Female Novel
Chapter 1
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Today was another day closer to leaving. Staring up at the sold sign that was perched on our front lawn a sigh fell from my lips. I had lived inFlorida for as long as I could remember. This was my home, this was my moms home and I wasn'tready to leave. Being here was the only place I felt close to her. My mom died shortly after I was born. Bad labour, lots of blood lost. They couldn't save her. I wasraised by my grandmother. "Still staring at that sign I see". She knew I wasn't big on the idea of leaving. I didn't want to move and have to start all over again. Iwas happy here, I had friends here, Tommy was here. At 18 I was doing pretty well. I was gettingstraight As, had a part time job, all in all my life was good. It was all going to be taken away from me by this time tomorrow. How was I suppose to leave myfriends? my boyfriend?. "Leah you're 18 years old. You'll make new friends, you'll get a new boyfriend. We need this changehoney, it'll be good for us". My gran wasn't Tommy's biggest fan. She always said there was something about him that shecouldn't quite put her finger on. Tommy was slightly older but not by much, he was 21, had a carand had the most brightest blue eyes I'd ever seen. Yes he was my first boyfriend. But deep down I knew I would meet new friends, I would move on and start a fresh. Leaving thembehind wasn't my biggest worry. "I'm afraid I'll lose the connection to her". Being here, being in this house I could feel her with meeveryday. "Leah, sweetheart your mom is in here" She whispered placing her hand against my heart. "She willnever leave you no matter where you are in the world. She loved you baby never forget that". Withher hands on my shoulders she pulled in for a hug. "How about some hot chocolate and we can
watch the sun set?" Pulling back she wiped the tears from my cheeks. "Okay I'll get the blanket". Another reason I didn't want to leave, we lived right on the beach. Most nights we'd come out hereand watch the sunset together, was kind of our tradition. The beach was my favourite place to go foreverything. Listening to the waves crash and feeling the sand between my toes. There wasn't aplace quite like it. Placing the blanket on the sand I slipped my socks off. The view was beautiful. Taking a seat Istared out onto the water. "Beautiful isn't it?". "Tommy what are you doing here?". Getting to my feet I looked around for my gran. Again she reallydidn't like him but she tolerated him for my sake. We had already said our goodbyes, he wasn'tsuppose to be here. He was just making it harder. "Can't leave it like this Leah, I can't stop thinking about how after today I won't see you again".Closing the gap between us he slid his arms around my waist. "Tommy" I whispered as he brought his hand up to wipe my tears. "You shouldn't have come, you'rejust making it harder". "I'm sorry baby". As his grip on my waist tightened a voice cleared interrupting our last momenttogether. "I'll see you again one day Leah, that I can promise you". Placing one last kiss against mylips he turned and walked down the beach in the opposite direction. Glancing down at the ring on my left index finger a cry fell from my lips. A promise ring that he gaveme 6 months into our relationship but I refused to wear it on my ring finger because of bad luck. Hewas special, he was good and I wasn't going to see him again."Leah?". "I'm okay". Wiping at my eyes I cleared my throat. I couldn't dwell on never seeing him again. Mygran wasn't going to change her mind. We were leaving tomorrow and there was nothing I could doabout it. "I need to pack the rest of my stuff and besides the sunset is over". Goodbye Florida hello Texas We had been on the road for a total of 20 hours, stopping every so often for gas and food. As she
pulled into the last gas station before our arrival I jumped out so I could stretch my legs. "Texas isn't so bad" She grinned as I looked about myself. "We're only about half an hour away soI'll pay here you go get some coffee". Handing me some money I headed inside. It might not be sobad but it still wasn't home. Something didn't feel right around here. As I fixed two coffees I heardthe chime of the door and instantly the hairs on the back of my neck stood. My body felt weird. And then I felt the presence behind me. My heart was beating abnormally fast, my palms started to sweat. This was weird. Straightening my shoulders I stirred in sugar, placed the lids on and with a deep breath I turnedaround. No one was there. Okay I was officially going mad. I could have sworn I felt the presence of another behind me.Shaking it off I headed toward the cashier to pay for my coffee. "Regular or large?" The girl asked her smile bright. "2 regular and this" Picking up the twizzlers I got stuck right in. Yeah I had the biggest sweet toothever. "Sorry" I grinned "Sweet tooth craving sugar". Suddenly embarrassed I handed over mymoney and lowered my head.