Miles Away

Christmas

"Finnley! What a surprise!"

Me:"Hey Dad, Mom is working night shift, so I wont be able to spend Christmas or New Years with her. Can I stay and celebrate with you guys?"

"It would be amazing to have you! Just don't murder Avery, okay? When are you coming?"

Me: I can't make any promises, but I will try and I was going to head over today. See you soon."

I press the red end call button and start the car. I'll be staying over there almost two weeks, I've only stayed over night but I rather spend Christmas with my blood than alone.

"Shit!" I swerve on the grass next to the Beach's house and take a deep breath and open the car door.

"Brownie, stop doing that to people! Your going to get killed!"

"Woof! Woof!" He licks my hand and jumps on me and makes me fall on the grass. Theo named him, after he just ate a brownie.

Me:"Look what I found!"

Dad:"He is always getting out of the fence, I'll check it out later." Him and Jane were in the kitchen making cookies for Christmas Eve.

Me:"It looks like an elf vomited in here." All you could see was red and green, both of them are suckers for Christmas and since Tara and Theo were coming over too, they go even bigger than usual.

Jane:"Well we just wanted it to be special with everybody being here, Finnley your room is upstairs if you would like to go put you stuff down."

I nodded my head and marched upstairs. By the time I got up there my legs were burning from all the stairs, I need to install an elevator or something. My room was just a pretty standard room, baby blue walls, a desk to write, and a really comfy king sized bed, where I would be spending most my time sleeping in, and a deck with two chairs and a little table, with a connected bathroom. I unpack my stuff and decide to go downstairs and walk around Moonlight for a while. When I walked outside my door, I saw the beast.

"Oh look its the little bitch, did your mommy leave you again?"

"That was actually kind of funny, what did you just finish one of your boy toys in your room, slut?"

"Please you wish."

"I would smash you face in the door, but I have some class,unlike you. So bye, Avery." At that moment I just left, I'm pretty sure she was really pissed, who cares? I know I don't.

Nothings changed here, a few family owned places closed or opened, the lake got higher to swim in, still tons of elderly people too. I sit on a bench next to the lake and pull out my book and start reading. It was he perfect place to read or write, no one is there most of the time, all you can hear is the birds chirping their silent melodies.

"Your in my seat."

Me:"Excuse me?" I look up to a pair of green orbs looking at me.

Me:"Bentley! Don't do that!"

Bentley:"Well you are in my seat, I come here to write or do homework, or write college applications."

Me:" Yeah, how is that going? Have you got any scholarship offers?"

Bentley:"None, I don't know how I'm going to do it, and I don't want to have so many student loans that I will still be paying them till I'm eighty."

Me:"I'm sure my dad could help, you know your his favorite." Bentley was a 4.0 student, athlete, and anything else you could be. We both were, and we both wanted to get into an Ivy League college and become lawyers. We are alike in a lot of ways, its kind of scary. Anyway the only difference is I have a full ride to Harvard, and he doesn't have the money to pay the tuition

Bentley:"That's just to much to ask! Anyway, why are you here?"

Me:"Christmas and New Years." I get up and pick up my book and start walking away.

Bentley:"Cool! I'll see you there!"

Now to talk to my Father about Bentley, hoping he will help him.