The Wood family sat in their new Mercedes station wagon that was
packed with stuff and drove into the small town with varied expectations.
Why were they here? The three kids that sat in the back including the ever-
pessimistic Autumn were completely clueless. All they knew was that they
came back from visiting their cousin's in England and everything was packed
in boxes.
"Welcome to Everwood" Their dad the prestigious Dr. Albert Wood said
as they drove passed the entire down town in less than ten minutes.
Everwood at first glance seemed a one-doctor town to Autumn with no need
for specialists such as her father and no need for her mother the ballet
dancer turned lawyer and no dace program for her. Winter her older brother
flicked the back of her head when they pulled in the driveway of their new
home.
"We have to get to school c'mon," He said as he got out of the back.
He was her fathers pride and joy, all he did was football, football, and
football. His grades sucked, but he was on the foot ball team so magically
every quarter he managed to pull a c average so he could play and take the
stupid team to states. Now that wasn't going to work, no football here so
he was just as up set as she was.
She opened the back and hopped out. They had been driving for three
days she was sick of her family and the yellow lines on the road. Her book
bag was next to her she picked it up and slammed the back and looked at the
house. It looked like a post card. She then looked across the street to
find a boy sitting on a porch swing watching them get out of the car.
Speaking of cars the other cars were already in the driveway. Autumn
checked her watch and sighed it was only seven in the morning and already
she was tired.
"Dad can you pull out the wagon, I need to get to school," she said as
she tapped her foot and ran over to her pride and joy her 1974 midnight
blue Mercedes 450SL. She unlocked her convertible and tossed her bag in the
back on the little bench that could pass as a backseat. Her father turned
and looked at her.
"Don't you want to go and see which one is your room? Or at least have
breakfast?" He father asked as he paused on their porch.
"No, I want to get to school, you never cared about me eating before
why care now?" She screamed as she took her bag out of her car and slammed
the door. "I'll walk" she said as she started off down the small street.
She was so absorbed in her own world that she bumped into the boy from
across the street.
"Whoa there" He said in a bland voice as he took a step back. She
looked at him and shook her head and almost laughed. He didn't look like a
boy from a small little hopeless town. He was tall with dark red hair and
cold blue eyes, and he was pale like inner city Goth pale.
"You just said whoa there, I think I'm gonna keep walking" she said as
she started down the street.
"Hey are you going to the high school?" He called after her she turned
around.
"Yeah, what's it to you?"
"I go there too, by the way my name's Ephraim," He said as he
awkwardly grasped at the strap of his book bag.
"Autumn" She said as she turned back around and started to walk off
again like some bad cheesy teen movie.
