Lost at Dawn

It was an autumn morning, somewhere around six, when I awoke to the sound of a passing train in the distance. After wiping the sleep from my eyes I went and took a quick shower, got dressed, threw on a jacket and took off on my walk. As usual I was going to take my daily walk through town and to the park. Like every morning I expected it to be pretty much uneventful. But that wasn't exactly the case this time.

So I walked to the park and, as expected, the streets on the way were empty as they would be in any small town. All was pretty much silent. Sure, there was the random person driving off to work but, other than that, this place had the same old small town feel off emptiness to it. As I finally made my way to the park I walked down to the track, near the bleachers, and noticed someone was sitting there alone. It was sort of strange but I made nothing of it since this was a public place. Then, as I was beginning to walk around the track, I heard her call my name.

"Brian," She said.

It was freaky enough to see a person sitting out here alone but then to hear them call my name. Especially given the time of day made it even stranger. Plus she was someone, looking around the age of seventeen, whom I've never met before. Not exactly the age of people I hung out with.

"Do I know you?" I asked.
"No, not really. But I want to ask you something." At that moment I became a bit nervous yet cautiously walked up to her.
That's when I noticed she was soaking wet even though the weather had been clear all night long.

For a few short moments I felt really tense and everything seemed even more surreal. She then spoke up again and proceeded to tell me how she was looking for her brother. She then asked where she was. I told her where and she just gave a slight nod without saying much as if that wasn't the answer she wanted.