Relived

Untitled - Prologue | Shadows & Hurt

Okay, well, this was a sort of spur-of-the-moment thing, and I'm not to sure about it, but it challenges my sadly limited writing skills, so I like it...Please tell me what you think!

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Prologue - Shadows & Hurt

As I got dressed, I marveled at how my life had changed. Derek was gone, and he wasn't coming back. David had left with him. My parents were shadows of their former selves. Which I guess is what caused them to have us 'relocate'. We had traveled across the country, when my parents said we would never leave our home unless we were on vacation. We're leaving, but not for vacation.

Moving from New York to Nevada is a big change, to say the least. I guess I should be happy to restart my life without the fake looks of concern and pity, but it just hurt. It hurt not to be able to visit the Dynamic Duo's rooms. It hurt not to be reminded of who they were. It hurt to think that by moving, we had let them down. It hurt to think that while they were so strong and courageous, we were so weak and cowardly that we couldn't stand their memory. But I think it would hurt more if we had stayed.

I wasn't the one who decided on this, so that should mean that I am not to blame for our relocation. That's what I'd like to think. I didn't want to be weak in their eyes. But it wasn't true. I had let my parents pack up with little argument, because they looked so hurt, so broken, so...unreal. And it hurt to see them this way. Maybe if we moved, they'd get better, which would allow us to move back to the home I hadn't let them sell. We could do without the extra money; by the time I found out, my parents had already bought the new house in Pahrump, so I guess we have enough money without selling.

I finished dressing, got my bags, and walked to the van that would take me from the life I knew.

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