parking lot. My mom was naturally a 'jerky' driver, a trait I was likely to inherit, but this time it was because her brakes were going. She cursed before we got ou

ly be forever associated with the experience and I remember looking up to see the somber faces of two of my friends; Laura and Ethan. They were alone and their parents m

as if the tears were making their way from her heart all the way to where they poured out of her eyes. I could hear her soft sobs over the hushed conversations of the adults. As my mom moved off towards a group of parents she knew, I stared through the slowly moving shapes of people and my feet seemed to get stuck to the disgusting pink carpet. I made the decision to approach t

e. I was never going to feel Nate's arms around me ever again. Renewed tears came to my eyes as I collapsed next to them and felt the tears run down my face. I barely saw Ariel co

ey were trying to convince themselves that an unstoppable force could be stoppe

raightened up and hugged myself t

en, people started leaving and my mom

g. Tears streaked down my face and mingled with the rain as they fell from my face. I was dizzy, when they lowered the casket and the short burial felt rushed. I hadn't heard a single word they said and after it was over, I felt regret was

Falling but only to Rise again Stronger' which was something we would say about our lives sometimes. It meant that as we fall in our lives, we only end up rising as people in the world. Eventually, our mistakes make us into better people and we're able to 'fly' or live...basically. I had come up with it when West was complaining abou

it was right after she started dying her hair deep red and they thought it was cool so she joined their group. Her real name was Tessa and I thought it was cooler than

l." I said

were immersed in. We sat with our sneakers in the water, our legs folded with our thighs touching our calves and our arms around our knees. For a few minutes, we just stared up at it and then

o join him." She whispered with pain contorting her face as she showed me a b

e smile; a smile of utmost sadness that people often mistoo