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Happy days

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Ahh primary school. A place full of friends and excitement. Year 6 was my favourite part! All the excitement of high school. A whole new world to explore. And we even got to have fun at dream world!
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School was over. Christmas was coming! You know the feeling of excitement when you move houses? I was feeling like that when I went to year 7. I could not wait! I heard so many rumours about how big it was and how fun the classes are! Even though year 6 was so fun with all the camps and my friends, I already knew year 7 brought many new experiences and memories.

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For Christmas I asked Mum for a MacBook! I didn't expect Christmas to go this way. As I walked outside of the large screen door, the table was full of Christmas food! I could not wait to dig in. As I sat down my twin brother Sid sat next to me. Mum and Dad both sat on the opposite side of the table. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted but the lobster looked good. I could never pass up some good ol prawn on the barbe.

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I couldn't tell what everyone was thinking as they all were pigging out on the food. Of course Sid had a burger and some sausages and a little bit of seafood. Mum had some veggies, a burger and some lobster and Dad had almost everything at the table. I was so excited for Christmas tomorrow. I decided to go to bed earlier than usual. With the loud music playing I could not fall asleep. So I laid in bed thinking about how good high school would be, and how many new friends I would get!

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As my eyes opened, they felt blurry so I dug my palms into my eyelids. Quickly I rushed into the lounge room, only to find that there was no presents. We forgot to put up the tree! But why didn't Mum and Dad get us anything? Me and Sid both looked at each-other in confusion. This had never happened before. Was it because we were teenagers? Did we not need presents? I slowly dragged my feet back into my room. I didn't want Christmas to go this way. I didn't want anything to go this way.

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Little did I know, that was just the beginning. As my family gathered around the table, many conversations were shared, but none had me in it. I decided to sneak of into my room, I couldn't stop myself from crying. I don't know why I cried, but I felt so alone.