The Green Night

Chapter 1

         I am going to miss my crazy, and most loving, sarcastic, mom that lives on this planet. How she would be the one person that I could talk to in my whole wide life of friends. Or Carmen, although her black and red hair, and the dark makeup and cloths freak me out to no end, I will miss the sister bonding that we never did together. And Ben, What do I say about the traitorous 10 years old that lives with a 13 year old girl like Carmen? I will miss how he was the only one who was completely honest with anything that I would do. And then Steven, he was always like a dad to me, but I never felt the bond with him that Ben or Carmen does. But one thing I will miss, the way he made my mom feel after Peter left her. My mom and dad had the worst break up that can be imagined, the she meet Steven and forgot all about him.

         I stand in my room taking in all that I will miss when I am gone. I have never seen my room totally bare before. All my little figurines are gone and packed, my cloths in my suite case ready to get on the plane. I can hear, and since my mom watching me from the door way. Just waiting for a reaction.

"Are you ready to go?" I can hear the lump in her throat

"Yeah..." With complete doubt that the decision I made 3 months ago, is now a complete fail. And will never be a good idea

"Well we better get going to the airport. Come say goodbye to Carmen and Ben." I can tell she wants me to say Steven too. So I might as well say it to him.

         I walk into the kitchen, and I know I won't be back here for 2 years so I take a deep breath, and remember the smell to the 'T'. Carmen is in the corner by the fridge taking the biggest breaths. This is first time I have seen her cry since she had the first day of middle school two years ago. I feel the heaviest pressure ever. My blood is getting to heavy to carry and I just want to go to my room and cry all over again for 3 days. But I know this is the right thing to do. So I go to ben.

"Are you okay with this?" His opinion is a lot to this.

"Well... I will miss you but, now I will get to use your room." I can tell by the look on his face, he understands that I have to go and be who I am, and that this is what I need to do.

          I go to Carmen and tell her it will be okay and that I will see her in a few months. And then I see the twinkle in her eye that she is actually going to miss me and that her life won't be the same. But she understands now, just like Ben. Then I go to Steven and see that he looks at me like I am his real daughter and he will miss me. I look at him for a second, the hug him,

"I will miss you" and a tear comes from my right eye, "So much."

"You have no idea" and he will be one person's goodbye I will always remember, and the one person I will always remember to ask about how mom is doing.

I look at mom, and she has the slightest glimmer of pride in me. And that she wants me to go and experience everything and anything as much as possible. She is waiting for that reaction from me,

"Well we better be going." She still has the lump just like I do

"Yeah" Is the only word I can manage to get out without shedding all the tears that are building up. But my mom does what she always does when I start to cry, give me water.