I never gave much thought to how my life could change in just a few weeks. But I never thought it would happen like this not in a million years! My parents are abusive but I have it easy compared to other kids who get abused. My mom Brenda was abused as a little girl and she hates to see me get hit but if she say

anything he would kill her because he has almost done it before. My dad John has always been abusive and he is a lot more meaner towards me because to him I’m to soft and does not stick up for myself. I remember this one day I had just gotten out of school and I opened the front door and he was standing in the living room staring at me and he looked mad. 

    “Annebell Marie Hemsworth!” He yelled at me angrily. 

“Why do you have a B in science you should have straight A’s! Did I not teach you right, you are such a dumb kid!”    

I was taken back, I mean that B was an 89.9! But all I did was roll my eyes and took a breath before I answered.

“Sorry I will bring it back up tomorrow.” His eyebrows furrowed and I knew that I should not have rolled my eyes and I knew what was coming so my entire body tensed up and I waited for the blow. His lips made a tight line and he backhanded me so hard that one of my teeth become loose but at least I still had some baby teeth left! Without being dismissed I turned on my heel and stormed down stairs to my room and slammed my door! If I were to talk back I don’t know what would have happened. I don’t want my friends to come here because I don’t want them to witness how harsh my dad is. The only friend that comes here is my best friend Peyton!

       Well, you know how everyone has a childhood friend? Well, I do and it is Peyton. She is only 5 days younger than me! Our moms have been friends since 8th grade or at least that’s what they told us. Peyton and me have been friends since we were born and we can tell each other anything and I mean anything! We also have a”secret” handshake and language! We speak in the language all the time and I know it by heart! Peyton doesn’t like her name but I love it. It is Peyton Lynn Rapture, so pretty while mine is Annebell Marie Hemsworth, so boring! Well Peyton came over today because she was leaving on vacation for two whole months and she will hardly be able to communicate because she is going to Florida to visit her great, great grandmother, Bertha! We live all the way in Connecticut and that’s a long drive!.

.     “Oh, Annebell I’m going to miss you” Peyton says as she started to cry and I didn’t want to start crying but it was just so overwhelming.

    “Peyton, please don’t start crying ok I don’t want to start crying also.” Then out of nowhere Peyton started to laugh and cry at the same time. When I looked around so was everyone else!

    “What is going on?” I wondered because that is not normal to find my entire family smiling and laughing.

    My mother and father started to come towards me and my dad started to speak before my mom cut him off excitedly.

    “Guess wh-” He stated to say before he was cut off.

    “ HONEY WE ARE GOING ON A VACATION TO PARIS,FRANCE!” She says a little too loud and excitedly. I had no words because my family going on a vacation just did not seem normal but it was whatever I better make the most of it!

    “Really?? I can’t wait when do we leave??” I was so happy I was bouncing up and down!

    “We leave in about oh I don’t know give or take 4 hours so...go get packed!” I hugged Peyton and her parents as they got in the car and started to leave for a 14 hour car drive! 

    “Bye Peyton, I’ll miss you so much ok and I’ll text you as much as I can!”

    “Ok and Annebell give me all the deets ok, you promise??”

    “Ok I promise! Now you have to go so bye!”

    “Bye. Oh and I love you”

    “I LOVE YOU TOO” I had to shout because she was already halfway down the street.

        I had to pack enough clothes to last me two whole weeks and it was a disaster!!! I had to do math and who likes math??? We just boarded the plane and I knew it was going to be a long and stressful flight because my mom’s mom is dead she died two days ago and she’s just hearing about this! But anyways she got into a car crash and she didn’t make it out of recovery. I couldn’t comfort my mom because I never met her mom so yea. We made several stops along the way but finally we made it there! The air outside felt so good because the plane was hot and stuffy while the air smelled so rich and then there was a gentle breeze. I was wanting coffee but I was a little disappointed that I didn’t see a single coffee shop until I saw a sign that said STARBUCKS!

    “Mom can I go to starbucks?” I asked jumping up and down.

    “I don’t care but take some of your money ok and watch out for strangers.” She says tiredly and I felt bad for her.

I ran all the way to starbucks and then when I got there, there were not a lot of people in there. I got my favorite type of coffee a frappuccino and as soon as I paid $5.00 I turned around and ran into the most gorgeous person I have ever met! 

