Even if it wasn't the longest drive, it felt like the longest trip Kaden had ever taken. Always one to talk or hit on any girl nearby. But this time, everything was different. For the entire ride back he remained silent. His stare focused forward. Sometimes he noticed strange things. Could he hear better? Sometimes he smelled things he'd never caught on to before. But, Kaden shrugged it off thinking he was just acting crazy. As they went, people got off. Going to different places. He didn't say goodbye when he left. A simple wave and he was on his way back home.

When he stepped onto the front lawn of his house, nothing seemed to have changed. Same small white house with chipped paint. Broken steps on the back porch. Rotting doors to the basement. Untrimmed high grass, and patches of dead grass. Everything was a mess. Home sweet home. Kaden stepped through the front door and found beers and alcohol still uncleaned. He sighed before yelling. "Hey Dad, when the fuck were you planning on cleaning all this shit up?" Silence until heavy footsteps came into the kitchen.

Kaden was his father's son. Except there still seemed to be an innocence about him. Promise of a better life that had all but vanished from his grizzled dad. Harrison Reid. A once great treasure of Red Lake until he injured his knee, lost his scholarship and became an embittered man. "What did you just say to me?" Trying to act threatening, but Kaden was in the mood for a fight. He stood tall and didn't back down from his father.

"You heard me. This is your fucking mess, so clean it up."

"And where were you two nights ago? Drinking and doing drugs I bet."

"At least I wasn't drinking by myself."

"You piece of shit!" Harrison smacked Kaden across the jaw. Grabbing him by the shirt collar and shoving him against the wall. "Punk like you can't talk to me like that."

"What are you gonna' do about it?"

Harrison raised his fist up to hit his son again. But this time Kaden felt this strange sensation. The punch looked a lot slower than usual. Kaden dodged it and Harrison screamed in pain as he hit the hard wall. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Get out! Get out of my house now!" He shook his fist and shouted. Kaden could take a hint, but this was new. He had to find someone to talk about this with. Everyone was pretending like everything was normal. 

The door swung open and Kaden went sprinting down the road. Phone in hand, texting Riley.

'Yo, where the hell is everyone at?'