All Chapters of A Chance To Have You: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

I feel the water dripping down my body. My clothes are completely soaked with toilet water. “Choke on that Scar Freak”, Rita says. This is the third time today Rita has done this. Some students stare and walk away, some stand and watch with sympathy, while the rest stand and laugh at me. My name is Lana Owen. I am 16 years old, from Louisiana but I live in San Diego, California with my aunt, Alice, who is a vet doctor. I was involved in a car accident that killed both my parents and brother, James. Due to the accident, I have a scar on my

Because of the implication of the video and how Influential Hannah and Rita’s are, the board was involved. It turns out Mrs. Hathaway planned with Mr. Shawn to expose Rita and her minions. Mr. Shawn had the girl from the photography club videotape me whenever I was been bullied. That explains their discussion this morning. The meeting involved me answering a lot of questions and Aunt Alice throwing a lot of tantrums at the parents of Howard, Rita, Jessica, and Hannah and the board. She almost climbed on the table to confront Rita’s mother. Thank God Mr. Arnold was there to stop here if not it would have been hell. Oh, Mr. Arnold also happens to be part of the board because of his generous donations to the school’s art division, and also he is a professor of arts. Aunt Alice and Mr. Arnold never get along. They have always been at each other’s necks since I moved

I don’t wait for 7 am to reach. By 5:30 am I am out of Michelle’s house. I left a note for her telling her I needed an extra hour to practice. By 6:12 I arrive at the ballad academy. I drop my duffle bag on the floor, change my cloth, and pick up a piece of cloth from the bag. I take out my phone and connect my Bluetooth to the speakers. I scroll through my music and play the selected music for the Blossom Annual Dance Festival to the highest. I blindfold myself with the piece of cloth from my duffle. Like Mr. Arnold said I listen to my emotions and pick the most painful one, ‘Luke’ and I start dancing. I let the emotions move through my body. I dance for a while, and then I remember the few martial art moves Michelle taught me. I wait for the song to reach the end and I angle my leg like a triangle and I turn round like I am douching a fist and I bent round and

The week has been running fast. Yesterday was the high school graduation. The school cheerleaders did a wonderful work on their performance which they asked for my help with. I begged Michelle to help also because of her skills in acrobatics and I have to say she was very helpful. Michelle told me Luke was accepted at Harvard University to study mechanical engineering as his major and he will be leaving for Harvard tomorrow. I have to say I was so proud of him and I feel so sad Luke has to so soon. God knows I am going to miss him. I wish I don’t have to let him go even though he said he can’t be friends with me, I couldn’t help stop myself from sneaking out of class to watch him practice football on the field. “Lana, Lana, Lana!!!”

As usual in the morning, I face time with Michelle.“Oh my God, tell me you are lying,” Michelle screams.“No, I am not.”She screams again and I laugh at her.“Alfred, babe?”I hear Alfred answer in the background.