“Gretta wake up! We have arrived at your aunt's house!” my friend’s mother called from the kitchen. I jolted up from my sleep excited thinking I was in my old bed, at my old house but then come to the sudden realazation that I was In my friend's car about to go live with some stranger. I forgot I was even in the car. I guess the sense of longingness can travel through one's subconscious even when their asleep.

My parents died a month ago in a car accident. It wasnt their fault but part of me still blames them. How could they leave their only daughter? Its hard to move on from something like this but my friend and her family have helped a lot. Once I finally started getting settled and comfortable in my friend's house, social services came to inform us that I was supposed to live with my aunt because it was in my parent's will.

Of course, this was an aunt I was unfamiliar with. How could my parents leave me in the care of someone who I didn't even know? Yet, another thing I resent them for. Once we got out of the car, there was a foul odor that seemed to be coming from the garage. I begged and begged my friend and her family not to leave me here but there was nothing they could do. So, I gathered up all my courage, said good bye to them, and knocked on the door.

The door slowly creaked open after I knocked. There was no one behind it. I looked inside and saw a small little old lady. She excitingly said to me “My precious granddaughter has returned, give grandma a kiss”. I bent over and the next thing I knew, she grabbed me by the cheeks and professed how much she missed me. How could anyone be this energetic? I could tell that we weren't going to get along.

We were complete opposites. While I was a night owl, she was an early bird, and my personality is more calm and cool, while hers is upbeat and energetic. Why would my parents send me to live with someone like?her. I just knew we would never get along.