Before She Changed Me by Leanne Yerdon (best novels for teenagers txt) 📕

Before She Changed Me.


I stared at the flaming bodies. I slid against the wall. I coughed as the smoke came into my lungs. Sam slid next to me and hugged me.

“What do we do Kyle?” I held her tightly. We both coughed. Our parents left us in the house. They left. They had no hope for us and now we were stuck here. We watched the fireman burn. A tear went down my cheek. I shook my head. Guys don’t cry. We were going to die. It was as simple as that. I looked around the room. Were they going to send anymore people to try and save us? I thought. The smoke clouded the room. I squinted my eyes as they started to burn from the smoke stinging them. I spotted a window. I felt Sam’s body go limp against me. I picked her up and carried her over towards the window. I put her over my shoulder. I tried pulling the window open. It wouldn’t budge. I looked at the top it was locked. I unlocked it. Coughing again. I pulled the window open. I breathed in the fresh air.

“HELP PLEASE!” I screamed. We lived in a two story house. I looked down to see how far. Wouldn’t be the first time I jumped out my window but I never did with my little sister unconcious. I held her tightly and slid down the side of the siding of the house I gripped the window sill. I slid down the ledge onto the bottom one. Then jumped. I held Sam close to my chest. My body hit the ground. I sighed in relief. I saw the fire and gas pushing against the window in front of us. I swiftly put Sam under me putting my body over her. I then heard a loud sound. Then felt hot flames run across my back. I screamed in pain.

“THEIR OVER HERE!” I heard a man scream. I felt the tears escape my eyes. I didn’t care at this point. I felt a cold liquid go against my back. It stung. I flipped over on to my back I screamed in the even worse pain.

“OWW!” I screamed. A man picked me up I saw another pick up Sam.

“No! Sam!” I screamed.

“She’s going to be ok. Now just settle down and lay right back.” The man said. I nodded and settled on the gurny. My back stung. I winced. I looked over to the front of the house where my parents stood. My father glared as my step mother did the same. I hated my parents. Ecspecially my fucking mother. She was a bitch and she had convinced my father on how bad I was. To my parents I was nothing but a delinquet. Which I was but that wasn’t suppose to make them look at me with dissapointment but try and help me and Sam. I felt the doctor in the ambulance put and IV in each of my arms. I gulped. My eyes started to droop.

“What did you give me?” I asked fighting my eyes to stay open.

“Don’t worry about it. Just let the medicine take over. Let your eyes fall.” I listened to his low soothing voice as my eyelids fell as I went into my own world. I blinked and looked around me. I saw Sammy. She was 2 or three and was screaming playfully as my mother pushed her on the swing. I looked at my mother. She had died when I turned 10 and now there she was. I ran to my dad that was sitting on a chair on the deck. He chuckled and picked me up into the air. I screamed happily as he twirled me in the air. I blinked again hearing my sisters voice.


“Kyle? Are you awake?” I brushed off the dream, now coming back to reality. I looked around in the room. We were in a hospital. Great... My sister looked at me as she grabbed my hand and held it. Her red curled hair falling around her face. My sister was 13. She had icy blue eyes. She was pale but beautiful. She was slim and looked like my mother. My mother was beautiful but her horrid personality hid that very well. I looked at my sister and cracked a smile.

“Hey sammy.” I said weakly. She beamed.

“Oh thank god your ok.” She said hugging me. I rested my hand on her back.

“I’m okay. Don’t worry.” She sat up turning away from me. I now saw the tears going down her cheeks.

“Come on now. Everythings okay. I’m all better and we are going to be just fine.” She nodded.

“We aren’t going back to mom and dad.” She said sadly. I looked at her confused.

“Mom is being accused of starting it. Her and dad are in jail. We have to move in with Aunt Janet.” She said.

“What? How did they find that out? And Aunt Janet? Who’s that?” I asked.

“ Mom and dad were outside of the house and calling the police before the fire even started and Aunt Janet is mom’s sister.” Sam said. I nodded

“Have you met her?” I asked looking at the tv. It was playing basketball. I sighed. I had to quit it because of my mom.

