way she was going to believe that Megan and Ashley set it up, because no one was over.
“Aw, mom! You ruined it!”
“Ruined what?”
“I was experimenting for a science project-”
“Enough said. Oh, I’m doing a project too.”
“Really? On what?”
“I'm trying to find out my step-daughter's reaction will be she gets grounded until she cuts me down.” Run-on sentence. Like I said, she's not exactly smart.
After I thought this, I reluctantly cut her down, because it was kind of funny.
She sighed. “Have you thought about what you want for your birthday?”
“Well, right now I can’t think of anything,” I said, “but I’ll let you know if I think of something.”

A few hours later, I knew what I wanted.
“Carol!” I yelled.
“Yes?”

“I know what I want. Sort of.”
“What?”
“Let’s go shopping. I’m not exactly sure what I want, but we can browse the shops.”
“That’s fine.”
“Um, can I go with Sarah, too?”
“If it’s okay with her mom, then yes.”
“Cool.”


The next day, we went shopping. We went into a couple of stores, and trust me, I tried on everything I could find, but none of them had what I wanted. Sarah even tried on some goofy looking things. As soon as we were about to leave, I saw a little ball of gold fluff sitting in the window. She opened her big and beautiful brown eyes, looking clueless. It was amazing. She was so little and cute! “Carol, I know what I want!”


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“What do you want to name her?” Carol asked.
“Goldie.”
“Good name.”
Mom smiled as she filled out the adoption form. The woman at the counter gave us instructions on how to feed, groom, and walk her. She said if we had any questions, call them or visit their website, blah, blah, blah.
By now, you should know what I got for my birthday. I got a Golden Retriever!

About three months later, Goldie was huge and she became the family’s best friend. We trained her to do everything, so we took her to the hit TV show, “Animal Idol”, and won like $5,000! She did tricks, flips, jumps, and even danced! I'm going to save the money up for an emergency.

A week later was when my miserable life began. On a hot and sunny day, I came home from the movie theater with Sarah. Everyone was crowded outside of my apartment. I heard fire engines, and there was smoke everywhere. Sarah and I dropped our cups and our jaws, and then tried to find our families. They saw us and waved their hands so we could see them. We dashed up to them as quickly as we could. Carol and Dad were crying. “What happened?” I yelled over the crowd and sirens. “Apparently, someone left their stove on. It shot up in flames in minuets, and burned down the entire apartment!” Carol responded. “What about Goldie, is she hurt?”
“No, we were walking her while this happened. She started barking and dragged us down here.”
“Where are Ashley and Megan?” I asked.
“Why do you think we’re crying? They’re inside!”
I gasped. “I’m going in.” I said dramatically, and then ran inside the building, and started coughing. “Ashley...*cough cough* Megan, *cough*, are you in here?” I collapsed to the ground, coughing from the black smoke. Goldie broke free from the leash and ran as fast as she could to the fire fighters. She kept barking, jumping, and running around in circles until the firemen got the message. They nodded at her, and followed her while gripping the hose. I couldn't see anyone because the smoke was too strong, but I heard footsteps, coughing, and barking. After I heard water blasting out of something and the ambulance sirens whistling like there was no tomorrow, there was a blackout.


Haha I left ya dangling

You'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what happens....

Nice story... Please continue. I hope she can get along with the evil twins. I know what its like to have step-siblings. Only mine are brothers & they are older than me, and not twins.

This is awesome plz continue I love your story

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Can't continue it until tomorrow. But, I WILL tell ya this: towards the end they finally understand eachother and get along. That's all I'm telling ya O.o

Really good story! I like it! Please post more!

100th post! Yay.

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