A/N: Ok so this is my first fan fiction ever, but I'm gonna give it my best shot. This is all gonna be straight up Gwuncan so there's your heads up.
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to the total drama series
Gwen woke up and looked at the time and day on her alarm clock. It was 4:30 December 27. She uttered a loud grown and shuffled her way out of bed. Today was likely going to be the 2nd worst day of her life. Over the summer Gwen's mom had decided she didn't like living in the frozen north anymore ,and wanted a year round summer instead of the bleak dreary weather of Ottawa.
Yes Gwen's mother had decided moving to Florida would be best for herself, Gwen, and Toby her little brother. Gwen didn't agree with her mother on this idea as much though…
A month earlier
"Mom! It's the middle of sophomore year how can you just tell me were moving without even stating that you were selling the house to me once!" Gwen said with tears in her eyes.
"Gwen I know it doesn't make a lot of sense now, but when you're older you'll understand it was for the best." Her mother said reassuringly.
"This is so unfair how can you just do this so calmly! You didn't even ask me for my opinion!"Gwen cried.
Gwen then ran up to her room and sobbed into her pillow realizing she only had a month left in her home town. It seemed the more Gwen stayed in her room the harder she would cry. She thought if her best friends ,Leshawna and Beth, and how'd she'd probably never see them again with the price of plane tickets what they were.
Then she thought of all the memories she'd be leaving behind. Beth's tree fort, the abandoned restaurant her and her boyfriend Trent would hang out at.
"Oh god... what about Trent" Gwen thought to herself. At that moment Gwen became sadder than she previously thought humanly possible. She couldn't cry anymore ,so if someone had walked in all that would be seen was a whimpering 16 year old in fettle position looking like she had just had an exorcism performed on her.
That night when Gwen was finally done sobbing she decided that her life in one month would truly be over.
…
The next day Gwen informed all her friends of the news with the furthest thing from a smile on her face. "You can't move! Who the hell does your mom think she is!" Yelled Leshawna.
Beth replied "Seriously I'm gonna give that woman a piece of my mind. I mean who leaves Ottawa for Florida!"
Gwen immediately thought any person with an AARP card but was to tired and sad to be sarcastic. Trent came along just then and spotted the three girls with sadness on there faces.
"Who died" Trent said trying to lighten the obviously depressed mood. "We'll let Gwen explain that one to you." Leshawna said as she grabbed Beth and walked away so as not to make the situation any more uncomfortable.
"What was that supposed to mean?! Are you breaking up with me, oh no I knew this was comi-" Trent was babbling until Gwen cut him off.
"Trent I'm not breaking up with you, well sort of I guess, I don't even know" Gwen said on the verge of tears.
"Gwen whats the matter, why are you crying?"
"Because Trent I'm moving to Florida!" Gwen said now crying.
"My mom told me yesterday, and now my whole life is over!"
Trent immediately hugged Gwen as she trembled in his arms. She felt comforted in them, but then felt even worse knowing she would lose this feeling too. Trent then wiped a tear off Gwen's cheek and stopped her trembling by kissing her.
"Gwen listen it'll be ok. I'll skype you everyday once you move. And with the band getting more recognition everyday I'll have a ticket for you in no time." Trent spoke in a soothing voice. Seeing she was still very upset though he thought of another idea.
"In the mean time though Gwen we need to make this the best month in Ottawa anyone has ever had!" Gwen saw the true spark of initiative he had and was curious. She sniffled out "What do you have in mind?"
"Oh all sorts, we'll finally crack that safe open at the restaurant, we'll make a trash can fire like you've always wanted, right bitch in permanent marker on Mrs. Wilcox board!" This made Gwen chuckle a little.
"Thank you Trent, you always know how to cheer me up." she said as she kissed him on the cheek.
As for the rest of that month the four friends did have the most fun anyone had ever had in Ottawa. But eventually all that fun would have to end.
Present time
As she was brushing her teeth and gearing up for her god awful car ride, Gwen finally came to terms with her fate. She wasn't leaving everything behind after all. Thanks to the internet she could keep in touch with her friends everyday if she wanted to, which was the plan at the time.
