All alone

All alone. That's all I could think of. The words rang through my ears piercing my thoughts. I shook away the thought and tried to concentrate on the conversation.

"…so as the only surviving member you will receive everything, liz…?Liz!Are you paying attention," the attorney asked .I nodded my head silently.

"Hey Mark I've been thinking ,.. and I kinda want to get out of here for a little while" he stared at me waiting for me to continue, " do you mind if we save this conversation till like September" I finished questioning hopefully. With a short and understanding nod he got up.

" Liz you have to face this eventually" I nod " I know,..just …I don't know" I sighed .

He shook my hand firmly and holding back the tears I walked out the door. As the sun blinded me I placed my moms old sunglasses on .She always wore them. She use to joke how they made her feel famous. I can't help but feel like I can hide behind them.

The ride home was quiet, no music or radio. It seemed like the first time I drove alone. My phone was dead, I hadn't felt like charging it, and I couldn't care less who wanted to talk to me.

As I pulled in to the drive I recognized the green Mercury and red Jeep Cherokee parked on the street across from my house. Solemnly I walked in the door and was rushed by two of my best friends.

"Liz , where have you been ?I've been so worried. Are you okay?" asked my blonde haired friend Alina.

"I'm sooo sorry , how are you handling things ?You have been ignoring my calls" simultaneously scolded my light brown haired friend Denine(A/N pronounced Dee neen).

Looking at my friends, I felt ashamed. Trying to decide how to tell them, I subconsciously bit my lip and looked away. Snapped out of my thought by being kicked in the butt, jokingly.

"Hey!" I shouted at Alina. I knew she was trying to cheer me up with our little joke (A/N these are my actual friends and we randomly do that P) "Look , you guys probably wont understand but I've decided to take a trip. Go away for a little while. Now before you protest I know this is right and ill only be gone for the summer" I reassured my friends. We did a little group hug thing and denine brightned the atmostphere with a loud and excited "lets pack!".

In my room I watched as my two friends tore apart my closets trying to decide what I was going to bring. I was use to this though, neither one of them liked my sense of style. Both constantly tried to change it. Denine would throw skirts at me and Alina would pick out anything pink, not that I owned much. Shortly they gave up and I would sneak my ripped jeans and my excess amount of hoodies in.Who would care anyway?

"Yo!" I heard neen call, as I replied with a loud and obnoxious "What!?" " Alina's hungry lets go get food " I laughed at that . Alina was always hungry. We always joked how fat she was going to be at 30. After all she was the skinniest now. I ran down the stairs , grabbed my keys and my ever present camo colored shoulder bag(A/N pic in profile)and met my friends on the porch.

"So who's driving? Where to? Anybody know? "I looked from one face to another for the answer.

"Well,. Since someone…I don't know who……. Couphyoucouph…… is a vegetarian we were thinking PJ pizza" replied denine sarcastically. We all laughed as we went to spend our final hours together before I leave.

THAT NIGHT

" Ok all the arrangements are made ,.. my neighbor will take care of the cat and Rocky will come with me" I told my friends as I threw my few bags into the trunk of my wrangler and my dog jumped in.We said our farewells and they cried and wished me luck. I knew I would miss them.As I drove I realized that the one place I wanted to go to escape was the home of my favorite fictional book. Staring at my 130 lb. rottweiler , I felt guity traveling so far but I had no choice. Forks, WA !Here I come.

Well that is the first chapter of my first story. I can't wait to hear your critique.Im starting chapter 2 , Right….NOW!