Flash from the Past(Editing)

Chapter Six: When I was Sixteen

Back when I was sixteen, instead of having a crush on Justin Bieber or Bruno Mars like the other girls, I loved the older bands. I couldn't understand modern music, the 50s to the early 90s were the only decades I would listen to music in.

I was pretty much an outcast at school. I had no friends because I was shy and divergent. I was known as the depressed girl who loved art, writing, and having crushes on rock stars old enough to be her Grandpa.

I want people to know the real me and I just didn't dare to start a conversation with others. My autism always got in the way of my life.

On my sixteenth birthday, my mom gave me a journal. The front and back cover felt as if made out of real black leather.

The front cover is titled Wish in Gold. I opened up the three-inch book to the first page. Reading the words, I realized this is no ordinary notebook.

Write as you will and if you believe strongly enough...
Your passion will come true

The message was breathtaking. It felt like I was holding a magical object in a fictional movie. But I knew it was only for fun. There is no such thing as a magic book to fulfill all your deepest desires.

That night, I wrote down my wish.

I do not like this generation in the 21st century. There is just too much drama with society in the news and social media. Why cannot life be more simple and less confusing like my parents grew up?

I would love to go back in time and meet the rock band, Queen. I would most definitely love to see Freddie Mercury in person. It would be amazing to get to know the four talented and intelligent men. I think maybe 1974 would be so cool!

I wish to meet them on my twenty-first birthday so I'm close to their age!

I thought about it a lot and how wonderful it would be to go back to the 70s or 80s. I was born too many decades late.