Trees flashed past the car window, and sunlight flickered around the passenger seat, which had been put back almost flat. Emily was lying down with her headphones. Music drowned out everything else, and her fingers tapped a rhythm on the top of her CD player. Every time sunlight passed over her face, there was a brief red flash beneath her eyelids, and a moment of warmth.

Something touched her arm. She pushed her headphones down around her neck and sat up, looking over at her mother.

"Yeah?"

"I can hear those headphones loud and clear, you know," said her mother, eyes back on the road. "You must be killing your ears."

"It's not that bad, mom," said Emily, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. "Seriously, it's not that loud."

"Just turn it down, Em," said her mom, "Please."

Emily sighed and turned the volume dial down. She hated it when her mom called her Em. She put her headphones back on and looked out the window. They were nearing the town. She couldn't wait to see her aunt and uncle, and her cousins, Matt and Kaylie. The downside was that the town was tiny. She couldn't imagine living there.

As they entered the edge of the town, Emily noticed the graveyard off the side of the road. The one where her grandmother was buried. Her mom always took the route past the graveyard. Emily noticed one person walking among the tombstones and memorials. She squinted to see him better.

That was odd. She could have sworn she'd seen that boy before. He was tall, with reddish-brown hair, wearing a black t-shirt, and standing by a motorcycle. He turned to look their way as their car passed by, and Emily was sure. She'd definitely seen him before.

She lay back against the seat, and closed her eyes, trying to remember anything about the boy. Tall, reddish hair… where had she seen him?

"We're almost their, Emily," said her mom, tapping her on the shoulder. Emily stopped her CD player, and put up the seat. They were coming into the part of town with all the houses. She stuffed her CD player in her backpack, and looked expectantly out the window.

They drove past new houses with neat lawns and porches, and then started to get into the older houses. They turned off onto a separate road, and drove for a little while, until a old, large, blue house came into view. The lawn was surrounded by a black metal fence, one of those ones that have spiky tips along the top. As they drove up to the house, the door opened, and two kids flew out, followed by a tall woman with long, strait blonde hair, and a strong man with thick dark hair and blue-green eyes.

Emily smiled and jumped out of the car, running to meet her two cousins. Matt had shaggy brown hair, and hazel eyes, like his mom. Kaylie had thick dark hair and blue-green eyes, like her dad. Emily grabbed Kaylie in a one armed hug. Matt smiled, and hugged them both at the same time. He was his senior year in high school, and played soccer like a pro. Kaylie was Emily's age.

"It's great to see you, too, Matt," said Emily, out of breath, "but you're crushing me."

"Right oh, cuz," said Matt, grinned as he let go of both girls. Kaylie let go of Emily and laughed.

"I couldn't wait to see you!" she said, smiling, "You couldn't get here fast enough, I swear…"

"Yeah, I know," said Emily, smiling, "Who wants to help me unload the car?"

"Here," said her uncle, coming over, "We'll get that. You three just go set up the table for dinner."

"Thanks, Uncle Ben," said Emily, and she and her cousins ran inside to prepare for dinner.

"So," said Emily's aunt, Mary, during dinner, "How was the trip?"

"Great," said Emily, the same time her mom said, "A nightmare."

Everyone laughed.

"Hey, that reminds me," said Emily, swallowing her mashed potatoes, "Do you guys know a tall boy with kind of reddish hair? Who rides a motorcycle?"

"I don't think so," said Aunt Mary, "Kaylie, Matt?"

"Nobody at school like that," said Matt, "Not that I know of. And it's not exactly a big school."

"Why?" asked Uncle Ben, "Anyone you're looking for in particular?"

"No," said Emily, "Not in particular. I just saw someone like that in the graveyard on the way over."

"Oh," said Aunt Mary, "Hey, could you pass those carrots, hon? Thanks."

That night, after they'd all had dinner, watched a movie, unpacked, and Kaylie and Emily had played Truth-or-Dare in bed after the lights were out, Emily was lying on a mattress next to Kaylie's bed, thinking about the boy again. She hated it when she couldn't remember little things like that.

She couldn't have seen him back home; it would be too much of a coincidence that they'd gone to the same place for summer vacation, and at the same time. So she must have seen him here. But when?

She rolled onto her side and tried to let it go. It wasn't that important, was it? She should just try to go back to sleep.

She was half asleep when it hit her. That was where she'd seen the boy before! She closed her eyes and searched through the memory. It had been another sunny day, late in the afternoon, on her last trip here. She'd been eight years old. She was taking a walk around the town with Kaylie and Matt, and she'd stopped to look at something in a shop window. She wasn't paying attention when she started walking away again, since she was still looking back at the window, and turned and walked strait into someone. But it couldn't have been the boy! That boy she'd seen in the graveyard was at least her age, but he had been at least that age the last time she'd seen him. That wouldn't work unless he never got any older. That was ridiculous. It must have just been someone who looked like that boy.

But even as Emily started to go to sleep, she couldn't let go of the feeling that it was the same boy, ridiculous as that notion was. She tried to forget about it all, and just go to sleep. Too bad it didn't work.

Author's note: I know the granddaughter thing has been done a lot, and I'm not trying to copy anyone's ideas. It just seemed like a good thing to write about. Please read and review! And any new ideas are definitely OK w/ me. Thanx!

P.S. Thanx to you all cool people who've already reviewed! Sorry, but I won't be able to update for a little while, because I don't have a computer long enough to do any real writing, since I'm working for my aunt on her ranch this summer. I'll update as soon as I can, though!