When we got outside, my breath caught in my throat. I definitely wasn’t expecting this in my new home.

In front of me was a new black Saleen s7. It was one of the world’s most expensive cars, and it was mine. I could tell from the sign saying “to my daughter Bella” on it. I was in tears; my dad had bought me a beautiful new car. It was a fast and shiny vehicle. In Phoenix, the last place we had lived in I had owned an old red truck. When I got my license, I didn’t want a new car because I didn’t want to get rid of an expensive car when we moved again. Secretly though, I had wanted a cute sports car but hadn’t wanted to waste the money.

“I hope you like it Bells,” said Charlie.

I left my baggage cart and gave Charlie the biggest hug I could.

“Dad, it’s beautiful, I can’t believe you got me a Saleen. It’s so expensive though,” I said.

“Bella I know you don’t like to spend too much money or anything but we are finally going to live in one place and you are going to need a car to commute to school.” explained Charlie.

“I love you dad- it’s probably the best gift I’ve ever received,” I said

“Okay, you drive your car to this address; you probably want to try it out. Here are the keys,” said Charlie, as he handed me a piece of paper with only an address and a set of car keys.

“Um… Dad these aren’t directions,” I said.

“Don’t worry I got you an in-built GPS system,” said Charlie sheepishly.

“Dad, isn’t that a little over the top?” I asked.

“Bells just this once,” protested Charlie.

“Fine. Thanks by the way, I’ll never get lost.”

“That’s my girl,” said Charlie.

Charlie headed off to his Mercedes while I started putting my things in my new beauty. When I was done putting my bags away I settled into the car. If I thought the outside was cool the inside was breathtaking. The car actually had doors that go upwards. The whole interior was black leather and when I touched the steering wheel I felt a jolt of need for speed. I put the address into the GPS and easily glided out of the terminal. By now I had noticed that nearly everyone had stopped to admire and drool at my hot new car and the attention was making me uncomfortable.

Once I was on the high way I turned on my new radio and clear music of my favorite album from Debussy filled up the car.