"Mom... Porfavor*! Don't leave me!" I cried.
"I will be back, be good to dad while I'm out. Okay?" She smiled at me.
"Okay!" I said between sobs.

That day, my mother didn't return. Nor ever.

She was a victim in a tragic traffic accident while she returned home from work. When the call of the hospital came, dad ran out of the house without minding me, not even remembering my existence. My mom was in coma, I can't really blame him for that.

As days went on, my mother's condition didn't change, but my father's did. He started getting depressed, not sleeping thanks to nightmares and started being forgetful when he was the organised type of person. He tried to take care of me as well as he could, but his health started worsening until the point that when I was 15, he died from illness.

Mom was still in coma, stable condition, there wasn't any signs of her wakening up, so I lost hope. I started living with my cousins, who were 29 and 32. The neighbourhood was dangerous, but I could manage. 

However, when I was 17 some gang men took interest in me. They started following and harassing me, they even tried to rape me. But a cute girl that was around 16 and a slightly older boy that was quite similar to her saved me.

I was on the floor, six men surrounding me to prevent any escape attempt. I had already tried, and I failed every time.

"Leave her alone!" A girl's voice startled me.

A beautiful girl landed on top of one of the thugs' back, making him fall forward and lost consciousness thanks to the hit. 

"Who the fuck are you?!" The leader tried to attack her.

The girl dodged easily the incoming hits and a tall boy appeared behind the attacker. He punched the back of his head, making his body fly a few centimetres away. Their emerald eyes were quite eye-catching.

"Are you okay?" The girl crouched in front of me, taking me out of my trance.
"Y-yeah. Thank you."
"What's your name?" The boy came near us, standing almost a meter away.
"Roxane. Roxane Anderson."
"Glad to meet'cha! I'm Lucy and this grumpy bear is Jack." She smiled.

"We should be get going..." Jack looked at the side, where I soon heard voices.
"Oh! I hope we meet again, Roxane!" Lucy waved at me while she took off, running at an incredible high speed.

"ROXANE! ARE YOU OKAY?!" My cousin came running towards me, his girlfriend following after him.

Yeah, I'm fine.

"That girl was really cute." Lucy chirped. "Her skin was really tan and smooth! Maybe Latin?"
"Yeah, her accent was familiar in some way." Jack answered.
"I hope we meet her again."
"Hmm..." The male hummed in response as he walked inside the building that they were living in.

*Porfavor = Please