Without You

One

I wake up to my alarm clock beeping. I hit it and realize that I'm finally going to move back to my hometown. Where all of my friends are.

I get out of bed and I get dressed. I put on a Guns 'N Roses band tee and some light blue skinny jeans. I brush my hair and teeth then go downstairs. Everything's in boxes and it makes me more exited to go back. I put some Eggos in the toaster and put my hair up in a high ponytail. The Eggos pop out of the toaster and I put them on a plate and start eating.

"Ariana, ¿por qué estás despierta tan temprano?" My mom says as she walks down the stairs.

"Lo siento mamá, nos estamos mudando hoy, así que pensé que podría tener una ventaja al mover algunas cajas esta mañana." I say. My mom doesn't speak a lot of English so I talk to her in Spanish most of the time.

"Well if you're in the mood for that why not get these boxes in the car and I'll be ready to go by then. So get started." She said and I started moving the boxes. Next thing you know we're on the road.
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After the long car ride which was like 33 hours. We finally got to our new house. It was a lot like the one we used to live in when we were younger. I got out of the car and saw a house that was really familiar. I heard my parents get and my older siblings get out of the car as I go to the front porch. My dad moved in front of me and put the key in the hole and turned the lock.

Once we got in the house my siblings and I ran upstairs to "claim" our rooms. I ran to the back of the hall and saw two doors. One was bigger than the other and I realized that the one on the left is the master so I quickly decided on the first door on the right.

I just sat on the floor until I found out my sister who is 16 got the room across from my parents and my brother who is 14 got the room across from mine.

"Good luck Marìa!" I yell from my room. I here her scoff and mutter a 'whatever'.

"Ariana can you come downstairs for a minute?" My dad yelled from downstairs. I close the door to my new room and run downstairs.

"What do you need dad?" I ask. He looks at me surprised that I got downstairs that fast.

"Can you take a basket of conchas to our new neighbors we need to make a good impression?" He asks. I nod quickly and take the basket. I walk to the house next door to the right and knock on the door. A woman opens the door and I stand there surprised for a moment.

"Hi how may I help you?" She asks me. It's my old best friend Mike's mom.

"Hi I'm Ariana Martinez. Your new neighbor. I came by to give you a basket of some conchas which are really sweet Mexican bread." I say. Her mouth drops.

"Ariana Martinez?" She asks as I nod. "I remember you moved to California. I also remember Michael being so devastated." She finished.

"Yeah we did. My parents decided to move back because my family and friends are here." I say and she nods.

"I think he's downstairs I bet he really wants to see you." She says and let's me inside her home. Nothing changed at all except for a couple new pictures of the family. I walk down to the basement and see that in fact he is here. Along with my other friend Lucas and two people I don't know.

"I thought you were going to stick to the plan." Lucas yelled at Mike.

"I was until she told me the bad men will come after her." He yelled back. A boy in a hat noticed me and tried to get their attention.

"What do you mean bad men?" Lucas said. Mike then made a gun with his hand and pointed it towards the boy in the hat and Lucas. Lucas smacked his hand away from him.

"Guys who's that?" The boy finally spoke up and pointed at me. I gave a small wave.

"Hey Mike." I say. He just stares at me. Lucas opens his mouth then closes it.

"Ariana?" Mike said letting a tear escape. I nodded. He walked over to me and hugged me. "I thought you weren't coming back." He said.

"My parents thought that we needed to be here. For my family and my old friends." I said letting a tear also escape.

"I'm glad they made that decision." He said.

"Me too." I added. "Who are they?" I asked meaning the two I've never seen before. "And where is Will?" I finish. Mike pulls away from the hug and looked at me sadly. I then turn to Lucas and he has his head down.

"Well, Ariana. Will went missing." He said.

A/N

So how's the first chapter? I'm going to put translations in the authors notes whenever they are needed. So here are some.

Sorry mom we are moving today so i thought i could get an head start with moving some boxes this morning. That means: Lo siento mamá, nos estamos mudando hoy, así que pensé que podría tener una ventaja al mover algunas cajas esta mañana, in Spanish.

Also this is one: Ariana, ¿por qué estás despierta tan temprano? Which means Ariana, what are you doing up his morning?