Catch Me If You Can

By Carrie Marston

Meet fifteen-year-old Laura, who thinks her name is plain, her stepmom's insane, and her stepbrother is lame. Enter a new friend and new grade in high school, a sister she never sees, a mom she doesn't want to see, and a sister she didn't want to happen, and you've got big problems! The last thing Laura expects is for someone to understand. Hopefully it will happen before it's too late.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 17, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449780456

Carrie Marston

Carrie Marston introduces her first book. She's written many stories and adores writing and reading about real-life issues. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is studying to become a Nurse.

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Prologue

Laura never thought this would happen to her family. She knew her parents loved her and her sister Katie. She knew they loved each other. She knew her family wasn’t poor.

Yet, Laura knew so much yet so little when she was younger. She believes that she has a purpose. She believes for 4 long years she’s had to hide behind different faces and feelings.

A lot of things changed the year she turned ten. Things she wouldn’t want people to know.

She’s been asked to keep too many secrets and in her opinion that’s unhealthy.

Laura’s hopes, dreams and inspirations were crushed that year. Her family were so wrapped up in their own lives they didn’t notice her brokenness.

This is her story of her thoughts and opinions and in all her life starting on the first day of Grade 11 when her problems started to worsen.

Laura

Chapter 1

First Day of School

It’s the first day of being a junior in the city of Sunshine, Maine at Lakewood High School.

Isn’t it strange the city I live in is Sunshine but my school is called Lakewood? I’ve been living in Maine since I was 11 years old. My parents, well, that’s another story I might tell later.

Anyway I’m supposed to find a girl named Leah, she moved here with her parents from Scranton and she’s an only child. (Lucky, as soon as Kathy heard that she was pregnant she sent me to the Attic. I guess the attic is quite cozy, at least now it is.)

According to the gossip I hear Leah’s family drives really nice silver Toyota Prius.

Wait, I think I see one this could be Leah. I walk over to the car and introduce myself as a girl steps out of the car.

"Hi, I’m Laura, Laura Brown.

I’m Leah Houston.

The Leah Houston, daughter of the world famous genius Connor Houston. I say in awe.

Um yeah I guess.

I’m assigned to help to get through this nightmare.

What’s the big deal? It’s just high school.

It’s 11th Grade, and we’re juniors. I tell Leah I also pull Leah’s schedule out of my backpack to give to her.

Here’s your schedule Leah. I’ll see you in second period.

Okay, thanks.

Oh and one more thing the lunch special today is tuna sandwiches plus the school map is on the back of your schedule. I say with a smile.

Thanks again. She tells me.

I turn around and take a deep breath as I enter familiar territory, too familiar if you ask me.

Looking at my own schedule I develop a shortcut to each class in my head. First is Spanish with Señorita Carmen Sanchez. Great at least I’ll have something to look forward to.

I think my schedule is the same as Leah’s just not first period. I was hoping for a spare class so I could catch up on some sleep but like that’s ever going to happen. Maybe next year, I say as I slam my locker.

I also have to think what I’m making for dinner or is it Kathy’s turn? Don’t know and don’t care. Brief introduction Kathy is my stepmother. But I would hardly call her that. Tell you more later gotta head to Spanish. Don’t want to give Senorita Sanchez a bad impression of me on the first day. Do I? This by the way the first day usually is a long day so please be patient and bear with me here.

Gotta run.

Leah

Chapter 2

Second Period

Great I take one step out of the car and someone already knows and thinks I’m great because of my dad’s achievements. This is just great.

Okay focus Leah what classes do I have.

First Period- Ceramics –Ms. Klein, Biology –Miss. Ripley, lunch then English with Mr. Hinders and finally Math with Ms. Rotham. Good thing I’m not too bad at Math, or else I would be groaning right now.

Well here it goes, I’m going in and I’m going to try to think positive even if it kills me. Gross, a spitball just landed on me. I haven’t seen a spitball since 6th grade at Jonathan Peterson Junior High. I hope boys can be more mature than this!

Laura caught up