The Cheyenne Reynolds Story

Prologue- Beginning of The End

It all started the day of the car crash. Mom wanted to get some extra work done at her art gallery and asked me to go with her. I had other plans though. My best friends Sienna Morris and Carly Adams wanted to go shopping for prom dresses. I'm not a big fan of all that girly stuff but anything seemed better than working on paintings and whatever Mom did all day long.

"You never come to the gallery with me anymore and it used to be so much fun to you when you were a little girl", Mom had said earlier.

"Mom, I'm fifteen now, I'm not a little girl anymore. My interests changed. Plus I promised Carly and Sienna I'd go shopping with them."

"I get it. You'd rather be with your friends and that's normal."

I kissed her on her cheek and we hugged each other tightly for such a long time. I knew she was sad that I wouldn't be spending the day with her, but at the same time she was happy I would be doing something that regular girls my age did.

It has always been Mom and I. We were very close, like sisters in fact. We spent a lot of time together whenever we got the chance to.

She was a famous artist and I think she was really good at what she did. I didn't just think that because she was my mom, if I didn't know her, I would still think the same thing.

We weren't rich or anything even though Mom made a lot of money. Business had been slow for a while and whatever money she got was used on what we needed then the rest was put aside for my college fund.

I know by now that all the money she had put away could more than pay for college, so I guess she just wanted me to be rich or something when I am older. Don't get me wrong, I would love that more than anything, but what I didn't like was her working so hard just so I could have that. I asked her about it once and she gave me that lame excuse about college fund and said she didn't mind working that much because it's fun. I knew she loved what she did, but many nights she came home so tired, she just went straight to bed.

A car horn started beeping outside and it brought our hugging session to an end. I knew it was just Sienna in her pink convertible, but I still peered through the window for confirmation.

I ran towards the door to open it for them. As soon as the door opened, Carly jumped on me causing both of us to tumble to the floor. We erupted into laughter.

Sienna tried to pull us from the floor but instead we pulled her down with us. We continued to laugh and Mom just shook her head at us.

"Good morning Aunt Lizzy," Carly said, while she got up from the floor.

"Good morning Auntie Liz", Sienna said, smiling.

"Good morning girls. You're both looking lovely today."

They both blushed and said 'thanks' in unison. My friends adored my mom because she was not like those strict mothers who didn't allow their kids to do things. She understood us and tried her best to be cool around us, but you know that being a mom, you just can't seem to resist embarrassing your kids at times.

"Do you girls have dates for the prom has yet?", Mom asks with excitement in her voice.

"I'm going with Daniel of course", Carly said, referring to her boyfriend of three years.

"Jacob Plancher and Steve Ellis both asked me", Sienna gleamed. "I really don't know who to pick."

"Jake", Carly and I both said at the same time, which caused us to look at each other and we bursted into laughter.

The place grew silent for a moment and I just knew Mom was going to ask who I was going with.

I really didn't have any interest in school dances and all, but no one asked me to go with them, and it really did hurt more than I imagined it would.

"What about you?", Mom asked, just as I had predicted.

"I'm not really into the whole idea of going to a school dance. I think it's a waste of time."

What else could I have said? I really didn't want to tell her that no one asked me to go, because I knew she would pity me and I didn't like people feeling sorry for me. At the same time, I lied to her, well I sort of told the truth, but nonetheless, I felt guilty.

"Okay", Mom said, knowing there was something more to my reason.

I gathered my things and we were outside in no time. Sienna looked at me and I knew she was wondering why I didn't tell my mom that no one asked me to go to the dance with them.

I smiled and said "it's not a big deal", and she gave me a hug knowing I was lying.

When we arrived at the mall, it was packed. We originally were going to hang out first, then look for dresses, but we ended up having to do the reverse.

Carly bought a hot pink dress with frilly ends with sprinkles on it and jewels embroidered at the bodice. Sienna settled for a sleeveless turquoise dress that hugs her body and showed up all her curves. They wanted me to buy a dress too, but I refused to since I wouldn't be going to the dance anyways.

"Someone will ask you soon", Carly tried to assure me.

"The dance is next week, if someone was going to ask, they would've asked already."

I really didn't want to talk about the stupid dance anymore. It wasn't like something bad was going to happen if I didn't go, like a world war or something.

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As soon as I was on my street again, my world war started. I saw police cars everywhere and an ambulance. I thought it was one of my neighbours, so I asked Sienna to park a few houses down from mine.

We walked towards the commotion to see what was going on. As we got closer, I realized that everyone was gathered outside my house. I ran towards my house, and there she was, my beautiful mother, Elizabeth Robinson, lifeless on the ground, after being removed from her car which apparently was crashed into the front of our house.

I ran towards my mother's body. Police officers tried to stop me, but someone apparently told them I was her daughter.

I threw myself on top of my mother's body and shed an ocean of tears. I didn't know what happened the rest of the day, but I knew one thing for sure, I'll would never have my mother again.

A/N: I've rewritten this story many times and thought about it a lot. So far, I like where it's heading. I hope you like it too.

Yeah, I know it's a bit sad, but I promise, it will get better.

Please vote. It'll mean a lot to me.

~XOXO KIKIIBOO❤