Memories

Looking back on my life the most delighted moments and my most sorrowful moments were started in seventh grade up till graduation.1

It was in seventh grade when my friend, Skyler, started to figure out who he was. Then again isn’t that when we all start to figure who we should hang out with, what to do, who to like and things like that. When high school started for us it was an adventure that I’ll never forget. We started dating, though it got us in trouble because of some of the truly religious people that didn’t approve of us. It didn’t bother us. We’d take the insults and go on with our day. The good thing that came out was the fact that Skyler was dating the captain of the football team, Jason, and me the leader of the Remorseless group, Corky, but we just call her Genital Festival. Don’t ask me how they got their name, though it’s the only group we hang out with. Even Jason looks like them, Emo that is. This was why he was accepted easily. 2

Soon it was a new year at school, tenth grade. A new kid was at school. His name was Angel Smith which soon became Crying Shame. It was a group thing, changing our real names into gothic ones. (We found a website.) Anyways, I could tell that he fell in love with Skyler. Though when I confronted him with this info he, of course, denied it. Half way through the year it basically went down hill for Skyler. Jason broke things off with him. His parents went through a divorce. His dog even got killed by a car. Then he started doing things that I would never do. 3

During the summer everything started to look up for him. Angel eventually got enough courage to ask him out. So things went great for them. Corky and I are still together, if your wondering. Then junior year went by fast and smoothly.4

Senior year, class of ’07. This year was supposed to be the best year of high school. You probably can guess that it wasn’t. No, it was the most tragic year of all. Where should I begin? Well, first off the ones that I love, my parents, they died in a car crash with a drunk driver. I was sent to live with my grandma, she live just across the street. About a month later Angel’s biological father broke out of jail, which was the real reason that the Smith’s moved. Corky then broke it off with me after three years of dating. That was all in the first half of the school year. Then it was quiet for the third quarter. Then the most terrible thing that I wished that didn’t happen, happened. Angel was shot by his father all because he was gay. This devastated Skyler even more. I mean his true love was murdered, right before his eyes. I tried to help him coup with the loss. It helped for a month. He was fine, I guess, but he didn’t last long without his Angel. He committed suicide by slitting his wrists and taking pain killers. I was completely lost after this. You might have been wondering where everyone was. I was in Florida visiting. His mom was out of town for two days. So in the end he was with Angel, and I was left behind as always. Eventually Corky apologized to me and we started dating. She actually helped me get my life back together. We graduated from high school and planed to move to a place were they allow lesbians to be wed and also to get away from the painful memories.