Kaden

Chapter 1

"Oh honey, you will be fine. This will be like a whole new learning experience for you. You are 22 years old now and soon you will be moving out and on your own. So treat this like this is your new place and you're on your own," my mom whispered through the phone. My mom just arrived to my grandmother's house in Louisville, Kentucky. My grandfather passed away a year ago and it's finally taking a toll on my grandmother. So my mother volunteered to go live with her to take care of her.

"But mom, I just feel so alone. Who is going to wake me up in the morning when I don't hear my alarm go off? Oh my god! I'm going to miss all my classes," I nearly shouted as I laid on my bed shoving my face into my pillow.

"Sweetie, you will be fine. Just set your alarm for every minute and I'm sure you will hear it. Your grandmother needs me right now. She took care of me and now it's time for me to take care of her. You understand that right?"

"Of course mom. I'm just going to miss you a lot," my voice breaking as I come to terms that I will be by myself most of the time. Most people would be excited about having the house alone for an undetermined amount of time. But me? No, not me. Ever since my dad passed away when I was 8, my mom and I only grew closer. She is my everything. My rock when I have bad days and always there to make me laugh when I need to. She is the most important person in my life and not having her is going to be so hard. But I know grandmother needs her more than ever and I'm okay with that.

"Alright sweetie. I need to go. Your grandmother is hungry and she is yelling for her yogurt. Have a wonderful day of classes today. I will talk to you later. I love you," my mom said.

"I love you too mom. Bye." I ended the call and headed down stairs. I turned the coffee pot on and put my bagel in the toaster. I have four classes today and I'm dreading every single one of them. I didn't get much sleep being that it was my first night alone in the house without my mom. It's not that I am afraid to stay home alone, it's just that the house gets so quiet without her.

The bagel popped and startled me. I grabbed the bagel and smeared a shit ton of cream cheese on it. Why? Because cream cheese is awesome. I packed my laptop in my bag and made sure I had all the books that I needed for the day.

"Meow," Toulouse cried while brushing up against my leg.

"Oh did I forget about you?"

"Meow," she blinked with attitude.

"I swear for a cat you have so much attitude and you act like a princess," I said while grabbing her bowl and putting fresh water in it. I put some cat chow in her bowl and she ran and ate it excitedly. I swear she's like an actual person sometimes.

I grabbed my stuff and locked the door and headed to my car. I opened the passenger door and dropped my bags on the seat. Walking to the driver side, engine roars could be heard in the distance. As I looked, I saw the chained misfits ride down the street on their motorcycles. They stop at the stop sign right in front of my house as I get into my car. As I start the car and look up, I see blue eyes staring straight at me. Almost as if he was looking right through me. When I break the contact, I hear them ride off. Rule number one in Sunville is never make contact or attract attention with the chained misfits unless you want trouble. And I most certainly do not need trouble.

When I finally find parking on campus, I have about ten minutes to get to class. Rushing down the hall, I forget to look for the one person I want to avoid. Jared. Jared has had this thing for me for about a year now and he just doesn't seem to get that I am not interested in him. He's just a bully and always putting others down and that's just not right. I've also heard him tell people to not talk to me because they weren't worthy enough. He also scared a lot of guys from talking to me. I just don't understand why, I'm nothing special. Just your average girl with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.