Rodrick, Who Follows The Stars

Rodrick the boy that quit his studies because of “friends”, friends that destroy not only their lives but also his, influencing him to do something he didn’t wanted to do, tempting him into drugs, Rodrick who now waits and waits to get into college but his parents don’t care about him anymore, Rodrcik who now is trying to go back in a time machine and change his future.
Is now waiting for hope to come and bad luck to fly away.
Rodrick, who lost his friends, family and that fantasy of a time machine is hopeless.
The last time I saw him, loud noise, there were many people, a women next to him and his hand waving at me whit a smile in his face. But time flies mom said, let him follow the stars and get lost in the universe, but you my girl are going to follow your dreams, remain grounded.

"mother's day"

This mother's day was pretty weird since its the first time I celebrate it here in Panama and its also the first time I celebrate it in December because in Mexico or Texas we celebrate mothers day in May and almost all the time all my family is there and this time its only: my sister, my dad, my grandma, my mom and I.

In Texas we make a party were grown-ups: dance, drink, talk, sing, and the little ones stay in the room or just talk and watch.

It was about 8:00am and my dad came and told me to wake up, I got scared and asked why!? since it was weird because he never wakes me up and because I forgot that it was mothers day here.

"It's mothers day here jajaja"

I laughed because I thought he was just kidding and would let me sleep some more, but he wasn't, well we woked up gave my mom this big present: flowers, cards, poster and a cell phone (its always the same thing) then we went whit my grandma again : flowers, cards, posters, stuffed animals. no cellphone for her.

I went back to sleep and woke up at 3:00 pm my mom was in her room watching tv and my dad was fixing the computer, everything calmed, but then i got sick, in less than a blink, when we were going to the doctor by "we" i mean my mom and I, she told me that she loved me and that i was going to be alright, i didnt get why was she so nervous.

When we finally got there the doctor told me i was alright, i just had low fever, but my mom was the one who seemed to be wrong she was crying and looked desperate.

We got back to the house everything normal, i decide to sleep whit my mom that day and she said oh i love you and went back to sleep.

"My bestfriend"

Larry, who was my best friend, who told me all his secrets, who told me how much he loved his girlfriend, who came to my house every weekend and stayed about 3 hours, who hated when my mom said that he needed to sit correctly on the table; Was the greatest guy I have ever met, was the guy I could trust whit everything until, her, his girlfriend, the girl that didn’t care about his feelings, that thought that boys were like toys that didn’t had feelings and that she could treat them however she wanted to.

She came to school telling him everything was over, not explaining why just saying those tough words.
"This is over"
Larry couldn't resist but cry, his eyes were red like a tomatoe and his face was a bouncy ball, multicolors and always funny to look at.

I tried to support him every minute that passed but it seemed that it didnt made any difference, instead he was worst and worst every day, every minute, every second.

Ever since that day, Larry wasn’t Larry, he was someone else, he was someone that didn’t care about what happened around him, who covered his sadness whit a fake smile, who started getting C’s and D’s in school, who had Paulina’s name in all his notebooks, he wasn’t the person I met.

The last day I saw Larry, he told me thanks for all the things we passed together and how he appreciate for us to be friends, when I was about to cry he hugged and told me some words that reminds me every day that he will always be whit me, the real Larry.
“Thanks Alexa, distance doesn’t matter, we will always be friends, I love you”

And just like that turned around and left me, left me without a best friend.

Forever, never saw him again, never saw that fake/real smile, never saw the old Larry but I know he is always here whit me.

"I know you want this"

Money, money, money.
That's it.
What does everybody wants?
Money, a simple and short answer and guess what?
That's what I want too.

When I was little about 9 years old.
I remember i used to steal money or well at least tried to.
I know that's bad but everyone in the school did it.
If they do it, why shouldn't I?
I remember the day I started and how that same day I got caught and decided to stop.

Mariah was there sitting in the bench. Alone. I wasn't really surprised since she had just gotten in a fight whit her group of friends, I felt really sorry for her since she was just there watching the floor and killing the little black ants.

"Hey, why are you alone?" I asked her.
"Well, nobody wants to be whit me anymore"
"Why?"
"Because of what I did"
"What did you do"
"If Itell you, you won't get upset and leave?"
"No, I won't"
"You swear?"
"Yes"
"Well, we were in lunch and we were trying to collect money to buy about 5 T-shirts,I didn't gave anything because I told them I didn't have money, but I did I had about 15$........"
"Ohh, you lied to them"
"Besides that, when they left to ask the principal how much money would it take for them to buy 5 T-shirts, I decided to be the one who watches so anybody would steal the money, but it was so much I just wanted them to be mine and then I stoled it"
"Amm, did they found out?"
"Yes"
"Well..."
"You'r not upset right?"
"No no no, i'm not"

We started talking about different things, after 2 weeks we were inseparable, we were like best friends.

"Do you wanna do something really cool?" Mariah asked me whit her black, deep eyes wide opened.
"Yeah"
"You see that purse? It's the teacher, I saw she got 20$ whit that we can buy about 100 ice creams! I know you want this"

I loved ice cream more than anything in that time.

"But if I get caught?"
"You won't, I will be covering you"
"You swear?"
"Yes"

And there I went whit my tiny foots giving a step every two seconds, my heart pumping harder than a old man's heart in a rollercoster.

"HURRY!"

I went running, i got the 20$ and when I was about to step out of the door, there they were, the teacher and Mariah.

"I told you! she's here, she was the one who stole the money for the T-shirts, do you bealive me now?" Mariah said whit her evil face pretending to be an angel.
"I didn't, she told me to do it, I didn't do it!" I said trying to defend myself whit tears in my eyes. "LIER! I was walking to drink water and I saw you trying to steel her money!" Mariah said.

And then there was a lot of screaming and saying things that didn't made any sense.

"ENOUGH!"

We both shut.
I had never ever seen Ms.Degroot so angry, she seemed like she was going to cry.
After about 2 minutes she finally spoke.

"I don't know who to bealive, Mariah you may be lying, you were acused of stealing the money last week, and Alexa you wouldn't be capable to do this but i saw you"

Then she took her money and left.
I cried, Mariah laughed.

"I told you, it wasn't going to be that bad"
"I HATE YOU"
"Hate is a strong word"
"I know and I don't care"

I left at the end of the day my mom came and Ms.Degroot talked to her about what happened, it last about 2 months for Mariah confess.
I got in trouble and she did too.

I just don't get how stupid I was by trying to do that.
That's what i needed to confess that I tried to stole something that now means nothing.
I just don't know why does money exist!? we don't need it, if things were free everything would be easier, you wouldn't have to waste anything and you could have anything because it's free.

Why do people go to work?
Because they want money

If you ever see a man in the street they ask for money, not food neither clothes or something helpful.

Why does school cost?
Because people want MONEY!'

Why can't everything be free?
I know I don't rule the world but everyone is free to have their own opinion right?