Highway Blues
Gazing out the back seat window of our car, into the night sky, I thought of my new life in a new city. We're headed across the country, from Traverse Town to Twilight Town. Why are we leaving peaceful Traverse for Twilight you ask? Well my dad's been stationed there. You see my dad, Cloud, or as his colleagues call him "SOLDIER 1st Class Cloud Strife", is in the military. He is a retired frontline man, and is now an electrical engineer. He is a strong stern man, and a disciplinarian. He loves his job as a "SOLDIER" (Don't ask me why it's all in CAPs) and goes where he's needed without delay. Unfortunately, that means sacrifices for everyone. He's been trying to comfort us as we make our way to our new destination. We've been driving for several hours and each time I look back I see my old life slowly gliding away before my eyes. Hayner, my fraternal twin, and my older sister Selphie are both sound asleep but no matter how much I might want to fall into sleep's sweet bliss, I find myself wide awake. My dad told us about a woman he met in college named Tifa. She has three children: 11 year old Seifer, 6 year old Rai, and 5 year old Fuu. He has been seeing her for a while now, and they got married about half a year ago. I haven't really talked to her children much, but she seems nice enough. Even so, what I wouldn't give to have MY mother back. She died 2 years ago of lung disease. Even now I can't believe she's actually dead. The doctors had told us she could die, but they had been telling us that for the past year! It had been a miracle, really, that she had lived this long but all the same I never expected her to actually die; none of us did. I still remember the day my dad came home in tears. It was the 4th of July and we were supposed to go to visit my mother in the hospital and then go to a party to celebrate. He walked through the front door and told us that our mother had passed away. I couldn't believe it. I hitched a breath and let the information sink in. It all seemed so surreal, like a dream almost. My mother, whom I loved, who home schooled my for nearly four years, who had fought this lung disease to the very end; my mother Aerith, was dead. I didn't cry, but inside I was crushed. We all lied on the couch, a blanket of thick air covering us. My father called our family and friends and told them the bad news. Then, everything from then until the funeral was a blur. Like someone wiped my memory clean away. It was weird, the funeral. I don't remember being sad. I actually remember running around the church pews with my cousin Sora while everyone else was watching the lifeless corpse in mourning. I guess my body decided to cope with the loss by not thinking about it. Later on after the funeral my dad signed me up for a charter school. I thought it'd be great. School only twice a week, what could be better? Unfortunately, they gave you a TON of homework to make up for it. Being the unorganized slob that I am it is needless to say I didn't do well at that school. I was, or rather am, pretty lazy. So I would...occasionally forget... to do homework. But that's beside the point. I'm moving to a new city, with a new school, and a new life and as much as I liked my old life; there is nothing I can do about it. I just pray my new step family will accept us.
My name is Roxas Strife, I'm 15 years old, and these are my Highway Blues.
A/N: Well this is my first REAL fanfiction! Hopefully it didn't bore you but I had to set up the plot somehow and I wasn't sure about how to do it. Criticism is welcome. Depending on how this goes I might make a sequel. ;) But right now I'm planning for this fanfiction to have a time span of about a year, so when the story is over, Roxas will be a Junior in high school and 16! Oh yeah and I know how Seifer is supposed to be Roxas' rival and all but believe me there will be A LOT hostility between the two despite the age difference. As for Namine, there will be some romance but not a whole lot since it is not the central theme of this story. :D Til next time on Highway Blues!
PS. could someone tell me how to double space on the edit/preview document thing ;).