A/N: Hey there lovelies. I bring back this amazing story because I finally have all the inspiration in the world to write it. I hope you enjoy it so far and don't forget to check out the trailer to it on my new Youtube channel:TheMuseofEvol.

Clean Slate

Next. A song with someone screaming their head off. Nope. Next.

Like this it went as 17-year old Kelly Blank continued skipping through the tracks of her brother's CD. She was driving on the freeway in her new white Audi A8 following a big U-Haul truck which her father was driving. Behind her, was her mother driving their 2010 Dodge Charger, which she had no idea why their parents had decided to purchase- seeing it did not suit them at all.

"You think you know me…"

The blonde dropped her hand from the stereo buttons as she finally heard the song she had been looking for.

It started off with drums and electric guitars crashing through the speakers but then it slowly died down.

"On this day, I see clearly, everything that's come to life…"

Kelly closed her eyes for a second before opening them again. She suddenly felt something in her throat and she felt a sudden urge to cry. She knew she wouldn't be able to handle it but still she wanted to listen to it even if it was a few seconds.

She reached over and quickly turned off the music. It was now silent in her car, with the only sound of the wind outside and her car running. She didn't like this silence but there was nothing else she could stand listening to. The radio just sounded too lively and cheery, it didn't fit her mood.

She knew what her brother would have said if he were here. "What the hell Kels? This silence hurts my ears! Turn the jams up." Then he'd blast one of his songs causing Kelly to flinch every once in awhile but she would never turn it down. He'd start singing the songs and drumming the dashboard with a couple of pencils or anything he could get his hands on. She'd just laugh and sometimes even nod her heard to the beat.

Kelly smiled at the memory but soon felt that same lump in her throat. Her mind then unwillingly went to darker memories; the tire tracks off the road, the overturned car, her brother, lying face down in the mud…

A loud beep woke her from her thoughts and she jumped. She looked through her rearview mirror to see her mother's face frantic and upset. She looked ahead to see the big U-haul truck taking the next exit to the right and she'd almost missed it. Quickly, she put on her blinker and continued following her dad.

In a few minutes, they had slowed down as they came into the town's first stop light. Kelly looked around her, there seemed to be a lot of cars for a town as small as this one. However, it made sense since downtown Seattle was only a short drive a ways.

As they took a right onto one of the main roads of the city Kelly noted the amount of trees and plants there was around. She could almost smell the fresh scent of a pine tree, it was much different than Yakima that was for sure. Yakima being known to have very random weather was also known as the city of boredom, here it seemed to Kelly as they passed many movie theaters, an arcade/bowling center, a library and even a water park was a bit different. It seemed to have a little more life.

As she continued looking around at the sights, her eyes stopped on a big rock sitting on the side of the road. Around it there was blue, white and orange flowers and on it there were the words "City of Clyde Hill" and a small green pine tree was painted underneath.

Kelly's breath caught, it was as if she finally realized what she, well all of them, her family were doing. They were running away. Running away from their problems and from the tragedy that had occurred, as if this would make it any better.

They were only about three hours away from their old home and only three hours away from her older brother Adam's grave.

Kelly shifted her car into parked and unbuckled her seat belt. She sighed and ran her hands across her face leaning back against her seat. Her ears were popping from the long trip and from the fact that they had finally stopped in front of a big light blue two-story house. It was on a cul-de-sac so her father had parked on the curb while Kelly and her mom parked in the driveway of their new home.

She had been to the house before, once when her dad had come for a meeting with the real estate agent and it looked the same as it did the last time. Big, new and lonely. She had already picked out her bedroom since her dad insisted that getting the first pick was something, oh-so special. She still didn't understand why they needed a four bedroom house if it was only the three of them living in it.

Well, the four of them if you counted Kelly's older sister Torrie who would be staying with them for the next week or so to help them unpack. Torrie was two years older than Kelly and attended the University of Washington which was in a city called Bothell a good thirty minutes away. Torrie was in her second year of college and Kelly knew she was loving every minute of it, not really much the classes and the work but the social scene and the parties.

Ever since they were kids, Torrie had always been outgoing and outspoken, taking leadership roles at school and becoming captain of the cheer squad. Adam was also outspoken but in his own way, he said whatever was on his mind without thinking about it first. If it came out offensively he didn't seem to notice which caused him to get into many problems. He just lived life the way he wanted to and Kelly learned to love that about him.

Kelly, however, wasn't very talkative like her siblings. She was shy with new people and it took her time to actually gain confidence with them. She wasn't wild and adventurous like them and sometimes she felt like her own parents worried about her. Of course, she knew they didn't like the way Torrie would always stay out after curfew partying with her friends during her high school days or when Adam would sneak out to play at a gig with his band.

Since Kelly didn't do any of those things and decided rather to stay home and study she knew they sometimes wondered if something was bothering her. Her mother had tried many times to get to her to go out with no success. Kelly was the type who stayed home and studied or watched movies with her parents.

However, things changed this past year. Since her parents couldn't get through to her and Torrie was away at college the only person left to try was Adam. Sweet, caring and charismatic, Adam. Her older brother and her best friend. It was so easy to give into him and eventually Kelly did.

Adam had been in his senior year and loving the fact that he was almost done with high school. She knew that he didn't have plans to go to college but to move to a bigger city like Los Angeles to play bigger gigs with his band. Kelly always heard him and his band rocking out in their garage much to the dismay of her parents. One day when she had no homework or anything else to do she wandered in there and listened to them play. It was funny because from her room all she heard was loud noise but from close up she actually heard the music. Watching Adam and his band play was entertaining because they were so energetic and funny. When they saw Kelly sitting there, they would let her play some of the instruments even if she sounded horrible (which she did) they would rock out to it as if it was the best thing ever.

Eventually it became a routine to hangout with them and when they had their first gig that year at a Sweet Sixteen of a girl who loved their music they invited her to tag along. She was nervous to go even if she was just going to support them but she went and when her parents saw this, she knew they were happy that she was getting out of the house even if it was with Adam and his crazy band.

At school she did have a few friends but not the kind she could call up to hangout but just those that she talked to in classes. So Adam and his band became her friends. They consisted of Christian, who was Adam's best friend since 5th grade and the lead guitar and back up vocals in the band, on the drums was Mr. Mohawk, Shannon Moore who'd they met in middle school but soon later replaced by Drew McIntyre since Shannon had gotten involved with a bad crowd, and then there was Seth Rollins who rocked out on the keyboard but could also play a little bit of guitar and drums. Adam played bass and was the lead singer as well.

She would sit with them at lunch, go watch movies with them and even play basketball with them. When Adam realized she was very good at playing ball she urged her to try out for the school team. That was something that she probably would of never done if it wasn't for his persistence.

Eventually she tried out when the time came and easily made it into the Girl's Varsity team as a sophomore. She could tell the other girls looked confused and she didn't blame them. Most of them hardly knew who she was since she was so quiet and seeing her play ball was probably more surprising. However, they eventually became used to it and she made a few friends. She thought it would be nice to have girlfriends and it was but she was so used to hanging out with Adam and the guys that she sometimes felt uncomfortable when the girls talked about the "cute" guys in school and dating.

She thought joining the team would probably distance her and her brother again but it was the complete opposite. Adam and his friends went to every game she had. She thought they looked funny in the crowd, a bunch of guys with long hair and black clothes next to all the spirited preps wearing the bright red, white and blue school colors. However, they weren't ones to care what others thought and they shouted and supported her throughout the whole game.

Eventually, Kelly's basketball career was cut short after Adam's accident. She couldn't bear to play anymore so she dropped out of the team right before they headed off to state. She didn't have her head in the game and wasn't going to be the one who let the team down. The team ended up placing 4th in state, a great accomplishment but according to her coach, he thought they would have done better with her in there but he understood what she was going through. He then gave her "the face."

You know the pity and sympathetic face people give you when someone you love passes away. She hated that face and the usual follow-up of the words "I'm sorry." She never knew what to do afterwards, either to cry (which is what Torrie usually did) or just say thank you. She usually did the second and walked away still wondering why no tears came out of her.

Bing! Kelly shook her head realizing she was still sitting in her car and that her phone in her purse next to her was ringing with a text message. She grabbed her purse and searched for her phone. It was a text message from Torrie.

Hey Kels, are you guys at the house yet?

Kelly replied back telling her that they just arrived.

Alright, I will be there in an hour or so. Just going to stop at Carlito's dorm really quick.

Kelly texted her back and got out of the car.

"Kelly dear, you almost missed the exit back there," her mother announced from the back of the U-Haul truck which her dad was opening up.

She had forgotten about that. "Sorry, about that mom. I got a bit distracted looking around. Won't happen again."

"Please. Accidents happen, hunny," she said seriously and Kelly knew she was thinking about Adam. Kelly felt ashamed then to have not been paying attention. She decided to change the subject.

"Torrie just texted me Mom, she said she will be here in about an hour or so. She's going to visit Carlito first," Kelly wasn't sure it was the best idea to add the last part in as she noticed the looks of annoyance that crossed her parents' faces. They weren't fond of Torrie's year long boyfriend Carlito. Torrie met him 3 weeks into her freshman year of college and was completely head over heels for his carefree attitude and his big afro hairdo. He was born in Puerto Rico but moved to Washington with his grandmother saying he wanted to experience college. He heard WSU had a great arts program so he joined. The Blank parents didn't think an Arts Major was a great pick for a long term boyfriend.

"Oh boy," Kelly's dad Shane said, "hopefully she doesn't bring him along…"

Heather smacked her husband's shoulder. "Don't be like that Shane. We might not like him but Torrie does…so we must respect the boy."

"I just don't understand the hair though…" Shane muttered as he carried a box towards the front door of their new home.

Kelly giggled and she saw her mom smile. They followed Shane inside the unlocked house and as Shane set the box down he put his hands on his hips and sighed. "Home, sweet home. I'm starving! Let's go eat!"

Heather looked at her husband confused. "Hun, you unloaded one box from the truck and you're ready to take a lunch break?"

Shane looked sheepish. "Well we didn't have breakfast and that burrito we grabbed on the way did not satisfy my hunger. A man's gotta eat right!"

Heather rolled her eyes but admitted, "I am a bit hungry as well. I guess it wouldn't hurt to have lunch now and just unpack later."

Shane raised his hands in triumph. "That's what I'm talking about. Plus, it gives us a chance to check out Clyde Hill's dining."

"Yeah, that's true. I actually looked some up yesterday for in case we had to go out…" Heather started as they all walked back outside and into Kelly's parents' car. Her mom started naming off names of restaurants and the kind of food they served from a list on her phone. As Kelly expected the two started arguing over which ones were better. She knew they would ask for her opinion once they couldn't decide.

As they backed out onto the road Kelly couldn't help but like the feeling of starting over. Usually it was people who had a bad reputation or lots of unfinished business who wanted a fresh start but for her it was a new start to figure out who she was on her own. She had depended on Adam so much to bring her personality out but now he was gone and she had to learn to depend on herself. Plus, she was happy to finally escape "the face" that she hated so much. No one in Clyde Hill knew her here besides her family, no one knew how much she was suffering from the loss of her best friend and brother, Adam and she hoped to keep it that way too.

"Kelly what do you think….?" her mother asked.

If you like it then go check out Chapter 2, my amigos! :)