Change: A Fictional Narrative

As she headed back to America, she found herself homesick and started to miss what they had

On her short visit home, how did her former life compare to her new life?

Her life there didn’t seem so great at first. After locking herself up in her room for a month, she found a way to escape her life by doing something she enjoys. She started to go grocery shopping. She volunteered to go for her parents. As it says in the story, “She loved it in the way some people have to drive long country roads because doing it she could think and relax and wander.

After Daniel visited her in her new life in China after she was deported, she realized that she still didn’t feel at home, leading to her moving to Hong

In addition due to her new home, all of her surroundings were different. It was as if she was given a brand new start to living life. The only thing she was able to do to distract herself from the memory of her

"You hate your school,'' Marlen glances at him. ''You like me, lets leave. I know you want to and I have enough money for us. You can start a new life and I can do what I do.''

She was also upset about the family breaking apart when Noah, and Connie left on their own. She believed a family must stay together even in tough times. She did not care where they would live, as long as wherever they were the family would remain together, because she understood the concept of a home being where your loved ones are.

Because of this, she started to miss her friends and teachers at the Moss,’ especially her best friend Mandy, even though she was treated badly. She also started to worry about the new place that she was going because of her past experiences. Being with a better family was so new to her that it was hard to face reality that she actually had people who cared for her. Going

recalled her sadness. “I would start missing my mother from the time she arrived, knowing she

During her rebelling, she stayed in a women’s shelter thinking about how much she missed being at home even though her parents are control freaks. We as teenagers know the feeling, being so mad at our parents until the breaking point of wanting to run but knowing that soon you will

"Well, let's go put her back on prednisone and give her methotrexate to manage the symptoms." Wilson said, getting up. We all got up to go to Emily's room.

“Now, I got to go, but I’ll contact you just as soon as I know something. In the meantime is there anywhere you could go? I don’t like the thought of you home alone with all of this going on. Can your sister come over to stay with you for a while?”

our journey came upon us. The sun had just climbed over the first huge hill and its brilliant

I still remember all the events that happened on the day March 3, 2015. It all began with my alarm clock going off at six in the morning. I did not sleep well that night, because I was so excited for what was going to happen the next day. I heard my mom and Dal, my soon to be step-dad, getting ready for their big day. My Uncle John was sitting on the porch enjoying his morning cup of coffee. I knew my sister, Jenna, was taking a shower, because I could hear the water running. The only person who was not moving at all was Lane, my soon to be step-brother. I thought this was very odd, because everyone else was awake and preparing themselves for the wedding.

“I don’t feel controllable being at the school at night, it's already bad enough in the daytime.” Commented Alissia.