Bounce Back

Chapter 1: Intro

My name is Arianna Rodriguez (picture on media). I'm a mix of Mexican and White. I'm 17, turning 18 in a month and in 12th grade my last year of high school. Damn has it been a long 11 years of school so I hope this year will be better. I'm 4"9 and some people consider that being short. I'm a thick, full figured girl that loves poetry, music and modeling.

I'm a girl that loves her family and puts them first, after God though. My mom is a single mother and well known business woman, Lynn Rodriguez. She owns a jewellery shop and a few restaurants in our town. I have two younger brothers Aaron (14) and Sanchez (12).

We moved from Mexico to London in January which was 4 months ago and we had to be enrolled to new schools. Which means we had to make new friends, which I'm not good at making friends. I left all of my friends behind because of my mom's restaurants in London. I didn't wanna move here but it's not like I had a choice.

In the 4 months we've been in London, I only made 2 friends at school only to find out we stay in the same street. Their names are Paris (18) and Sabrina Logan(18) they're twins. We go to Westbury High School and this is the first and last year for all three of us.

My dad you ask? Well he was in the US army  and while in Afghanistan he died in action when I was 8, Aaron was 4 and Sanchez was 2. It was a hard time for us when we died because we were sent to live with my Aunt because my mother went crazy and she was sent to a mental institution for 4 whole years. After my mother got out of the institution she came to live with us until she got a steady Job and house then we'd move.

4 years into working 3 jobs a day we had a house and we were out of our Aunts house. My mother got tired of the many jobs she had so she quit. And with the money she saved she started Lynn Jewels her jewellery shop. She'd use recycled metals and glass to make her jewellery.

After a few months business was booming. Celebrities would come in and order jewellery from my mother. I was so proud of her. She could provide everything for us.

Later on she discovered her love for food and went to culinary school for 2 years then opened a restaurant. All went good and she bought 3 more restaurants and 2 jewellery shops in London. So she decided we should move.

After living my entire life in Mexico we moved to London. My mother had bought this huge 10 room and 9 bathroom house. It was HUGE and I wondered what the other rooms where for but only 4 people would live in it. It had a game room, theater, a pool with a jacuzzi, a cottage, spa and a tennis court and everything any kid could wish for. It was beyond beautiful.

It took some time for me and my brothers to get used to the house and get used to having stuff being done for us. We were spoiled but we never became brats. Even though things are done for us we still help out where we can. I help our chef cook and the housekeepers clean the rooms. And the boys help the gardener with the garden.

My mom bought me a black bugatti after 2 months of being in London. I didn't want it but I just thanked her for it for the sake of being greatful. I would go with it to school but park it down the road cause I didn't want anyone to know I was a rich kid. Only Paris and Brina knew about my family wealth but they too have never came into my house cause I'm scared they'll take pictures and show them to people. Nobody in the school knows who my mother is cause I don't tell.

I'm not the type to show of so that's why I keep a lot of things secret. If I do tell I only tell my friends. Even my clothes don't say I'm rich. Cause I wear simple stuff, they might be expensive but most people don't know. I'm not popular and I'm a nerd.

I'm also a small time model but no one knows about that.  Not even my friends, my own mother even! I have a few pictures and I  keep them hidden in a chest under my bed.

I'm not a girl that loves attention from guys so that explains why I don't have a boyfriend. I'm also not a party person and that explains why I never go to parties even if I'm invited. But Paris and Brina are the opposite. They love parties and both have boyfriends. But their still my friends. I guess it's true when they say, "Opposites attract."

So that's me. I gave you a clear idea of how I am and how my life is.