Love Around the Corner

Story Andreana Reyes 9th grade

Hi, I know, colorful eh? The red is for corrections, the green is suggestions, and the blue is thoughts. Whatevers crossed out should be deleted. Sorry I didn’t do it all. I have to go.

Love around the corner

I was not very old, just eight, when she disappeared in a matter of time a flash. My mom had cancer. I can’t take her out of my mind, nor can I live without her. Her beautiful smile made me feel like I was the only human being in this world. (This sentence makes no sense, so I improvised.) It makes me now wish that all possible moments and seconds had been even longer. Just like traveling a million of galaxies without getting tired and waiting to explore even more. Unfortunately everything has its time limit – my mother certainly had hers. My life became miserable since then. I never met my dad but surely he didn’t have the guts to be with me.

Who am I? That was the question I couldn’t solve. I knew I was a normal girl from Atlanta named Eleanor Montgomery with a life like a huge black puzzle that didn’t make sense at all. And each day that passed, the pieces would multiple, making my life impossible to solve. One day after my twenty-first birthday, I decided to open my winds (?) up, looking for those beautiful moments that I lost and hopefully would recover. Traveling was the best idea I ever had. Learning of new cultures, new people, would surely help develop the life I always wanted. But the true purpose for this sudden idea was to look for my father, to show him that, without him, I survived. After my mom’s death my aunt took care of me like her own daughter. School, university, friends were a big challenge but with determination I made it. My aunt is everything I have; I wanted to make her proud. A lot of people may think I’m extremely depressed which I believe is not true. I tried to hide my feelings as much as possible so they can injure nobody. Being happy is an emotion I don’t feel way to often but when I have those changes I feel my cheeks burn, my legs dancing, and my brain disconnected from other thoughts. The decision was taken, I will meet my dad no matter how much it take me. With the little money I had saved up, I was able to buy some airplane tickets. My first destination…Germany, Berlin. Not quite sure if I am going to find my father, but at least I will get some experience and knowledge. I took a cap and went directly to the airport, in a matter of time I was in the plane waiting for my life to change completely with or without him. (Description of Germany) It was like he had disappeared from this world. I didn’t know him, that’s right but I have dreamed about him. We where so similar, my hair and his just as dark as a night without starts, my skin and his so pale that each and every though could be read, and his eyes really brown bringing memories back. Of course it was just a dream, but back in reality I didn’t even know if he existed. I spend two days looking for him with no result at all, my efforts will die in vane. It was really appealing but I noticed something, love, in each corner I could hear couples whispering “Ich liebe dich” with such a passion and love. That was something I never had an ambition for, but these makes me realizes that maybe I just need love. My time in Germany was over but I did have a wonderful time.

Italy a place where you can feel peace (description of Italy). My life was not a mess; literally I have everything I need. In school I remember to be the weird girl, everybody hated me, why? I was just weird to them. When something is not the way the want to be or the way they specked, it may be considered as something weird. That’s why. I was not weird but I couldn’t follow everyone’s thoughts, I had a different way to think and to behave. Italy was a wonderful place; I met people with such and advising to achieve things. I love seen how people achieve their goals, how they do the impossible. My dad didn’t do anything, he just left me, abandoned me, give up on me. Sometimes I ask myself how can I help myself if I find him, what am I going to win with that? Yeah, I am going to show him what I did for myself but that’s my prize not his, I am the one who needs to appreciate everything I have.

Fabian, I never thought I would choose those six letters to be my favorite. How could I possible love him so much? Those eyes, I could see the world in them, those red lips I could feel a massive of emotions exploiting inside of me every time he kissed me. Oh, his hair was so messy but at the same time so attractive. Just can resists this no more. Surprisedly I talked about things that didn’t matter and wont matter a million years after that, but I love him so much. What I nice way to meet a guy, I remember that my cheeks burned like hell. I was in Italy sitting in a Starbucks I was reading Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare. I couldn’t take my eyes off him, and he noticed that. He smiled and sited in the same bench; he said something… but my heart beated so fast that I felt words coming at of my mouth with no sound at all. “AH?” I said with a face of doubt He smiled again “Did you liked the ending?” “emmmm…” I couldn’t believe I was so dumb, is that even possible. “ I am surprise, though, it was so unexpected” said he delighted. “ No need to be rude, but can you please excuse me.” One foot after the other, Eleanor, you can do this. Luckily I made it. I opened the bathroom door and entered, I looked at myself in the mirror. This is so ironic; I currently standing in Rome and I can’t even talk to him. There is a really hot guy outside, and I am here trying not to fade. I went outside and he was not there anymore, he was gone. The universe was against me; with all my hopes down I grab the book. A paper felt from the book. It was pretty weird because I don’t usually put things inside my books. I opened and read it. Maybe we can discuss the ending, here is my email [email protected] hope to see you later. My eyes looked like two-fried eggs and I started jumping all around Starbucks. Maybe they thought I was insane, but they didn’t know I am and I will always be crazy for love.

Reading was a big disadvantage for me, but I could move seas and skies to spend one minute with him. Eventually I made it, one of the best books I have ever read. He was right, the ending was really unexpected. Such a big tragedy but that is what people are able to do for love. He emailed him. Hi, I will be very glad to meet again what do you think in the same Starbucks we meet at five p.m.? Send… Time passed, and I didn’t receive any answer from him. Until I heard that annoying sound the computer makes when you receive an email. It was him! It will be a pleasure to see you again I cant wait, see you there. We came face to face once again and we talk for hours. He was so interesting in the way he spoke and moved, there was not men in my life I could love this much. We got know each other more and more, giving us the chance to fall in love.

My father was not longer in my life; I have a man that has his place now. I will no longer know about him again, of course my father. But I tried to locate him while he didn’t know I existed. Worrying about my past was not going to help me in the future, trying to find my father was no longer worth it that’s why I didn’t kept looking for him. Instead I found something better. Fabian is now everything for me. My life is not over yet, but I was really happy with what I had. I changed but in a positive way, now everyone can see it in my face. I am over the moon. If someone didn’t like it, screwed them I love it. This is not and ending but an unfinished story.