Walking in the clear moonlit night outside her home, she stopped by the black car. "Her" Black Charger. Putting a hand over its hood, she felt its cool metal while running her hand over the motionless car.
"One thing's for sure, I'll be leaving you behind. Ha, you were never mine to begin with... But you were my first car."
Reaching the end of the car, she gave it one last pat and was on her way.
She kept on walking until she reached the end of her street. Even in a little town like this one, she was surprised to see it so still at night, so peaceful, so beautiful. Looking up to the sky, she saw the millions of little lights dancing in the darkness. Finally spotting the moon, she looked at its wondrous light.
"You would've helped me with him, right?"
She marveled at the moon, thinking about her long gone grandmother. Without fail, she would talk to the girl's father; always making him change his mind on things that had to do with the girl. Now that she's gone…
She kept on walking; going up towards her old high school. Her butt started to vibrate all at once; the familiar tune of her phone ringing.
'Who's calling me so late at night?'
She took her phone out of her back pocket and looked at the person calling.
Cincy.
Seeing her name on her phone brought a smile back to her face. She picked up, not trying to give away her shaking voice to her.
"Hello?"
"Karen! You left work without saying bye to me! Are you okay?"
Cincy would be the second person to worry about her. The first would have been her parents, but to her it was Artemis.
"Yeah, I'm okay, just taking a walk around the block." Karen tried to sound as cheerful as she could, but she knew that Cincy could read her like a book and know that she was bluffing.
"Karen, it's kind of late to be taking a walk around the block, don't you think?"
Karen didn't want to tell Cincy what was going on or what was going to happen... Not yet.
"Cincy… I'll talk to you about it once I know more about it myself. Right now, I'm going up to see him."
"Awe. Going to see Artie huh?" She gave off her famous laugh, which made Karen burst out laughing too.
That's what she liked about Cincy. No matter how bad of a mood Karen was in, she managed to bring that sweet smile everyone loved out of her. Karen can really say that Cincy is a true friend.
"Okay girl, I'll leave you to your walking! You just better tell me what happens, okay?" Cincy said.
"Yes ma'am! I'll call you later."
With that, Karen put her phone back into her back pocket and continued walking towards her set fate.