So, this is the first chapter of my first fanfic on here! I know, it's short, but bear with me, okay? xD It gets better.
Chapter One- The Simple Life
The large storage shed in our backyard never served the purpose it was meant for. The little tools it did hold, my brothers and I used for our own purposes. When we first got it, it did hold my dad's gardening things, but once he started neglecting his field, we took it over and made it our club house. In order to get up to the storage loft, we made a ladder out of two rakes and a few brooms, and then set up three small cots with unused blankets that my mom made, but hated. Pretty soon, Blaze, Ethan and I had practically moved into our hideaway. Dad stopped trying to kick us out of the shed, and Blaze overheard Mom saying that she enjoyed the serenity. After that, we rarely slept in our actual rooms. We never missed the house, really. There was an outdoor stove where we used to cook salmon fillets that we caught when we fished down by the lake near our house. We also ate berries around the campfire that we always set up at night. I smiled, looking over at the little house that accommodated me and my brothers.
"Lexus! Come on, it'll be dark soon, and we haven't gone fishing yet!" Quickly, I grabbed for the hair tie that was sitting on my dresser, and ran down the stairs.
"I'm coming! Grab the fishing poles from the shed, I'll be right there!" Before I could reach the handle, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Honey, I can't let you go fishing out there, you're a lady." I turned to face Iliana, my mom's live-in assistant, and smirked.
"Too bad." Right when she opened her mouth, I ran out to join my brothers. Blaze, the older of the two, threw my pole, that I had spray-painted a dark green, at me.
"'Bout time you showed up, Ethan and I almost went down to the lake without you," he joked.
"Yeah, sure. You're nothing without me!" I exclaimed, taking off down the hill and speeding past a confused Ethan.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Blaze yelled, following me.
"Wait up guys!" Ethan called, trying to catch up. I laughed, as the three of us raced through the trees, downhill towards the lake.
It had been like that for years. Just the three of us, clowning around, telling ghost stories by the fire every night, being kids. But at this time… neither of us knew that our "simple lives" were about to be turned upside-down. That was all about to end.