The flashing lights the sirens it all reminded me of that night. As i sat in the police sattion all i could think of was him. "Please Ash just tell your view on the events so you can go." Troy pleaded to me. "Can i just right?"I said. "Yeah yeah of course." Troy said happy I had spoken. It's weird now that I think back on how I got here. To being a lieutenant in a gang. Finding my soul mate and taking over a city. I sat back in my chair and started to right down how it happened. I decided to look back on my life and finally write my story… it began something like this.
"We will be taking off soon please turn off all electronic devices. Thank you and we hope you enjoy your flight." The voice of the flight attendant went off the intercom. I turn off my IPod and looked out the window. The city before was so glamorous so seductive I would miss L.A. so much I thought to myself. I felt like I was about to cry so I quickly looked away from the window and closed my eyes. In a couple minutes the plane finally took off. It was now that I realized I could never go back I could only go forward. As I began to fall asleep I looked back on my old life the life I was leaving behind.
"Wake up sweet heart or you'll be late." My mother said to me as I groaned. "Oh mom just a few more minutes." "Come on young lady or well be late to the show." I groaned again and slowly got out of bed yawning. I walked over to my mirror and looked at myself. My long blond hair was all over my face. I pushed it aside raveling my bright blue eyes. I looked myself up and down liking what I saw as always. I was 5'6 and had a very small build but I was also very curvy. I had a perfect hourglass figure that I hadn't had to work hard to get. I had Double Dees and a really big butt which was unusual since I was Caucasian. It's not that I didn't like my assets they got me a lots of attention from all kinds of boys and girls. Yeah I'm a bisexual if you haven't guessed. After I finished looking myself over I ran into the bathroom to get ready.
15 minutes later my dad started calling me. "Ashley hurry up none us want to miss the show." "Yeah" my brother and sister said in unison. "I'm coming calm down damn." I whispered. I ran out my room and down the stairs in my as always stylish clothes. "Ready" I said. "Bout time can we go now?" my younger brother asked. I rolled my eyes and headed for the door. "Come on guys drop the attitudes" my older sister complained. My mom and dad just smiled at the three of us and started out the door to the car. I looked at the clock it was 10 AM. I can't believe I'm up this early on Tuesday I said. As soon as we were all buckled in were off to downtown to catch the new show at the show house.
I different than other kids my age is what my mom would always tell me. "Your different but not bad way your just special." At age ten I had finished high school and a couple months ago I finished college with master's degrees in law, fashion, business, and medicine. I have not only looks but also smarts with an IQ over 200. I smiled at these thoughts while I was looking out the window.
Before I knew it we had made it to our destination. We all piled out of the car smiling and laughing ready to see our show. It's so weird when I think back on my old life. My parents were rich. My mom and dad were videogame designers and they work for Google from home. Me and my siblings also work from home on Google. As a family we brought in almost a million dollars a year it seemed. But beyond all the material things we were happy… so happy. God it seems like years ago. If only I could have done more if only I tried harder that day would have never changed my family would have never happened. "You excited?" my dad whispered in my ear? "You bet." I replied and we entered into the show house.
"That was totally awesome I've never seen any thing that good." Kerry said excited. "I know right we have to come back and see it again". I said smiling "and you wanted to stay in bed today" my mom said laughing. "Hey dad can we get some ice cream?" Ben said. "Of course lets go." My dad pointed down the road and we followed. We made our way down a dark street laughing a talking when all of a sudden a man jumped in front of us. "Gimmie your money damnit." The man yelled at us. Before I knew what was happening my father and mother jumped in front of me and my siblings. "Get the hell away from my family." My dad said with pure contempt in is voice. BOOM. My dad slumped to the ground not moving I screamed out and the mugger pointed the gun in my direction at my head. My mother jumped in front of me and was shot she too fell to the ground. Her blood splattered on my face. Police cars were coming up the street now because of the gun shots. Cops swarmed on the man while others started calling ambulances. Kerry, Ben, and I fell to our knees screaming our parents' names crying our eyes out. My mother looked us in the eyes one last time and said she loved us… the last words she ever said. Soon everything around me started to spin and go black it felt like I was dying and I soon blacked out into a white light.
The weeks that followed were absolutely unbearable. I felt so lost and disconnected I didn't know what I was even doing anymore. Our grandparents on my mom side sold there house and moved to L.A. to stay with us. After the funeral two weeks after the incident we sat in court and watch our parents' murder stand trial. He got life in prison without parole but it still didn't fell like justice. He smiled at me as they lead him away in cuffs.
The next thing I remember was saying I had to go. "I can't." I said crying "what the hell are you talking about you can't just leave us." Kerry said standing in front of me. "We… we… we need you Ashley." Ben said crying holding my arm. "I just can't do this anymore I just need to get away from all this I'm sorry." "Where will you go what can you even do?" Kerry roared tears forming in her beautiful green eyes. "I don't know… anything I just have to get away." "Please Ash don't… don't go." Ben said falling to his knees. I couldn't do this to them, not like this. So I did all I knew to do at the moment I lied. I bent down on my knees and kissed his forehead and apologized. "You guys are right… I can't run from my problems." I said with a weak smile. "I'll stay."
In the morning I was gone. I left a note to my family and explained why I was doing this and how they wouldn't understand right now. I had taken all my clothes and stuffed them into three suitcases along with my labtop and the other stuff I decided to bring along. I then boarded my flight and headed to the city of Stillwater. "Ladies and gentlemen we will be landing in five minutes we hope you enjoyed your flight and let us be the first to welcome you to Stillwater." The sound of the intercom woke me up. Wow I had slept the whole way I grabbed my bags and headed off the plane. As soon as I had gotten all my stuff and was in a taxi I saw my new city and smiled my new life was finally about to start.