Aftermath
Chapter 1.
It was a hot Summers night. They had once enjoyed nights like these, but tonight was pure torture. Nights like this no longer meant swimming at the beach at sunset, or barbeques with family and friends. These nights were now just painful memories of things that had once been, and seemingly would never be again.
On this painful night in December, the Sutherland family was once again sitting around their family home, wondering how, why, it had all happened, and happened so fast. It had been three weeks since Shelley had left, on what was supposed to be a happy occasion, and still there was no word. They wondered if all this pain would ever end.
Dani was struggling to come to terms with her breaking up with Josh. As if breaking up the family wasn't bad enough, she had now lost her best firend. There was also the pressing fact that, as the eldest daughter, she was now, effectively, the mother of the family. How was she supposed to deal with that, as well as go to Uni, like she'd always dreamed? Why did this have to happen to her now?
Then there was Kirsty. She was a mess. She was blaming herself for the entire incident, and no matter what any of her freinds said, she couldn't see the truth. If she hadn't of fallen in love with Dylan, none of this would ever have happened, in her opinion. But Kirsty was also blaming everything on what else had happened in the past year. Kane, drugs, dropping out of school, all of this had led to Shelley leaving, she believed. Nothing could persuade her otherwise.
Jade, surprisingly, was a different story altogether. She was holding it together quite well. No-one was really sure how. Maybe it was her faith in God. Or maybe she beleived that things simply couldn't get any worse; they could only get better. After all, they say that when you hit rock bottom the only way you can go is up. Either way, she seemed to beleive that everything would work out okay.
As for Max, well, it was hard to tell exactly what Max was thinking, as always. He seemed to be his usual cheerful self, getting into trouble, trying to come up with ways to get a bit of extra pocket money. But he was spending considerably more and more time with Colleen. This confused many people. Maybe he couldn't stand the tension at home, maybe he just liked hanging around with Colleen. Who knows?
All in all, days at the Caravan Park seemed to drift by at around half the speed they used to. Everyone was too upset about what had happened to really care what was happening outside their own world. And so time went on, each person suffering in their own way, thinking they knew what was going on with the person beside them, but really having no idea.
Chapter 1.
It was a hot Summers night. They had once enjoyed nights like these, but tonight was pure torture. Nights like this no longer meant swimming at the beach at sunset, or barbeques with family and friends. These nights were now just painful memories of things that had once been, and seemingly would never be again.
On this painful night in December, the Sutherland family was once again sitting around their family home, wondering how, why, it had all happened, and happened so fast. It had been three weeks since Shelley had left, on what was supposed to be a happy occasion, and still there was no word. They wondered if all this pain would ever end.
Dani was struggling to come to terms with her breaking up with Josh. As if breaking up the family wasn't bad enough, she had now lost her best firend. There was also the pressing fact that, as the eldest daughter, she was now, effectively, the mother of the family. How was she supposed to deal with that, as well as go to Uni, like she'd always dreamed? Why did this have to happen to her now?
Then there was Kirsty. She was a mess. She was blaming herself for the entire incident, and no matter what any of her freinds said, she couldn't see the truth. If she hadn't of fallen in love with Dylan, none of this would ever have happened, in her opinion. But Kirsty was also blaming everything on what else had happened in the past year. Kane, drugs, dropping out of school, all of this had led to Shelley leaving, she believed. Nothing could persuade her otherwise.
Jade, surprisingly, was a different story altogether. She was holding it together quite well. No-one was really sure how. Maybe it was her faith in God. Or maybe she beleived that things simply couldn't get any worse; they could only get better. After all, they say that when you hit rock bottom the only way you can go is up. Either way, she seemed to beleive that everything would work out okay.
As for Max, well, it was hard to tell exactly what Max was thinking, as always. He seemed to be his usual cheerful self, getting into trouble, trying to come up with ways to get a bit of extra pocket money. But he was spending considerably more and more time with Colleen. This confused many people. Maybe he couldn't stand the tension at home, maybe he just liked hanging around with Colleen. Who knows?
All in all, days at the Caravan Park seemed to drift by at around half the speed they used to. Everyone was too upset about what had happened to really care what was happening outside their own world. And so time went on, each person suffering in their own way, thinking they knew what was going on with the person beside them, but really having no idea.