p style="text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongCHAPTER ONE/strong/span/p
p style="text-align: center;"emspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"I flipped over to look at the time on my alarm clock. Midnight./p
p style="text-align: center;"Perfect./p
p style="text-align: center;"I shut off the alarm and as quickly and quietly as I could I rolled out of bed. I kneeled in the center of my room pulling my running shoes on. I stood back up and started walking around the room. Nine steps North; Four steps West./p
p style="text-align: center;"I squatted down to the loose floorboard and peeled it back. I grabbed the bag and quickly replaced the floorboard. I walked over to my floor length mirror to make sure I was ready. I had changed into pitch black leggings and a matching black tank top. I slung my duffle bag over my shoulder and put my hair up in a messy pony tail./p
p style="text-align: center;"I stood in front of the mirror studying my face. Same pale skin with a light dusting of freckles, same bright emerald green eyes, same light pink lips, and same unruly hair the color of blood. How could I look the same yet be so different? What hap-?/p
p style="text-align: center;"emspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Buzz/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Buzz/span/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"My thoughts were inturrupted by my phone vibrating in the pocket of my duffel bag./p
p style="text-align: center;"strongVamp- Where are you? Everythings in place and ready to go. Are you on your way yet? T.I.- 8.5:6/strong/p
p style="text-align: center;"Crap. It's already 1:15 how long have I been standing here thinking? I re-read the final sentence and sighed, pushing a stray lock of hair behind my ear. With a final look in the mirror I re-adjusted my duffle bag onto my shoulder and walked away./p
p style="text-align: center;"emspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Beep/span/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"I flipped over to look at the time on my alarm clock. Midnight./p
p style="text-align: center;"Perfect./p
p style="text-align: center;"I shut off the alarm and as quickly and quietly as I could I rolled out of bed. I kneeled in the center of my room pulling my running shoes on. I stood back up and started walking around the room. Nine steps North; Four steps West./p
p style="text-align: center;"I squatted down to the loose floorboard and peeled it back. I grabbed the bag and quickly replaced the floorboard. I walked over to my floor length mirror to make sure I was ready. I had changed into pitch black leggings and a matching black tank top. I slung my duffle bag over my shoulder and put my hair up in a messy pony tail./p
p style="text-align: center;"I stood in front of the mirror studying my face. Same pale skin with a light dusting of freckles, same bright emerald green eyes, same light pink lips, and same unruly hair the color of blood. How could I look the same yet be so different? What hap-?/p
p style="text-align: center;"emspan style="text-decoration: underline;"Buzz/span span style="text-decoration: underline;"Buzz/span/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"My thoughts were inturrupted by my phone vibrating in the pocket of my duffel bag./p
p style="text-align: center;"strongVamp- Where are you? Everythings in place and ready to go. Are you on your way yet? T.I.- 8.5:6/strong/p
p style="text-align: center;"Crap. It's already 1:15 how long have I been standing here thinking? I re-read the final sentence and sighed, pushing a stray lock of hair behind my ear. With a final look in the mirror I re-adjusted my duffle bag onto my shoulder and walked away./p