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Before this first chapter is posted, I would like to thank everyone who has persuaded me to put out a fanfic. I wrote this fanfic about one and a half months ago under another name with a longer first chapter. After a lot of editing to the characters and adding the rest of the chapter over to other chapters, I've finished. Please enjoy this fan-fic.
PG-15 rating for minor swearing and probably other stuff I'll add in the future.
Future chapters will be longer than this one, and please be aware that this is my first professional fanfic.
PG-15 rating for minor swearing and probably other stuff I'll add in the future.
Future chapters will be longer than this one, and please be aware that this is my first professional fanfic.
Wet Sand
Chapter One
"I'm coming home soon, Maureen." He said to his mother when he called her from his cell phone. He hadn't seen her for three months, but that was more than enough time for both of them to put their differences aside.
"But when will you be here? The cold isn't helping me around here and I'm bored as hell." she responded. "I don't know how I'm going to hold up. You know, this is the first Christmas without your father."
"I don't know when I'll be there. The train is moving slowly, but if the conductor is right, the train should be in Armoren in 3 and a half hours. There is snow all around me, and I'm happy were going slow."
"That's how you always are, wanting to take things slow."
"Don't start this now."
"By the way, were watching the neighbor's kid for the week. Cute girl, and she's 18, just like you."
"Just don't tell me-"
"She's sleeping in your room, on your bed, and you'll be on the couch."
"Jesus Christ, ma. You tell me last second were having someone over. I don't have a problem, but in my room, in my bed? You know, we have a guest room."
"You're grandpa is also staying the weekend, too."
"For Gods' Sake!"
"Oh, cut the crap. You know, you need to be more respectful of other people and how they feel. Joe still hasn't completely gotten over your Grandmas' death. They were married 40 years. If only me and your father-" She was choking up with regret and sorrow, and was on the verge of tears.
"Ma?"
"I'll see you when you get here. Love you."
"Love you too, ma."
"By the way, what is the girl's name?"
"Oh, it's-" Right then and there, his one bar service final ceased.
"She'll understand." he said to himself.
For the next 3 and a half hours, he thought about many things. How Grandpa was, bless the man's heart. Grandma loved him so much, and he couldn't leave his thoughts about her and move on, even though she died seven years ago. And that girl, he had never seen her before. He only saw the father of the house ever step out, each morning the year before when he was in High School. The rest of the time, he was listening to his iPod, scrolling through his 4,500+ songs and watching episodes of Modern Family that he had bought, before he knew it, the train stopped at the Armoren Train Station.
Once the train pulled up in Armoren, he hopped into his car, which his mother had driven for him to drive home in. He hated even being in the car with her, as she wasn't the best driver, and still hadn't fully forgiven her for what she did to the family last October, when his Dad took his own life. He just wanted to forget what happened, and turned to his favorite radio station.
He turned to 103.7 ACO Rock & Metal. The song playing was one of his favorites, Heaven beside You by Alice in Chains:
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, Hell within
Like the coldest winter wind
Heaven beside you, Hell within
And you know you have it still,
Heaven inside you.
He was singing along, word for word, as he would for any song he recognized. It wasn't the best song to listen to while trying to forget the past for now, but he loved it and couldn't resist.
The town of Armoren was quiet and cozy, with small murmurs here and there, like the event that happened to him last year. The suburb that was about 30 miles outside of Boise felt like it was in the middle of nowhere, because most of the town was farm land. However, there was it quirks. A movie theater, shopping complex, and oddly enough, a professional zoo were what the town was known for. It had a huge amount of farmland in addition to recreational businesses.
The ride home took about 20 minutes, mostly because he himself forgot half of the way home. However, when he pulled up to the house, the girl that would be staying with them was walking into the house. She was shocked to see him.
"Oh, hello!" She exclaimed as she ran up to his car. He slowly pulled into the driveway and shut off the car.
After a small period of darkness, the only thing he could say was "Hello." He was frozen with excitement and fear He had never met a girl that was as beautiful as her. She didn't even wear any mascara, and he could tell that. She was a sight for anyone to see. Maybe that's why she was never aloud out of the house, he thought to himself.
"Well, what is your name?" She could tell that he was in awe at her, as the few people she had met in her life were.
"Oh, it's-" Before he could finish his sentence, his mother and grandpa pull up in his expensive and classy Lincoln Town Car. It took both of them a few minutes to get out of the car, as they continued to talk even when they both knocked on the windows to say hello. They were both shooed away.
"Hello, son." The mother said to her son. Grandpa did the same thing.
"Hello Mom and Grandpa." He gave both of them a quick and emotionless hug, as he was in a rush to know about her.
"Well, let's go inside," said the Grandpa. "I'm freezing my ass off out here."
"Oh, grandpa." The old man always knew how to make his grandson smile.
And they all went inside.