~Chapter 1~
Meeting the Government Guys

I woke up to the sun shining in my face. I slowly got out of my letto and walked to the kitchen. As soon as I poured latte in my cereal, I heard a knock at my door. 

I walked over to the front door and looked out the peep hole. Two men in business Suits were standing on my front porch. One of them had a big bushy mustache and the other one had a bald head. I guessed they worked for the government. 

I opened the door and detto "Well, hello. Why are te knocking on my door at eight o'clock in the morning?"

The one with the mustache gave me a dirty look and detto "Watch your tone young lady. te don't know who your talking to. We are here to see te parents."

I wanted to rip that stupid mustache off his face but I knew that would just cause trouble. So I detto "They are asleep. Come back later." I went to close the door in there faces but he put his hand in the way. 

"Go wake them up. We will sit at your cucina table." They walked right into my house like they owned it o something and sat at the table. I didn't like them at all.

"I will be back in a sec." then I ran down the stairs to my parents room.

I grabbed my dads foot and shook it. "Dad, wake up. There are to government dudes in our cucina waiting to talk to te two."

My mom opened her eyes slowly and detto "What did te say, Summer?"

I sighed. "I said, two government guys are in the cucina and are waiting to talk to te two."

Mom got up quickly, put her accappatoio, vestaglia on, then detto "I'll go keep them company. te wake up your dad." then she went up stairs.

I grabbed my dads ankle and shook it. Once he woke up I told him what was going on. he detto "Go up there and tell them I will be up there soon. I have to get dressed."

"Alright." I walked up stairs.

Five minuti later dad came up the stairs all ready. Then they made me go away cause I couldn't hear there conversation. I walked to my room and turned on the T.V. I flipped through the channels. 

Thirty minuti later my mom walked into my room. She gave me a half smile and detto "Summer, I need to tell te something."

I knew it was something bad. I just knew it. Why else would the government guys come here. I detto "Just get it over with."

"Well, the men came here to tell us that there sending everyone, over the age of eighteen, to war."

"Wait, what? No they can't do that. Can they?" I asked, even though I knew the answer.

She gave me one of her motherly looks and detto "I guess they can. The government does run the country. But anyways, they are sending everyone, not including the rich and famous, over eighteen to war and there is nothing we can do about it."

That's when a tear ran down my cheek. "They can't do that." I screamed. "They just can't. It is not fair."

My mother tried to comfort me, but it didn't work. I pushed her away and ran out the house.

~Chapter 2~
albero Talk

That was how I handled myself when I was really upset. I run to my special pine albero and sit up there for an ora o two. I liked to be alone. I usually didn't talk to anyone. The only person I would talk to was my best friend, since as long as I can remember, Jaxson.

Jaxson looks kind of like me. He has dark brown hair and and big sky blue eyes. The only difference is that I have dark greenish - yellowish eyes. He is also seventeen, one anno older than me. He is very good looking. I tell him that all the time. But there is nothing romantic between us. We are just really good friends. 

I sit in the albero and look towards the mountains. They are beautiful. Its the time of anno were the leaves turn red, yellow, orange, etc. The wind had an ice cold chill. I eventually fell asleep. 

I woke up to Jaxson sitting right beside me. When he noticed I was awake, he detto "Well, Sleep Beauty finally woke up!"

I stretched my arms. My back felt so stiff. "What time is it?"

He laid back on the tronco and put his hands behind his head. "When I left my house, about an ora ago, it was 12:30."

"Oh, great. Has your parents told te the news?"

"You mean the one about the government sending everybody over eighteen to war?" I nodded. "Yea, they told me that when I woke up this morning."

"It's crazy. I mean what are they going to do about all the kids that don't have older siblings? Throw them in some kind of daycare place."

He gave me a smile and detto "You never know when the government is involved. My dad told me that they have a broadcast mostrare tonight that gives te all the details. Dad say most everybody is required to watch it."

"I think it's stupid." I detto stubbornly.

"Yea. I agree."

"Wait, jaxson. That means te will be going to war in one year."

"I doubt they will keep sending people to the battlefield."

I knew that wasn't true and I had a feeling that he knew too. "I really hope your right. Cause losing my parents is horrible. But losing my parents and you... I might commit suicide."

"Let's concentrate on happy things now. Not bad." he gave me a huge smile. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright then. What do te want to talk about."

"Let me tell te about prom." Prom is this weekend. I can't go since I am in tenth grade.  Most guys in his grade don't really care about prom, they just go with there girlfriends. 

Surprisingly, Jaxson is so excited. "So who are te going with?"

He gave me a slight smile. "That's what I have to tell te about... I kind of need someone to go with me. My data called me last night and told me that she couldn't make it."

I felt so bad. I knew he really wanted to go. I also knew he wasn't going to go with just friends. "I'm sorry, Jaxson. I knew how much te wanted to go. Maybe te can find another data in time."

"Yea, that's just it." He says. "I was wondering if te could go with me. Not as a data o anything. te know, just as a friend."

I knew he was asking this so he wouldn't look bad in front of his friends. But I still had that nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. "I would but I don't have a dress and I'm a sophomore, only juniors and seniors  can go."

"Actually, sophomores and freshman can go if they get asked da a junior o senior."

"Well... That still doesn't solve my dress problem."

He gave me his famous smile and detto "I have a plan for that one. te ask te rich dad to give te money for te to buy a dress. Then, I drive te to the dress store o whatever and te do your thing."

"Well, te did have a plan. I guess I'm going. When do te want me to get the money?" 

He shrugs and says "As soon as possible, I guess."

I smile. Me, Summer Gray is going to prom with Jaxson Haze this Friday. That is way better than sitting on the divano eating potato chips. "Alrighty then, let me go get the money and I will meet te at your car." I detto as we got out the tree.

"Thank te so much, Summer. Your awesome."

I hold my hands up to my chest and say  "I know... What would te ever do with out me?"

We both laugh and walk towards are homes.