Never Loved

Samantha never truly felt loved by her parents. Those are supposed to be the 2 people who really care about you. She always thought that her parents never loved her. Every since she was a little girl she has felt this. Samantha has long sandy brown hair. She would hear her mother look and admire all of the little girls who had long black hair. She would never look at her and tell her that she loved her hair too. Her mother would say how pretty the other little girls were but would never say it to her. That always made her feel less pretty and more ugly.

Now that Samantha is older she still feels the same way about herself and her parents. She is now 14 years old. She is now going to high school. It’s very hard for her to do well in school because, she doesn’t understand that much. Her best friend Rain is always trying to help her. Samantha’s father has always admired Rain and thinks that she is very smart. He always says he wishes Samantha was that smart.

Her parents are always telling her that she should be more like Rain. That just makes her feel even worse. It makes her feel like they are just calling her dumb. That really hurts her feelings. It’s not her fault that she doesn’t do that great in school. She really does try her best.

One day she is just sitting up in her room thinking. Why should she have to live somewhere that she is obviously not wanted? Why don’t they just let Rain be their daughter, they like her more anyways. It is that day that she decides that she is going to leave and be out in her own. That night after her parents go to sleep, she packs all of her things and leaves out of the back door. She has no idea where she is going but she is not staying there. Samantha doesn’t even tell Rain what she is doing.

She walks for miles and miles until she has no idea where she is going or where she is. There is a sign up ahead and she decides to go check it out. When she gets close enough she can see that it says Yellowstone National Park.  How did I get here she wonders? This park is like a billion miles away from her house. She decides that she might as well go and check it out.

Yellowstone National Park is a very beautiful and wonderful park. There are a lot of thing to go and discover. There are a lot of enormous trees, plants, and flowers to take pictures of. But, there are a lot of things to watch out for. There are lots of scary animals. There are bears, wolves, deer, and even bulls. There are the crazy geysers to watch out for. They can explode at any time. That is really scary. Yellowstone is also one big volcano. If it erupts, we all will die. Now tell me that is not scary.

Anyways, Samantha decided that she was going to go sit in the forest. Luckily she had grabbed some food out of the fridge, she was starving. She found a spot, sat down and started to eat. As she is sitting there, she is starting to really miss her parents.

Back at home her parents were worried sick. They had no idea where she could have went. They called Rain to see if maybe she had slept over there. Rain had no idea where she was. Her parent had no idea why she had done something like this. Rain came over to help think of some places to look. Rain couldn’t help but think of all of the times Samantha has told her that she didn’t feel that her parent loved her. She also told her how she didn’t feel like she belonged at her home. Rain told her parents all of this and they couldn’t believe it. Her parents started to feel really bad. They could see how Samantha could feel something like that. Her mother just began to cry.

While Samantha was just sitting there alone in the forest, she felt someone come up behind her. She got really scared. It was a woman. She asked her why Samantha was here. She said because she had no place to go. The woman took her back to her cabin. Her name was Sarah. She was staying there on a vacation away from home. Sarah asked Samantha what her name was. Samantha stayed with Sarah for a couple of days. By then Samantha had told Sarah the real reason she was there. Sarah felt really bad for her. She had once felt that way about her parents.

Sarah talked to Samantha. She told her that she knew that her parents really did love her. Samantha wanted to know how she could be so sure.  Sarah told Samantha her story. The next day Sarah was going home. Samantha had to decide if she wanted Sarah to take her back home or if she wanted to stay there. Samantha finally decided that she was going to go home. That day Sarah drove Samantha home.

When they pulled up to the front door, Samantha got out and ran up to the door. Sarah followed her. They knocked on the door. Samantha’s mother opened the door. She grabbed Samantha when she saw that it was her. She started to cry and so did Samantha. They went inside where her dad and Rain were waiting. They both ran to Samantha when they saw her.

Her parents apologized for making her feel the way she did. Samantha accepted their apology. She also said sorry for running away. Her and her parents both told each other how much they loved each other. They thanked Sarah for bringing Samantha home. That night Sarah and Rain both stayed for dinner. They all talked and laughed for hours. Samantha thought to herself, this is all she ever wanted.