Alexander

Well, its finally April vacation. I’m going to Maryland with my family, like we do every year. My aunt and her family live down there, so we always stay at her place. She makes the best taquitos on the planet, which I’m looking forward to the most. What I’m not looking forward to is sleeping on a bare mattress, since my aunts house doesn’t have enough beds for my whole family, plus hers.

My cousin Nicholas, who’s sixteen, will be there, too. That’s good, because I’ll have someone around my age to hang out with.

Also, I’ll be stuck in the back of a car for seven hours, listening to Erin scream the lyrics of her favorite song.

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Being in the car driving to Baltimore reminded me of something. I remembered that this was the time when Mackenzie told me she liked me, but it was just now two years later. I chuckled to myself because of the memories. Oh, how I wish to be in seventh grade again. I was so carefree and outgoing, you know, until the incident.

But anyways, I’m really glad this trip is happening. It’ll be a nice break for me from Hadley and everything that has happened at school lately.

My father was screaming at me for not “interacting” with the family and just sitting alone. I rolled my eyes, this wasn’t the first time he’s done something like this. Honestly, I can never please him.