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Mel boarded the bus for the first time as a 

freshman in high school. Mel didn't want to sit in 

the front of bus and be tagged as a loser, the back 

seats were out of the question, but if she sat in 

the middle someone would sit with her. Mel would 

be looking forward to the first day of high school, 

expect for one major detail; everyone hated her. 

Everyone hated her because she called the cops on 

an end of the summer party where people were 

doing bad things.

The day had gone by as expected, no one talked to 

her. Most people just made mean faces at her. Her 

ex-best friend Rachel, whispered in Mel's ears, "I 

hate you." This hurts Mel's feelings a lot. At lunch 

she sat by herself and to make things worse she 

saw IT. When she saw IT, she shivered in fear. IT 

changed her life for the worst. Mel ran out of the 

lunchroom to hide.

Mel made one friend, Heather, the new girl. 

Heather forces Mel to be more socially active and 

involved. Heather makes goals for herself and Mel 

to join a few clubs and to make more friends. 

Meanwhile school, is not going well. Mel is failing all 

of her classes, if she attends them. To get away, 

Mel found an unused janitors closet to hide in 

during school. The only class Mel enjoys attending 

is art with Mr. Freeman. Mr. Freeman assigned 

each student a random object that they would 

focus on for the rest of the year. Mel was 

assigned a tree. 

Home life for Mel is also not well. Her parents are 

fighting all the time and Mel doesn't even talk to 

them. Or anyone for that matter. Mel spends her 

days laying in bed, too afraid and tired for the 

outside world. The guidance counselor is getting on 

Mel's case, Mel has to start attending her classes 

and bringing her grades up to at least passing 

levels. The only class she is passing is art. Although 

Mel can't seem to get her tree just right, it looks 

dead. Mr. Freeman knows she can do better.

The night of the party, is one Mel does not want to 

remember. Mel and her ex-best friend, Rachel, 

arrived at the party, excited but nervous for their 

first high school party. People started drinking and 

dancing. Then she met IT; Andy comes over and starts 

talking to Mel. Mel can't believe it, a senior talking to 

her! Andy started moving fast and took Mel into the 

woods. Andy whispered, "Do you want to?" In Mel's 

head, her voice is as clear as a bell: "NO I DON'T 

WANT TO!" But she couldn't spit it out. 

Heather has moved on to a new group of friends, 

without Mel. Heather claims that Mel is lifeless 

and boring and Mel knows it's true, but doesn't 

plan on changing that. Back in art class, Mel still 

can't get her tree right. The rest of the class 

stares at her as she creates dry trees with no life. 

Its not like she was going to talk to them anyway.

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