Prologue
Flashback:
December 23rd, 1998
It was about twenty-five degrees outside, and here I was, sitting in the snow next to someone I just met. I just needed to get some fresh air after sitting through my parents' boring dinner party for their big time law firm.
I had enough of listening to the countless cases they had prosecuted and the thousands they claimed to get off. Didn't they know that nobody cared what they had to say? Or maybe that's just how I thought of things. I don't know why they expected me to come to this "party" and I don't know why I agreed.
After I was sure my parents wouldn't notice my absence, I escaped through the back door out to this little strip of snow-covered grass with a small playground right in the center of this piece of lawn. I weaved through the monkey bars and listened to the snow crunch loudly beneath my feet as I headed towards the swings.
"Nick, stop. I don't want to play hide-and-seek anymore."
I stopped in my tracks and looked around for the voice that was echoing though this empty playground. Through the thick fog, I spotted a small boy, around my age, with dorky glasses and dark brown hair sitting on the slide. I looked around, confused.
"Excuse me?" I said.
He turned to face me with a look of shock on his face. "Oh, I'm sorry. I though you were my little brother. He's been begging me all night to play with him and I just got away from him. I thought he found me."
I giggled and he gave me a crooked smile.
He continued, "So, what's your excuse for being out here in this freezing weather?"
"I can't stand listening to my parents rant on and on about their next business trip where I will be left behind again." I said softly as I sat down on the swing across from the slide.
"I'm sorry" was the only thing he could come up with.
"That's okay" I shrugged as he walked over to where I was sitting. "I just hate being left behind. They claim it's because I can't miss any school, but I think it's just an excuse to ship me off to boarding school for half the year."
"You must miss your friends, huh?" The boy asked me, finally sitting on the swing next to me.
"Well, I don't have many friends because I change schools so often. It's hard enough to make them let alone keep them." I wondered why it was so easy for me to talk to this boy that I just met.
There was something about him that just made me trust him.
"Well, you can be my friend." He said shyly.
I gave him a quick smile and nodded.
"Joe" He said as he stuck out his hand.
"Julia, but you can call me Jay" I replied.
"Come on, Jay, let's go play" I could already tell this boy was going to be my best friend. If I only knew.
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Okay, I promise this is just the start and it is going to get so much better. Well in my opinion J I have most of the story planned out, but it could go two different ways, so I want to here what you all want to see. Let me know.
And if you don't like it, then just tell me. But just promise me you'll stick it out through the first couple chapters.
-Alissa :))