Can I Go Forward When My Heart Is Here?

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“Can I go forward when my heart is here?” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet). I would have been perfectly content to stay at home for the next 180 days. Waiting for the rusty yellow bus to swing around the corner, my brown hair is getting in my blue eyes. The air is crisp and so are the withered leaves I’m standing on. “Bye honey! Have a great day! Go get em’! Love you!”s travel through the air. I remember reading somewhere that the reason you get so paranoid and exaggerate sometimes is because your senses become overactive. Crossing my fingers that it won’t be all sixth graders, I turn around to see the bus making it’s way around the curb. The roar of the motors awakes me, and I clomp up the steps, scanning the bus, my eyes landing on a seventh grader, a girl my age. My face …show more content…
Sometimes it’s hard to communicate, and I know I was acting unfairly, I couldn’t stop yelling in front of everyone. And I know, change isn’t the easiest thing in the world, but sometimes I’m under stress a-and I just can’t handle it anymore. ”
“Mom, it doesn’t matter anymore” I hug her tight.
My gratitude level goes from -87 to a hundred. Not that I’m counting. Soon, I’m settling into this new town, all with the help of my parents. Life sure seems to be shaping up for the better.

“Have more than you show, speak less than you know.” (Shakespeare, King Lear)
At school the next day, Kristen and I are again separated by sitting at different tables, and although I don’t have my best friend anymore, I have the best group of friends anyone could wish for. My true friends really came through when all this drama ended. It was Kristen’s decision to leave, and as far as I’m concerned, I don’t want to be friends with sneaky brats like her. Truthfully, I couldn’t be more content with where I am right now, and I wouldn’t change anything I have for the world.
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” (Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends

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