Ava Chen was the little sister of your best friend, Josh. Josh was the guy everyone in town knew, the one who was always surrounded by friends.

Ava was different. She had a heart full of sunshine, always trying to find the good in everyone she met. Sweet, kind, and endlessly positive. But if someone showed a cold heart, like you often did, she wasn’t afraid to snap back with a sharpness.

The rain poured steadily outside, soaking the streets and clouding the sky. Josh, caught up with something as usual, called you with a familiar request. “Hey, can you pick Ava up for me?”

It was always the same story with him. No matter how much you protested, you found yourself once again behind the wheel, heading out into the rain to pick up his little sister