500 Miles

Prologue

Prologue

How would you feel if your whole world was ripped right from the palm of your hand? You had nothing to look forward to in life. No one cares about what you have to say or what you think. It sucks when you're the one in that position. It sucks to know you won't be able to see any of your friends, the ones you care for, the ones you grew up with, and the ones who always had your back through thick and thin. A lot of things suck when you're moving. My parents could have moved my family 50 miles away, but no it had to be 500.

500 miles away from my life, that's scary.

I tried asking, no, begging to stay. I tried bribing them with anything and everything, I even called my grandma and asked if I could stay with her.

Obviously nothing worked since I'm being forced to put my life in a box and move away; away from the only house I've ever lived in. The house that I have shared so many memories in.

The worst part of this whole entire experience is the fact that I have separation anxiety plus I'm homesick. I know this because whenever I'm away from my family for to long I start feeling sick, angry, and even sad. When I was around ten years old my parents sent me to a camp, I didn't like the idea from the beginning but my mother suggested I would have an amazing time. Long story short, I had a panic attack the second day in and my dad drove all the way there to get me. They never sent me away after that, ever again.

I haven't yet told you the reason as to why I'm moving 500 miles away, have I?

Well, my father got a job offer in Los Angeles, California. My dad's a doctor which makes my mom a "Stay at Home Mom" as she likes to title it. In reality, we don't need the extra money my mom would bring home if she did have a job. My dad already brings home more than we need to support my sister, brother, mom, him and myself.

My sister, Aubrey, doesn't care that we're moving. She even said it herself, she wants to move somewhere's bigger. She's always been the type to crave attention and living a small town life in Arizona isn't cutting it for her. She is only 15, though.

My brother, Austin, on the other hand is a complete different story. He's 18 years old and has been in a relationship with a girl named Julia since he was 14. That has got to be hard, I heard him sobbing before in his room while talking to her. He's a really caring person, and probably the best older brother on the planet. I know that he will make it good though, he's always been a pretty popular kid. I just wish I could take the pain of leaving the only girl he's actually loved in an affectionate way away from him. I can't relate to his situation, the closest thing I had to a relationship was in second grade when Brad kissed me because of a dare. I hated it, I didn't want that to be my first kiss, he did it out of no where. I actually went home that day after school and cried in my moms arms for an hour. Pretty petty, I know.

My parents are another story when it comes to moving, they are excited but depressed at the same time. I mean they are leaving their families and friends as well, that's hard for anyone. I feel like they are pushing that to the back of their minds and replacing it with the fact that my dads getting a huge raise in his checks. I know that they are upset, I've been observing. I have seen my dad standing by the window in his room just gazing out, he never does that unless he's nervous or stressed. My mom, I've noticed would always zone out while I'm telling her about my day, or while shes cooking she would accidentally burn the chicken a bit. The reason for my observing is to use their weaknesses against them to hopefully change their mind. I changed my mind about this when I realized that they weren't ever going to decide differently and that I was just adding more stress to the already stressed out situation.

In other words, I am absolutely not ready for whatever's to come; I know that much!

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