"Who the hell is she?"
"What is she doing here?"
"She looks like she came straight out of Castle View…"
I had just walked into a place called Irby's, and I guess I was extremely unwanted there. And I just sort of stood there, not knowing what to do. Just standing there like one big idiot.
So I just ran, I ran and ran right back to my home in Castle View, I mean what was I thinking? A girl from Castle View going to Castle Rock, the scum of the earth around these parts. I just thought maybe it would be an escape from my stuck up town, but I guess not.
Guess I should tell you a little about myself. I'm a girl from Castle View, the richest most stuck up place in the world. You would think I would love it because I had everything I could ever want and more, right? Wrong. It is horrible. My parents go to country clubs, and they are so fake. All they care about is money and new sports cars. My family is the epitome of Castle View, beautiful, intelligent, our whole lives planned out for us, but all I want is an escape from this place.
Oh, my name is Lucy Ann Cadwell of Cadwell Oil Enterprises by the way. My grandfather struck oil back in the 1900s and we've been rich as hell since. Lucy Ann Cadwell. Great name, isn't it? Ha it always makes me laugh, I mean how perfect can the name get?
And you know what I want to do? I want to rebel. I want to get out of this squeaky clean image and find a way into the crazy world of Castle Rock. I've heard so many crazy stories from that place, so that is why I went to Irby's that one day. To test my rebellion, but, as you can see, I have some work to do on that.
"Oh daddy! Can I please enroll in Castle Rock High!? Please, please, please!?"
My dad and I were arguing in the kitchen about transferring high schools.
"Now, hunny, why would you want to go to a school like that? Trenton Academy is such a nice place, and it looks great on your college admission."
"But dad! I just want to go some place different, and you always said that it was good to try something different. Dad please can I go, please?"
"Oh, all right. But I am going to have to talk to your mother about this."
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" I ran up and hugged him.
"Anything for my little Lucy." He said while hugging back.
As much as my dad could be a fake, I did love him. He had a big heart, just was in the wrong kind of stuck up life.
"Mom, Dad, Blake, Maria, whoever! I'm going into town!! I'll be back soon!" I yelled up to all my family members as I walked out the door.
I decided to try going to Castle Rock again. I ruffed up my hair from the perfect coiffed blonde curls, and took off my skirt and blouse so I could change into jeans and a t-shirt. Little did I know, this one visit to Castle Rock would change how I was forever.
I finally arrived to Castle Rock after about a three mile walk. I didn't take my car because it was a red sports car that would stick out like a sore thumb in the town, and I didn't want people knowing I was from Castle View.
As I was walking past a couple of stores I happened to notice a black car in the reflection of the windows, and car filled with five boys, just following me. I pretended I didn't notice and just walked a little faster, but it was too late.
"Who the hell are you?" Some guy said, he looked like a dog seeing a piece of meat he really wanted.
"What's it to you?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing. I just always notice the beautiful girls in this town, but I've never seen you before…"
Aw, this guy was so sweet. Well, at least I think he was.
"The names Ace Merrill, this is Eyeball, and that's Charlie, Billy, and Fuzzy. So, what's your name beautiful?"
"Um, Dakota. Dakota Jones. Nice to meet you."
Dakota? Dakota Jones. Oh my god, what was I thinking.
"That's a pretty name for a pretty girl." One of them said, I think it was Eyeball.
"Thank you. Are you guys from around here?" I asked.
"Yeah, are you?" Ace asked.
"Um, well yeah, just moved here."
Lucy you are just spinning yourself into a tangled web.
"Oh really? Well I guess we'll be seeing a lot of you Dakota. You look really familiar, were you in Irby's last night?"
Shit. I'm already screwed. My cover's blown!
"Um, nope. Never heard of it."
"Oh, okay good cause this girl looked like a total idiot coming in last night. She just ran out of there like she saw a ghost." They were all laughing, probably remembering what I looked like.
"Ha, that sucks for her. Well I gotta go, maybe I'll see you guys around." I said while walking away, boy was I embarrassed.
"Oh, you'll see us around Dakota."
The black car sped off and for a split second I thought it was creepy how Ace said his last statement to me, but he was so nice. Wasn't he?