Vladimir Nobokov once wrote, "Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one." As I bury my parents I can't help but wonder what they are thinking. Are they looking down on me, are trying to tell me something, or walking toward the great sunrise falling down on me. The darkness of the rain seemed to dissolve as we left, I gazed up to see the shinny sun. And that moment, when time froze, I felt like they were happier, maybe they are, but why am I not. I mean that's all I want is for them to be happy, but I want to wake up from this dream, all my life it's been about me. I thought with no siblings, mom and dad always working, I was alone, but now that they're gone, I'm really alone, and I fell it, it shows in my dull blue eyes, in every tear that falls. I do miss them, and I am alone.
I'm Summer Marks, and I just entered my nightmare, leaving everyone, my boyfriend well now ex, my friends, my home of California, the most beautiful place on earth, for La Push, Washington State. It was so dull, gray, and wet; I have never seen so much rain in one day. I have an aunt there, Aunt Jessica; she is just like my mom, nice and understanding. Also my soon-to-be Uncle Ben, he is funny, and is head over heels for my aunt.
"So this is your room" my uncle said as we all walked into the big room, my aunt's arm locked in mine. They have one of the biggest houses in the whole county. The room, it had light green walls, a big queen size bed with a white comforter, in one corner there was a small desk with a mirror above it, the other corner had a big green and white sofa. "Here is your bathroom" he said walking into a small yellow room with a shower, toilet, and a sink all….yellow. "And here is your closet" he stepped to the door next to the bathroom, it was very big. "Well, we will let you get settled, while we make dinner," I put on my best fake smile as they walked out. I gazed around at the walls, thinking about my old room, it was big, but not this big. Everything about this house looked like it came out of a magazine, it was perfect. I opened my suit case, sighed and started to unpack.
"Now if any of these kids give you trouble just let me know," Ben decided to drive me to school in the mornings. Considering my aunt is a lawyer and she is normally up late all night. Ben owns a construction company called JSM (Jessica Sarah Michaels). I stared up at the huge, dirty school; my heart had been beating the whole way. My old school was a private school called Curtis Heights. It was a very completive, elite, preppy school. I fit in there, I was so ready to rule the school and graduate from there, I was a smart, preppy person, but here, everyone was…tan. I watched as Ben drove away, I looked down at my outfit, a white and black turtle neck sweater dress, with black leggings and tan boots with little heels. I sighed, I knew I should have gone with jeans. 'Hold your head up, that's what mom would tell you' I thought and that's just what I did. It was very hard, everyone would stare at me, or that's what it felt like. My morning classes went by as I expected…bad. I was the only one taking notes and paying attention, sitting in the back near all the bad kids didn't help. But once lunch came around, I was use to sitting with my boyfriend or with my huge group of friends. But I managed to find a table in the corner, by myself. I was use to laughing at the people that sat by themselves, but now I'm one of them, the tables have turned.
"Hey Summer, how was your first day?" Ben asked as I climbed into the car. "Alright" I lied, Ben was so excited for me to go to his old school, and I didn't want to disappoint him. "Good, well, I have to stop by my friend's house, the Clearwaters, to give Sue something; it'll only take a second." We pulled up to a small one level house, one the opposite side of town. You could definitely tell that Ben and Jessica had more then these people. "Don't worry, these are very nice people." I nodded as we waited for someone to come to the door. Once it opened, I saw a girl standing there, she was very pretty. She had long black hair, rusty brown skin, a frown on her face. "Hello Leah, is your mother here" she looked from Ben to me, once her eyes fixed upon me, they got wider, her eyes were a dull gray. "MOM" Leah yelled, her eyes still on me, I looked down at my shoes, 'was it what I was wearing? Is it my hair?" I touched my neat, curly chestnut brown hair. "Mom, is out back_" then a boy appeared, he looked just like Leah, jet black hair, smooth rusty brown skin, but his eyes, they were pitch black, it was scary. Once I looked into them, he looked away, "hey Seth," Seth, that was a nice name. "Oh, Seth, Leah, this is my niece, Summer Mark's" I set my gaze on Seth, but he didn't look at me anymore. "BEN" I heard a woman shriek, sure enough a tiny woman with gloves and dirty clothes on came and gave Ben a hug. "Hey Sue, Jessica sent me to give you this" he handed Sue the box. "Oh she is so sweet," "Sue, this is Summer" Sue turned to me, she was very beautiful, Seth looked just like her. "Oh hello" she pulled me into a hug, "Jessica has told me so much about you, it's very nice to meet you" I smiled, this time it was real; her voice brought a sense of peace to me. "It's nice to meet you" I said, "oh honey if you need anything, just call, I'll be over in a second" I smiled once more, she reminded me so much of my mother, I fought back the tears. "Well, we better be going," "it was nice to met you all" I said once more before climbing into the car. "Nice people" I said to myself as I watched them wave at me.