I grew up in the city of Long Beach, in the corner of Palo Verde and Wardlow, for the first 11 years of my life I lived in a functional family. However, it become dysfunctional when my father decided to abandon us for another woman. Ever since that day my mother struggled to maintain my older siblings, Anna and Daniel, and myself. When it was time for Anna to leave for college, my brother and I stepped up to help my mother with the house. Instead of having a quinceanera like the other girls in my class, I had to settle with a junky car that my Uncle Luis gave me. Throughout high school, I became a working girl and had no time for a social life, that was until I met Diego. Diego and I dated for almost 2 years until he humiliated me front of the entire school. My life completely changed since then,
May 23, 2010
School was almost over and the last thing that I wanted to do is the grieve over the break up. I had another priorities in my life and I couldn't waste time on guys, especially on Diego. If Diego didn't care for me, why should I? That was a complete lie I told myself many times after the break up but it was true, I still cared for him. It was until I met a certain someone that I got over him and his name is Ricardo Perez. But I'll get that in a few moments.
Photography Class.
"Reyna." I turned around Melissa called me.
"What happen?" I asked.
"Can I see the pictures you took?"
"Sure."
One of the things I enjoyed about high school was my photography class, it allowed me to express my emotions in photographs. And even though I shared a lot of memories with Diego in photography class, I didn't allow him to destroy my love photography.
"Oh great," I told myself when I saw Diego walked in the door.
"Are you okay? I heard what happen." Melissa asked.
"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine." I lied.
It only had been three weeks since our break up and it felt like it was only yesterday. I continued to focus on the assignment that the teacher had given us for the day, I could not let a simple distraction bother me. I kept looking over how he flirted with Alyssa and Michelle,
"Don't let that bother you." Melissa told me.
"I'm not bothered." I lied.
"You don't have to lie, I know it hurts. I've been there."
It felt nice talking to Melissa for a change.
It was time to clean up and I had to put the supplies back in the dark room,
"Are you coming?" Melissa asked.
"Go ahead, I have to grab somethings from the dark room." I replied.
As I gathered my things and walked out the door, I heard a big crash coming from the dark room. I walked back to the room to check what the noise was. I was not able to see anything because it was too dark. So then I grab a flash light, suddenly I heard two voices, I pointed the flashlight to them and to my surprise it was Diego making out with Michelle. I dropped the flashlight. I rushed out from the dark room, I grab my bag and left the classroom quickly before anyone could see me. In that moment tears began to drip all over my face, I couldn't believe what I had just seen. I rushed in to the restroom, and started to cry louder until I realized how stupid it was for me to cry for a guy like him. I clean up and walked out. Not knowing where I was walking, I crashed into someone,
"Oh, I'm so sorry." I said.
"It's okay Reyna, hey are you okay?"
Oh great, I told myself, my tears are noticeable.
"Yeah, I'm great." I smiled and walked away from him.
"Hey, wait a minute." He came after me.
"Ricardo, I can't talk now." I told him.
I arrived to the parking lot, I reached down to my bag to get my car keys.
"Reyna..."
"Ricardo!" his girlfriend called him out.
I got on the car and left. Since that day my life change completely, when I got home that afternoon I went up to my room and took out my journal and made a promise to myself. I wrote, I AM NOT LETTING ANY GUY OR ANYONE DISTRACT ME FROM REACHING MY GOAL. I CANNOT FALL IN LOVE, IT ONLY DISTRACTS ME AND GIVES ME PAIN AND I DON'T WANT THAT.
One Year Later- April 2011
Now a year later, I didn't keep the promise that I made. Three months later since that day, Ricardo and I got close and then one day I decided to be his girlfriend. Call me crazy but Ricardo did help me to move on from Diego even though I had my doubts once in a while, at the end of the day I realize that Ricardo was perfect for me. My friends were happy that I was moving on and I was finally letting go of Diego. Then 9 months passed and I felt more secure with him and I was actually falling for him.
TO BE CONTINUED... STAY TUNE :)
May 23, 2010
School was almost over and the last thing that I wanted to do is the grieve over the break up. I had another priorities in my life and I couldn't waste time on guys, especially on Diego. If Diego didn't care for me, why should I? That was a complete lie I told myself many times after the break up but it was true, I still cared for him. It was until I met a certain someone that I got over him and his name is Ricardo Perez. But I'll get that in a few moments.
Photography Class.
"Reyna." I turned around Melissa called me.
"What happen?" I asked.
"Can I see the pictures you took?"
"Sure."
One of the things I enjoyed about high school was my photography class, it allowed me to express my emotions in photographs. And even though I shared a lot of memories with Diego in photography class, I didn't allow him to destroy my love photography.
"Oh great," I told myself when I saw Diego walked in the door.
"Are you okay? I heard what happen." Melissa asked.
"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine." I lied.
It only had been three weeks since our break up and it felt like it was only yesterday. I continued to focus on the assignment that the teacher had given us for the day, I could not let a simple distraction bother me. I kept looking over how he flirted with Alyssa and Michelle,
"Don't let that bother you." Melissa told me.
"I'm not bothered." I lied.
"You don't have to lie, I know it hurts. I've been there."
It felt nice talking to Melissa for a change.
It was time to clean up and I had to put the supplies back in the dark room,
"Are you coming?" Melissa asked.
"Go ahead, I have to grab somethings from the dark room." I replied.
As I gathered my things and walked out the door, I heard a big crash coming from the dark room. I walked back to the room to check what the noise was. I was not able to see anything because it was too dark. So then I grab a flash light, suddenly I heard two voices, I pointed the flashlight to them and to my surprise it was Diego making out with Michelle. I dropped the flashlight. I rushed out from the dark room, I grab my bag and left the classroom quickly before anyone could see me. In that moment tears began to drip all over my face, I couldn't believe what I had just seen. I rushed in to the restroom, and started to cry louder until I realized how stupid it was for me to cry for a guy like him. I clean up and walked out. Not knowing where I was walking, I crashed into someone,
"Oh, I'm so sorry." I said.
"It's okay Reyna, hey are you okay?"
Oh great, I told myself, my tears are noticeable.
"Yeah, I'm great." I smiled and walked away from him.
"Hey, wait a minute." He came after me.
"Ricardo, I can't talk now." I told him.
I arrived to the parking lot, I reached down to my bag to get my car keys.
"Reyna..."
"Ricardo!" his girlfriend called him out.
I got on the car and left. Since that day my life change completely, when I got home that afternoon I went up to my room and took out my journal and made a promise to myself. I wrote, I AM NOT LETTING ANY GUY OR ANYONE DISTRACT ME FROM REACHING MY GOAL. I CANNOT FALL IN LOVE, IT ONLY DISTRACTS ME AND GIVES ME PAIN AND I DON'T WANT THAT.
One Year Later- April 2011
Now a year later, I didn't keep the promise that I made. Three months later since that day, Ricardo and I got close and then one day I decided to be his girlfriend. Call me crazy but Ricardo did help me to move on from Diego even though I had my doubts once in a while, at the end of the day I realize that Ricardo was perfect for me. My friends were happy that I was moving on and I was finally letting go of Diego. Then 9 months passed and I felt more secure with him and I was actually falling for him.
TO BE CONTINUED... STAY TUNE :)
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