Winter break last year was an experience for me that I will never forget. It is when I found who I was and who my real friends and family were. I went into winter break that year as one person and came out a totally different person. Many people do not know why I changed so dramatically, they questioned a lot. I tried to explain but no one understood. It was a blistering cold winter morning when my mom called me and explained to me that my cousin Leila was going to come over to my house because her parents were at a meeting. I was excited to see her for the first time in a month. Leila had been my best friend and cousin since I was a baby. We always had the funniest inside jokes and the most creative and unique games. Although she was one
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OH NO. I cried to myself. I knew that I was about to get in a copious amount of trouble. “Open the garage door, we have to talk.” She said angrily. This is it. It is over for me. I will no longer have a social life. I thought to myself as I walked upstairs nearly out of breath from being so afraid. My mom was waiting for me at the dinner table with her legs crossed and with a stern face with my sister right by her side. “Where’s Leila? Your sister tells me that she heard bangs from the basement and all of the sudden you two stopped talking.” She questioned. I felt as if I was in a courtroom and the prosecutor was my mother. I quickly came up with the worst lie ever. “Oh! She went out to go get something from CVS. She told me I didn’t have to go with her.” I stuttered. I could see that my mom saw right through my lies. I looked around the room casually to think of better lies to come up with, but my mind kept going blank. I was terrified knowing that if my mom were to find out that I had let my thirteen year old cousin out into the world with no adult, she would have killed me. Half an hour into our conversation, she finally pulled the truth out of me. I explained to her that Leila wanted to go hang out with her friend Hannah and that there were guys she wanted to see. I felt as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Until suddenly I realized how much trouble she was about to get
OH NO. I cried to myself. I knew that I was about to get in a copious amount of trouble. “Open the garage door, we have to talk.” She said angrily. This is it. It is over for me. I will no longer have a social life. I thought to myself as I walked upstairs nearly out of breath from being so afraid. My mom was waiting for me at the dinner table with her legs crossed and with a stern face with my sister right by her side. “Where’s Leila? Your sister tells me that she heard bangs from the basement and all of the sudden you two stopped talking.” She questioned. I felt as if I was in a courtroom and the prosecutor was my mother. I quickly came up with the worst lie ever. “Oh! She went out to go get something from CVS. She told me I didn’t have to go with her.” I stuttered. I could see that my mom saw right through my lies. I looked around the room casually to think of better lies to come up with, but my mind kept going blank. I was terrified knowing that if my mom were to find out that I had let my thirteen year old cousin out into the world with no adult, she would have killed me. Half an hour into our conversation, she finally pulled the truth out of me. I explained to her that Leila wanted to go hang out with her friend Hannah and that there were guys she wanted to see. I felt as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Until suddenly I realized how much trouble she was about to get