Humphrey woke up with a throbbing headache, and instinctively reached up to massage his temple, but quickly jerked his hand back with a sharp hiss of pain. But it doesn't even come close in comparison to the pain he felt as the memories of the events from the night before came flooding back to him. His parents were dead. Gone. He could have prevented it if only he convinced his parents not to drive in the bad weather. Now he stood there broken, silent, alone. Humphrey knew that his life was only going to get worse unless he could somehow find a way to pull himself together. He had no family left, he had just moved to a new school. It wasn't like he had anyone to turn to. Except... no not her, anyone but her. He took a deep breath and got up, he had to get ready for the first day of school, but wait, he didn't have any school supplies because his parents went school supply shopping, much to his disapproval, he liked to do those things himself. Thinking about his parents only brought on another wave of emotions, and he had to lean against the wall for support, as he suddenly felt light-headed. ' Get a hold of yourself man!' he thought to himself before proceeding to the bathroom. He got to the bathroom successfully and closed the door. He looked at himself in the mirror and sighed . He looked awful. He had bags under his eyes due to lack of sleep, his face was unshaven, and he had lines on his face where he had been frowning for what seemed like days. He ran a hand over his ahggard face and turned on the shower. He took a shower and finished getting ready for the day. It was the first day of school.
