This seems to be nice, simple story. However, there's a major problem concerning the grandfather and brother. At the beginning, we have this:

"You see, Chantal and Lucas had come to their small town to live after an accident had left Lucas mute. What happened was that Lucas and Chantal's parents had been in one of the twin towers when they had collapsed. He had, unlike Chantal's parents, miraculously survived, but a piece of glass embedded itself into his throat, rendering him speechless."

This leads us to believe Lucas and Chantel are siblings. But the next paragraph, we have this:

"So Lucas and his orphaned grand daughter went to live in a diminutive, constantly rainy town named Crossroads. They had both fallen in love with the drizzling town, because despite its rainy atmosphere, the people there were bright and loving."

Now Lucas is the grandfather? And he's the one that's mute?

This definitely should be fixed. Otherwise, the reader is thrown off the trail you're laying out for them.

Just one more thing:

"Tristan Robinson was taking a walk in the countryside when he spotted a hunched up figure on the swings. He at first thought it was a runaway child, but as he got closer, he realized it was his current crush, Chantal Peterson. He had heard of her grandfather's untimely death, and the whole town – including him – knew of how her parents had passed away."

You might want to consider getting rid of this paragraph entirely. It might be best to confine the POV to just Chantal; we don't seem to learn a lot of new information from this short scene.

Best of luck to you.

Sad. :[ I like it, though. I think it might've been better, though, if you just transitioned from "Her string had snapped. And so had she." to "Chantal heard the squeak of rusting metal being moved as yet another tear slid down her angelic face." without the Tristan POV. Other than that, it's good. Not exactly tear-jerking (sorry) but very very sad.

This is a great story!! How old are u?u seriously need to finish writing:D

Aw, this is so sweet. I liked the ending especially.

I'm curious though, what was the SKOW challenge? I don't think you mentioned it.

Great one shot ;)

Love

The Toothpaste Fiend

P.S. Do you know what made me laugh? Crossroads. Ha! Sorry, made me think of that movie.