Hello (: I am quite excited for this story... the book 'Along for the Ride' by 'Sarah Dessen' inspired me to write this. Hahaha So I just thought to make a new story. And I know, the guy in the book is named Eli... so I am NOT stealing anything from her since this is an ECLARE story. Alrightyy then.
Chapter One-Its Only the Beginning
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Prologue:
My mom is the type of parent where I have to do everything and anything she says or asks me to do... or I would get grounded or an hour long lecture.
Summer is 2 weeks away and I am now finishing my junior year in Degrassi. For all the 3 years I've been year... I've hated it. The second day of freshman year and I couldn't wait to leave. Now, in 2 weeks... I'm free.
My mom is sending me to my Dad's beach house in Florida this summer. I haven't seen him since the divorce, and I liked it that way.
My dad was always working, and he never had time for us as a family. Whenever we made plans, he always canceled because he had a meeting or what not. I loved my dad, but I just wish he would've been more closer to me
When I found out about this, I was extremely pissed off. I hated the fact that I would be living with him this summer. I'm not going to know anyone there and my dad has a new wife with a 2 month baby girl, and with my luck... I am going to have to babysit.
Every month I got a letter from him and his wife saying all this shit that I could really care less about. Deep down inside, I feel like his wife, Marine, is a really happy and annoying person, because of all the exclamation marks she always puts. Those people annoy the hell out of me. I know they expect me to reply to the message, and of course, I do. I just write something short and simple. I'm not going to write a whole paragraph on how school is, only because I would only be writing the same thing over and over again.
The thing about my dad is that he always gets inside my business. When I leave my computer on, he reads all my messages and FaceRange page, everything. That's the one thing that annoyed me the most about him.
Now, since you know my story... I am going to tell you about what happened that summer. I met the most wonderful people ever, and my dad and I became really close, more than I could imagine. I am now 19 years old, and about to start college. There is this one guy I met, and he is absolutely perfect... His name is Eli.
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It is exactly 7:30 in the morning, and I am packing to go to my dad's house over summer. Great, this should be fun. I hated going to see him; all he does is work, work, and work. I begged and begged my mom to tell him that I was sick or whatever, but she refused. I haven't seen my dad in 3 years, because he moved and got a new wife [with a baby girl] 2 months after he moved.
As I packed my final items into my suitcase, I slowly walked down the stairs with the loud sound of the wheels hitting each step. I placed my bag by the front door and went inside the kitchen to see my mom.
"Okay, when you get settled please call me." She smiled as she handed me my plane ticket.
"Okay, whatever." I sighed.
"Clare, I know you're upset… but you have to go see your dad occasionally. He misses you, a lot." She hit her hands onto the counter top. "Just do this for me, baby."
I closed my eyes. "I will momma, I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too babe, but we need to go to the airport, you're plane leaves at 8:30"
My mom rushed out into the car, leaving me behind with all my suitcases. She got into the car, and started it as I piled my things into the small trunk of her car. I sighed and turned on the radio. As the songs slowly played, I managed to drift off to sleep, only to be awakened by my mom, telling me that we have arrived at the airport. I yawned and got out of the car, dragging my feet to the back.
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I walked up to the large, one story plain cream colored house. I slammed the taxi's door and placed my duffle bag over my shoulder. The house is like any other beach house. It was a light yellow with white shudders and a white roof. On the side, was a sun room with a hot tub next to it. The houses looked identical, all lined up and down on the streets. I took a deep breath and walked up to the door way, trying to unlock it. There was a small note attached to the screen saying:
Clare, sorry if we are not here when you arrive, we will be back soon. Please go to back door.
Marine
I mumbled incoherent words under my breath as I dragged my items to the back door. When I reached the side of the wide house, I was amazed. Their house is exactly on the beach. The sun was setting, which was quite beautiful. I lost my train of thought when I heard a loud honking sound come from behind me. My dad ran over to me, giving me a big hug making me drop all my things.
"Clare Bear! I'm so glad to see you!" He yelled making me fake a smile.
"Yeah, I'm psyched to see you too dad." I smiled as Marine and the baby turned the corner. I smiled and introduced myself to her as they grabbed myself and helped me inside.
The house was really big compared the outside of the house. It was really pretty too. Marine took my stuff upstairs and showed me my room. It was a dark lavender with light blue sheets and pillows, with a computer off to the side, cool. I told her thank you, and completely collapsed on to my bed, falling into a deep sleep.
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Short for a first chapter, but I just wanted to get the point across. Well, please leave me some reviews and I hope you all will like this(: