*Flashback* 11 years ago.

“Dad stop… *laughs* your hurting me!”
“Only if you say you love me and I’m the greatest dad in the world”
“But daddy if I said that I’d be lying”
“Excuse me! Say it missy *laughing & continuing to tickle me*”
“f- fine, I give in! I love you and you’re the greatest daddy in the world”
          “awww. I love you too!”                 

~Daddy come back here! Don’t eat the cookie. Dad! No don’t go outside! *Runs into dad* .. I look up and see a cherry red Ferrari. "Daddy is that for me?!", I screamed. "Yes darling happy birthday, I love you so much. Heres the keys… wanna take it for a spin?!" "DAD IS THAT A SERIOUS QUESTION?! LETS GO!"~
*BEEP.. BEEP… BEEP* ugh there goes my alarm. I sit up still half asleep and slap the snooze button. Suddenly mom comes in and says “V get up, you got to go to get ready for school. Hunny, I just wanted to say that I know today’s going to be a hard day for you and all. I just wanted to come and say just know that your father is always watching over you& he loves you very much no matter where you are in the world, he’ll be there with you. Today after school I was wondering if you wanted to go to the graveyard and visit your father with me? We can even go to “Friendlys” your fathers favorite restuarnt, if you’d like."
“Mom, I just… I just don’t understand, if gods supposed to be amazing, then why did he have to take daddy of all the people in the world. Dad had the rest of his life ahead of him! He didn’t get to see me on prom or see me graduate or get married or anything! I don’t know how I’m supposed to go through life without him! Your dad is the one guy in life that’s always supposed to be there for you, but no God had to take him away from me. God had to take my dad” By this time I was in my moms lap crying and she was crying too. I stood up about 5 minutes later and wiped my eyes. I told my mother I loved her and that the plans would be nice. I walked out of my room and into my large bathroom to take a shower and get ready for school.
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my father’s death. He died on 6/17/06. He was battling a long fight against cancer. He had many types of cancer; but we don’t need to go into detail. I’m usually not the kind of girl to cry over things like this. But see this is different. My dad was my best friend.
When I got to school I went to my locker then straight to homeroom and put my ipod in. All of a sudden I felt a tap on my shoulder, it was.. Ryder. It was so unexpected but I guess that’s whats you get when your crush is in your homeroom. I took out my headphone, and he sat down in the desk infront of me, then turned around. He asked me “Iv, why are you crying?” My heart fluttered.. no one called me Iv… everyone always called me Ivy or V.
“Uh… What sorry?”, I said
“you’re crying, but why?” Ryder said as he reached up and wiped away my tear.
“I.. I’m sorry I need to go” I didn’t even realized I was crying, but I guess since I was thinking so much about dad it just started. I ran down the hall and out the front door. I heard someone calling my name, but I couldn’t stop… I just kept running.

{Authors note: Hey! So, I don't know, but I kind of like this chapter. I'll probably be posting every other day or so. Well I hope you liked it. Please give feedback}
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