Melissa Smith was born and Raised in Orlando Florida. She had a great life, she had the looks, the brains, and athletics. She was a role model to those younger than herself, everything was perfect, Straight A's. Co-captain of the cheer squad, she had the best friends ever. Until one day her world got flipped upside down.
"What do you mean we're moving?! I just got settled down! I just started making friends and now I have to leave them?! To go where?!" Melissa almost yelled at her Father. "we are moving to Washington" "Washington? We live in Florida for crying aloud! Why would I want to go there?! It is cold! Of all the places in the continental US you had to pick Washington?!" she exclaimed. "I didn't choose this Melissa, it was work, and you know your mother would want you safe and you can't stay here, she knows your safe with me so you have to come with me to Washington..." He tried to explain. Melissa just rolled her eyes and ran upstairs. she went into her closet and grabbed a huge duffle bag. She put a few weeks worth of clothes in there, got a small bag for her cosmetics, and put them in there. "What are you doing?" She didn't realize that her dad was in the doorway until he asked that question "I'm packing what does it look like?" She replied sarcastically. Melissa grabbed her bag with her school stuff and one of her other bags and went down to the garage, where her car was. It was her pride and joy, a Midnight blue convertible mustang GT with white interior. she put the bags in the trunk and went to get some more of her bags and did the same as before. She packed the rest of her things in a few boxes and put them in the back seat. Melissa ran up the stairs empty handed and came down with either a few large duffle bags, or a box. She had the back seat and trunk filled with boxes and bags. she knew her father, jack; was watching her the whole time. She didn't want to know what he was thinking. All She knew was that she needed to get away from here, from her dad from everything. If she cant be happy there she's going to leave, and not be near there, or near her dad. For now at least.
Melissa Went up to her room, into her closet and moved through the secret door through the wall and into her hidden room, it was small but worth having, she grabbed her small book bag on the way through and set it on the floor. She opened it up all the way, she picked up her medium sized box and opened the small latch, she looked at the photos that the box contained, they were of her mother and herself when she was little, before her mother died. She smiled a bit and closed the lid and latch, locking it, and placing it in the bottom of the bag. She then get her small box with her hidden cash in it on top of the photos box. The last thing she put in was her diary and its lock & key, she closed the bag and slung it over her shoulder and left the room, making sure to seal the door that was in the wall. Once she was out she went down stairs and out the door in the kitchen to the garage, she sat in her car, and put her bag from her shoulder onto the seat beside herself. She looked at her father, started the car, and pulled out of the garage, then driveway, and onto the road.