Elite Connections

Prologue

I stared at the wall, Paramore pumping between my ears. My hand traced the embossed floral design on my wall. Red...purple...blue... The colors swirled around imitating my emotions. Was I sad about the fight? Indifferent? Or angry? Angry. My emotional rollercoaster screeched to a halt as I settled on angry. How dare they?! I'm 18 years old! I can't go to a simple movie with a boy? Oh! Because he's "not to be trusted"? No one's to be trusted anymore! It's not HIS fault our money is disappearing! Ugh!

My rollercoaster slowly began to gain speed as I analyzed my indifference. Whatever. Maybe I'll just go anyway. They're not home much these days anyway. ...Paparazzi. Damn. I can't go anywhere... My coaster pulled back into it's port as sadness overtook me. The look on my parents face as I expressed my "hatred" was... tear inducing. I didn't hate them; I loved them so much. I was their only child, they only wanted to protect me, our tiny family. I stepped out of the coaster car as remorse settled heavily on my chest. How could I have said that? I sat up in my bed as my resolve pulsed through me. I would apologize as soon as they returned. I wondered aimlessly where they had gone, when my door was thrown open by a red eyed Henry.

"Henry what's wrong?" I asked my chef, who was more like a brother, anxiously as I could feel the crippling agony rolling off him.

"They're gone. O-You're parents are gone." He fell to his knees mumbling words, not forming a sentence. "Paparazzi. Car crash. Fire. Explosion. Gone. Gone...gone...gone."

My mind clouded over, followed by my vision. All of my senses dulled as my body became stoic. All of my senses, sans my hearing. I vaguely heard Henry mumbling to himself, but it was my music that was prominent to me, even though it was on low.

How did we get here...?

A/N: So what do you think? Should I continue? Oh. The last line is from a Paramore song. (I mentioned Paramore in the beginning if you caught that.) It's called Decode. It's AMAZING! I'm pretty sure it's in a Twilight movie or something... ANYWHO! Let me know please. I'd love some feedback. (Positive, constructive criticism only please.) :) Oh! Picture of Kennedy at the top! (A beauty I follow on Instagram @sensualsierra)

-RachelD