    “ I am so sorry I didn’t even know you were there..”

    “It is ok but normally when you stand in line there is almost always someone behind you!” He chuckled and I’m pretty sure I blushed. I turned around and grabbed some napkins and started cleaning up and then he knelt across from me and helped until our hands accidentally hit each others and he stood up and walked out. I swear my hands have a mind of their own! I finished cleaning up and then my mom texted me and it reads, “ You were taking too long so we left and the address to LA QUINTA the hotel we are staying in is 4187 North Boulevard on Washington road.” So I started digging through my wallet for another $5.00 so that I can get a cab.

        Later that night at the hotel I was staying in and I saw him coming out of his room across from my room!

      “Hey look I'm sorry for just walking out on you.” He grabbed my wrist and pulled me closer but I wrenched my wrist out of his grip and walked away feeling a little rude but he deserved it. It has been a few days before I saw him again and I was at the mall shopping and I saw him in a store and I walked in there so I could tell him I was sorry.

       “ Hey.” Was all I was going to say expecting to jump right into it.

       “ Hi.” He shifted a bit as if he was uncomfortable.

         “ I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for acting the way I did I had no right to act like that.” I thought that he was going to ignore me or say very little.                            

          “It's ok I was a jerk anyways so I deserved everything that you did.” 

          “Hey you know what I just realized is that we never told each other's names to each other!” I said because I could not think of anything else to say. 

        “Well mine is Daniel Jackson and yours is???”

        “ Mine is Annebell Hemsworth.” Then all of the sudden he blurted out

       “ Look I like you a lot ok and I can't stay away from you any longer will you go on a date with me and date me??” It took me by surprise and I was torn between saying no and saying yes! 

       “Do you know that I'm leaving in  4 more days?” 

        “ Oh,  I didn't know that…”. He said it so sadly that I couldn't hold it back plus I did like him so.

      “ You know what I will go on a date with you and I'll date you!!” He looked at me shocked and he smiled a crooked smiles with made me get light headed! We went on a few dates and the last date we went on was at the skating rink and he asked me a question.

        “So there is this massacre ball and it's tomorrow night and Charles the third is throwing it and he's the richest man ever and I was wondering if I could take you there and you could invite your entire family?” I looked at him and I answered

      “Daniel I would love too but I don't have enough money to buy a dress or a mask…” He looked at me and gave me a box that was wrapped up with a big pretty pink bow! 

        “I thought that you might need a dress so I bought you one open it!!” I opened it because I wanted to be nice and when I pulled out the dress I gasped, was shock because it was the most beautiful dress I have ever seen! It was a dark blue color like the color of the blue in the American flag and then it had real diamonds laced into it and it ended right below the knees and it had a long beautiful train and the top was strapless!

      “ Oh my gosh! Daniel this is the most gorgeous dress I have ever seen!!” I meant every word that just came out of my mouth!

       “ I was hoping you would like it and this entire date was planned!” He looked at me sheepishly and I stood up from the table that we were sitting at and grabbed his hands and had him stand up before he crashed his lips against mine! I swear he puts strawberry juice on his lips because they tasted like strawberries and they were softer than a flower gently brushing against your cheek!  He dropped me off at the hotel and the reason why he isn't coming up to since his room is right across from mine is because he is going to a friends house and I trust him. 

     “ Good night and see you tomorrow!”

     “ Goodnight and bye!” I walked into the building and straight to the elevators and up to my room. My parents don't now that I'm a dating someone I guess they think that since it's Paris I just go out everyday and explore. Well tonight I planned on telling them about my boyfriend and about the massacre ball but when I got there my parents were sitting on 

the beds and gave me a your going to get it look.

        “ Where have you been?” My dad says to me but he's looking away. 

        “I have been out window shopping and I saw this flyer and there's a massacre ball coming so thought we could go to it so I got a dress?” 

          “ Oh, well darling what about us, huh?”

          “ You could use your dress that you brought and the suit that you brought.” 

          “ Ok now get some sleep.” I walked into my room and closed my door so that I could change and tell Daniel that we are going!

