The Z Zone

Book one

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The terrible adventure begins with two young men named Christian Van Dam, and Ryan Kelly.Christian had big plans for himself which were starting a band and going to carpentry school.On the other hand Ryan wanted to help people.

So one day Christian decided that he wanted to meet up with his best friend Ryan and just talk

"I don't know if you heard," said Christian "But my mother went to the hospital for the weekend for bronchitis. "

"Wow," said Ryan. "I know it sucks but at least you have your dad and brother to be with"

"Thanks Ryan I really appreciate the motivation"

"You're welcome" said Ryan.

" I have to go home its past six and I had to be home at five." So on the way home an ambulance and a fire truck passed by Christian. Scared enough he was only a couple blocks from his house.

And in relief his house was fine . But the issue was his fathers car was not there. So running up to his house in fear he discovers a note on his front door it read

"Gone to visit Mom be back soon. " Being relieved again he entered his house and ended his day with a cold cup of soda and a bag of chips. After his snack he went to his room to recline. And found another note saying " Good night if I'm not back" responding to the note he says "Goodnight to you too dad:

So the next morning Christian walked down stairs to find his father sitting on the couch.

"Hey dad How's mom"

"She's good"

"Ok "

"Okay I have to to get ready for school dad"

After high school Ryan and Christian formed a band.It was called seven zeros, although it began much earlier they began to get big in the year 2015 and they came out with three hits. After a couple of years they had no more hits and descended into normal life again. Ryan had a hobby, he enjoyed biking in the parks in Cape May. He rode fast. it made him feel alive. On a summer day in June Ryan had a crash. He had run into a girl who was also biking in the area. She wore jeans and a tank top. She had a tan and brown eyes with dark blonde hair.

"Are you okay?" he asked. "I think I broke my arm," the girl said. He took her to the hospital in his pickup truck.

"Are you from here?"

"I'm here with my Aunt for the summer." After they got to the hospital Ryan drove off but listed himself as an emergency contact. A month later Ryan got a call on the phone

"Hello?" he asked as he picked it up.

"Umm, hi this is Cassie Grader. You may not know who I am but its the girl you helped to the hospital."

"Listen I know you want to thank me and all but it was the least I could do."

"Actually I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out."

"I don't think that's appropriate."

"Listen please come over."

"I will have a formal dinner as a thank you only."Ryan became close friends with Cassandra's parents. When she was 17 he began to date her. When she was 19 they were engaged. At age 21 she married him. When she was 23 she had her first child. Her last child was born when she was 25 years old. They moved out of Cape May and into Delaware when she was 22 in 2021. Ryan's eldest got cancer when he was 15 and died a year later.

Although they lived a couple of hours apart. After two years they got a show in New York City. The woman who took care of the sound went over and Christian spoke for hours. They eventually got married and moved to Philadelphia. They had a single daughter named Abigail Van Dam. It was around Christmas and Christian and Ryan haven't seen each other in eight years. They were now both working day jobs. They came to visit and had an excellent Christmas together.