Camilla Ruez: A Brief Story Of A Teenage Girl

Somewhere, on a porch dripping with sweet sunset honey, two girls sat. Golden light from the summer sun hugged the front of the house, making the girls silhouette figures. One girl was a bit taller than the other, as she was a year older, and growing faster than a weed. This girl’s name was Camilla Ruez. Next to her sat twelve-year-old Bridget Jackson. Both girls were silent and melancholy, despite the exquisite weather. Neither wanted to talk, as they were too sad to, and neither felt they needed to. Camilla had lost everything last year, in a fire that left almost nothing but ash. Her father had been trying to pursue a dream in playing his guitar at little joints across the country, but after the fire, he had had to stop. He now worked in the shipyard three hours away and he was wearing away his strength- and patience- quickly. Camilla’s mother, on the other hand, was now working as a waitress trying earn enough to pay rent for a few rooms in their next-door neighbor's house. Bridget’s life wasn't much better than the one of the girl sitting next to her. Her family was terribly poor, and could only pay for their own house by renting it out to their neighbors who were in need. Bridget’s parents had divorced last year and nothing Bridget ever did was happy. She dreading waking up each morning, and silently went …show more content…
But in Bridget’s situation, people felt bad for her because she didn't have much money and had to rent out part of her house to her neighbor's family. Bridget tried to let it go, but there were always whispers behind her back that made her feel just- well, rotten. On top of that, Bridget could never be alone; when she wasn't at school with an entire class of other children her age, she was next to Camilla for everything else, even sleeping! Life is hard when you have a grouchy thirteen year old girl living in your room when you don't want to be