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I looked up at the sky sadly as we left the theme park. It was almost sunset. I looked around at my three family members as they chatted happily to each other, unaware of the tragedy to come. As I watched the sun go down, my resolve not to say anything began to dissolve before I finally gave in.

Tears rolling down my face I hugged my brother tightly. Craig, shocked, took a moment before he hugged back. We had stopped and our parents had stopped with us. It may have been upsetting to admit but I knew I would miss him the most, more than even my mum or dad. He had always been there for me and in some ways we were like best friends.

"I will miss you." I told him quietly through my tears. "Goodbye."

"What?" he asked, his voice filled with shock and confusion. I squeezed him tighter before letting go, smiling through my tears and kissing him full on the lips. It wasn't a romantic kiss; though it was on the lips it was only a brotherly/sisterly kiss. To me it was the same as kissing him on the cheek only he knew it meant more than just a passing thing. I only kissed him at all on special occasions and the only other time had kissed him on the lips was at his best friends funeral.

He gazed at me with surprised and confused eyes as I pulled away and went over to my mother and father. I hugged and kissed them both, if only on the cheek, before whispering the same in there ears as I had done for Craig.

They had the same confused reaction but I just smiled at them softly before looking up at the sky. The sun was about to set and I knew I had only moments left. "I am sorry." I told them quickly before grinning. "I love you!" I managed to get out before my eyes closed and my world went black.

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I awoke to confusion again in what felt like a lot in such a small amount of time. This time I allowed myself to groan. Now where was I? I struggled to open my eyes again but this time I wasn't blinded by light. I sighed in relief. This would make it easier to open them. After blinking my emerald green eyes several times to clear them of sleep, I looked around. I was in a tent and on a camp bed. Sat next to the bed was a boy with brown hair who appeared to be asleep.

Brock.

I smiled at him lovingly. He never seized to amaze me. Feeling a drowsiness fill me, I closed my eyes to sleep again, but not before wrapping one of my small hands around one of the boys larger ones. It seemed to fit perfectly and I soon fell asleep with a smile upon my face.

That morning seemed to come quickly and I was woken by Brock's loud and happy voice telling the others about my holding of his hand. He still hadn't let it go and I could feel my face burn, giving away the fact that I was no longer asleep.

"Ab! Absol!" a gruff voice called happily to me and I opened my eyes with a smile before wiping them with the hand that wasn't in brocks.

"Hey Absol." I greeted the pokemon who was now standing on top of me with a slight grin. "Hello everyone." I then said, turning to the four people and Pikachu standing by my bed.

"Hello." Brock replied with a small smile, his voice filled with relief and playful mocking. Soon, I had two bodies lying on top of a now squashed Absol who was laying on top of a very squashed me. The pair known as May and Max were laughing along with Ash and Brock. I grumbled slightly before laughing along with them Absol just growled, his growling getting louder the longer it took them to move before, finally, he just got up causing Max and May to tumble off of him onto the floor where they just started laughing again.

I watched them with a small smile for a moment before I felt tears begin to fill my eyes. Trying, and failing, not to screw my face up as I began crying, I looked away from the rest. I would never see my family again. Why had I chosen that? Why? It hurt too much to even think about. I wondered what they were thinking. They must be so confused. I had left them with a goodbye before dieing. I know I would be confused.

"Sammy?" Brock asked in concern. I didn't turn around but instead squeezed his hand and sucked at the air harshly. Tears were running down my face and I could feel my eyes were puffy. I didn't want him to see me like that. I hiccupped slightly as he squeezed my hand in return. Then, my eyes widened as I felt the camp bed shift and a pair of arms wrapped themselves around my shoulders and another's cheek rested against mine.

I looked around slightly to see May sitting next to me with a small, comforting smile on her face. She tightened her grip on me reassuringly and I allowed myself to break down into loud sobs. I knew none of them knew why I was crying but no one asked and I was grateful to them. It would have been very difficult to explain and I didn't think I would be able to explain in the state I was in anyway.

Soon, two other pairs of arms were wrapping there selves around me as I broke down into sobs. I was grateful to them, truly grateful. Maybe with friends like these, the pain of leaving my family would be lessened. I could feel myself smiling through my tears and relaxing into my friends hold.

Maybe, after I had gotten over losing my family, I would be happier here. Maybe, I had made the right choice.

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I hope you like this story. I'm not sure about whether I made them in character and didn't go over the top with the leaving/crying thing…. I wasn't sure how to go about it… but I think this is going to be a long story… but I'm not sure…

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