Have you ever found solace in a place that others hate? Your happy place is one which people depieced all their lives. I guess when you live your life in a shell without much you tend to appreciate the little thing, the things people take for granted . You see life a in a way that humbles you, and then in return you can humble the people in it.

Today is the first day of my senior year and to be honest I'm excited. I know what your thinking 'Who can be excited for school?'. School for me is an escape. I'm surrounded by the one thing that can take me out of my hard life.

My name is Storm Garcia, I'm 17 years old and gay as a muthafvka. My birthday November 18th. There's not much to say about me. I'm a introvert, don't really have friends and my life isn't all sunshine and rainbows.

My dad died when I was 14 in a car accident and from that day my life turned to shit. My dad and I were super close he was my bestfriend and my rock. After he died my mom did a whole 180 change. She moved on super fast, like how did you love your husband of 10 years and you move on in a whole month.

After she met this guy she started acting like a heartless bitch. Excuse my language but it's true. Her and her boyfriend are the most toxic human beings ever. All they do is argue, fight, then have sex and beat on me. They do have jobs and keep the lights on and food in the house but the alcohol outweighs the food.

I have to take care of my own personal needs like clothing, hygienic products and also school supplies. But they did buy me a phone and a laptop so I guess I'm lucky and I'll be grateful for that.

As I woke up all I could hear was was arguing. This is practically a normal morning ritual. They wake up, mom makes breakfast then her boyfriend comes in and they argue, I wake up get ready for school, skip breakfast and walk too school.

I learned the hard way never to be seen when they argue, if they see me then all their anger is pointed to me and that never ends good. I got the scars to prove it.

But enough about that. I got up and did my hygienic routine and got dressed. I wanted to be comfortable not really caring if I looked like a bum, I have nobody to impress at school. People don't really notice me so no pressure to look all perfect and shit. I left my hair as it was cause ain't have time to try to tame my curly mane.

After I finished doing what I'm doing, I grabbed my bag and made sure I had everything I needed and I made my way downstairs. I tired to be super quiet as i walked downstairs. I couldn't afford for them to hear me.

Today must be my lucky day because I reached the door unnoticed and ran out of the house.

'Whew' I thought in my head. I checked the time and saw that I had 30 minutes to get to school. I didn't live too far away so I would make it in 20 minutes if I walked fast enough.

I put my airpods in and Guilty Conscious started to play by 070 Shake. As I was walking and listening to the music I took in my surroundings. I saw parents walking their children to school with smiles on their faces.

I felt their happiness, their joy and love and for a split second I was jealous. Jealous of the love their parents are showing them, the love that I stopped feeling when I was 14. I'm jealous of the happiness they feel, the happiness I haven't felt in what feels like a lifetime.

Wow I'm jealous of kids. This has to be a all time low for me. Sigh it's whatever. I'll get over it.

I continued my journey to school just taking in the beauty of my surroundings. It's been a while since I actually did this even If i was walking fast.

After about 15-20 minutes I honestly lost track, but I arrived to school. I stood still and looked at the big sign 'Welcome'. I instantly felt at home.

Let's see what this year has to offer.