"A New Beginning"

Emma walked into her room where everything she owned was packed away in boxes. She was moving out of her parent's house. It was about time to for she was turning 22 in about three weeks. She lived in Manaque, New York. It was a small town. Not too small though because she certainly did not know all the people in the town. She didn't like living there and couldn't take it anymore. She was going to move to New Jersey. Another small town, but down closer towards the shoreline. Only a few miles from Cape Cod. Emma always loved going down their for vacations when she was younger. Some of her child-hood friends went there almost every weekend during the summer. She was going to live alone but hopefully would make some friends. She was a very friendly person. She had dirty blonde hair and the clearest blue eyes you could imagine. She had a few small freckles that danced upon her cheeks. They would glow when the sun shined towards her direction. She would light up the room by walking in and always caught people's attention. She was also shy but people still loved her. Who couldn't?

"Emma, I love you so much! Oh, I'm going to miss you so much. You're going to have to call me every day because as you might of guessed wouldn't be able to live without being able to talk to you for at least two days." Emma's mother, Brooke, told Emma.

"Mom, you're over-reacting. I'm just moving to New Jersey. You're acting like I'm moving halfway across the world to like Greece or something! You need to calm down. Of course I'm going to call you almost everyday. Dad, you're going to have to control her some how, some way." Emma joked while hugging her father, Noah.

Emma's parents were the typical kind of parents. They loved their only daughter and would do anything to keep her with them for the rest of their lives. Brooke was a housewife. She always wanted to make chocolate chip cookies and hand them to the little children across the street. She smelt like freshly baked dough that kids would try to eat when their mother wasn't looking. Noah was quiet. He didn't talk much but by just looking into his eyes you could tell how he was feeling. His big brown eyes could let you see into his soul. When he was upset his eyes were cloudy and hard to see what he was thinking. Whenever there was a joke made, they would light up with excitement and make everyone want to just smile and be happy with life. Today you couldn't tell what he was thinking or how he was feeling. But Emma didn't want to know what he was thinking because she knew that he was probably desperate to keep his little girl here with him. Emma could see that he wanted to cry but he stayed strong for Brooke's sake.

Emma looked out the window to see that her friend, Julia, was walking up to the door to come and get Emma. She hugged both of her parents for what seemed to be like an eternity then grabbed her belongings. She walked outside and placed everything in the car. She opened the door, sat down and then closed it ever so gently. To looked to the window where he parents were standing. Emma smiled at her parents and waved goodbye. They did the same. As Julia drove away, Emma could feel endless tears run down her face and fall into her lap. She wanted to do this so badly but the thought of not seeing her parents everyday was going to be hard to get used to.

…

Finally, after a three hour drive, Julia and Emma brought Emma's things into her little house that was overlooking the ocean. The house was small and only a story tall. In the front was a door and a single window. The porch that led to the front door had two chairs on it. Emma went inside to look around. The entrance led to a big room. Emma walked a few steps to be confronted with another door to her side. She opened it while peeking through. There, was the bathroom. It was actually nice. It wasn't dirty or moldy that she thought it would be like after the former owner moved out. There were five rooms to be exact. The main room, the bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom, and another little room that Emma decided would be a little study area that she could use for her computer and bookcases. 'Life wasn't going to be so horrible after all' Emma thought.

…

Days later, when Emma got everything unpacked and put into the room where they belonged, she invited a few friends down so she could explore the town. Emma had invited Julia, Kelsey, and Tricia. They had been friends since they were nine years old. Surprising that they were still friends after all the drama from middle and high school. But they didn't let all of that ruin their friendships.

When all three of Emma's friends got to her new house, they all got ready and went out on the town. They went to the boardwalk for a few minutes before getting distracted by a few boys they saw walking towards town. They followed them there and went into a club that the guys had gone into. The club was called Rave. Finally, Tricia went over to them and started up a conversation.

