Unexpected Move

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

They stared at me and I stared at them. What's going on in their minds is something that I don't even want to know. I haven't been told if I'm in trouble yet so I'm slightly terrified, yet there's always that optimistic side of me that says this whole thing is just going to blow over.

"Rachel Landing, that is your name correct?" They couldn't bare the silence and longer.

"Correct," they look relieved, I still feel like I'm going to run away and throw up but that's just my nerves talking.

"There has been an accident," they paused to look at me once more, maybe I was mixed up with something and they just want to clarify. Please I don't want to go to jail, I'm too young. Well at least I know Sam, Andrew's brother.

I guess I've talked a bit about Andrew now, and there's not much more I really want to say. He's my ex and that's what I want to keep it at, nothing more nothing less.

"Your parents, they've been identified as some of the people flying on flight 450 from Hawaii. This plane went down hours before making it to Vermont, sadly they've passed on but someone will be here to pick you up soon and they can give you the details later," the female officer tried to make it as less hurtful as possible, but it didn't work. What? Did they just really tell me my parents were dead, on a plane that I should have been on as well. Was it not for the grounding I would have been dead, but I would have been with my family too. I'm torn between being grateful and being devastated. Well I'm devastated but I'm I regretful too. Should I have been more careful, should I have been on that plane with them so that our family could continue to even in the after life. I don't believe in ghosts but if they were real I wish I died with them, lingering souls forever.

"I understand, thank you for notifying me and I'm going to wait here until this person comes to pick me up," she nodded and left. They all left, everyone I've cared about left, someone I didn't care left. I'm alone in this big world now, what am I to do.

I heard a soft knock on the door, Shelia walked in carrying some things. I noticed that it was my school stuff and bag, my car keys as well. Shelia use to hate me, and would never do anything like this for me but I bet she heard the news. Apparently a death can make any person, even a passionate hater like Shelia, be kind.

"I heard and I wanted to bring this to you to say sorry for the past years," she smiled and walked out of the room not caring if I accepted her apology or not, I could tell she couldn't bare to be in this room with me any longer. Then the office lady came in.

"He's here for you come along," she ushered me out the door, and I found Charlie. My dad's best friend since high school waiting there. I didn't know what happened to him last, he's only been to our house a couple times and that was a few years ago. I walked up to him and he gave a small smile.

"Hello Charlie," I said in a wobbly voice, it's daring to give out, daring me to break out in everlasting tears.

"Hello Rachel it's been a while hasn't it well I'm going to take you home real quick so you can pack and then we're head out to Tennessee," his southern accent was rich from living in multiple sates down there. He was always really nice to me and I almost forgot he lived in Tennessee currently.

"Ok, but do you think I could sell my car first," he looked at me like I was crazy. I have a pretty nice car, but I've forgotten the name over the years and I guess it's worth a lot now. I can buy another car in Tennessee for less hassle of trying to bring it all the way down to Tennessee.

"Sure but we best be headin' out now," it's kind of funny to hear him talk like that but it's not constant only when he's nervous, I know Amy doesn't talk like that.