Stand in the Rain

"…She never slows down..."

Light rain poured from the dark sky and drizzled onto the last remaining guests in the large graveyard. Slowly, people began to walk away until there were only two people left. Lisa stood with her brother sitting in the wheel chair next to her, looking down at the brand new grave where their father had just been put to rest.

"…Leese?"

"This is my fault," she spoke for the first time since they had received the news about their father.

"No, it's not, he was in a car accident, it was the drunk drivers fault."

"A man just tried to kill us a little over a month ago, and you think that him dying is just some accident?" She looked down at her brother, "And you call me naive." Lisa shook her head and then turned sharply, leaving the gravesite.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Damion shouted after as he managed to turn his wheel chair around and hastily follow her. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm disappearing," she said flatly not evening bothering to slow her pace for him or look him in the face.

"Disappearing, what do you mean disappearing?" she froze for a moment before turning to him.

"I mean I'm leaving," she snapped.

"You can't just up and leave!"

"Oh, yeah? Why not?" her eyes blazed at her.

"…I don't know…" he said weakly. They sat in silence for a moment, both slowly getting soaked from the light rain.

"I'll call when my nerves are better."

But the thing was….

….she never did…

xXx

Five Years Later

Damion slowly walked up the stairs and to his new apartment. Today was the exact five year mark of Joe Riesert's death; his thoughts were not only were on his father, but his sister. He had been waiting for her phone call, but after the third year, he gave up hope that she would ever call. The man shook his head and stepped into his home.

It was eerily empty, as it always was. When he had graduated, dating was the first thing on his mind, but that dream soon faded away with his hope of ever seeing Lisa again.

Damion turned on the TV and plopped himself in a chair as the news started. Boring, he reached to turn the channel when a photo flashed across the screen.

"…In other news, a man named Joseph Carston was released from prison today, after spending nearly eight years in prison…"

"…Oh… no…"


I know the first chapter was kinda short, but please don't hate me.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Red Eye, nor do I own Damion Reisert.

-Nina Rippner-