The Crash
The moon rose against the black sky as I stood in the middle of the dusty road. I had spent the last two years of my life searching for my mom, walking down streets and knocking on doors to find Kayla. Fifteen minutes ago, I had found my father, Aiden. My father the drugee.
Aiden had told me about Kayla. About how she had died, and now that I knew what the truth was I wished he hadn't told me. I was all alone.
The dark path ahead was suddenly illuminated, with my ever-growing shadow lying in the center of the road. I turned around, seeing the RV roar down towards me. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact, but I heard instead the RV screech to a halt and I opened my eyes, seeing the off-white vehicle swerve out of the way. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I watched. Why didn't they keep going? I want to die!
Wrapping my thin arms around my body, I walked towards the RV as it's door swung open. Out stepped an elderly man, in a red Hawaiian shirt. So outdated, I mean really, Hawaiian? C'mon, people! He looked at me, shocked, and I uncurled one f my arms and wiggled my fingers. The universal suicidal girl's wave. He subtly shook him head and re-entered the RV, coming back out with two kids in tow.
They looked like they were around my age, one a boy with dark hair like mine (except his was actually lighter...) and green eyes, the other a girl with red hair and the same green eyes. Brother and sister?
"Ben, Gwen, why don't you go set up the tents, and such?" asked the man in the goofy shirt, possibly their grandfather. Looking back to me after the kids walked away, he asked me, "So, tell me again why you were standing in the middle of the road?"
I blushed, biting my bottom lip. "I, uh, well..."
"Or, first let me introduce myself. I'm Max, those two's grandfather. You are?" interrupted the elderly man, who I now knew the name of.
"Cassidy. Cassidy Fuego."
A/N: I was watching Disney Channel while copying the written stuff to my laptop. When it came to the time where I gave Cass a last name, the Cheetah Girls "Fuego" music video came on. Sounded like as good a name as any, so that became her last name!