A new life living in Florida

Moving away from home.

My names Grace Lynne Dallas

The reason I moved away from my home in Virginia because my parents got in a divorce.

My mom decided to move away from my father. She decided to move to Florida because it was were she was from.

Besides she owned a house down there. Every summer we went to Florida and stayed in that house.

So here I was packing almost everything I could find thinking why did this happen, angry with my parents, sad.

Once I was finished I picked up my suitcase an opened my door. I saw the front door was open from were my mom left it when she had brought her suitcase in the car. My dad was outside with her.

They were arguing about how long I was going to stay with my mom.

I carried my suitcase outside, I put it in the back of the trunk. My dad said "grace your staying with your mother for a month, then you'll come back here for a month. It will be like this for awhile until your mother finds a house close by here to live in."

I nodded as I walked to him and gave in a hug.

He whispered in my ear "I love you darling, be careful."

I told him I would and that I love him too.

I walked to the passenger side of the car and opened the door. My mother who already sat down and started the car closed the door and reached for her seat belt. I leaned to reach for the door and closed it. Then I put my seat belt across me.

My mother looked at me and forced a smile she told me " are you ready?"

I said " I guess." Like I had a chance to either to stay or leave. If I did I would stay. All my friends are here and my life is here why would I want to move away...

She said " your gonna love it in Florida, the sun is bright, the weather is wonderful, and you'll have a blast surfing those waves."

I told her "good thing I brought my surf board!" Trying to sound excited

She lean over and kissed my check. She started to head out of the drive way.

I reached in my shorts and pulled out my iPhone and my headphones.

It was a long 14 hour drive.

I reached in the back and grabbed the food bag. I found my eyes staring at the most tastys chips. I put my hand in the bag so fast, and reached for the chips. I opened the bag and found my eyes glued to the bag and I reached in the bag and pulled out a red nacho Doritoe. " hello baby!" I said as I ate more.

After I ate have of the bag I rolled it up and laid down. I closed my eyes...

I woke up by my mom shaking me. "What the hell!" I said as I opened my eyes. My mom tried not be so shocked that I cussed but said " were here!"

Gosh she sounded more excited then a fat kid getting icecream.

I opened the door and took a deep breath in the hot air. Not to lie but I kinda was a little happy that we were staying at the beach for a month.

I went to the trunk and grabbed my suitcase and looked at the house Infront of me. It was a cute size house. It had wooden steps to the porch, and flowers in the front yard. The grass was bright green. I looked down at the walk way that lead to the porch, Instead of sidewalk it was seashells. I looked up and saw palm trees around the house. "It's beautiful." I mumbled.

Right when I was heading toward the house something caught my attention. I heard screaming, and laughter. I turned around and saw sand and then their was part of an ocean. I'm guessing it was the bay. I looked at the people who were shouting,hollering, and laughing. They were all guys. They looked about 17 or 18. They all had surf boards in there hands. Runing toward the bay. I could watch them all day but I heard my name being called.

"Grace!" It was my mom.

"What?" I yelled back.

"Come inside."

"Ughh." I mumbled.

I started walking toward the front door, carrying my suitcases. I walked in the house struggling trying to get my suitcase up the wooden stairs.

"Hey honey." My mom said as I looked in her direction she was in the kitchen putting all the food in the fridge before they would go bad.

"Pick a room you want, except for the one with my suitcase in it."

I walked down the hallway and looked threw each room. I kept checking each room out when I found a door closed. I opened the door and gasped. It was so cool inside. The walls were light light blue. It had endless summer saying on one of the posters with a surfer on it. I sat my suitcase next to the bed. The bed had a blue blanket at the bottom. I walked toward the curtains it was a light shade of blue. I opened the curtains and saw another house next to ours. It was similar to ours but much bigger. I looked across and saw a window.
"Great." Another person invading my privacy." My other house in virginia had neighbors and right across my window was my neighbors window.
Gosh the people who make the houses or reconstruct the houses need to move the windows around. I mean I could be getting out the shower and open my window for some fresh air. With a person staring at me. Gosh stuff like this pissed me off.

...

I walked in the kitchen after unpacking all my clothes in drawers. When I saw my mom still working in the kitchen organizing everything.

"So how do you like the house?" She said smiling.

"It's cute."

"We'll anyway I'm going to the grocery store we need milk, if you want you can come with me. I mean you might even bump into someone and become friends with." She acted like it was the easiest thing to do, to make new friends.

"Nah I'll just stay home."

"Grace today is Sunday that means your going to school Tommrow." I already talked with the people at the school. They have 3 more weeks of school left until summer. The Principal said it's okay for you to still come."

I moaned.

"Just try to make friends." She said

Like it was the easiest thing to do. She took of a lot days of work off to come move here. That means since we're staying a month here she has to at one point leave me home alone here for a awhile. Hopefully I'll meet a friend and go to there house.

"It's not easy mom."

"I know but try to look on the bright side you have a new school that means you'll meet new people and maybe even a guy, just try to forget about all this stress."

Those words got me mad. It wasn't easy forgetting that I moved away from ALL my friends and my dad. All I here was them fight all the time and then move to a diffrent school and get picked on or cons tally stared at. Yeah try to forget that. It was easy for her she took off days of work so she can go to the beach while I'm sitting in school making no friends. And leaving my life back at home.

"Whatever." I said as I walked off.

I walked down the hallway into my room and collapsed on my bed. I found my iPhone and I turned it on. "You have 69 messages." I laughed Becasue I thought dirty (; . I checked my messages and they were all from.. THE Haley *aka, my best friend at home* I looks threw them they were all said..

"GRACE!"
"LYNNE!"
"DALLAS!"
"ANSWER!"
"YOUR!"
"DARN!"
"PHONE!"
"RIGHT!"
"THIS!"
"MOMENT!"

Yeah you get the drift.

I texted her back "hey babe did you miss meh?" With a smirk and crying laughing emoji.

It was 10pm and I remember I had school tomorrow so I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and got in my pjas. I flopped on my bed and went to sleep.

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