I watched as my old home in California faded behind me, and soon I would be landing on the other side of the continent in Maryland.

"For God's sake Persephone, cheer up," my mom scolded me from the seat to my left.

"Mom, call me Seffy; I go by Seffy," I reminded her.

"Yeah well guess what? I named you Persephone, not Seffy, so that's what I'm going to call you!" she retorted.

I could feel a fight coming on so I didn't respond, not wanting to make a scene on the airplane. Instead, I placed my giant headphones over my ears and sat back, planning to listen to music the whole flight. Thankfully my headphones blocked out any outside noise - including my mom.

About 15 minutes into the flight, I drifted off to sleep listening to "I Miss You" by Blink 182. The song clearly stated my feeling for my hometown and all my friends there.

Hours later I was being shaken awake by my mother. My iPod was dead and there was a little bit of drool on the window and on my hand. Hehe.

"Are we landing?" I mumbled, putting my headphones around my neck, still half asleep. My mom nodded.

In a few short minutes we had landed and I was grabbing my guitar from the overhead carry-on storage. What, you thought I'd let it get crushed underneath everyone else's luggage? No thank you…

At the baggage claim I got weird looks from random people, which I returned until it was so awkward they left. Smirking, I grabbed the last of my luggage, and soon my mother and I were driving to what was supposed to be our new home…

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