Different: Not alike or similar


"Ya know squirt, it's really great to see you," Abby says.

We are currently driving on the freeway to her house in New York. Lucky for me, it wasn't in the main part of the city. It was in the county side. I was never a huge fan of big cities and all the noise.

"It's great to see you too Abby." I smiled up at her. It really was great to see her. I barely ever got to see her when I was younger, let alone recently. Being multiple states away and working as a lawyer made it hard for her to get a break.

"So I was thinking, maybe tomorrow I could take you on a tour of my property and then a tour of New York City? How does that sound Cam?" She glanced at me worriedly, and I knew she was just trying her best with taking care of me.

I looked back at Chip, who was currently snoozing in the backseat, exhausted from the drama from the past few days. I chewed on my lip and look back to Abby who is waiting for an answer. Putting a smile on my face I say,

"Yeah. That sounds great. And Aunt Abby?"

The car pulls to a stop and I realize that we have reached Abby's house. More like mansion. Abby gazes back at me.

"Yeah squirt?"

"Thanks."

She grins, opens her door and with a wink replies, "No problem."


Walking through the halls of Abby's huge house I try to remember the last time I was here. And the sad thing is… I can't.

Abby leads me to a beautiful mahogany door and says, "This is your room," with a smile.

Opening the door with gusto, and gazing around, the first words out of my mouth are,

"What the HELL?"

The room is huge with a bay window, sky lights and a walk in closet, but what surprised me was the decoration.

Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs everywhere. And not the ROAR kind of dinosaurs, but the cutesy pink type of dinosaurs. They were on the walls, on the pillows, on the sheets, and in the crib. Yes I said crib.

"Umm Aunt Abby, thank you for going to these lengths to redecorate and all, but I'm not 3 years old anymore. No offense."

She suddenly burst out laughing while managing a, "None taken."

When she finally recovered herself enough to reply she said, "I had a case, for court. There was this little girl. She needed a temporary foster home and nobody else would take her so I did. It was only for a couple months. I haven't had the time to put it back to normal."

"Okay. But do I have to sleep in the crib?" I ask, hoping she'll say no.

Abby laughs again and says, "Of course not! You can stay in one of the guest rooms for now. I just wanted to show you where you will be staying. We can redecorate it sometime this week or next."

Then she led me to another one of the rooms in her enormous house while I thought,

Yep. Things are definitely going to be different from now on.


How was it? I know it was a little short... Chapter 5 will probably be up tomorrow! Review? :)