                  I woke up feeling great because it was the massacre ball tonight and we had to get ready I mean hair, makeup, and then getting dressed! I took a shower first because I didn't know what I wanted to do with my hair and it was long! It went shy of my my waist!! So I just curled it and it turned out great and the dress I was wearing was the one that Daniel gave to me! He just texted and asked when we were heading up there? I answered back in a few minutes because I was getting dressed and making sure that my parents were getting ready. I finally answered back and said in a hour.

       “Mom, dad are you guys ready because the ball is about to start?”

       “Honey we are almost ready ok just give us a second!”  I was sitting on the couch when they walked out of their room and my mom looked at me and gasped!

         “ Oh my goodness! Honey you look so beautiful!” She meant it too I could tell.

         “Thanks, you do too.” I said because I didn't really know what else to say.

           “Dad, um you look good also but I think that we should get going.” I was hoping I didn’t push it.

“Oh of course we need to leave or we will be late!” My mom says excitedly.  We rushed out of the door and got a cab to the massacre ball and it was a 40 minute drive! Finally we made it there and there was already a lot of people including Daniel and his family! He was wearing a black suit with the same color blue that I was wearing for his tie! I walked up to him and we talked for a while.

“Hey!” I say with an uneasy feeling in the bottom of my stomach but I ignored it.

“Hi! Umm I was wondering if you would like to meet my parents?” He looked from me to his parents a few times.

“Yeah!” I really did want to meet his parents but I thought it would be nice to invite my parents so I asked if I could. 

“Hey can I invite my parents since we are dating?”

“Sure.” I got my parents attention and told them that they are going to meet my boyfriends parents and they said ok.

“Mom, dad this is my girlfriend Annebell and her parents.” When I looked at my parents they were as white as paper and they were frozen in place until my dad cleared his throat and says something to my mom and then speaks up. 

“It was good to meet you but we really have to go know so bye.”    

    Daniel sneaks a glance to his dad and then his dad’s face hardens before he speaks up.

    “Sorry but you can’t the girl because we know who you really are and what you have done.” I looked at my parents then Daniel and I knew something bad was about to happen.

    “What is going on?” I tried to make my face hard but that didn’t happen.

    “Nothing ok but we need to leave right now.” My mom says in a strained tone.

    “No, i’m not leaving till someone tells me what is going on?!” I yelled because I was getting really mad. Daniel grabbed my hand and pulled me aside.

    “Look I will tell you but we really need to get out of here. Ok please promise me?” He looked really worried so I promised. Daniel and me snuck out and we got into a car and drove off then he got a phone call from his dad and he told him that we were going to the safe house then he is going to explain everything to me. We finally got there and got out of the car and walked inside and I was sitting on the couch when he came to me with a coffee in his hands and handed it to me. I just looked at him and I had a feeling he knew what i wanted so he sat next to me and took a deep breath before starting.

    “Ok, so when you were a baby you were outside one day in the backyard and your real parents walked inside to get a drink and they came out you were gone.” I just stared at him, he mentioned real parents.

    “What do you mean by real parents?” I had to ask because what I am thinking is that I got kidnapped when I was a baby.

    “You were kidnapped as a baby. I know this because my dad is brothers with your fake dad.Your fake parents are criminals and they are murders and the only way my dad knew about the plan is because they asked him to help but he didn’t.” I must have been frozen or something because he wrapped his arms around me and we sat like that for who knows how long but eventually I fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning Daniel was asleep on the couch and I was in the bed and that brought a smile to my face! Then my phone started to go off and when I answered it I didn’t hear anything at first bt then I heard a deep voice on the other end and I knew who it was.

    “Honey, you should come back because we have your dearest friend and her parents! Guess who oh yeah it’s Peyton! Now if you don’t want her to get hurt you will be smart and come back. Bye!” I let the phone slip from my grasp and it hit the floor which made Daniel jump off the couch and rush to my side.

    “What’s wrong?” He asked glancing around.

    “They have Peyton, my best friend, and they said if I don’t come back they will hurt her.…” I started to cry and sank to the ground mumbling random things 

    “I won’t let them hurt her, okay? Everything will be alright for now; just get some more rest. You will need all the rest you can get.” I walked into the bedroom and lay on the bed and fell asleep on the bed while crying.