Prologue

A Chapter by GET CRUNK

I was leaning out the car window. We had been driving for a few days now. I don’t know how this all evolved. First I was new…trying to fit in. I met the right people, well, they could be wrong. There is so little I understand.

I was in the passenger seat, Tom was driving. Emily was in the back, curled up and shaking like someone who fell asleep during the winter with their window open.

She was whimpering, “Time…no more…I need…Lauren…”

My name…every time I heard her say it like this I felt like someone dropped ice down my back…I always shiver. Out of what…I still don’t know.

All I know is she needs help…fast. All throughout time there was a line drawn…and for the first time ever, it was going to be crossed. I don’t understand why Tom let me tag along. He hates me and disapproves of his sister’s friendship with me. Their must be a significance.

But what, like many other things, I do not know…