#kimmuse

Kimberley was never one to back down in an argument. It didn’t matter  if it was her Grandfather or a complete stranger, she would fight back and she would win. The main reason for this behaviour is most likely the fact she had been brought up to ‘be the best’. When she was seven her parents divorced and though her father lives two streets away, he is emotionally abusive and she never wants to speak to him again. She literally runs away if she sees him in the street. Her mother did the best job she could, but she was uptight and judgemental of other people and perhaps Kimberley picked up a little on that, always getting into arguments because she ‘had to be right’. If she was ever wrong  she’d get a look from her mother that made her feel incredibly stupid. And it only hurt because she felt it was true. She’s definitely not the brightest crayon in the box but it doesn’t mean she’s as stupid as she was made to believe. Her mother taught her that her looks were all she had going for her so she tends to spend a lot of time on her appearance, leading others to believe she’s stuck up like her mother.

Her argumentative side has often been put down to her being a bitch. Plain and simple. She really isn’t a bitch at all, she’s simply saying exactly what she feels and she’s tried to change and come across as a nicer person but nobody believes it and the label has stuck with her despite having been out of high school a good few years. A lot of her old friends from school have abandoned her due to her ‘aggressive  personality’. There are a few who she talks to now and then but not many and not regular. Though she pretends not to care, she’s one of the loneliest people in Silvervale.

In her last two years of high school, Kimberley found herself treating her ex-boyfriend pretty shabbily simply because she wanted this guy called Noel to back off. Noel had been stalking her, hanging round her ever since primary school, and she was getting irritated with him. She ignored treated her boyfriend pretty crappily, only paying him attention when Noel was around, and then promptly dumped him after school ended and she was more able to avoid Noel. After a few abusive texts from him, the two never spoke again. Looking back on it now, she regrets everything and wishes she’d just acted like her real self in high school. She just wants to get as far away from her past as she can and she’s figured the only way to do that is to get the hell out of this town and start fresh somewhere new. Somewhere she can be who she’s always wanted to be without the eyes of those who knew the person she used to be, the bitch in high school that she still portrays to the world because that’s simply what they expect from her. Kimberley’s been saving up her money in a little tin on her bedside table and she counts it every night, dreaming of where she’ll end up starting over.

It’s such a shame that the new year will never truly come in  Silvervale. Making it out of this town has always been a dream of  Kimberley’s and she plans to go as soon as mid-January rolls around. What a tragedy that the calendar never passes December and she’ll be stuck in a life where nobody really likes her company.