The Unlucky Me - Prologue - Rewritten

Its been called to my attention SEVERAL times that the readers don't know the characters well enough. So I've rewritten the prologue. It'll tell lots more about the characters. Well here it is: 1


Hello. My name is Ginny Lee. I am 15 and going into 10th grade. I have long brown hair. And blue eyes that turn a dark blue almost black when I get mad and they turn almost sea green when I’m upset. I am about 5'4 and weigh about 105 pounds. 2

I have 2 older brothers Jake Lee and Mason Lee. I have one older sister named Karley Lee. I also have two younger siblings Everett Lee and Sydney Lee. They are twins. My mom's name is Julie Scott formally Julie Lee. Her husband's name is David Scott. 3

Jake is 22 and in college. He is engaged to a women named Kelly and they are expecting a baby in 1 month and 2 weeks. They already know that it is a little boy and are thinking about naming it Zachariah Lee. Jake has my brown hair but his hair is really short. He has hazel eyes and is about 5'9 and weighs about 140 pounds. Kelly has blonde, shoulder length hair. She has hazel eyes also and is about 5'5. 4

Karley is 20 and is also in college. She has a boyfriend named Jimmy. He is THE dumbest guy I’ve ever met. And I love him. I hope my sister marries him. Karley has dirty blonde long hair. She has hazel eyes like my brother Jake. She weighs about 110 pounds and her height is 5'7. She's tall like Jake too. Jimmy has dark brown hair that is curly. So it always looks like he has a small afro. Jimmy is about 5'11 and weighs about 150. He was a jock in high school so he is strong. 5

Mason is 17 yrs old, has my brown hair and blue eyes also. He is a going to be a senior. He is 5'6 and is about 120 pounds. I am closest to him. He understands me perfectly and we get along all the time. Mason has a girlfriend named Tina. She is pretty, popular and a bitch. Sorry but I had to say it. Mason is also deaf. I know sign language. Everyone in my family does. David is still learning though. He is a very slow learner when it comes to sign language. Honestly I think its pretty funny. Even Everett and Sydney learned it faster than him. 6

Everett and Sydney are both 7 years old. Everett has blonde hair like my mom. He has hazel eyes too. Sydney has the same blonde hair but has my blue eyes. That turn dark when she’s mad and light when she’s upset. They are both in 1st grade but Sydney has more fun in school. Everett is just a normal little boy. Doesn’t like school, wants to stay home and play. But I think the major reason why he doesn’t like school is because he has trouble. He can’t read all that good and usually can’t focus. My mom thinks he has ADD. 7

My mom has blonde hair, and blue eyes. She is about 5'3 and weighs about 140 pounds. David has dark red hair, green eyes, is 6'0 and weighs about 160 pounds. My mom and David have been married for about a year now. I don’t really know. The whole wedding is a blur. I don’t even remember going but I’m in the pictures so I must have. 8

Oh yeah…my dad’s name was Darrel Lee. He was my life. One day he was driving home from work and a semi-truck slipped on the road and fell on its side. My dad and few other people ran right into. He died later in the hospital. I got to see him one last time and it wasn’t pretty. He had blood all over him. I knew he wouldn’t make it so the last thing I said to him was “I love you dad” and then he died. He had his hand in mine. I can never get that image out my head. Seeing the last breath come out of him…..I was 10 years old. As you know I really haven’t gotten over my dad’s death. He helped me with everything. He always called me his little sweety pie. I know its sounds lame but in my mind it’s the best words ever. My dad was a hard working man. He worked with construction. I remember one time when I was about 8 he got injured. He broken his arm by falling off a roof. I did everything for him during those weeks. I even got to stay home sometimes just to hang with him all day. 9

After my father’s death my grades in school stayed the same but my friends soon disappeared. They hated the fact that I always cried whenever I heard the word dad or father. They hated the fact that I was always so quiet. My teachers always called on me but I usually refused to answer. I was good in school though. Just not the participation part. Which is basically crucial in high school. 10

When I got into middle school I met many new people and became friends with some of them but again they all disappeared. I have very few friends that understand me. I’m basically an outcast at school. Mason is exactly the opposite. You’d think with him being deaf people would try to ignore him but no. He has many many friends and mostly everyone loves him. I envy him so much. 11

My best friend in the entire world is Shane Baker. We have been friends since 7th grade. He is about 5'9 and is 15 also. He has dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. He is roughly 150 pounds. He’s stuck by me through the teasing and everything. He understands what its like to lose someone that you love very much. He lost his mother to cancer when he was young too. And he too became an outcast. Shane has an older brother that is done with college. His name is Hunter. He also has a little brother who is 5 years old and his name is Miles. Shane and I are the best of friends. Everyone picks on us. Teasing us about how we’re around each other too much and how we never talk to anyone but ourselves. I’ve taught Shane sign language too. He is still learning yet he still learns faster than David. Sometimes when we have something really important to talk about and a lot of people are around we will sign language to each other. Its funny to see the confusion on people’s faces. 12

I’ve gotten in a couple of fights. Usually over Mason. People in my grade love to tease people. For example one time I punched this kid in the eye for saying “deaf people are so dumb. Why do they even keep deaf babies alive. Doctors know they are going to have problems so why just kill them” I got so angry. “I told him that I had a deaf brother and told him to shut up” Then he said “Well it figures. Only you would have a cripple in your freekazoid family” then I said “Mason is not a cripple.” And then I punched him in the eye and the stomach. I was suspended for 3 days and the kid was suspended for 1. 13

By now I’m sure you people are wondering “Why do we need to know this stuff? Where the hell is she going with this?” 14

Well…..I’m just here to tell you all my story. To tell you all my unlucky story. Of all the unlucky things that’s happened to me. And then the miracle day. Where my unlucky life turned around for the first time. And when I realized that the angel of my life has been near me all along. So…..you all ready for the story of The Unlucky Me? 15