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but if your not I won’t waist my time on this! So are you devoted to me, to us? Yes or no!”
“Yes! No! I don’t know!” We are standing apart now and I can feel my legs start to wobble. I sit down on the floor, raping my arms around my legs. I start to rock back and forth. I sit like this for what seemed like hours, my butt hurts but I didn’t care. It’s like I’m in a trance. Finally a firm hand shakes me out of it, my father. I look at my watch to see it’s nine thirty pm the party ended half an hour ago and I had just sat there crying for thirty minutes. I know what it all meant, Jake and I are over.

When I wake up in the morning I’m already crying, my pillow is soaked and my hair is a mess. It’s moving day! It’s moving day! I can’t stop thinking those words, they were like an echo in my head. I get up and go down stairs where mom and dad are waiting.
“Morning mom. Morning dad.” I say rubbing my forehead.
“Have you finished packing?” My father asks.
“No, why I thought we were leaving tonight.” I answer
“Change of plans, we’re leaving in an hour. Don’t worry about your stuff I’ll pay the movers to pack it for you.” My mother doesn’t even look at me when she’s talking. Her attention is absorbed by her blackberry.
“Um… ok. I’ll just go get dressed. Um… but do I have time to say bye to Grace, Maya, and Lara? If I do it quick?” I’m so shocked by every thing that’s going I can’t talk right.
“Sure if you make it quick and I mean it Bailey, we have to catch a flight…” My mom is so engrossed in her Blackberry she doesn’t notice when I get up and leave the room before she finishes her sentence.
Once in my room I hurry to get dressed putting on a yellow sundress and some sandals. After I’ve dressed I run down the stairs and out the door. I have forty-five minutes to say goodbye to my friends. First I head to Maya’s because she lives closest.
“Maya! Maya!” I’m practically screaming her name.
“Maya and Grace went to Lara’s house!” James, Maya’s brother calls down from an upstairs window.
Lara’s? That’s ten blocks away! I don’t have any time to waist. I take off running. I was part of the wining relay team in track this past season, with the best time out of all out athletes. In other words I’m pretty fast. I make it to Lara’s in seven minutes. I have thirty-eight minutes to hang out with my best friends be for I leave. This may be the last thirty-eight minutes we ever spent together! I race up the stairs to the door. Before I can stop my self I’m banging on the door with both fists.
“Coming! You can stop banging on the door!” Jade’s voice comes through the door.
“Jade! Where’s Lara?” I say breathlessly
“She, Grace, and Maya went to the mall.” Jade says
“Oh… ok… thanks” The mall is across town! “Can I have some paper and a pen please?” I ask. I’ll write them all letters.
“Ya, sure. Come on in.” She motions with her hand for me to come in,
I’ve been here tons of times and I know where the stationary is. I quickly grab a pen, three pieces of paper and start writing.
Hey,
I’m really going to miss you. When I woke up this morning my parents told me that we were leaving earlier than I thought. So I tried to catch up with you guys but I was too late. So call me when you get this.
Love,
Bailey
I write these words three times then run upstairs and lay one on Lara’s bed. Next I run to Grace’s house and drop one on her makeup table. When I get back out side I look at my watch and see I only have ten minutes till we leave. Great! I take off running once again. After dropping my last letter at Maya’s, I run the last block to my house and end up at my front door with one minute to spare.
“You ready to go babe?” My father’s voice came at me from behind. I scream and spin around.
“What? Oh ya I have to get my cell phone and iPod” I say running up the stairs to get my things.

Two hours later we’re all on a plane to California and none of my friends have called me. I have called them each twice but no one has called me back. I feel like I’m not worth fifteen minutes of their day. The plane lands in two hours and if they haven’t called me by the time we land… I may just have a total melt down.

Twenty minutes later. Why haven’t they called?
Twenty minutes later. WHY HAVEN’T THEY CALLED?
Twenty minutes later. It’s been three hours since I left those letters!
Twenty minutes later. That’s it I’m calling Grace!

