Struggling to get out of bed, I manage to drag my lifeless
body across the room. After my brain registers that I have stumbled into the
bathroom, I start brushing my hair to get ready for school.
“Are you excited to go to California this today?” My mom
asks. By the way she looks, I can tell
that she’s been up for a while. Unfortunately, she’s caught me off guard.
Honestly, I’m not looking forward to going to California. While my hands were a
zombie’s, my brain tries searching for a positive spin on the trip to watch my
brother graduate from the marines. I
miss my brother, and I’m skipping out of a math test that I haven’t studied
for. When I try to think of the cons,
the only thing that comes up is that I’m missing another competition, but
that’s it. Despite the fact that the
“Pros” were winning in the argument quorum going in my head, my mind’s made its
choice. I wasn’t very enthuastic about the trip.
My mom asked me again, and because of my restrained
judgment, I tell the truth, “not really.” Almost as soon as I say it, I realize
the mistake I made. My mom’s spent all of our extra money for this trip.
“Mr. Teacher, can you please send Eva to the Attendance
office? She’s checking out. “
I swoop for my bag and almost bolt out of class before my
driver’s ED teacher can show me one more seat belt commercial. Following my mom
into the van, I cram into the back. I’m squished between my two sister’s car
seats, and the air is already stale. Within hours, the cities dissolve into
towns, and then into random houses in the middle of nowhere. The sun in the
middle of the sky slowly descends behind the mountains. And then, when night
clouds the sky, my beautiful mountains turn into silhouettes, and then vanish
with the stars. Occasionally, we drive through canyons lit up with a huge
yellow full moon. As time comes by, I
see civilization. A valley lighten up by buildings, shimmering gold. Suddenly
I’m flashed by buildings of hues of red and purple. I’m seeing buildings of
different shapes, all with different promising titles, even though they promise
to sell the same thing: Bankruptcy.
Suddenly, I’m “Jumping for Joy” to view the California
Beach
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