The Path of Darkness and Desire

Prologue

I sighed as I closed the trunk of my car. This was it, finally making my way to the big city. I looked up as I brushed a strand of hair out of my face. Tears were starting to slowly fall down my face as I looked at my parents. My poor mother was clinging to my father's arm. This would be the first time I ever left home, but I was getting nowhere here and needed a change. A change my father deemed "too big of a change", but I was tired of letting others control my life. After a while of convincing and promising to come home every holiday, they finally caved and agreed to let me go. Part of me wishes they didn't.

I walked up to them and hugged them goodbye. My mother's tears soaked into my hair as she sobbed. She grabbed my face between her soft hands, placing a soft kiss on my forehead. My father though trying his best to hold back his tears, let one slowly slide down his cheek as he placed a firm hand on my shoulder. I hugged him tightly, tighter than I ever have, his firm embrace wrapping around me. He let me go and ran his hand over my hair. I remember when he freaked out when I cut it in the bathroom and asked me why, I never had an answer though.

I looked at them one last before I walked to my car and sat on the passenger side. I gripped the wheel tightly with both hands as I took one last look at them through my windshield. I sighed as I turned the key in the ignition, the car roaring as it came to life. I put the gear shift in R as I looked in the side mirrors. I backed my car out into the street before putting the car into drive and driving down the road.

               I sighed and wiped my tears on the back of my hand as I drove down the road. It was gonna be a long almost 8 hour drive. It would all be worth it. My boyfriend Jay had already got us an apartment and was waiting for my arrival. Things couldn't be better. This was finally a fresh start for me.