This is an Everwood fanfic written by me, kaze.
Please do not steal and say it's yours. Ask me for permission to post it up or something.
Characters are copyrighted by Warner Brothers and belong to Gregory Berlanti.
However, Aaron and Wendy are MINE.
I might not be able to complete this fanfic but keep supporting me and maybe I will!
Thank you and enjoy the story!


Prologue
The Plymouth Neon 2001 occupied two Chinese people. They both were speaking to each other in perfect English and the male was scolding the younger female because she went out. The car turned on Second Street and found a huge blockage. There were fire trucks, ambulances and policemen surrounding the street.

"What's going on? What's the firemen doing here?" Aaron Phan questioned as soon as he returned home from picking up his little sister from downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Look An-ge^1!" she pointed, "There's a fire on the apartment complex! Oh no! Please don't let anything happen to mom, dad and Mei-jie^2!"

Aaron parked his car quickly and rushed up to the apartment complex where they lived. The policemen and firemen blocked the two from approaching the building any closer. The two struggled to get past them, to see if their parents and their sister, Maria, was okay. From the closer view, Wendy could tell that the fire was burning rapidly in the apartment that they lived in. She pointed it out to Aaron before she passed out, Aaron catching her before she hit the hard, cold cement.


Chapter 1
It was quite different for Wendy ever since the incident that caused the death of her parents and older sister. Her brother, Aaron, saw how hurt Wendy was after the incident. Everything in Philadelphia reminded her of her family. Since Aaron was already twenty-three years old, he kept custody of Wendy and was responsible for her well being. He decided to move.

At first, Wendy was extremely against it. The only people that comforted her besides her brother, were her friends at school. She couldn't bear to be separated from the one thing that didn't remind her of the deaths so easily. After some time, Aaron managed to point out that Wendy was still miserable, and that they were still going to move.

And so they packed. Aaron talked to a few of his close friends and asked what was a good place to go. Some of his friends recommended going to New York City, others recommended San Francisco. Aaron wasn't too sure if Wendy would be happy living in a place like that. He wanted a nice, quiet place where they could mourn in peace. After talking to a few more friends, he decided the perfect place: Everwood, Colorado.

His old friend, Nina Feeney, recommended the place. She currently lives there with her traveling husband. Nina says the place is wonderful and beautiful. It's small and quaint. The people are generally pleasant to be around with and it's different from the wilds of a city.

Aaron discussed this with Wendy several times. He told her about the place, the people and the surroundings. She thought it would be a wonderful place, even though she would miss her close friends. Aaron would agree during these sessions and they would comfort each other through the night, reminiscing everything that happened. They would miss their friends, but to them, it was better to leave their mental anguish behind.

"An-ge," Wendy whispered.

Aaron looked at his little sister, who was clutching his arm tightly, "Yes, Jie^3?"

"Do you think," she paused, "we'll be alright by ourselves? At Everwood?"

He rustled her hair, "Silly rabbit. Of course we'll be fine! There's nothing to worry about. Go back to your nap. We'll be at Everwood in two hours. Sleep, it'll be alright."

She murmured a "thanks" and drifted back to sleep. Little did she know, things in her life were going to change drastically...


^1This is a formal way of a younger sibling to call its older brother (Chinese name included) in Mandarin.
^2This is a formal way of a younger sibling to call her older sister (Chinese name included) in Mandarin.
^3Wendy's Chinese name.