• Prologue: Loved and Lost


    A tear fell to the dry ground below me as i thought of how this came to be. Mom... Gone. Dad... Gone. I was alone. Cars suck. Accidents suck. I felt like a kid now as i thought these simple thoughts. Now i was having to move from my nice home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Alaska. Why did my Aunt Celia have to live there of all places? Oh well. Oh yeah, my name is Amanda. It is common... I know...

    I looked to my left, the man was snoring a little to loud for me to sleep at all.
    I was very tired, but it was impossible on this low class plane. All i could afford.
    The woman beside me smiled at me as i made a face, then yawned. Why was my flight at 5:00 A.m?! Celia had no heart apparently. I was acctually excited to see Cousin Mel. We were best friends when we were younger. Wait... i forgot to tell you my age... I am 14. Old enough to fly alone, but i didn't need a drivers license. Perfect.

    I looked around and saw my outragous aunt in a purple silk dress. Dang. Rich.
    " MANDY!!!" She screamed when she saw me, and she burst into tears."umm... Celia.... you act like it was your Mom and Dad.." i managed to fake without bursting into tears with her. I was strong. Enough. At least i wasn't crying. Mel came out of nowhere and sucked me into one of her graceful death trap hugs. She was 17 now. And so pretty. As she pushed my unsuspecting face into her breast she started to comfort me, by petting my head like a dog and patting my back like a baby. When she started cooing at me like a mother with a baby. That was the last straw. " Can i see Rascal, Auntie?" i whimpered in my baby voice. Rascal was my old man of a dog. He was as old as i was. Rascal had a bad hip and was given about 6 months to live so she quickly understood. In what felt like minutes she said, "welcome to the bat cave!"

    One look at the house and i already was dreading my choice of Celia and not Grammy.Pink paint all over the house, and a blue doorway. Did Celia have no idea what she was doing? This was going to be a long year. Just freakin' wonderful. I was the laughing stalk already. I sure felt nice about school tomorrow. WHY ME?!

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