Grace answers on the third ring. That’s weird she always answers on the first ring. ‘It’s rude to make people wait on the phone.’ Were her exact words..
“What do you want Bailey?” Her voice has a bitter tone I’ve never heard before.
“Why didn’t you call me? Did you get my note? I ran all over the place for you guys and I couldn’t find you. Jade said you went to the mall, but I only had an hour before I had to go.” As I say this my voice starts to get whinny.
“Yes, I got your letter. I didn’t have time to call you, I’m busy.” She is really angry now and I don’t know why she’s mad at me.
“Why are you mad at me? What did I do?”
“You didn’t say bye! You just left!”
“I tried to find you, but you were shopping with Lara and Maya!” I’m yelling into my phone now and people are staring at me.
“Yea, sure.” Her voice is flat and lifeless, then the line goes dead.
What the hell did I do to her? I spent my whole morning hunting them down and what do I get in return? I get yelled at! The tears start to roll down my face and I feel one of the stewardess tap me on the shoulder.
“Are you okay ma’am? Is there any thing I can get for you?”
Some friends maybe? “No thank you, I’m okay” I hold my breath to stop myself from crying and before I know it I’m asleep

A firm hand on my shoulder wakes me up, it’s my father. I rub my eyes with the backs of my hand and look up at him.
“Time to go home pumpkin.” He says as I look around the plane to see most of the passengers have left.
“Yea, lets go. Where’s mom?”
“She got off already”
I get out of my seat and we get off the plane. Once in the rental car my mom ordered I fall back asleep.
New Home

Chapter 2
New Home

When I wake up two hours later we’re just pulling into the driveway of our new home. From my vantage-point our home is a sprawling three-story mansion, I want to find out more so I start off to the back yard.
“Where are you going young lady?” my mother’s sharp voice attacks me.
“I want to see the house.” I say back.
“It’s ten o’ clock. You can wait till morning.” She snaps.
“Do I at least get to pick my room?” I ask but my mother has already gone inside.
“You can pick in the morning. Tonight you’ll sleep in the living room” My father responds.
I wander in to the house and locate the living room. On the way I see that almost the entire first floor is furnished. Once in the living room I lay down on the couch and … lay there and …lay there. I’m not tired! I want to see the house! Just then my stomach rumbles. Scratch that I want to eat. I get up and head back down the hall into the kitchen. I open the fridge and pull out a bagel and some cream cheese. After eating I walk around the down stairs. I find two offices one has dull gray walls and the other is painted a rich blue. I bet the one with gray walls is mom’s. I keep walking and after a few minutes find a room with a flat screen, plasma TV and a huge leather couch. I jump on the couch, flip on the television and I’m nearly blown of the couch by the static. Damn, no cable! I quickly switch the television back off and head back to the living room, once there I go to bed.

When I wake up sun is pouring through the windows and I can hear birds out side. I get off the couch, walk down the hall to the kitchen and grab a yogurt and banana for breakfast. My parents walk into the kitchen, my father has a huge smile on his face. My mother on the other hand is engrossed in her Blackberry.
“We have a surprise for you!” My father says in an animated voice.
“No, we have surprises for you” My mothers voice is dull as her gray suet.
“Really? When do I get them?” My voice rises to a squeak.
“Right now, if that’s ok.” My father answers
“Yea!”
First my father leads me out to the driveway, mom disappears off into her office, (The one with the gray walls.), sitting in the driveway is a shinny red Porsche.
“Tada!” I can see the pride in his eyes when he looks at me “Happy belated birthday!”
I go to open my mouth, but before I can he interrupts me.
“Come on, you have to see the other surprise.”
I follow dad back inside and up to the third floor. At the top of the stairs there is a small room with one door. My father nods at the door, silently telling me to open it. So I step forward and open the door, revealing a small kitchen.
“The maid’s apartment?” I ask slightly let down.
“No, this is your room. Well rooms.” He corrects me “Come on I’ll give you a tour.” He say leading me around the apartment. This is your kitchen. Here is your TV room and here’s your office, your bedroom and the bathroom. Oh and this is the back stairs so you don’t have to come through the main house. We didn’t buy much furniture for you so you pick it out yourself, also you can paint the walls and do what ever to the floors.” He claps his hands together once. The walls are all panted a clean