The sad music was playing as I started reading the black book that sat in front of me. At first, I didn't know what it meant, until I made it to the very last word, "hope". Was it possible? That a black book ends with "hope"? I didn't know why, but that song from my favorite band "Linkin Park" was somehow playing at that point. It was saying something like "Do you feel cold and lost in desperation, you build up hope but failure's all you've known, remember all the sadness and frustration, and let it go, let it go" I think it was, but I began to loss sight as my eyes fell for me to sleep. Typical, for a teenager, 4 in the morning is early.
I wake up and I notice the music was still on as I think "I must have kept it on repeat", so "Iridescent" (the song that played before I slept) was still playing. I put in my earphones and head upstairs for lunch. I said lunch because it was 1 in the afternoon. I'm alone as always, my little brother at school and my older sister with her friends, while mom and dad work. I go on the Internet and log into Facebook when I notice the date, completely forgetting it was my best friend's birthday, so I sit there, hoping for them to come online, but I take a quick glance out the window and I see them. Wait, they live way to far. I clean my glasses and look again, and they wave at me. Running outside, I jump into their arms.
With them there, I wasn't going to let 4-5 hours drive go to waste. I welcome them to my crappy community, considering they're Ontarian, and I bring them around my city. A really big crap hole, I know, but I've always lived here, so deal with it. I figure, might as well teach them a little bit about a Quebec lifestyle. Start with a good poutine, a mix of french fries, cheese curds and a special sauce, a steamed hotdog and then show them what real quebecers do, PARTY!!!! But instead, I ask them how long they're going to be in town for, and they say "I'm moving in!" I start daydreaming again, but that's just me.
Just then, I realize something. Usually, I don't have this much hope for the future.
What changed???
..........................................................Author's note...................................
To recommend what changed for it to be the beginning of the sequel "Changes", visit http://www.buildinghopebook.blogspot.com/.
All characters and events aren't real, and they never will be unless a miracle happens.
All bands, songs, lyrics, websites, places, -ian + -ers titles (like Ontarian and Quebecers) and food names are all real though!!
