Yin-Yang

By

Kkikimamama

Eric McKader was busy writing in his journal when the road bump caused quite a big blot

on the page."Dad, you are a horrible driver...you know that don't you?""Look, I don't try to hit the

bumps. You shouldn't be writing in the car anyway. It ruins your motor skills." 'Yeah right.' His

family, that is, his dad, sister, and dog were just coming from Ft. Campbell, his dad having retired

from the military after 22 years of service in it. Eric was best described as military punk. His hair

was died light red and he had a permanent scowl where a smile once stood before his mother was

raped and murdered three years ago. When that happened, he lost any sense of happiness and was

constantly getting into trouble. His dad was worried that he might turn to drugs, but thankfully he

had a good upbringing till her death. His sister however was so perky it made Eric sick. 'How can

she be so happy?' was the thought that crossed his mind the most. She was always trying to make

people happy, and sucked at it so she was always ridiculed and insulted. But no matter how bad it

got they all stuck together and stayed with it. Now that his dad retired, they were going to live in

civilian quarters which Eric was not used to. He supposed it wouldn't be so bad... new people to

torment. But the town name was so... stupid. Hillridge? Please.

Not too far away Eric's soul mate, Elizabeth McGuire was feeling like she was about to get

a very big surprise somehow.