Original - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1094366379/ CW: Talk of divorce, LGBTQ+phobia. They’re fighting again. Do they think that I can’t hear them yelling upstairs in the living room, every day? My ears hurt, but I just ignore it and continue eating my cheese toastie; it’s not like I can or care to do anything to stop Mum and Dad from fighting. I glance at the clock on the kitchen wall. 7:40. I better get ready soon, I’m leaving in 5 minutes. I finish off my breakfast, put the plate in the sink, and let out a sigh. No one likes the first day back to school after a term break, let alone in the miserable, cold English weather after the Christmas holidays. Wow, I can’t *wait* to add my parents going through a divorce to my pile of secrets that live in a dusty, cobwebby corner of my mind. And sharing secrets won’t help. Mum would never understand who I really am, and Dad… let’s just say he is more than capable of doing so, he just chooses not to. I put on my coat and bike helmet, sling my bag over my shoulder, and unlock the door into the backyard. They’re always too busy to drive me to school so I cycle. Great fun in the winter months, you can imagine, but I don’t mind. I’d rather cycle than deal with being stuck in the middle of another of their arguments. In fact, cycling is better than even taking the bus or other public transport because it means I don’t have to needlessly talk to anyone. My name is Sola Caldwell, and I hate social interaction.
Read over chapter one and thought it was rubbish so I rewrote it. Also changed Sola's surname to Caldwell because I thought it sounded cooler. Thoughts? Was this rewrite better or worse than the original? Bell or Caldwell? Sola Caldwell Year 7 she/her
