The Summer of Stand By
Note: This is my first Fanfic so be nice okay? Thanks and enjoy!
"Mom, are we there yet?" asked 15 year old Lily Davis as she twirled a piece of her long
brown hair through her index finger while fanning herself with her other hand. "No,
honey not yet. Can't you wait just 10 more minutes?" replied her mother while wiping
the sweat off of her beet red face, and patting her short and frizzy blond and grey hair
down on her head. Lily sighed, "This is so bogus, I mean why do I have to stay at
grandma's the entire summer while you, dad and Corey are off together in Europe?" she
asked. "Honey, we've been over this, you know that we don't have enough money for an
extra plane ticket you'll just have to go to Europe next year, and besides grandma loves it
when you visit her!" said her mother joyfully. "Mom, I haven't seen the woman in over
10 years! What makes you think she'll remember me?" exclaimed Lily. "O pish posh,
what grandmother forgets her own grandchildren? Besides, ever since your grandfather
died your grandmother's been lonely and she really needs the company." said her mother.
Lily rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Lucky grandpa." "What was that?" her mother asked
sternly. "Oh, nothing." said Lily innocently.
Her mother then squealed, "Oh my goodness! Here we are! My hometown, the
place I grew up in, Castle Rock."
Lily tuned her head towards the window, her small, brown eyes examining the
tiny but somewhat beautiful town. She looked out the window to her left
and saw mountains and a forest that seemed to guard the town from the outside
world. There were a lot of old and worn down houses, there was a church to her left and
many convenient stores to her right. Lily was somehow mesmerized from the beauty of
this little town; it was like seeing something out of a movie.
"It's feels like I've never left home; everything's pretty much the same from
when I left. Isn't it beautiful?" asked her mother excitedly. "Yeah, it sure is." replied Lily
awestruck.
Just then her mother pulled out of Castle Rock and drove down a long dirt road, it
wasn't until about 10 minutes that out in the distance, Lily saw an old, but familiar
looking house. Her mother drove down the road until they reached the house, "We're
here…"