Chapter 1- A fresh Start Chapter-1 -A fresh Start. Most teenagers my age hated moving to a new place. Having to leave behind friends , lovers, and the place we called home, usually tore people apart. But not me. I had no friends at my school, I had no girlfriend an d” home” was just a word to me. My dad had moved my mom and I to the coal mining town of Southfield, because he had gotten a new job there. He was also glad to get a fresh start. Life had been hard for us in the city, and his new career promised a less stressful life for us, but mostl