Disclaimer- I don't own Charlie Swan or Twilight; Just Gabrielle and the plot.
Chapter 2 –Leaving Everything Behind
Flashback
"How'd a dummy like you get to graduate the same class as me? Your two years younger than me," I asks mock-angrily.
"I dunno" my little sister says, innocently shrugging her shoulders.
"My point exactly"
"Well…well…" we erupt into a fit of giggles until we cry, collapsing onto her bed.
End Flashback
I don't notice I'm really crying until full out sobs rack my body and I have to pull over. I'm almost to my new happy hometown, I think dryly. No where I go will I be able to truly be happy. I had to grow up too quickly. Being brought up from a harsh childhood, I had to work for everything me and my sister needed. Now's not the time for fun.
It's almost dark and I still can't control myself. 'How long have I been here', I wonder to myself. I've been driving trough the Washington terrain for hours. I think I passed that same tree three times, too. 'Oh wait, this is a forest; their bound to have the same trees,' I thought to myself dumbly bringing on another round of tears. Just then a police cruiser chips and pulls up behind me.
Aw man
A handsome, white, middle aged man walks up to my window in his police uniform. I roll it down not bothering to wipe my pitiful tears. I might as well ham it up a bit.
"Hello ma'am I'm Chief Swan. What seems to be the problem?" he asks in a surprisingly concerned voice.
I'm surprised. These people definitely have never lived in a city. I debate on whether or not show how pitifully helpless I am. I decide to give in. Why be stuck over pride.
"I'm lost" I reply softly in my naturally sounding baby voice. To my surprise his concern deepens.
"Well do you have family?"
"….No," I lied hoping he didn't catch my hesitation.
"Friends?"
"No"
"A Home"
I look down and shake my head, too embarrassed to admit it out loud.
"Well I guess your coming home with me"
"WHAT?!" I shriek surprised. Chief Swan jumped back surprised also. He looks at me cautiously. 'Ha I would too', the inner me thought bitterly. "What?" I tried again quietly.
"I have another room; you obviously have nothing, so you're staying with me.
Wow. I he sure told me.
"Now, what's your name?" he all but cooed at me. I guess he thought I was a kid; I'm tiny for my age.
The sincerity in his eyes, made me trust him immediately. "Gabrielle Nicole Love," I recited proudly, "nice to meet you Chief Swan."
He nodded like and old western cowboy and told me to follow him home in his cruiser. I nodded back and watched him walk away. Sighing I straightened my position and think to myself 'now what'. A honk snaps me out of my trance and I am on my way home; leaving everything behind, and finding a way to live without the pain of thinking about my little sister.