Sophie and Heath
Sophie blinked at her father. "We're what?"
"Moving to London."
"Why, exactly?"
"I got offered a job. A very well paying job," Sean said cheerfully. "And you'll love London, really."
"But...what about my friends?" Sophie said carefully, trying to keep the whine out of her voice.
"Soph! We're moving to England!" Robyn screamed in excitement and jumped on her sister's bed.
"So I've just heard."
"Aw, don't be like that, Sophie..." Sean wheedled. "You'll like it. You can make new friends."
"What if I like the ones I've already got?!" Sophie shouted, tears coming to her eyes. "Sammy only *died* a month ago! I don't want to leave!"
"Well, sometimes you have to do things ye don't want," Sean said as he hugged her. "Sophie, you know that Damurum is a dying town."
"Yeah..."
"This way I have a chance to make a better life for all of us. Your mam would've wanted me to do this. It'll hurt for a bit, and then little by little the wound won't ache so hard," he soothed. Sophie cried into his shirt.
~*~*~*~
"We're what?" Heath said in disbelief.
"Moving to America. Los Angeles to be precise."
"Why?"
"Your father got a job with a company there. It pays better then anything he could find here..."
"I was just *in* LA!"
"Yes, so you can help us get acclimitised," his mother said cheerfully. Heath dropped onto a chair and stared at her in disbelief.
~*~*~*~
"You?"
"England. London. You?"
"America, LA."
"Again?"
"Hey, at least I sorta know people where I'm going."
"Yeah..."