Melissa sometimes hated her life. It seemed like she had more responsibilities than a normal 11 yr old girl. She always felt like her parents used her as a babysitter. She never understood why, they had house elves it was almost like they didn't want her to have a life.
Today happened to be an exception to the rules. Her parents were taking the younger ones out and she was glad she didn't go. She was going to take this time and go for a walk around the lake. This was her most favorite spot ever she would come and kick her shoes off and splash around in the water.
She was glad that she was going to go to school, and her parents could not stop her. She supposed that they would have to use the elves while she was gone. Don't get her wrong she loved her parents, she just needed time away from everyone and going to school was the best solution to the problem.
Walking up to her favorite spot she noticed that someone was already doing Melissa's favorite thing to do.
"Wow that was a good shot, not very often can I get three skips, usually its only two times for me." She noticed the girl jumped a little as she startled her.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you, I am Melissa." Melissa smiled at the new girl.