Her name is Elizabeth Mendoza. She's 16 and moved to California. She starts high school, but...
She didn't exactly move with her family, her mother passed away when she was 12 because of her abusive dad. She also has a little sister named Natasha.
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It's been more than 3 months since I found out my dad escaped. The school year is almost over and I'm still scared of him finding me. I get dressed to go to school and I wear this:
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I leave and walk to school. Eric was absent today because he didn't want to take the quiz about literature. I walked alone and Olivia found me.
Me: hey Olivia, You're growing a bump. I'm really sorry about Jackson leaving you. Why aren't you telling Rose?
R: I'm telling her today. I don't know why I didn't tell her before. I guess I didn't want to stress her out.
Me: oh, I have to go to the bathroom, see you later.
I walked away and someone tapped my shoulder, it was Payton. Payton is pretty cute I'm not gonna lie. We were friends since we were 3. We knew each other because our parents used to know each other, but then he moved and we were both really upset. And I moved here and we became friends again. But, he hangs out with f boys all day. I was worried about him and I still am.
Me: what?
P: hey.
Me: hey...?
P: so, I wondering if you would be my girlfriend?
Girlfriend? He wants me to be his girlfriend? What if it's a prank? He wouldn't do that to me, I am his close friend, I think.
Me: okay.
P: wait, really? You're not lying?
Me: no.
P: okay. Thanks. I need to go.
Me: me too, bye.
P: bye (smiles)
I don't smile back because I don't know if this is a prank or not. He did have a crush on me before.
I go to 4th period, history, and she comes to collect our assignments.
Oh shit! I forgot my homework!
I raise my hand and ask if I can go to the bathroom. She says yes. I leave. I run home to get my homework and run back to school. Thank goodness I live 3 blocks away from school. Not that far. I make it just in time and hand her the paper.
Teacher: why are you out of breath?
Me: I'm not, I didn't want to miss anything in this class so I rushed back.
Teacher: running in the hallways is against the rules. This is your warning.
She's gonna give a detention next time just because I didn't want to skip class? I hate school.
At home:
I decide to text Olivia to see how everything's going with her and her baby bump.
