One day, I was walking in the forest with Allie and Paul. As we were walking, I saw a truck. I said, "Quick! Hide in the bushes!" Allie said, "What? Why?" I said, "I'll explain later." We hid in the bushes until there was no sign of the truck. Paul asked, "Why were we hiding? Who was that?" I said, "My grandfather." Allie said, "Oh..." I said, "I haven't seen him in so long. I'm afraid he'll beat me again." Allie said, "I see." I said, "And you know what he did to Barry and to my father. I don't want him to do the same thing to you two." Paul said, "Erin..." I said, "I amor you too much to lose you." Allie said, "Aw, Erin!" I smiled. I suddenly knew in my coração what I wanted to do. I said, "But someone needs to tell him what he's doing wrong." Paul asked, "What are you going to do?" I said, "What I should've done all along, point out the hypocrisy my grandfather has shown me!" Allie and Paul cried out, "Erin! No!" I said, "I have to." Allie said, "Erin, you could get hurt or worse. Please don't put yourself in danger." I said, "I'll be fine. Grandpa won't kill me. He knows my aunt and uncle would come after him." I hugged my friends and said, "Listen to me. You have been such good friends. Even if it's the last thing I say to you, I amor you all." I left in tears. I found some paper, and I wrote this note:
"Grandpa,
Meet me at Eagle River at 3:30 tomorrow. I have something I want to discuss with you. I think we should straighten things out.
Love, Erin"
I slipped the note into the mail slot and left before anyone could see me.
To be continued
"Grandpa,
Meet me at Eagle River at 3:30 tomorrow. I have something I want to discuss with you. I think we should straighten things out.
Love, Erin"
I slipped the note into the mail slot and left before anyone could see me.
To be continued
When I had entered the fifth grade, I was dreading it. I had heard rumors that the teacher was really mean. When I met her before school started, she seemed really nice. On the first dia of school, I was wearing one of my Beatles t-shirts. She noticed it, and she said, "Darling, I amor you already!" I said, "Okay, then." She would take up for me all the time. The other kids often called me glasses. She heard them and said, "She has a name, guys. Her name is not glasses. It's Winter." There was one dia when another girl kept picking on me. I finally had enough and said, "I might look sweet and innocent, but that shit is for suckers, and I'm no lollipop." I looked at the teacher. She winked and said, "I heard nothing." I would have had her for the sixth grade, too, but unfortunately, I moved to Tennessee as soon as the school ano was over. We both cried. We promised to keep in touch with each other, and we've kept in touch to this day.