It was 6:30 PM, Taryn's dad was supposed to pick up her little sister, and be home by now. But Taryn didn't fret it too much, she just thought he was caught up in some traffic jam or he had to stop at the Hess and get gas.
So she turned on the radio to 103.5FM- Metal Rocks. The metal station.
"BE THE 6TH CALLER, AND YOU ARE THE WINNER OF OUR ROKKEN WITH DOKKEN SWEEPSTAKES! THE BAND WILL PICK YA UP AT YOUR HOUSE, TAKE YOU TO DINNER, THE CONCERT, AFTER PARTY AND BACK HOME! CALL NOW! AND YOU CAN BRING ONE AWESOME FRIEND!" The DJ yelled. Taryn ran to the phone and called.
"Hello?" Taryn said.
"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON THE ROKKEN WITH DOKKEN SWEEPSTAKES! Your name sweetie?" The DJ asked.
"TARYN WHITE!" Taryn screamed, she was over joyed.
"OKAY! Dokken will pick you up next week, at 3:00. Address please?"
"1413 ELM STREET!" Taryn yelled.
"Okay, thank you Taryn!"
"MOM! MOM! I WON THE RADIO CONTEST! I'M GONNA HANG WITH DOKKEN!" Taryn screamed, and jumped around.
"Does that mean you will stop roaming around the house complaining about not being married to Don Dokken?" Taryn's mom asked.
"Maybe." Taryn said, jumping around.
"Calm down Taryn."
"Okay." Taryn said, going to her room.
It was now 8:00, her dad and sister were still not home.
"Ma, where's dad and Maddie?" Taryn asked, getting worried.
"I don't know sweetie." Then a breaking news report came on.
"We have breaking news about a shooting that killed a police cheif. The police has been identified as Jack White. He was driving his young daughter back from day care, where he got shot, and the young girl kidnapped. We'll have more at eleven."
"FUCK!" Taryn yelled, running outside.
She ran to Kat's house.
"Is, is K-kat h-hom-me?" Taryn asked Kat's dad.
Then Kat ran to the door.
"I'm so sorry. I know, it's all over the news." Kat said, hugging Taryn.
"You wanna go down to the park?" Taryn asked, she just needed to talk.
"Yeah." And they both walked to the Elm Street Playground, which was empty at this time.
"Why the hell did this happen to me?" Taryn asked, looking down at her Dokken shirt, that her father bought her for Christmas.
"It's not your fault Taryn!"
"Do you know who did it?"
"No, I don't."
"Who does?" Taryn asked.
"On the positive side, I heard you won that Dokken contest." Kat said, trying to cheer Taryn up a bit.
"OH YEAH!" Taryn said, happily.
"Who's going with ya?"
"You really needa ask? You are you silly bitch!" Taryn said.
"AWESOME!" Kat said.
"I know, you know what I better get home." Taryn said.
"Okay, but call me if you need to talk!" Kat said.
Taryn walked home, feeling emotions of anger and sadness.
Did she wanna slam someone against a wall, or just cry?
She walked home, slowly, not really caring about a thing in the world.
"Honey, are you okay?" Taryn's mom asked.
"Yeah, sure. Are you?" Taryn asked, embracing her mom in a hug.
"Taryn, I understand if you wanna skip school tomorrow. It's up to you." Mrs. White said.
"No, I need to talk to some friends, I can't skip." Taryn said.
"Okay, well I'll see you in the morning." And off to bed Mrs. White went.
Taryn walked to her room and slept.
Taryn's Dream
"I love you Don. I really do, wait who is that? That girl? ARE YOU DUMPING ME? NO PLEASE DON'T DON!" A punk rocker Taryn yelled, as she saw Don Dokken walk away with a woman in a pink dress.
The punk Taryn walked down the alley way, tears in her eyes, then she saw a man with a gun. The man approached a police car, broke the glass window and shot the man inside. The man inside was her father.
Then the man, identity concealed by the night, took her little sister, and slammed her into his blue Ford pickup.
Taryn ran after him, hoping to catch a glimpse of the mystery killer.
"COME BACK HERE MOTHER FUCKER!" Taryn screamed, while chasing after the truck, witch only went faster.
She saw that the man was wearing a striped sweater, Taryn couldn't see the colors, because of the darkness.
"COME BACK HERE!" Taryn screamed, once again, running up to the truck, witch was stopped at a red light.
Taryn tried to see the man, but she woke up before she could actually look at him.
7:35 AM, Springwood High
"I'm so sorry Taryn." Jenifer Caulfield said, handing Taryn a copy of Hit Parader that had Don Dokken on the cover. "Take it, it's just my way of sayin' I'm sorry." Jenifer said.
"Thanks!" Taryn said, hugging Jenifer. Jenifer has always been one of Taryn's friends.
"Taryn, I'm so sorry. I really am. I bet you haven't eaten. Here, I bought you a bagel with a sausage patty from Dunkin Dounuts, I know you like them." Will Stanton said, handing Taryn a Dunkin Dounuts bag, and a bottle of Pepsi and a straw.
"Thanks Will." Taryn said, hugging her best guy friend, Will Stanton.
Taryn was amazed on how all these people were being so nice to her.
"I love how you are wearing that Dokken shirt with those red leggings. You look amazing Taryn." Hailey Henry, the most popular girl, said to Taryn. Taryn took that as her way of saying sorry.
Even tho Taryn did look like the ultimate headbanger. The Dokken shirt she was wearing was long and black and said "Dokken" in red glitter, and the ultra shine spandex were a great tough, and the Converse brought it all together.
"Thanks." Taryn said. Hailey smiled and nodded her head, and walked away.
The teachers were even more sympathetic. But Taryn had to find out who did this. She was so close too. She knew it was the man in her dreams, she really did.
