"Don't be a bystander. Don't let life pass and then regret all the things you did not do. I will be watching you. I love you. It`s up to you to watch after your mother now. Always remember that I am proud of you, Cat." The memory of my father`s last words ring in my ears yet again. I see his fragile body lying in the hospital bed. His eyes that looked deep into my soul. Now my best friend is gone. I am left alone. It is just Mom and me now.
Mom works a lot. I am seventeen and left up to my own devices. Reading and playing around on the internet seems to be my life. We don't have a television. I have my laptop though, so the world still spins around. I am friendless.. Well, kind of. Ever since Dad`s death Mom`s been trying to get me to come out of my shell. I wish her luck. I won`t be hurt again. I never had the relationship with my mother that I had with my dad. She was always gone. His death didn't change that.
The only physical change Dad`s death brought was us moving. No more California. Now we live in the middle of nowhere. Just where I wanted to be. I am surrounded by woods, and not much else. Sure, there's a town ten miles from our house, if you could call it that. It has a few stores, a school, a post office. One or two places to eat. A population of a few hundred. I won`t be able to have the chance to make friends. The pool of selection is next to zip. So if Mom suggests it one more time-I will scream.
Oh, there`s a house across the street. Someone lives there. I don't care who, most likely some older person that will always be over here in my business. Or wanting their lawn mowed. Sounds like fun right? I`ve asked Mom to move back several times already. I thought she was going to scream on the way here. She sees something in this little house in the middle of nowhere, so the answer is no.
"Cat! Come here." I groan as I hear Mom yell for me downstairs. Rolling my eyes I stomp downstairs, grumbling the whole way. I stop short when I see a girl about my age smiling at my mother. "Caitlyn, this is Sara. She and her brother live across the street. I look at the girl. She turns her big megawatt smile on me. All I could think was she was way too happy with my glare resting on her. One word for her: trouble.
"Hi! Me and my brother Daemon live across the street. It is so awesome to have someone new in town! I`m so lucky that you moved in! Maybe now this summer will have some spark to it!" All I could do was stare at her. This chick was off her rocker. "Oh! I know. We can go to the movies or swimming tomorrow! I didn't think this place could support a movie theatre. "She would love to go!" Mom said, volunteering me. This sounds like a murder set up to me.
"Great! Well, I will come over in the morning and we can figure it out! It was nice meeting you, Caitlyn." I finally figured out how to use my tongue again. "Yeah. Nice meeting you to. I guess I will see you tomorrow." When she left I turned to Mom. "I don't know what you're trying to do, setting me up to get killed, but next time-tell her I`m not here." I ran up the stairs before she could start lecturing me again.
