Harper Woods

chapter 1

I couldn't take it anymore, i ran into the ongoing traffic, darting toward the waterfall that lay upon the cliff, the waterfall lead down to the ocean and it was very far down. He was chasing after me quickly, reaching out to grab me but he was stopped by traffic, i kept running and running until i reached the cliff.stopping i put my hands on the rails, sitting with my legs dangling over the edge..."I'm sorry..."I said over and over again as he came closer, when he was in rang he grabbed my coat as i started to jump, his grip quickly was lost and i started to fall. It all just... slowed down somehow... The moment i let go i felt regret, i didn't want to die! I changed my mind, i was so scared, Memories of us flooded into my head and i started to cry. Suddenly, as if the waterfall had seen my pain, its current caught hold of me and i grabbed onto an old tree branch hanging out of the side of the cliff. Hanging onto it with such regret and fear i almost didn't realize how far down i had left to fall, if i did fall down the rest of the way. I looked up to see him but he wasn't there... He left, he didn't care anymore did he... No!He cares h-he must have went to get help or something! I tossed this idea around in my head for an hour, then two, then three, then six, before finally just not caring. I stood up on the branch and got ready to fall the rest of the way, the pain i was feeling in my ankle and wrist were agonizing at the time. Then some lights appeared, He was back, with help and my brother. In the excitement i forgot what i was doing, and i slipped... Then everything went black... Everything was weird, i couldn't see or move, but i could hear them...Doctors, people..Him.. I could hear it all, especially the beeps of the machines, and the wiry sound of silence that freaked me out. I didn't hear too much, It only felt like a minute or two before i woke up in the hospital, he had gone to school, my brother staying behind to watch me.

My ankle, of course, was in a boot. My wrist was in a cast and i had stitches in about thirteen places at least. "Harper your awake!!"He hugged me tightly, i winced because of the pain that came with the comforting hug as i hugged back. "What do you mean, how long was i out??" I sat up looking at the cuts and all, I didn't really remember too much of what happened to be honest. "At least a month..."He looked at me with a smile, That same smile he used to give me when we were back at home, before mom and dad died. Of course, They weren't my real parents, or his. Just foster parents but they kept us since before we could crawl. I shook my head in denial. "No i wasn't, I heard talking for a minute then woke up, it couldn't have been that long 

Cile," he sighed looking down at me, his wimpy little sister who never did anything right. "Well you were a-" I growled and tried standing up as i spoke, the words pouring out of my mouth "No i have to go home i cant stay here!" Quickly he pushed me back down,"And you can, ill go talk to the doctors o-ok??Just stay here Harper..."He kissed my forehead gently before walking out into the wall to the counter. 'A month??' I thought to myself, 'Where is Max...' As i was thinking i had fallen asleep, only to wake up by Cile poking me,"Hey sleepy head, lets go home get up and get dressed." The doctors had taken out the ivy and all, and i got up quickly getting dressed to leave. Cile was in the military, he had to go back this weekend for another training camp, I'm just assuming. I lived alone with Max. Max was going to graduate college in a few days as well. All this thinking hurt my head so i took a nap in the car. It took about four hours to get back to my house, by then Max was home cleaning the house for me when i walked in. "Max!!"I ran up to him limping hugging him tightly,"Harper I'm so glad your ok!"A tear ran down his cheek as he hugged me, just as tight as Cile had at the hospital but it didnt hurt as much, considering they took out most of my stitches except one. "I'm sorry i left they pulled me away so i ran to get help, and i picked your brother up and brought him to you so you would maybe feel better if you were ok" I smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek lightly,"Its ok love I'm fine now and we can get back to the way things used to be" He nodded and so did I. That night was the first one home in a month, and i really couldn't sleep. I was thinking about a lot of things. I was only Twenty-One, Max was Twenty-Two. I wanted more than just being us in the house,Especially since we just lived together because we went to the same college, and we both wanted to be off of campus. We weren't together together... it was so boring. I wanted to have something of my own to take care of everyday. A challenge that i always had to except, never let down and always love. I couldn't have that though... Due to the fact that i can't have kids. The empty room down the hall had a few things off mine in it, and a few of his. Getting up i walk into the room, tears falling from my eyes as i look at a picture i had hung on the wall, the picture frame was blank... nothing was added into it, and i feared nothing would ever be. Memories flashed into my head of my childhood as i sat down in the old rocking chair my brother would rock me back and forth to sleep in. "Whats wrong Harper??"He'd say. Whimpering i shook my head crying, rubbing my little eyes. I was six in this memory. He had picked me up and sat me in his lap with my favorite stuffed cow, his name was mooshoo, and no he wasn't pink he was black and white with dark red eyes, just because i loved it that way. Taking a box from the closet, sitting back down i had opened it. Inside was what tore me the most. As if all of my limbs had been ripped from my body. It was my sister's stuff. She died when she was Sixteen, i was Eight-teen that year. Her bear, blanket, and pictures... What hurt the most was seeing the her locket... I was wearing the same one, we had gotten them when she Four, it was what kept us tied together when our real parents died.

My sisters name... was Poppy...