Chapter 1-
As Laura looked out of the plane window she caught her last glimpse of home, or at least what had been her home for the past 18 years. She leant her head back on the seat and closed her eyes and she was once again overwhelmed by her thoughts. Had she done the right thing? She wasn't sure. All she knew was that she couldn't stand where her life had been headed. First A levels, then University, then a job that required 24 hour attention. She wasn't that type of person, she wanted more than that. It had been her dream now for two years to escape to California, find some kind of waitressing job that would get her by and just live her life the way she wanted. Her friends had laughed at her, telling her it would never happen, that she'd 'grow out of it'. Laura knew though that that wouldn't happen.
Now, as she sat watching the airhostess handing out drinks she suddenly felt scared. She was heading to a foreign country with no friends to meet her, not a lot of money and really no plan as to where shed go when she landed. Even worse was the fact that she hadn't sorted out a visa for herself, so in three months time the authorities would want her out of the country. She wasn't planning on being found though. As she tried not to think about how wrong things could go, she found herself holding back a few tears. She would miss her family and friends and she felt a little guilty at the fact they didn't even know she had left. All she did to ensure her parents wouldn't call the cops was to leave a very short note explaining she was away on a trip and would call when she could. No one had even noticed she had booked the ticket three months ago, of course why would they? Did anyone care enough to notice at how much she had been hurting lately? But she couldn't think of all that now. Finally, when her mind was exhausted from thinking the unthinkable Laura feel into a restless sleep.