Finding Her

CHAPTER 1

(6th Jan 2016)Sierra's POV

Waking up every morning to the same old nightmare can take a toll on you, but I can't let that to ruin my day. I look at the clock beside me and find out that I still have 2 more hours for me to actually wake up. I try sleeping but I couldn't help but think about that nightmare that is haunting me from past two weeks. So I just walk up to the window and pull up the blinds looking at the stars shinning at the not-so far away valley and mountains since we are surrounded by mountains and woods. Pinedale Valley is a small town with 2000 people population in U.S which is pretty darned cold during all seasons of the year and with this type of town comes closeness between town people and I remember how they had warmly welcomed and made us comfortable when we first came in contrast to the cold weather. Mom moved us here along with gramps after my senior year in Greenwood High school, Berwyn District, Britain for her work and coincidentally even I wanted to move out and was looking for a new start. And so here I'm thinking about my late grandmother, it's been 1 whole month since she passed away from an unknown reason. She was the sweetest and cliché grandmother you'll ever find. I can talk to her about anything be it a boy drama or study issues but she was always there for me with her freshly baked cookies and her advises. I still remember how it all happened :

Mom was always busy with her work, she works for this modeling agency helping amateur and well known models. I love her but there are times when I have bad days and want my mom during those times. But I can't really ask her, she works hard enough for both of us to put a shelter over my head. She had never ever liked me working and she was always and still is adamant about letting me work too.

So I was really shocked to see my mom's car in the driveway when I came back from shopping one day. I run inside and call out for her, "Mom where are you?" . The house was eerily silent, I can't even hear my gramps laughing at the cliché soap operas or Mom complaining about her current model and how annoying her job is. I run upstairs in hope of finding them, but what I see is anything but what I was prepared for. "Hon, come here. I came home to surprise you but I saw lying on the floor dead" mom chokes out, wiping her tears, "No!!No!! It can never be true. I just left her 1hr back, she was fine Mom." I sob, hugging gramps "Ma ,wake her up. She can't leave us, who will make us freshly baked cookies. Who will be there for us when times are bad or who will annoy us when we are lay"

"Sheesh..It's fine Hon, she is in a better place" Mom says wiping my tears away. Everything went in a blur and she was buried under a tree as she wished and many people had turned up for her burial service. Everyone passed their condolence to us and how sorry they were for our loss. But ain't it funny?? It's not their mistake for gramps to die, yet everyone says sorry. Friends from Uni had come too and even my best friends-Dan, Meg and Mel spoke about how important gramps was. In the night, Mom and me slept in our granny's room, hugging and comforting each other.

Gramps passing away took a toll on both of us ,but it was for a better cause. Mom tried coming home after her work as much as she could and her travelling around the world with her model also became less. And every Sunday, Mom and me would visit gramps in her grave. And I tried moving on and even ended up dating Matt Anderson, a player who goes to the same uni, Pinedale University, but his major is civil engineering where as mine is computers. We had been to a couple dates before but on 28th Dec 2015 he had asked me out and he has changed his play boy ways and is sweet, caring and understanding about the situation and helped me a lot.

"Si wake up!! Time for classes" Mom barges into my room in her working attire, it's been like 1 year and 4-months since we moved out from our old place and that meaning I'll be starting with my 4th semester in a few hours and today is the first day of college after the semester holidays and Matt decided to introduce me to his friends as his girlfriend. I choose black skinny jeans and pair it up with V-neck full sleeves purple sweater. I keep my make up to minimal and let my reddish-brown hair to cascade down to dry. I stare at myself in the mirror looking at the pendant which has blue-green crystal that matches my eyes which ones was filled with warmth and happiness. Sure I do know that am pretty but my eyes looks dull, and has lost its light because of the past which is tainted with betrayal and heart breaks that I ran away from and trying to move on. I pick my bag and meet my mom in kitchen finding her on the phone stressed while cooking. Mom quickly excuses herself and calls put for me, "Hon, Help me setup the table. Breakfast is ready, I made you're favorite waffles "

I do as I was told and serve my plate with 2 waffles sitting down next to Mom. Mom has always this grace and happiness cheering up everyone surrounding her. Even though she's a single 41 yr old mother, she had never complained and even flew me away from the country when I came home crying for days without asking for explanation. "I love you, Mom" I break the comfortable silence looking at her chocolate brown eyes and meaning it. "For making you waffles??" She asks with her eyes questioning and confused. "For everything Mom" I say kissing her cheeks and take my plate to put in dishwater. " I love you too. Sierra don't bother about the dishes, you're getting late for your class and so Am I for my work" she says pulling that weird funny face "Ma you know there's this job opening in the Wal-Mart and I'm planning to apply there. And also it's boring sitting at home doing nothing but studying" I whine for the last part and just like other times when I suggest about me working , "No sweetie. You're not working till you finish with your studies. " she throws me a disapproving frown towards me and picking up her work-case. "You're never going to allow me to work, aren't you? Whatever Ma, but stop stressing out and let me help you, you're getting old" I stick my tongue out.

"Non-sense. Oh! before I forget, I won't be home for more than a month Hon. Am sorry but this new model wants me to travel with her and I tried reasoning but my boss won't hear it" she hesitantly tells. Even though I don't want her to go, I know how bitchy her boss is and convince her that am okay with it and ask her to call me once she reaches New York, since that is the first stop for "the model". I quickly put my ankle length black-leather boots on and head out for college."And Hon, no throwing parties when am gone. And oh, Chris had called me in the morning but didn't leave any message" she calls out joking about the first part. But my hand frees at the name of Chris, my best friend and the only one who stood by me during those times at least for  some time before he started believing Them.

Author's note:

Hey Guys :)

Here's the first chapter,hope you guys like it :D

Next Update: probably by the end of the week