Dead, As In Gone Forever And Never Coming Back

Have you ever lost one of your parents? Have you ever thought about losing one or both of them if you haven't already? Well neither of these things have ever occured in my life. I never though about losing my parents, never. I've never lost one of my parents, nope not once. But I have lost both of my parents. That has happened.

My name is Rylie Louise Syfften. I have the weirdest last name, it sounds as if some little kid went up to the computer and just typed in a whole bunch of random letters and there you go, poof! My last name. But anyways, moving on. I have an older brother and a younger sister. Their names are James and Tally. We've always had each other's backs a little bit, but now we have them all the way.

I have long curly black hair and electric blue eyes. I get complimented about my eyes the most. I'm not really tall, and I'm not really short either. I'm average, and I like it that way. I'm not fat, but I'm not anorexix. I wouldn't call myself chubby, or anything like that but when I'm in a bikini it's not like you can see each and every one of my ribs. I'm skinny but not too skinny. Can you picture me well enough?

Okay, so before I lead you into the story of how my parents died, I went and moved in with my aunt, and fell in love with a certain Mr. Jonas, I'll tell you this. This isn't some fairytale like Cinderella where I live Happily Ever After because my fairygodmother got me to the ball and I fell in love with Mr. Prince Charming. Nah, this is the actual reality of how I fell in love. Not how Miss Goodie-Goodie Two-Shoes got what she wanted with the wave of some old lady's wand.

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"Tally!" I shouted over the rush of traffic. Before I went chasing after her I grabbed onto my best friend Vee's hand. (Short for Veronica). We were standing in Times Square, and my Grandmama had just called my cell phone to tell James, Tally, and I the horrible news. Would you like to hear the conversation?

(Flashback!)

James, Tally, Vee, and I were all sitting in McDonalds in New York City eating our food. My parents had sent us out to the city for a day because both my mother and father needed to get their work done. They always worked, and the only benefit that came out of this was that my family had plenty of money. Tally was in the middle of explaining how Mr. Muffler, her old math teacher was madly in love with the gym teacher Miss Landon when my cell phone rang.

But I'll be there forever you will see that it's better all our hopes and our dreams will come tr- "Hello?"

"Rylie?"

"Grandmama?"

"Honey, I have awful news."
"What? What is it? Is Grandpapa in the hospital?"

"No no..." I heard my grandmother sniffle. "It's your parents."

"What? Did something happen to them?"

"Yes. They were driving home from work and they both got into a terrible car accident."

"Grandmama are they okay?"
"No sweetie. God called them home."

I started to cry and I hung up. James, Vee, and Tally all looked extremely worried. I was surprised I could manage to choke out our parents' fate. "M-mom and D-dad g-got into a-a c-car ac-cident."

"Are they okay?" James asked, tears welling up in his eyes. I had a feeling he knew the answer all ready. I shook my head, and then Tally started to cry. She ran out the door of McDonalds and sprinted throughout Times Square. And this is where we pick up again.

(End of flashback!)

"Tally?" I shouted again. I heard thunder clap from above us and Vee and I started to run like crazy while the rain poured down on us. We saw Tally's slim figure sprint into the Hard Rock Cafe and we went chasing after her.

As soon as the lightning started up, I got a text from James.

Is she okay? Did you find her? Where are you guys? - James

She's fine we just saw her go into the Hard Rock. We're going in after her now. Meet us there in 10. xoxo ry

Okay, I'll call Grandmama while you guys settle Tally. - James

Okay big bro. See you in a few. xoxo ry

"WHO WAS THAT?" Vee shouted over all the rain and traffic, and now as we neared the Hard Rock the music blasting out of it. We made a dash for the doors and we escaped the rain.

"It was James he asked if we had found Tal yet." I replied, breathing heavily from running so much. Vee and I were soaked to the core and I couldn't seem to find Tally anywhere. I was just about to text her when I heard a voice from behind me say

"Well, you've got luck. Here I am." I turned around and found myself looking at Tally who was soaked just the same as us. I pulled her into a hug and she staring sobbing into my shoulder. I stroked her hair while I murmered "It's going to be all right under my breath."

Tally shot up and wiped her nose when I said this. She gave me a sad look and said "No. It's not going to be alright. Ry, our parents are dead. As in gone forever...never coming back."

I looked at Tally and my eyes teared up. I couldn't believe it. My parents were gone. Never was I going to see them again.