Rain in the Darkness (open)

The grass was green, the trees were tall, the shade was dark, and the sky was cloudy. It had just turned noon on a Saturday afternoon. Sitting in the shade of the tree was Tessa Di Angelo. She was wearing her school robes with her proud Hufflepuff sign on them, some black and pink sneakers and her hair up in a ponytail. In her hands laid a romance novel. Anyone who stood and watched her for a good few seconds would realize that she was reading at an amazingly fast speed. Every few seconds a tear or two would fall from her cheeks on to the notepad that laid on the ground beside. On the note pad were a few scribbles about what was in the book and how she could use it to help her current love situation, or lack there of. As Tessa turned to the next page, a huge gust of wind blew and made her loose her page. So Tess quickly turned back to the page before she lost her place.

Tessa looked toward the sound of the voice and saw a boy, "Oh, um, yes. I am alright. Just.... I'm fine." She wasnt fine. Her boyfriend back home had just broken up with her. She missed him. She jumped out of the tree and went over to the boy. She then saw a spider and jumped back, "Spider!" She started to shake lightly. She was terrified of spiders.

"I was crying because my boyfriend just broke up with me. i found out he was cheating on me. With my best friend." She wiped away a few more tears and nodded at the boys warning, "You are probably right. But I wished to be alone. And I thought this was a good place to go. Maybe it wasnt." She didnt mean to sound rude, but she was hurting. She didnt know what to do. So she held out her hand and smiled weakly, "Im Tessa."