“Yeah she’s really nice. She’s really pretty to. We’re going to even have seperate rooms and everything.” I nodded. I watched as Sam jumped up and down happily. She could finally be a girl a teenage girl. I watched as a brunnette walked in. She had blue eyes like me and Sam. She looked bout 25 maybe 26. She smiled at me and sat down in the seat next to the hospital bed.

“Hi I’m Janet.” She said happily. I smiled back.

“I’m kyle and that’s sam.” She nodded.

“i know. Now they said you should be all better so I can take you guys home.” I nodded.

“What about all of our stuff..is it all..” I didn’t say anything more.

“Their actually was many things that were saved in the fire. You and your sisters clothes were all in tact because of them being in the closet. But we can still buy new ones.” Sam screeched happily. I smiled.

“We’re going to a new school?” I asked ignoring Sam’s happy dance. Janet nodded.

“Yes you are but don’t worry you guys won’t have to go for another week. You guys need to get all settled first.” Janet said. I nodded. I could start all over. I could move on from my record of being a delinquent and just start being a good kid all over again. The doctor came in and talked to Janet and gave her a bottle of pills and a clipboard. SHe took a pen and signed it. The doctor took out the IV’s I stood up slowly. My back stung a little but other then that I felt fine. We were going to start over. And everything was going to be better.

“Okay so this is your room Kyle. All we need to do is paint it. It looks bare now but after you decorate it. It will be all better.” Janet said. I nodded. I looked around the pale white room with the wooden flooring and two windows on the wall. She opened a door and put the bags from stores that we went to in it. She then left and brought in a big white tarp to put on the floor.

“Now how bout you take this end and I’ll take the other.” I nodded and helped her put it down.

“Now how bout we look at paint while your sister is at her friends house?” She asked smiling.

“Friends?” I eyed her.

“Yeah. Well I introduced her to my one friends daughter. SHe’s in the same grade and so she’s staying over their.” I nodded. We then left and went to Ace Hardware. I picked out a dark blue. Aunt Janet picked out a purple and hot pink for Sams. We got back and I looked at the huge house. Janet was rich. She had just bought this house when she just got us. She had bought everything that we wanted. We even had phones now. I opened the big wooden doors. I looked around the enterance. The ceiling was very high with a chandelier hanign from it with angels painted on it. I looked at the guys moving new stuff into the house. Aunt Janet told them where to put them.

“Uh.. Janet I’m gonna go paint.” She nodded.

“You don’t have to I hired them to do to do it for you.” I nodded.

“Uh ok.” A man took the paint buckets from me and went up the stairs to my room.

“Go out have some fun Kyle.” Janet said. I nodded.

“I’ll be back later. I’ll have my phone on.” She waved her hand. I opened the door. And went down the steps. I eyed the new camaro she bought me. I know I should be grateful but I wasn’t fond of Janet. She acted weird. I felt like she was hiding something from me and Sam. I hopped in the drivers seat and put the keys in the ignition. I looked in my mirror. I had black short hair. It had a bang in front. It was like Bieber hair. I cringed at the name. My sister loved him and now I heard his name 24/7. I looked at myself in the mirror. I had icy blue eyes as well along with high cheek bones and a thin lip line. I was somewhat muscular it was something I needed to work on though. I pulled my jacket up forward. I had a leather jacket on with a black shirt underneath. I thought of places to go. I then saw the beach. I smiled and pulled in to the beach parking lot. I got out of my car and locked it. I saw the blue waves going up onto the sand. I walked towards it and sat down on the sand. I looked out at the waves and the people swimming in it. I was going to school tomorow. I was nervous. I was going to meet new people and probably have to know the difference between the right ones to be with and the wrong ones. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to a girl in a pink striped bikini. She had long blonde hair. Her brown eyes eyed me. She smiled.

“Hi I’m Destiny.” She said. I nodded.

“Kyle.” She sat next to me.

“Are you going to