Observant

Chapter 1

My last few days at Hillcrest Avenue. I won't lie, I'm really going to miss this high rise building and the impeccable view beneath.

You can see the mountains in the distance, a hazy purplish-blue yet perfectly structured formation in the distance. God's creations never cease to amaze me.

In between lies a view of almost the whole city. At night it's a glimering sea of the night lights and in the morning there's a fresh breeze that smells of pine.

I love my neighbourhood, it calms me everytime l take a walk through it, but I'll get to describing it later. I also like my city Queenswood, it's a great place to be but l need to discover new places.

I'm leaving for university in a week. I don't know why l applied to University of Arlington a university in the heart of Arlington, but it seems like a good fresh start.

I walk to the garage to get things l might need, hopefully I'll find a torch so l don't have to add it to the list that's already incredibly long.

I sigh at the mere thought of shopping. I'm not I'm in the mood to shop even though my big move is in a couple of days.

The garage is cold and has a musky smell, its probably caused by this cold weather.

I switch the light on and search through the whole room. Besides the two cars, all l see are shelves with dusty old boxes. Probably filled with old things l didn't even realise were moved in here.

I pick a box nearest to the door and start looking for a torch. I find batteries but no torch. I walk to another shelf and look though another box. No torch.

This is going to be a long process. Three boxes later l decide to give up and as I'm turning around to leave, l see an old box with my name on it.

It's the top shelf so l head out to get a ladder, l hope all this trouble is worth it and I'm curious about what I'll find inside.

I almost lose my balance as I pull it off the box from the shelf, it's heavier than l expected it to be.

I try dusting the box and end up coughing for a good 3 minutes. The stuffy garage makes it worse but no amount of dust can get rid of my curiosity.

I find my old toys and my old diary from when l was probably 10 or 11. A lot of memories flood my mind as I slowly pick it up.

Memories of Ben, Puleng and of our trio. Those were the good old days.

Memories l had thought were faded suddenly resurfacd and took me back to my frienship with Ben and Puleng.

I can't help but wonder what would have become of my friendship with Ben if he hadn't moved away. Losing my bestfriend was probably the saddest thing I went through as a child now that I'm looking back at it.

He didn't have a phone so there was no number to call whenever l missed him or just check up on him. I also can't help but wonder if he missed or ocassinally thought about me too.

I can't believe l used to write everything about my life in here.

What l also can't believe is how much I've grown and changed. l mean l used to be this girly type of girl now l just go along and live in the moment.

l stop zoning out and fix my attention back to my old diary. It's a small A5 size diary, covered in pink sparkles and it has tiny red hearts in front. My brain is having a hard time processing all the sparkles and designs in one place.

I start going through it and l am stunned by what I'm reading.

10 August 2010

Dear diary,

Today I went to an audition for the True Beauty modelling competition. I've always wanted to be a model just like Tyra Banks and all the girls from America's Next Top Model. I like the way they pose, go for photo shoots and do runway.

Everything about it is just amazing. Plus all the cool girls in my grade are models, so I really want to be one.

Anyway, I went in and I introduced myself saying;
"My name is Kagiso-Dylan. I know its different meeting a black girl with a double barrel name, but my parents are extra, it's really unique AND I love it. I'm 10 years old and I love playing with my two bestfriends in the whole world Ben and Puleng. I also love watching superhero cartoons, when l grow up l want to make a change in the world just like how those superheroes change the world. My favourite is Green Lantern I also like practicing my runway catwalk for when I'm a supermodel one day."

The judges said they liked my confidence and said they would get back to me later on. I can't wait to be a model.

When l got home all l could think about was the audition. Did l say the right things? Did l talk too much? Should l have said more things? I don't know, l just hope they'll get back to me with good news. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

Anyway, TTYL (which means talk to you later)

Love KD, xoxo

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