Prolouge:
Fifteen year old Jazmine McHugh had always been a smart level headed girl. She was resourceful and independent, traits she learned early on from her father. She had even become a Girl Scout at her dad's encouragement. Nathan McHugh swore up and down that it was his Boy Scouting skills that single-handedly saved him and his friends from being stranded on an island. Her father's best friend, Daley, however told her that wasn't so.
The carmel skinned girl packed for the adventure of a lifetime. She'd finally convinced her father that she was old enough to travel alone. Even across the pacific ocean. She convinced him that her and the WATW Club (Short for 'We Are The World') wouldn't crash and become stranded like him and his friends did.
He still worried however as he stood in her doorway, watching her pack. Amazed that nearly 20 years before he was packing for a similar trip, a trip that would change his life forever.
"Daddy," Jazmine started, clearly annoyed. " You don't need to watch me pack. I can handle it."
"I know, but you're only here for a couple more days. What am I gonna do without you?"
The girl rolled her eyes, shaking her head at his dramatics. " Go to work, miss me, mooch off of Aunt Daley 'cuz you can't cook."
Nathan couldn't resist letting his inner child take over and stuck his toungue out at his daughter.
Not straying her eyes from her work, Jazmine simply said, "I saw that."
Meanwhile, in the little blue house next door, mother and son were going over a well organized checklist.
"Bug Spray?"
"Check!"
"Extra Food?"
"Check!"
"Clean Underwear?"
"MOM!" The fifteen year old boy turned around and glared at his red-headed mother.
"What? Justin, you need to be prepared." Daley shook her head. She had agreed to let her son go on the trip but only if he was prepared for the worst. Prepared for the worst meaning being stranded on an island for a month, like she was at his age.
"Mom, I'll be fine. Our plane WILL NOT CRASH. Me, Jaz, and all the other kids will be fine."
" I hope you're right Jus, I really hope you are." Justin simply smiled at his mother and continued checking through his bag. Justin was a momma's boy in all sense of the word. After his parents' divorce at the tender age of two, Justin clung to three people; his mom, Daley, his best friend, Jazmine McHugh, and his mom's best friend, Nathan. They had lived next door to each other and were the biggest family to each other.
Little did Nathan and Daley know that all across town five other parents were carrying the same worries as them. A blonde watched as her son avoided packing at costs as she explained the importance of packing the essentials like soap, deodorant, and shampoo were on a trip like this. A musician reminded his son that music could be the best calm to anyone as he added more songs to his ipod. A used car salesman reminded his daughter to always look out for herself and find a friend in at least one person. An art teacher simply asked her daughter to pack a positive attitude and keep it no matter what happened. These seven adults could warn, remind and ask their teenagers to do all these things, but nothing could prepare them for what they were doomed to repeat, the fateful event that changed their parents lives.