God's Special Person

Chapter 2: Memories Make Me Smile

   I used to help with Aubrey. As in help change her, switch her vent circuits, and even make her medicine for her as I finished making her formula.

   However, over the course of my 2014 summer break, night-shift nursing commenced, and there was no need for my help anymore, unless of course a nurse was sick and wouldn't be arriving any time soon.

   I still made her medicines, since we kept them in the kitchen rather than her room. But then my parents found a better house. We moved in August 2014. I had literally moved a week before school started.

   I also got my top braces off a week before school. I was so excited, and kept smiling, running my tongue across my teeth, feeling the smoothness that I had forgotten for three years.

   When I thought of school, I was excited.

   I'll be a completely different person. I thought. I don't have to be shy anymore. I can speak freely and have so many friends! Like I said: I thought.

   I smile remembering my original school. Back in 8th grade, I had literally 3 friends. Plus my 'brother' and my boyfriend. By brother, I mean a friend who was so close to me he could be my brother.

   I was so awkward. My hair was always poofy and frizzy. I didn't care about my appearance that much. I did fret over my weight and size of my stomach though. I was scrawny, or so I was told, but I didn't believe them. My makeup consisted of just mascara.

   I'm smiling now, thinking of those days. I remember one time, I had waxed above my lip, and where the wax had stayed, my skin was flaky. I remember trying to hide it. I laugh at that now, even though it was so embarassing at the time.

   There wasn't much drama, besides the occasional fight with me and my best friend, Autumn. She was like my sister. We met in sixth grade. She hated me, yet I just saw her as a random person who didn't concern me. She thought I was trying to steal our friend, Sierra, from her.

   Funny thing is, we ended up hating her after she joined the wrong group of people and repeated 7th grade.

   At the beginning of 7th grade, I sat with a group of 'friends', but in reality, I was not part of their conversations, and they didn't include me in them either.

   So I moved on to a new group. They were funny and nice. However, to this day, I have no idea how Autumn and I became friends. I just started sitting with her, and our friendship blossomed.

   One time, we had such a stupid, yet funny argument. She thought I only liked her for gum. We were so dramatic it cracks me up to this day.

    When high school began, I was ecstatic. I knew absolutely nobody in my second period gym class, except for a girl Ashley, and I wasn't that fond of her. We talked, and my opinion changed. She was actually really cool. And I never got the chance to thank her before she moved. I mean, she did give me the initiative to talk to one of my bestest friends ever.

   Her name is Jasmine. She's a beautiful girl, and boy was she funny. Her home life was dreadful, but I helped her as much as I could, by claiming I was her new mother and such.

   Honestly, my freshman year was my best school year. Soon after I talked to Jasmine, a boy named Camrin moved to our gym class. He came all the way from Texas. I started talking to him, and he was a pretty cool dude.

   We went three weeks being friends before we actually introduced our names. It always makes me smile recalling that. He became my best guy friend, and I later developed a crush on him. I was going to tell him on the last day of school, but I never got the chance to because my dad didn't let me go that day. I'm not a big texter, so contact with everyone's been difficult.

   There were other people too. Lindsey, Chloe, Austin, Dylan, Michael, Dawson, Logan, Trevor, Katie. My circle of friends expanded so much.

   And then I moved.

   I wanted to be a different person. However, as fate would have it, my natural personality took over, and I was shy. I've made friends though. Devin, Jake, James, Charlie, Corey, Carrie, Kim, Lewis, Cheyenne, Jessica, Clarence, Kaili.

   I'm glad I met them all. And James? He was my boyfriend. We started dating August 18th, and we broke up on October 29th. I admit, he definitely was NOT romantic whatsoever. I did cry though. But I'm over it now.

   But still, I might be over it, but it hurt my pride as a woman. I realized it was the first time in three years that the boy broke up with me. We are still friends though. But Clarence? I think he likes me. He's a football player, and I'm just plain. Oh and did I mention? My sister and I got in a fight two weeks ago and we got in trouble. And do you know what my dad did? He took my makeup away. For the rest of the year. So you can imagine my self esteem has dropped dramatically.

   With all the memories of my friends who I left behind, I'm definitely sad. However, their memories make me smile. And I know if Aubrey isn't how she is, then I wouldn't be where I am. I would be lost, with no purpose, and I wouldn't have met all these wonderful people.

   So God, and Jesus Christ, thanks for everything. Even if Aubrey isn't like us, she's still a great impact on my life. And I thank you for her.

A/N

So I forgot to mention. The high school I said I went to in the first chapter is a fake one. Well it might be real, but I don't go there. Gotta keep some stuff secretive because you never know who'll show up .-. But yeah, this chapter was more about my personal life rather than Aubrey's. Still hope you liked it though. And if you're not a Christian, then that's cool, I'm not gonna hate. And if my God and Jesus references annoy you or discomfort you, I'm sorry. I'm not forcing my religion on anyone. :D

  Thanks for reading, you lovely people! (:

                   ~Kristen