Thanks Kuro111 for your review, it really helped me and I thought that your idea was great! So much so that I have decided to add a little bit in especially for you! I know its only short but I hope that this is something like what you were thinking!

Chapter 1-

My name is Riley Edwards. I'm 18 years old and I live with my mother, stepfather and stepbrother. Im not happy though. My mother was a cheat when she was with my dad, but that was a long time ago. My brother hates me because of it though, he thinks im just like her. Luckily though, I get on with my stepdad, I even call him dad now. But the doctors are worried about him, I can't say that I'm not either.

Despite this, I live on. I try to keep myself to myself and I work hard to make a good life for myself. I never really knew what I wanted to do with my life, but it just so happened that I didn't need to.

I was sat staring at the white walls of the hospital, feeling like I might go crazy, when I heard footsteps. Dismissing them as yet another doctors I continued tapping my foot nervously and twiddling my fingers. 'Yes yes, just tell me the amount!' I heard my mum say aggressively. Huh? I stopped my foot tapping for a moment to listen.

'Look. Just tell me how much his life insurance is worth!' I heard my mum say impatiently. Life insurance? She couldn't be talking about my dad? Could she?

I stood up, unable to listen to anymore. I shouldn't question my mum. I mean, she really loves dad. He's the one. She wouldn't have married him if not. Right?

I walked down the unbearably clean hallway, my shoes squeaking with every step, and stopped outside the door to my dads room. I looked in at him, lying on his bed as though death himself were visiting. My mum had to love him. I did.

I decided to forget it and just trust my mum. With one last look at my dad I hoped to god that he would get better soon, I missed his merry chatter.

I hurried down the stairs whilst throwing my bag over my shoulder. 'im going out!' I yelled to no-one in particular. Nobody ever replied.

'where?' I heard my brother ask suspiciously. I noticed that he was stood at the bottom of the stairs looking up at me. He ran his fingers through his brown hair impatiently. 'well?' he asked when I didn't answer.

'just to a coffee shop in town to meet a friend.' I said. Seth turned around and started to walk away as he said ' I'll take you there.'

'huh?' my brother wasn't the type of person to do good deeds for no reason, or be nice to me for that matter. I hurried to catch up with him.

'why?' I asked. He shrugged and got into his car. I was confused but I didn't object, I was late.

We set off in silence, and this continued for a while, the car's engine the only sound. 'who are you meeting?' Seth asked.

'uhm, an old friend.' I replied cautiously. This was to weird, I had to tread carefully.

'a boyfriend then?' he asked. I shook my head. Seth nodded in acknowledgement but said no more. The rest of the journey was in awkward silence.

We pulled into a little carpark near the centre of town. 'is this okay?' seth asked. I nodded. 'yeah. Thanks.' And got out of the car. The car sped off the moment I shut the door. Okay then…

I found my way to the café, which wasn't far away, and began to search for Sam, my old friend. I spotted him at the other side of the café in a booth.

'hey!' I said as I sat down across from him. He looked up at me and smiled. It had been a while since I'd last seen him but he'd barely changed. Same spikey silver hair and unusually grey eyes.

'you're all grown up!' he laughed.

'I guess that happens!' I agreed. He offered me a biscuit and I happily accepted.

'so hows everything been with the new family? He asked. I shrugged, it wasn't exactly a happy story and I doubted he wanted to hear about my problems.

'That bad huh?' he smiled a little then looked at me seriously 'Whats wrong?' I grimaced and looked down at the table. I looked up a few moments later but he was still looking at me worriedly.

'Just my brother.' I shrugged again. Its not like it's a big deal.

'What about him?' sam asked. He knew me too well, he could tell something was wrong.

'He hates me.' I said. At this sams eyes narrowed. I looked away from him, wishing that he wasn't so observant.

'Why?' he asked. I began fiddling my fingers nervously, I wasn't expecting this at our first meeting in a year. I swallowed hard and looked at him.

