Ch. 4 A Different Town
~Liz Pov~
As we all get out of the car and head into the Crashdown, my heart is now pounding!I grab Max's hand and he looks at me. He gives me one of those 'I am here' smiles. Max has a million different smiles just for me. I will always be greatful for him. As I open the door to the Crash, I see that there has only been small changes. Nothing drastic. And for that I thank God. I know I couldn't stand it if it had. I let out a small sigh. We all sit in the booth that we used to sit in. Well they used to, while I got them food... I am now sitting here looking at the menu, that I once knew by heart. Its hard to focus and decide what I need, because I have so many memories here. I am doing my best to hold myself back from running in the back and finding my mom and dad. Max as if reading my mind wraps his arm arounds me and holds me protectivly to the world. That is just like him, always protecting me... even at my home. I see a waitress coming to take her order... note to self {Leave her big tip} I know what it is like to be in her shoes.
"Hey my name is Rene and I'll be your waitress today... are you ready to order?"- Rene asks
"Umm yea... I have a question... do the parkers still own this place?"- I ask... I am holding my breath...
"Umm.. no... ever since I started working here for the past two years it has always been Mrs. Valenti." -Rene responds
Omg where are my parents... I can't this!!!! This is running through my head when Max pulls me closer and whispers in my ear "i'm sure they retired thats all"
"Mrs. Valenti??"- Kyle asked
"Yea her first name is Amy. I hope you dont mind me asking but why are you so curious?" -Rene asks giving us strange looks.
"Omg Kyle!!!"- Maria practiclly yells... It is strange to see Maria showing so much emotion again, I remember when she told me that she would never be weak agian. But I can't be to happy for her, because my parents are gone....
Rene is now really giving us really strange looks.
"We used to live here a few years back"- Max says quickly to cover up our strange behavior.
"Could you send the owner out please?"- Maria asked
"Yea hold on one sec"- Rene
~Amy Valenti POV~
"Mrs. Valenti are you back here"- Rene calls to me
"Yea Rene whats up?"- I ask her
"There a group of people who want to talk to you"- She replies
I give her a look like what did you?
"I swear I did nothing... this time!"- Rene says seeing my look
"Ok, I am going"- I conceded.
As I walk out of the back I see the table that Rene was talking about. It has six people there. And for a moment it makes me think of Maria, Liz and the rest of them. After reading Liz's journal I felt horrible for never being there for Maria. And I never even got to say goodbye.But I think Maria said goodbye long ago to me. And I was just to busy with my own life to notice,and I was to late to ask her to stay. As I get closer, I know that all hopes of these being Maria and them are gone. As I look at them. There are two that are cuddled up together. The guy has a dirty blonde hair, in a over grown crew cut and the girl has a obvious deep red dyed hair. She has a layer cut hair that goes down to the middle of her back. Both have brown eyes. But they are strangers to my eyes. Then there is a tall girl with long brown hair with blonde highlights, she has a pale blue eyes. The boy sitting next to her has semi long hair, that is black he has a few ear piercings as well. Then there was a girl with short brown hair and blazing green eyes, sitting next to her was a boy with long hair pulled in a poney tail. He also had dirty blonde hair. I finally reach them.
"Hey, I am Amy Valenti you wanted to see me?"- I ask the group
"Mom?"- The girl with short hairs whispers
"Excuse me? did you say something?" I was Thinking I had misheard her.
"Mom..." - She says a little longer.
"Maria??"- I whisper so low i can varily hear myself
"Yea!"Maria says as she gets up and hugs me.
"Amy... Wheres my parents?"- This one girl ask and I can only presume its Liz
"Liz?"- I ask
"Yea.."- Liz says
How am I suppose to tell her? I never thought this day would come..
"Liz, we gotta talk. But not here."-I tell her.
~Liz Pov~
As we all get out of the car and head into the Crashdown, my heart is now pounding!I grab Max's hand and he looks at me. He gives me one of those 'I am here' smiles. Max has a million different smiles just for me. I will always be greatful for him. As I open the door to the Crash, I see that there has only been small changes. Nothing drastic. And for that I thank God. I know I couldn't stand it if it had. I let out a small sigh. We all sit in the booth that we used to sit in. Well they used to, while I got them food... I am now sitting here looking at the menu, that I once knew by heart. Its hard to focus and decide what I need, because I have so many memories here. I am doing my best to hold myself back from running in the back and finding my mom and dad. Max as if reading my mind wraps his arm arounds me and holds me protectivly to the world. That is just like him, always protecting me... even at my home. I see a waitress coming to take her order... note to self {Leave her big tip} I know what it is like to be in her shoes.
"Hey my name is Rene and I'll be your waitress today... are you ready to order?"- Rene asks
"Umm yea... I have a question... do the parkers still own this place?"- I ask... I am holding my breath...
"Umm.. no... ever since I started working here for the past two years it has always been Mrs. Valenti." -Rene responds
Omg where are my parents... I can't this!!!! This is running through my head when Max pulls me closer and whispers in my ear "i'm sure they retired thats all"
"Mrs. Valenti??"- Kyle asked
"Yea her first name is Amy. I hope you dont mind me asking but why are you so curious?" -Rene asks giving us strange looks.
"Omg Kyle!!!"- Maria practiclly yells... It is strange to see Maria showing so much emotion again, I remember when she told me that she would never be weak agian. But I can't be to happy for her, because my parents are gone....
Rene is now really giving us really strange looks.
"We used to live here a few years back"- Max says quickly to cover up our strange behavior.
"Could you send the owner out please?"- Maria asked
"Yea hold on one sec"- Rene
~Amy Valenti POV~
"Mrs. Valenti are you back here"- Rene calls to me
"Yea Rene whats up?"- I ask her
"There a group of people who want to talk to you"- She replies
I give her a look like what did you?
"I swear I did nothing... this time!"- Rene says seeing my look
"Ok, I am going"- I conceded.
As I walk out of the back I see the table that Rene was talking about. It has six people there. And for a moment it makes me think of Maria, Liz and the rest of them. After reading Liz's journal I felt horrible for never being there for Maria. And I never even got to say goodbye.But I think Maria said goodbye long ago to me. And I was just to busy with my own life to notice,and I was to late to ask her to stay. As I get closer, I know that all hopes of these being Maria and them are gone. As I look at them. There are two that are cuddled up together. The guy has a dirty blonde hair, in a over grown crew cut and the girl has a obvious deep red dyed hair. She has a layer cut hair that goes down to the middle of her back. Both have brown eyes. But they are strangers to my eyes. Then there is a tall girl with long brown hair with blonde highlights, she has a pale blue eyes. The boy sitting next to her has semi long hair, that is black he has a few ear piercings as well. Then there was a girl with short brown hair and blazing green eyes, sitting next to her was a boy with long hair pulled in a poney tail. He also had dirty blonde hair. I finally reach them.
"Hey, I am Amy Valenti you wanted to see me?"- I ask the group
"Mom?"- The girl with short hairs whispers
"Excuse me? did you say something?" I was Thinking I had misheard her.
"Mom..." - She says a little longer.
"Maria??"- I whisper so low i can varily hear myself
"Yea!"Maria says as she gets up and hugs me.
"Amy... Wheres my parents?"- This one girl ask and I can only presume its Liz
"Liz?"- I ask
"Yea.."- Liz says
How am I suppose to tell her? I never thought this day would come..
"Liz, we gotta talk. But not here."-I tell her.