~September 5, 2009

So Roxie and I came home from our first week of school to find out that Matthew had bolted. Just totally left Cowboy Junction with absolutely no hope of returning. Wait, I don't think I told you guys what happened! Well Mr. and Mrs. Kai moved off of the island either on Matthew's 15th birthday, or a few days after. I can't really remember. But no one knows why they left. Personally, I think it was all because of him threatening to kill them and his parents must have had enough so they moved far away from their son. It turns out Matthew left a couple days ago in a horrible rage and went to go find his parents. We don't think he's coming back either. Not to mention a little birdie told Ginny's Dad that Matthew killed everyone in their new town including his parents by burning the entire village down. Now y'all know just how insane he really was. But at least Roxie and I don't have to put up with him and his creepiness anymore! This was the biggest relief to us in a long time.

~December 5, 2009: Age 15

So my 15th birthday was exactly one week ago and it was pretty sweet! I won't go through all the details of it, but I'd have to say it was the second best birthday ever! But anyway, today I got to stay home from school cuz my parents were leavin' to go visit my grandparents. I kinda wanted to be home to see my parents leave cuz I knew I wasn't gonna be seein' them for about a week. I would've gone with, but there ain't anythin' to do at their house…

"Alright, Rusty, we'll be gone for exactly one week! You be good now, alright? I love you." My Mother said as she kissed my forehead. "I love you too, Mom. Say hi to grandma and grandpa fer me."

She smiled again and went to put her things in the boat. My Mother was so pretty. She had long, blonde hair, pale skin, she was tall and thin, but she often put on too much makeup that wasn't even needed. She was so young too. People often mistook her as my sister (which I don't have. I'm an only child…) And then there was my Father. My Father seriously looked like a grown-up version of Naruto only without the headband and those whisker-like lines on his cheeks. He was only a year older than my Mom so he was pretty young too. I think we can all say I got my good-looks from my Dad.

"Alright, son, we're off. Don't be a trouble for the others, ya hear? Love ya." My Dad said, patting my head. My Dad always liked to pat my head instead of a hug or kiss. Don't know why, but it never bothered me. "See ya, Dad. Have a safe trip!" And with that, they were gone. I just hoped they'd be ok. I say this cuz there was an immense storm coming.

That evening the rain fell hard! It was a storm like no other! Everyone took shelter either in the Road family's house or at Ginny's family's jailhouse. I just so happened to be with Roxie in her house. Roxie took the day off from school too cuz she didn't wanna go without me. I thought that was nice. And plus I'd have someone to hang out with other than Ginny. I wouldn't have hung out with Ginny anyway cuz she sucks. But just then, speak of the devil, Ginny knocked on the door. Mr. Road got up to answer and opened the door. There stood a sopping wet and freezing-to-death Ginny asking to come inside. Mr. Road held open the door enough for her to squeeze in. But then she looked at me.

"Rusty. Mah Dad needs to see you. It ain't good."

Fuck. Was I in trouble? No…I couldn't have been. I didn't do anything bad! At least I think I didn't. I gulped and stood up. Roxie stood up as well cuz she, obviously, wanted to come with, which Ginny didn't have a problem with. I followed her back to the jailhouse through the raging storm and ran into the building. There we saw all of Ginny's family including her Dad, the sheriff, who was sitting on the counter next to the phone looking really shaken up.

"Y-you wanted to see me, sheriff? Is there a problem? Am I in trouble?" I asked nervously. The sheriff shook his head and pulled up a chair for me. "Nah, ya ain't in trouble. Have a seat, Rusty. There's somethin' I gotta tell ya." I felt my heart pounding as I went to sit down. I looked at Roxie and Ginny. Ginny was holding onto Roxie's arm and her face was laying in Roxie's shoulder. This was obviously not good. I looked at the rest of Ginny's family and some of them were even crying. I felt like I wanted to cry too. I turned my attention back towards the sheriff.

"Well, Rusty, I don't know how the hell I'm gonna tell ya this, but I'll start ya off with the fact that yer grandparents just called here a little while ago to tell me that yer parents haven't made it to their home. We're all extremely worried. Once this storm has cleared up and the waters are safe, we're dispatching a search team from another police department that has submarines to look for yer parents. Now I'm not sayin' they're gone yet but only the search team will tell us. But fer now, I want ya to stay here fer the rest of the night. Ya know, just in case we get any readings or information on the whereabouts of yer Mother and Father."

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT! I knew my parents wouldn't be safe in this weather? But no, my Dad thought they were gonna be ok! All I could hope for was that they were gonna be alive and well. I already had a bad feeling about this.

I'd say it was around 9:30pm when the sheriff woke me up again. The storm had been stopped for about and hour and a half now and the search team was at work since then. I sat up and then saw the others get up too. I looked at the sheriff, eyes filed to the brim with hope that my parents were ok. "So, sheriff? A-are they alright?"

Silence. The sheriff looked down and stared at the ground for a while. Everyone else, including Ginny and Roxie, were starting to tear up. Ginny grabbed hold of Roxie again. Then the sheriff looked up at me. "Rusty…the search team called me. They found yer parents…sunken at the bottom of the ocean. The storm was too rough and their ship crashed into a boulder in the middle of the sea and they drowned. They're gone, Rusty. I'm sorry."

All I could remember was not knowing what to say as tears streamed down my face faster than a waterfall. I stood up and looked at everyone else. Roxie and Ginny were holding each other and in a fit of tears. I turned back to the sheriff. "B-but they…how did…why did they…" I was shushed by Ginny's Mom hugging me tight. Everyone crowded around me to give a comforting embrace, but it didn't help. Hugging and kissing and comforting me wasn't gonna bring my parents back. They're dead. They're gone. And the worst part is that I'll never see them again. "Mom…Dad…no…"

All I can say is that writing this chapter made me cry TT^TT I didn't wanna do this to poor Rusty, but it's just the way my mind was making up the story. I'm sorry, Rusty :'(