Chapter1

A young girl walked briskly down the sidewalk and into a small apartment door. She was dressed in casual sweats and a T-shirt. She had long golden brown hair and brilliant green eyes. She took out her key and started to unlock her door. As she opened the door a huge mass of fur came tumbling on to her. Courtney pushed her German Sheppard, Johnny out of the way and walked into her apartment.

She looked around the small room and said "I know this is a small place, Johnny, but I just got a call back from Amanda and she said that it was alright if I bunked with her until I can find a place of our own." The giant dog waged its tail just barely missing a vase and licked her face. "Yes, that right we are going to Toronto!" she said with excitement.

That night Courtney packed all of her belongings and drove down to the airport. As she got out of the taxi Johnny got so excited that he almost tipped the cage he was in. She wasn't very excited about the whole "flying" thing. The whole reason that Courtney was going to Toronto was that she was offered a once and a lifetime chance at being on a famous band. They were holding auditions and she had sent in her tape and got accepted to the second round. She boarded the plane and instantly felt faint. The whole thing took about 3 hours.

The first thing she did was call for a cab and went straight to Amanda's house. She walked up the cement steps and rang the door bell. A girl with a messy pony tail and sweats came out.

"Amanda?" asked Courtney.

"Hey! I've missed you so much, how have you been?" Amanda replied.

The two girls hugged and caught up after being apart for 2 years. Amanda turned out to get a job in law, which was weird because she hated all the drama of politics. Courtney told her all about her music career and how she was finally getting somewhere. Then she asked to borrow Amanda's car so that she could pick up Johnny from the airport, since the taxi wouldn't let him on.

She got the keys and went into the garage to see a white convertible. I hope that Johnny behaves himself in here, she thought to herself. She was driving down a beautiful road where all the trees where blooming and the grass was green and all the little children were playing at the park. Everything seemed so perfect until she got to a deserted road surrounded by trees. A car seemed to come out of nowhere and crash into hers. Her car flipped and rolled down the ditch. The other car skidded to a stop into the middle of the road. A man ran out of the car and raced over to the flipped car. He pulled Courtney out and carried her over to the side of the road. Her car suddenly caught fire and began to burn. As the man held her in his arms he thought to himself, shit what have I done? I could have killed her. Oh man you're in for it now.

He pulled out his cell phone and called 911. "Yes hello? There was a car accident... yes a girl is hurt... I don't know how bad... she's unconscious... yes she has a pulse, ok thanks." He put away his phone and cradled her in his arms. He was so scared for this girl's life and he didn't even know her. The ambulance came and paramedics carried her into the back. "Can I go with her?" He asked. The parametric closeted to him nodded and he jumped in.

Two hours later Courtney was in a hospital bed with tubes sticking out of her. The man that saved her was sitting in a chair beside her. He had dark brown shaggy hair and his eyes where a pale blue. Courtney's eyes fluttered and the man jumped up. She opened her eyes and said "Aren't you Adam... Adam Gontier" And then she fell unconscious again.