4 September 2010, 2:03 pm
“Oh, isn’t it just gorgeous up here?” Dawn said enthusiastically as I stared dully out the window of a taxi. The taxi passed a “Welcome to Ocean Shores, Population 3,836” sign. Wow this was so tiny compared to my home town, Highlands Ranch. It was raining; it had been raining since our flight from Denver had gotten in to Seattle/Tacoma Airport. I turned my iPod to Amsterdam by Guster and thought about when my parents told me we’d be moving here. It was around 9 o’clock on a Friday in July. I was picking at a takeout box of Szechuan chicken, watching something on MTV, and thinking about how the summer was going by so fast. School was sneaking up on me, it felt like I had just graduated Freshman year. Minutes later I heard the front door open and my parents walked in. My parents, Jason Stewart, age 36 and Dawn Stewart, age 34 were your typical career obsessed, work-a-holic parents. They both worked in some company in downtown Denver. They were active members in the local country club and I’m 99% percent sure neither of them owned a pair of jeans or a T-shirt. Jason and Dawn stepped in front of the T.V. “Audrina we need to tell you something” Jason started. I looked up from my Szechuan chicken. Great wear are we going now? Camping again? Oh joy that’d be fun, my avid camper parents never seemed to understand I hated camping with every fiber of my being. “Audrina, your father and I have been transferred to our company’s new branch in Hoquiam Washington” Dawn said cheerily. “So what does that mean?” I asked. “It means” Jason looked slightly exasperated, as if I should instantly know.”We’ll be moving to Ocean Shores, which is a nice little town nearby, in a few weeks” “What!” I said, stunned. I had lived here in Colorado my whole life. “You’ll be going to North Beach High School, we’ve got a house near the school” Jason pled his case. “Wait. You already bought a house?” Jason and Dawn nodded “So obviously this didn’t just happen?” They nodded again. “And when were you going to tell me this?” Hows it sound. It's just the opening. Maybe I'll post more later. How is it? “We gave you three weeks notice” Dawn defended her self. “And it’ll be great up there, you can go to the beach whenever you want” Yeah a rainy beach I thought. “You’ll love it!” I stood up, dropped my take out box on the floor and ran up to my room. I slammed the door.... Read More »
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