The Start Of Something New

I stared out of my window, knowing that it was my last day living in Los Angeles, my mother died a few weeks ago that meant I had to live with my father.

I awaited in silence thinking of my mother, my eyes watered in my thoughts but was soon disrupted by a loud honk from a car.

I stood up and opened my window to see my Stepbrother in a black suv, I haven't seen him since the funeral, he still looked perfect in his grey sweater and black pants.

I got a text from him

"Better get ready if you want to be there on time"

I texted back

"Can you help me I have two suitcases?"

"Be right there"

"Thankyou"

He came in my room, took my suitcases and we went downstairs ,I locked the house and went to his car, I sat at the passenger seat while he finished putting my suitcases at

the back,

He sat down at the driver's seat.

"Are you okay?" He muttered

He must have seen me looking at the window with a frown

"Yeah, Its just that im gonna miss this place" I sighed

"You could always comeback"

I smiled at him and he started the car, the car ride was quiet and peaceful with a little small talk, just what I needed. I kept thinking about my mom but knowing her she probably didn't want me to keep reliving in the pain.

After five hours of nothing but small talk about my soon to be new life in San Francisco and my Stepbrothers life, we finally made it to my dads house.

I already spent a few holidays there but it was still very new to me, the house was a big you could say it was a mansion,it had a modern feel and very simplistic decor ,just like I remembered.

I walked in and was greeted by a familiar face.

"Hello Aurelius, very nice to see you again, glad to see your well"

"Glad to see you to Miss.Rose"

"Well you dont have to call me that just Rose will be fine Aurelius"

I hugged her and went upstairs to my room,I walked in to see my stepbrother was already there putting my suitcases.

"Why isn't dad here?"

"He was busy with work"

"Again" I sighed

"Hey dont be mad at the man Aure, he has a business do tend to"

"I guess you could say that" I murmured

He walked out of the room and I decided to unpack the first suitcase, I already had a few clothes there but it wasn't really my style, I changed into a sweater and some comfy sweatpants and walked out of my room and went downstairs to see my stepmom walking in the house, I ran to give her a hug.

"Hello sweetie, welcome home"

"Thanks Claire"

I let go of the hug and we sat down, she placed her bag and a large brown paper bag at the kitchen islnad, we sat at the tall chairs.

"Who picked you up?"

"Luke did"

Luke walked in and hugged her too and sat down, we talked for a little while until I asked her what was inside the paper bag, she looked at me with a large smile and so did Luke.

"Whats that about" I laughed

"Well since this is your new life, I-"

"We" Claire cut Luke off

"Decided to give you a few presents"

Claire took out 3 boxes carfully placing them in the kitchen island, each varying in sizes the largest gray the medium sized one black and the smallest a blue.

I had a sneaking suspicion that the smallest was a phone but I was honestly drawn to the largest box.

"Well take your pick Aure" Luke uttered

"I guess lets start with the biggest" I murmured

"Great pick" Clair added

She handed it and I slowly peeled the tape to not ruin the wrapping paper but Luke decided to rip it apart,

"Hey!" I yelled

"Your gonna take forever" He laughed

"Leave him alone Luke its his presents not yours" Clair halted

We laughed it off and opened each one,

The largest contained two sweaters gray and pink, and a pair of converses , the medium sized one had two books and like I suspected the smallest contained an iPhone.

I thanked them and gave another hug to Claire and Luke, Luke and I talked again about what school I was gonna attend and Claire started cooking dinner, after an hour, a familiar face came in through the door, I ran towards my dad and came in for a tight hug.

"Hello Aure, sorry I was late" He murmured

"That's alright dad at least I had some bounding time with Claire and Luke"

I let go of him and we walked to the kitchen, he went to give Claire a kiss and I sat down at the dinner table, Luke already set it up together with Ms.Rose and sat down ready to eat dinner.

Dinner went well, we just talked about my new school and again my new life, I didn't really consider it a new life since I lived in San Francisco for two years before my parents separated.

I went to my room, brushed my teeth, put on some comfy pajamas and layed in bed, I turned on my new phone and transferred everything from my old one, since I finished unpacking everything I decided to just watch the vampire diaries.