Waves and Wishes

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I remember just laying down in bed a couple of years back. I just moved half ways across the country because my parents were military. I left everything I loved behind, the warm sands and beaches that I lived on, my family, friends, and my home. I thought it was the end of the world. To make matters worse I started my 6th-grade year, here, by myself the next day. I knew no one, I didn’t know what to do, how to fit in with this new crowd. I wished to be back on the beaches of Hawaii, spending my days playing in the waves after school with my friends, going fishing off piers on the weekend, and diving in. I had barely unpacked anything. I just had a few necessities my school bag included. I was angry, sad, upset. I just wanted to go back home. The timezones were something I hated. They was 6 hours apart. The next morning I had felt as if I had just gone to sleep when I was woken up. My parents drove me to school saying I’ll get used to it, everything would be okay. I got to meet new people, try new things, but all I knew was I didn’t want to be here, I didn’t want to make new friends, meet new people or try new things.  When I arrived in the classroom, it was spacious, and warm. Other students began to pour in behind me, laughing as they hugged their friends they hadn’t seen all summer. I had never felt more broken or alone than in that moment. I wanted to run, and hide, cry my heart out. A few people looked at me and whispered, yeah I was the new kid, I stood out from the rest. I felt my heart thundering in my chest, my lungs tightening, tears pricked the back of my eyes. I wouldn’t let them see me cry. I couldn’t help it, they didn’t know what it felt like to be picked up and moved, from the place they called home, from their family and friends. I was about to snap, when I felt my phone go off in my jacket pocket. There was a text from one of my friends.  It said Good Morning, I hope you’re having a good day I’m going to sleep but this is what we put together. It was a picture collage. Of all my friends and the memories, we made before I left. There was us at the beach, and the waterpark together. My dad Teaching us how to fish. Our first time in a boat. At the center of the pictures, it said. We wave you a good-bye but wish you warmth in your travels. That inspired the title for this Waves and Wishes. It reminded me that I wasn't alone, that there are people that would help me when I needed them most. This is dedicated to Alora, Hailey, Jasmine, Victoria and Kelsey.