Chris watched as everyone packed up the truck for the weekend getaway. They had been waiting for six months to finally go to the lake. This was the longest they had ever gone without a trip there, but due to the storms last winter the cabin had needed a lot of repairs. None of his family was really all that handy so they had to hire a crew to fix it up. In the process a few things had been upgrade...

Richard looked at the odd wrapping of his birthday present. It did not look like any wrapping paper he had ever seen before. There was weird writing on it and it felt much different than what he normally got....

Haily looked into her moms darkened room. The sun had yet to rise and her mother would not be up for another two hours. The fan was the only noise to be heard. Things between them had not been the same since her father died. Not that it was great when he had been alive but he managed to keep the peace. Her backpack hung on one shoulder bursting at the seems with everything she had packed. As quiet...