Hours went by and the four girls chatted with their friends or former strangers. There was Jacob, Anthony or also called Tony, Michael, and Seth. They all were friendly guys. But Michael caught Emma's eye. He was tall and had a very athletic body. He had light brown hair and amazing green eyes. His teeth were white as pearls and always flashed people smiles. Jacob was Michael's best friend. He was also athletic but not quite as tall. He was from California and you could tell. Tan, blonde, blue eyes. Everything you could want in a guy. Tony was your usually pretty boy but he was indeed handsome. And Seth had the most adorable face every. He was the biggest heartthrob. And he knew it.

…

It had been a few weeks since Emma moved in. She had been talking to Michael every once in a while. He was friendly and she enjoyed that about him. He would come over every once in awhile to hang out for a bit. They were nothing more than friends but they enjoyed each other's company. When Emma's birthday came her friends threw her a birthday party. Julia had taken her out on a shopping spree and when they went back to her place her house was fully decorated. Emma was overwhelmed. She loved parties, especially parties for her.

The doorbell rang. Emma walked over to the door and opened it gently. It was Julia.

"Hey what are you going here?" Emma asked worried.

"Umm, you know how my parents think that their children should try to make it own their own? Well…" she paused, "they kicked me out. Wait! Don't say anything yet. I was wondering if I could move in with you? I'll pay half the rent I swear! I promise! Please, take me in!" Julia pleaded, over dramatically.

Emma grinned, "Of course. Come on in… roomy."

"Oh my gosh, I think I love you more than I ever have before," she told Emma while running to her car to get her things, "You're like the best person alive, you know that don't you?"

"You've just realized that? I've always known that." Emma laughed.

…

"So," Julia began, "you still talk to that Michael guy?"

"Yeah." Emma tried to get out with a mouthful of scrambled eggs. It was too early to care if she was polite or not. Emma didn't.

"Oh! Oh! Invite him over!" Julia yelled.

"Why?"

"Because I want to see him."

"Why?"

"You're cranky in the morning."

Emma laughed. "Me, cranky? You need to think before you say things hunny."

"Just invite him over I want to talk to him. I haven't seen him since… well, since we saw them."

"Do you even think he'll remember who you are?"

"Yeah, if you refresh his memory."

"Alright. I'll invite him over later ok?"

"Goodie! I like living here better than with my parents." Julia smiled then skipped off to the bathroom for a shower.

Emma invited Michael over. He was pleased that she did. They didn't talk for a while because Michael had been visiting his parents out in Pennsylvania.

Michael finally arrived. He came and knocked on the door and then realizing there was a doorbell, rang it.

"Hey, come in." Emma said waving her hand.

"Hi," he said, "Hey! I think I remember you." He said raising his voice realizing whom Julia was.

"Told ya he would remember me." Julia whispered to Emma walking over to Michael and gave him and hug.

"What's up Emma?"

"Oh, nothing really. How about you?"

He smiled at Emma, "Just talking to you."

"Well I have to go shopping, you two hang out here while I'm walking off into happiness." Julia sang from the door.

"Ok, see you later. So, Michael how was your family visit up in Pennsylvania?"

"Good, sorry I couldn't talk to you while I was up there."

"No problem," Emma smiled, "You're here now so we can talk."

Michael grinned bashfully back, scratching the back of his neck. He got nervous quickly. He looked around the room to talk about something else. "Uh, I have to go, sorry. I forgot that I had to do something. Um, I guess… er, you could call me later or something? Wait, don't I… " He didn't finish. He just waved goodbye and walked out of the house.

Emma was left in utter confusion. She had no idea what just happened. She stood there for a good five minutes thinking over what just happened in her head. Then, she just shock her head almost trying to get that out of her head and sat down to watch some television.

a/n I'll try to update this regularly that is if anyone reads it. Thanks ) (It might be a little confusing but I'll try to fix it up a bit later. And this is based on a dream that I had last night actually so no one take this exact idea. Ok thanks again a/n