Don't Go

November

So, Courtney's party was a boring, and sort of crazy. But what happen that night with Artemi was beautiful. When I got to the bus stop, Emalee quickly drop everything, and came up to me."What happen at Courtney's party? Why'd leave early, without telling me?" Emalee said so quickly,"Yeah what happen?" Kayla chimed in. Tyler wasn't here, he must have gotten a ride."Well, this group of kids came up to me, and made fun of Artemi an I. And I wasn't having fun at that party. It was boring. So, Artemi took me home, and everything was fine." I said assuring them,"There are a bunch of words behind 'fine'." Emalee said, quoting what I say."No really I'm good." I said promising them. When we got to school, everyone was talking about the party. Whoopy. When I got to ILA, Jamie & Tyler asked if I was 'ok' because I left the party early."Yeah! I'm good!" I said to them. I just wanted to be left alone about it. It's alright, in about 2-3 weeks it's Thanksgiving break, and I'm going to St.Louis to see family, and have Thanksgiving. "Hey, are you dating Courtney?" I asked Andrew at hockey practice. He smirked and said,"Ha, funny you should ask that. All you do is flirt with Artemi! But yeah...anyway, I am...dating Courtney." YASS! Was all I could think to myself. "Yass! And no, I don't flirt with Artemi. He flirts with me." My face felt red when I said that. "Your blushing! You like Artemi don't you!" He said like he knew everything. Then I just looked at him, and skated as fast as I could away from'm. But of course he came after me. Then it turned into a game of tag. All the boys that I talked to started playing. Andrew was it, and he started skating after Teuvo."Skate faster Teuvo!" I shouted. He was the slowest out of all of us. Then of course Andrew tagged Teuvo, cause he was so slow, and he started chasing after me. Then coach saw us not practicing hockey and shouted,"Aye! What do you guys think this is, open skate!? Get back to practicing, or I'll kick you all off my team! Understand!" Everyone shouted back 'yes sir', and that was the end of our fun time. Practice could get boring at times, but we need it. It is nice to hear that Andrew & Courtney are together. That's why she invited him. "Are you going anywhere for Thanksgiving?" I asked Artemi and Anisimov."Yeah we're going back to Russia for the week." Anisimov answered."Cool! I'm going to St.Louis." I said back while Anisimov was translating what I said to Artemi."Cool." Artemi said. I don't even think Anisimov was at Courtney's party. So, that means Artemi went by himself without even telling Anisimov. I wonder why?
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I woke up around 9:00 so that I could pack a smaller bag, for sitting in the car for 5-6 hrs. Today we were leaving to go to St.Louis for Thanksgiving. I hung out with Kayla & Emalee for an hour or so before I left."Have fun, send us pictures." Emalee said before I left. "Don't worry! I will!" I hugged them goodbye, and we were off! I was basically on my phone the whole ride. I did watch maybe two movies with my brother, but besides that, I was on my phone. We did stop for lunch at Taco Bell because that's  literally all my brother eats. When we got to my cousins house we said 'hi' to everyone, and of course everyone asked 'what do you think about living in Chicago again?'. My answer was always,'it's great!', but that was me. Most of my cousins lived in Chicago like us, so we're able to see them whenever. But my aunt AB & uncle Daniel and there family live in St.Louis, so they invite the whole family over for Thanksgiving every year. But they're moving to New Jersey around Christmas, so this is the last whole family Thanksgiving. It's really fun with my cousins, they're crazy. We played floor/knee hockey in the basement, and played video games. My oldest cousin Liam was more into playing the piano that was in the basement. My brother, Austin, and my cousin, Owen, mostly played hockey. My younger cousins did whatever was around. I just watched what everyone was doing, and help make our giant Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't eat a lot, I wasn't that hungry."So, how's hockey?" my cousin Owen asked."It's really fun, I get to play with a lot of really good players." "Do you play with girls, or guys?" "I have to play with guys, there is no girl teams." I responded,"That sucks, is it better playing with guys?" I told him before that I played with girls in Dallas,"Yeah, it's a little better. They're just more annoying." We laughed at that. Owen doesn't play hockey, he should. He's obsessed with the sport just like me. After dinner we all sat in the living room, and sang to a bunch of songs, and watched music videos. It was a long week. Tomorrow we were gonna go into St.Louis. Well at least my parents, brother, and I were. We were planning on going to the giant arch in front of the city. But it was to cloudy out to see anything that high up. Instead we went to the science museum, and went to see a movie afterwards. I did send two pictures of us at the museum to Emalee & Kayla. It was a nice, not really relaxing, Thanksgiving. I wonder how Artemi was doing Russia. He's probably having a wonderful break, just like I did. Th next day was the day we were driving home. I actually wanted to go home. I wanted to see my friends. I miss them, especially Artemi. Can't wait to go home, and see them.