The Secrets of Misty Grey

Dear mom and dad,

I check over the letter one more time before laying it on my freshly made bed. grabbing my back pack and duffel that now carried all my necessary belongings, i take one last look around my bedroom. the pale pink walls still the same color they were when I was 6. all the photos of me and Erin , my best friend since kindergarten, or at least she used to be. its crazy how quickly your life can turn to shit. With that I climb out my window onto the roof being as quite as possible. Climbing down the veranda I take one last look at my open window before disappearing into the dark night .

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The Letter
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Dear mom and dad,
By the time you read this I will already be gone. Before you get all sad and cry I have some things to tell you. first of all, this is not your fault. don't start blaming yourselves thinking your terrible parents. you're great parents you just got stuck with a shitty kid. there are a lot of things you guys didn't know were going on this year. so I'm going to fill you in. So at the start of the summer when I said I joined the swim team, that was a lie I actually met this guy named chase.He sold weed and I'd like to say he was nice and sweet or even good looking but those would be lies too. I think it's safe to assume since I was dating a drug dealer, yes I smoked weed... a lot. remember when you took me to the doctor because you that I had really bad allergies. I was actually just stoned out of my mind that's why the doctor asked you to leave the room. she wanted to chat with me on the effect of drugs and all that. so any way every time I said I had swim practice I was actually just going to his house to get stoned and make out. Any way remember when I spent the night at Erin's house for that school project? Well I was actually downtown with some friends. we got really drunk and I ended up meeting this really awesome guy named carter. anyway that's not important for you guys. also Im currently failing every class, lost my scholarship to nyu and all of my college applications were denied. I also was banned from the mall because I have currently stolen over $600 worth of merchandise. the reason I've run away is because I've come to the conclusion that the city of Boston is better off with out misty grey. I'm going to start over somewhere new. I love you guys so much and you'll be great with out me.
Lots of love,
Misty Grey