Lucia

Lucia Felix Greyson, a sixteen-year-old living a lonely life, with a slight hope within her that she will be loved, desired by someone out there in the real world. All she has to wait for is a future where she is happy, free and content to live what she has always dreamed of. Or that's what books taught her. Hold on to hope till your last breath. As easy as it sounds, it isn't easy to live her life.

Wealthy parents adopted her and got everything every girl would dream of. It didn't last more than a year. On their way back from Gasquet an animal attack killed them. They left Lucia alone in the house to wait for the parents, who would not return forever.

That's when the Greyson family came in. They took her in when she was 10 and adopted her as their own. It has been six years she got everything every necessity a girl should receive to go to a good school, a friend to protect her from bullies, a chivalry guy as her boyfriend with all the support she was bestowed and she was trying her best to get into Yale.

 She was abandoned by her adopted parents in a boarding school as soon as she got adopted in the same town as they live, Petaluma, the coldest place in California

To begin with she wasn't the most appreciated and loved person among the other three adopted children. The Greyson family had 3 sons and 2 daughters adopted by Gabriel Greyson and Victoria Grayson. They adopted their last child Taylor two years after she was adopted and admitted here. The only time she visited the house was after the first night they brought her there. Every summer break or Christmas or new year either she used to spend in school or send to one of Gabriel's sister's houses in Alaska. The only person in the family who cared to visit her frequently or bring gifts would be her elder sister, Rosalie and her father. Though Rosalie seemed uninterested in visiting her, she would do her best to cheer Lucia to stay here. Every time they visit her father would bring her a new sketchbook and paint palette to cheer her up and encourage her to do what she always loved doing. 

Calvin and Lucia have been dating for a year now. Calvin always liked Lucia's patience and observative nature, but he knew behind those round green eyes a huge mystery waiting to be unravelled. Curiosity made his entry into her life. Special care and sole attention from a human felt surreal and calming for Lucia. She loved this aspect of a relationship and wanted to cherish it forever. She got one thing she always longed for, belongingness. 

Despite everything bothering her, only one aspect of her life that will calm her and bring peace and happiness during the tough times is art. Holding her brush splattered with different colours, when she pours out all of her fantasies and imaginations is the purest form of bliss she ever experienced. 

As per orders given by Lucia's father she wasn't allowed to leave campus without permission from him and the headmaster. She was under surveillance by the headmaster all the time based on the request from her parents. But that doesn't stop her imagination to leave these four walls and explore the outer world. 

Once she tried to escape from the school campus without their permission, but she was able to make it out of the campus during Christmas Eve when everyone returned to their homes for celebration. The principal was also out of the campus celebrating with his family, only leaving Lucia with a few of the orphan children and three maids to take care of them. 

That day, three girls who were staying with Lucia tricked her, making her believe that she was their friend and urged her to get the keys to the back gates. But when she got to know about their stupid plan Lucia was furious and felt so physically incapable to teach them a lesson. She took the key and ran away from the campus. 

Disappointed in herself for letting her guards down and giving to them too easily, she roamed around and ended up at the edge of the town on the bank of a lake, her safe place. 

But when she returned the situation was out of her control, the kids turned against her and complained to the principal. However, the principal didn't take the matter into Lucia's parents and solved it by warning her and assigning her detention. Because he knew Lucia's parents would blame him for her little tour out of the campus. 

Meanwhile, Lucia's friend, Meredith, was determined to teach those girls a good lesson for selling Lucia out. But Lucia insisted not to concentrate on them anymore as she found them not important anymore. 

Lucia explained everything to Meredith regarding her adventures outside the campus. Meredith was happy to see her best friend experiencing the real world outside these walls. The excitement and sparkle in her eyes when she explained her trip made Meredith feel like watching a kid explaining her trip to a circus. From that day Lucia with help of Meredith and her boyfriend she used to sneak out of the campus and go to the same bank of the river she discovered that day with her sketchbook. She would sit there for hours just enjoying the relief provided by the change in environment and take in the surroundings and sketch her imaginations and emotions. 

Given the location of the river was deep in the woods it is highly unsafe to stay after the sun goes down. Hence she would leave the forest before the sunset and she never had the opportunity to see the various patterns of the sky being reflected in the river water. 

Calvin and Lucia are celebrating their 2nd anniversary today since they knew each other. Calvin promised to take her to a party to celebrate. As always she planned to sneak out of the school campus with help of Meredith and join Calvin in the party he had mentioned with Meredith and decided to take him to her safe place which she never took anyone there. 

But the day wasn't going to work out as she planned. Or her life wasn't going to be the same after this party.