'He thinks im just like my mum.' I said. I could feel tears in my eyes but I blinked them away, I hated how easily I got upset. Sam smiled sadly at me. Could this get any worse?

'Hes wrong. You're nothing like her.' He said seriously. I smiled at him. 'thanks.' I said.

'I'll go get you a coffee!' sam said as he got up 'Same as usual?' I nodded and he left the table. Well that was intense. I know that sams a very straightforward person but jesus!

A few minutes later he came back with my coffee and I took a big sip of the warm brown liquid inside. Sam suddenly began to laugh. 'What're you laughing at?' I asked.

'You! You always pull that face when you drink something hot! I guess some things never change!' he replied.

'What face?' I asked. I wasn't doing anything to my knowledge.

'You know..' he said and he pulled a strange face. Then I began laughing.

'What on earth…?' I laughed. He joined me and nearly choked on his coffee.

'You do it all the time!' he said, pointing his finger at me. I shooke my head vigorously.

'No I don't! I drink my coffee like a lady!' I smiled and stuck my pinky finger out. It was just like when we were kids, laughing and joking about silly things. It felt like everything was so serious back at home. I really missed this.

'Yeah yeah!' he said, rolling his eyes 'So what do you do now? Or do you not work? Being the daughter of a huge business mogul.'

'Well im looking for work at the moment. But I spend a lot of my time looking after my dad.' I said 'What about you? Last I heard you were training for the army!'

'I'm with the police now.' Sam answered. I nodded interestedly. 'What sort of work do you do?' I asked. This was starting to get interesting…

'Aah, im afraid I can't say…sorry.' He replied. Okay…

'Well that sounds…interesting?' I laughed, trying to get rid of the awkward atmosphere that had just appeared.

'No I know! Its okay! That wasn't very helpful, im sorry.' He said, waving one hand in the air.

'Well im sure that it must be important then! I wish I had something I was good at!' I smiled at Sam.

'You do! You're an amazing friend!' he replied with a wink.

'Talk about cheesy!' I burst out laughing and he joined in. when our giggle fit subsided Sam checked his phone and his face crinkled up. 'Everything okay?' I asked.

Sam grimaced. 'Not really, work want me.' He said still staring at the phone.

'Go! We've already established that it's gotta be important!' I urged him, quickly swallowing my coffee.

'Are you sure?' he asked uncertainly, finally looking up at me. I nodded and he quickly stood up, slinging his bag over his shoulder as he did so. 'Thanks! And again, im sorry! I hope we can do this again sometime!' Sam said as he quickly hugged me goodbye.

'Definitely.' I nodded, and he swiftly left. Well. That was strange. I looked down into my coffee cup at the swirling liquid. I wonder what sam does with the police…?

I sat for a little while finishing my coffee, watching people as they passed by the big glass window. I found myself feeling very lonely. Sam was the only friend I had anymore. I barely left the house and my family was never around. Now that I knew he had moved on just like all of my other old friends, I was completely alone and I didn't like it.

Starting to feel miserable I got up, grabbed my back and left the coffee shop. with nothing to do I began to aimlessly wander the streets, perhaps looking for a way to feel less alone.

As I turned a corner a man ran into me and fell to the floor. I reached out a hand to help him up but he ignored it and sprinted away. It took a moment for me to realise that I knew that man. He was my boss at my last job at a bookstore.

I stood still at the end of the street, staring after my old boss, confused. What on earth…?

A few moments later two men in black suits ran up to me. I looked at them quizzically and found myself unable to speak.

'Madam, I'm going to have to ask you to come with us.' One of the men said. They were both tall and intimidating looking. 'Wha..?' I mumbled as they grabbed my arms and gently pushed me into a black car that I hadn't even noticed pulling up beside us.

'We just have a few questions we would like to ask you.' One of the men said as he got into the seat beside me. It all happened so fast that I had no time to protest. Before I knew it we were speeding away headed to god knows where.