The Unexpected Move Summer started out great in Grand Island. It was 2010 and the sun was always out and the birds were always chirping. I had spent a plethora of days with my friends doing various activities around town like playing at the park and running around at a football field. But sadly, like all good things, it was coming to an end. My hours upon hours of free time were about to change into 8 hours of school five days a week. But no summer was complete without our annual visit to a town located in the southeast corner of Nebraska called Falls City. I had almost forgotten about this trip until I was reminded after my last baseball game of the season. I was drenched from head to toe in sweat as I got in our old red Explorer. We had
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I couldn't tell if she was lying or not but the look on her face made the words solidify in my mind. We were moving; away from our friends and our family. I couldn't take the thought of that and began to cry. Why would they do this to me? I liked it in Grand Island. I had friends and people that looked out for me. Everything was perfect and I didn't understand why we would start over in a new town with new people and a new school. I cried for the rest of the way there. I had not enjoyed the annual trip as much as I used to. The thought of moving was constantly bothering me in the back of mind. I hated the decision and, even worse, I hated the fact that I had no control over it. I had not been asked if I wanted to move or how I even felt about living in a new home. The decision was final before I had even scratched the surface of the idea and that ate me up inside for the next couple weeks of …show more content…
The owners of our new house wouldn't move out until November and so we were stuck in town. It was hard moving into a clean slate. No one new who I was or where I came from. I was the "new kid" in a small town where everyone new everyone. It seemed to me like I just didn't fit in. I had no friends for a while and so I spent my days after school finishing up homework and skateboarding at the skatepark, seeing that it was across the street from where we were living. I was an outcast for a while until one day Dylan Sutton asked me if I wanted to sit by him at lunch. I was surprised at the gesture and cautiously agreed to his invitation. Little did I know, that would be the start of lots of new
I couldn't tell if she was lying or not but the look on her face made the words solidify in my mind. We were moving; away from our friends and our family. I couldn't take the thought of that and began to cry. Why would they do this to me? I liked it in Grand Island. I had friends and people that looked out for me. Everything was perfect and I didn't understand why we would start over in a new town with new people and a new school. I cried for the rest of the way there. I had not enjoyed the annual trip as much as I used to. The thought of moving was constantly bothering me in the back of mind. I hated the decision and, even worse, I hated the fact that I had no control over it. I had not been asked if I wanted to move or how I even felt about living in a new home. The decision was final before I had even scratched the surface of the idea and that ate me up inside for the next couple weeks of …show more content…
The owners of our new house wouldn't move out until November and so we were stuck in town. It was hard moving into a clean slate. No one new who I was or where I came from. I was the "new kid" in a small town where everyone new everyone. It seemed to me like I just didn't fit in. I had no friends for a while and so I spent my days after school finishing up homework and skateboarding at the skatepark, seeing that it was across the street from where we were living. I was an outcast for a while until one day Dylan Sutton asked me if I wanted to sit by him at lunch. I was surprised at the gesture and cautiously agreed to his invitation. Little did I know, that would be the start of lots of new