Thread: Found her (Google andnich123)

College had been everything she hoped it would be. The classes were stimulating, the fresh start in a new town had yielded friends, and living with a roommate had brought a very special friend she never would have imagined. Emily had quickly become her lifeline to learning her way about. Having grown up in here, in this town, she knew her way around the campus as well as the local town. Callie had opted for this school for several reasons. The science department was one of the best ones in the country. Exceptional dorm rooms. A small town. Small towns hold their own unique appeal. Its true what they say. The people are friendly, and they all seem to know each other. Within a week Callie couldnt go anywhere without someone telling her hello and calling her by name. A friendly wave as she walked down the street on the sidewalk with the flowers blooming by the public buildings. It was just like a scene out of a movie or a painting. It was what she hoped to gain when she ran away. Back home, so very far away, Callie had left behind so many things. Some of which someday she hoped to get back to. Her family. Thought they were absent minded, and simply devoid of any sense of emotion towards her, they were still her family. Then there was Dominic. She had met him at the beginning of their senior year. The shy, nerd somehow managed to attract his attention. At first it boggled her mind. Why is this attractive guy even looking at me? He showered her with attention and love. At first. Then slowly their relationship had started to change. It was the tiniest of things at first. Yelling at her for speaking out of turn. He always seemed to have a way of making her feel so small. The verbal abuse seemed to be just stage one. A slap across the face for not agreeing with him. Things seemed to escalade. When the time arrived for them to both be leaving for college, she had been working on a surprise for him of her own. Knowing he may want to leave at the same time, she encouraged him to leave ahead convincing him he could make sure everything was to his liking. Dominic liked control. He had more than proven that to her time and time again. Once he was out of town, she leapt into action. Her bank account closed out, shutting down all media ties, shredding her credit cards, and arranging transportation she was out of town making sure to cover her tracks. Callie left no paper trail, not even a crumb of where she could have gone. She knew this would anger him as they had discussed going to the same school. He even used his family connections, as well as money, to help her get into the same school. Saving money behind his back by working a part time job she had to beg him to let her have and selling anything she didnt have to take with her had bought her her freedom out of this town and away from Dominic. Constantly going over every move she had made for the first few months, Callie was terrified he would manage to follow her. The months went by and no Dominic. She began to relax. Slowly she became immerged in her studies, and life became everything she had hoped it would be. Day to day life was happy, carefree, and full of learning. There was no fear of saying or doing something to anger or upset Dominic. There was no Dominic. Callie missed him in a sense that she really did love him. School had ended, and the summer was almost over. The new semester was coming up, but before that, she would celebrate her birthday. Emily had talked her into having a big party at a local club. Why not had been her attitude. Callie had dressed in her best party dress cut just above the knee. It was something she would have never worn back home. The heels as well. Her long hair she left down and around her shoulders. Yet another thing she never did back home. So much had changed for her, with her, and as she headed out for the club knowing that when she got there they would all yell, surprise, she had nothing on her mind but the good time she was anticipating.