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I remember running into the hospital and seeing my dad in a chair with his head in his hands, his shoulders shaking. My mom works at the hospital so she's right beside him in her work clothes.
"Dad?" I ask, fear creeping into my voice. He looks up and walks over. "Where's Jackson?" I ask. I look over to my mom, she looks down.
"Jackson was coming home from work and he uhh."
"No. No! No, he's not, I won't believe it!" I start to bawl my eyes out. My dad pulls me into his arms as I cry even harder.
"Katie please stop crying honey. I can't stand to see you cry." my mom says as she comes and rubs my back. I continue to cry until I can almost pull my self together to drive home. I remember all the things Jackson and I did together which made my cry even harder. I remember playing our favorite sport, basketball and him always losing to me because I've been playing since I was seven. I remember hanging out with his best friend Caleb and him telling me he likes me. The memories fill my head and I didn't even notice the sound of sirens were behind me, so I pull over. I wipe the tears out of my eyes and I roll down the window to see Caleb, Jacksons best friend.
"Hey Katie? How are yah?" he asks smiling. I smile softly and mumble a good.
"If your on your way to see your brother," he starts to say before I cut him off.
"Caleb, Jacksons dead." I say looking him right in his dark brown eyes. His eyes widen and he shakes his head a no and I start to cry all over again. He opens my door and I get out of the car and he pulls me into his arms as I cry harder. "I'm gonna miss him so much." I say.
"I know Katie, I will too." he says as I feel a drop in my head. I pull back and wipe the tears out of my eyes again. I look Caleb in the eye and he smiles softly. He kisses my forehead, and doesn't charge me for speeding. I wipe a stray tear and get back into the car. I drive home and I run upstairs into my room. I quickly change into my pajamas and crawl into bed. I try to fall asleep, hoping this was all a bad dream. And soon enough, I'm asleep in my bed. But that was only the beginning.

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