Its December and school has gone by fast, increasing my contact list to 1,000 and I'm a cheerleader. Caleb played football. After school when we both have practice we sometimes don't go and sneak off somewhere.
"Kaylin,Caleb is here" Derron calls. And now I was going to have dinner with His family at some restraunt. We were on Christmas break and Christmas was in 2 days.
I walk down the stairs, I had on a red sweater that said Tumblr , some black leggings and some uggs. My hair was in a bun and I had on a white scarf. I was nervous to meet his parents. We had been dating for 6 months now and I swear I loved the kid. Caleb had this effect on me that I couldn't explain. His parents looked like they were nice. His dad was black and his mom was mixed, the opposite of my parents. When people saw me and Caleb out together they usually thought that we were brother and sister.
"Caalleeeebb" I exclaim as I run to hug him. He hugs me back then walks me over to the car and opens the door for me. We both pile into the backseat. We go to a Hispanic restraunt and when I pull out money to pay Caleb gives me the look he always gives me everytime I do. Even though I know Caleb doesn't want me to pay I don't want him to think I expect him to pay for me.We sit down at a table nearby. "So,Kaylin. you're so pretty" His mom tells me. "How did you and my son meet" His dad asks. "Well. we met at the mall and exchanged numbers, then later we found that he lived next door. So we had a lot of the same classes and here we are" I say and smile. "Wow. That's funny" his parents say laugh. I can tell we hit it off. They tell me all about Caleb and what he did when he was a baby and all these stories. Something about his family makes me want to cry. They were perfect but my family, my family was shattered. He had 4 other siblings , 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. They all had everything they wanted. As his parents talked I felt my face getting red and a tear starting to fall. The first one fell and then the second one. I wipe away the tears. "What's wrong. " His mom asks me. "May I be excused" I ask. "Sure" I hear and rush to the restroom. I hear his mom coming in behind me. "I'm so sorry" I tell her. "What happened" she asks
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Shattered
Short StoryAll good things come to an end. Even life. When Kaylin's father dies her mom loses it and gives Kaylin and her brothers up. Coping with the loss of both parents in less than 24 hours apart from each other Kaylin tries to keep the family together. A...