As she dragged her massive amount of luggage out of her house, she looked back and started to feel the tears flow. She stuffed her bags in the back, then fell straight back asleep, thinking how her whole life was about to change.
…
Gwen woke up again about 9:00. She was woken up by the border patrolman inspecting their car. After he gave Gwen's mom the A-Ok, they were in America. Vermont to be exact. Gwen had been to America a few times in her life time. When she was three and her dad was still alive, she remembered them all going to Disney World and everyone being really smiley and friendly. She also remembered going right up to Mickey Mouse and punching him straight in the gut. That trip would have been the last trip she'd ever take with her dad. After going to Disney World, Gwen's dad fell very ill and it was revealed he had a very serious case of liver cancer. Just another reason on top of Gwen's giant list to hate Florida.
As the hours went by Gwen stared out the car window replaying moments of the past in her head. After a while she got tremendously sad again and decided it'd be best to take a stretch break. She looked at the time only to be shocked that it was already 18:30! She asked her mom where they were and found out they were in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Still needing to get out of the crowded car Gwen asked her mother if they could pull over at the next visitor center/ road stop. When they finally pulled over Gwen couldn't believe the sight before her eyes. Still in the upper Smokeys they had pulled over to some kind of camp sight and it looked like Gwen could see the whole state. With gentle clouds surrounding the tree line it truly was a sight to see.
After there Smokey Mountain adventure the pierces finally arrived in Atlanta about 22:00. Gwen's mom couldn't drive anymore so they just decided to stay in a hotel for the night. Atlanta was one of the other places Gwen had visited in America before. She actually was quite fond of the city and wished that if she had to be moving anywhere that it would be there. Gwen could only see the city from her hotel room this time around however. Gwen's mom wanted to get in and out of this city as fast as possible, because she knew if you stuck around in Atlanta to long then it doesn't matter where you're going, you're getting five hours of extra traffic time even if you're just going an hour south.
Gwen jolted awake at 5:00 to the deafening sound of the alarm. Her mother had already packed all the suit cases and was rushing them out the door in a swift 15 min.
With there hasty "escape" from Atlanta, as Gwen's mother put it, they were on the home stretch to Wawanakwa Springs, Fl. As the family entered Florida, Gwen was expecting almost a Hollywood look to the whole state. A mix of what she remembered from Disney, and what she had seen from pictures of Miami. All Gwen got however was mainly just grass and citrus groves. It turned out Wawanakwa Springs was in the middle of the state, so they couldn't even get a sea breeze to make the heat even slightly tolerable. It took about another three hours to finally get to the small town, but when they finally got there Gwen was not very impressed. It was a developing town that was for sure, but there was absolutely nothing there! As they were driving around exploring, the only corporation sort of building to be found was some grocery store named Publix. After about a half hour of driving around the quaint place though, Gwen's mother finally drove to their neighborhood. It was a large community called Pleasant Acres, made up of sub divisions. Gwen's mother pulled into the one named Palmetto Forest.
It was you're average white suburb, all houses look the same, side walks clean. About 12 houses down from the entry gate was the house Gwen's mom pulled into. It looked nice, good looking yard, a palm tree of course. Before they even mildly unpacked the car everyone had to see the house. Toby ran inside as Gwen was inspecting all corners. She had to admit it was a lot bigger than she expected. It even had a loft upstairs, which she decided would be her room. Once everyone was done exploring the house they all went outside to start unloading the car. As Gwen was grabbing an ungodly amount of boxes out of the trunk she heard a very high pitched hello from the yard next to hers. She put down the boxes only to see a red haired girl who looked about her age waving like a mad-man and walking over to her. Gwen muttered to herself, well this is just gonna be a blast, with heavy sarcasm.
Hope you like it, sorry if I went into a little to much detail for the move down stuff, that's probably the most detailed I'll get for stuff like that though. Anyway give me your thoughts, suggestions, opinion, I don't care just something!
