Chapter 1: Move to Canada
"MOM!! Why do we have to move to Canada!?" Maria Lopez, called at mother, who was packing her clothing.
"Because hunny, we need a change and I think that we should move..." her mother, Diana Lopez, said to her.
"OKay...but why to Canada? I mean I'm gunna be about 300 maybe a lot more miles away from all my friends! And you know how hard it was for me to make friends here, imagine how hard it is for me to do that all the way in Canada!?" she called back to her, as her mother was grabbing clothes from the closet, and folding them and placing them into suitcases and boxes.
"Maria, hunny, its going to be different in Canada I know it. Trust me, and with your father out of our lives its going to be different." Her mother said, hugging her daughter and kissing her on the forehead. "He can't hurt us anymore...."
"Is that another reason why we have to move? Because of what he did?"
"Yeah....I guess so, hunny, here, take these boxes...." she said giving Maria, 3 medium sized boxes. "...and start to pack up your things."
Maria took the boxes, and went to her room, and started to place her CDs, DVDs, and VHS's in the box, that she had sitting next to her. Maria glanced over at her computer, that was on her desk. She helped herself up, and walked over to it, and turned the PC on. After the computer loaded, she logged on AIM ((AOL (America OnLine) Instant Messanger)). She saw that her Best Friend, Adriana, was on, so she IMed her.
LoNeLyGrL07: Hey Adriana!
BaBiiGrL89: Hey...watz goin on!?
LoNeLyGrL07: nuthin 2 much...i juss found out that im movin in a week.. :- (!
BaBiiGrL89: WAT!?! WHERE!?!
LoNeLyGrL07: yea...canada...
BaBiiGrL89: canada!?!? all the way out thurr!?!?!
LoNeLyGrL07: yea...
BaBiiGrL89: well i g2g i guess i will c u @ skool 2morow...so ill ttyl...byez!
LoNeLyGrL07: oh ohkay...byez...
BaBiiGrL89 signed off at 7:51:52 pm.
"No one else is on, so I guess I'll go to, and finish packing my stuff." Maria said to herself, and logged off line, and then shut off the computer. "Hey mom should I pack my computer?!" she called out the room to her mother. After about 5 minutes her mother didn't answer her. "Mom!?" she called again. and there was still no answer, so she went to go and see if everything was ok. She walked into her mothers' room, and saw her sitting on the bed, looking at the phone with tears in her eyes. "Mom...is everything ok?" she said, touching her mothers shoulder. "Oh...uh...yea....everythings fine, sweetie..." She said placing her hand on top of her daughters..."Um...I think it's best if we move Tuesday..." "What!? Tuesday? That's in 2 Days!" "I know sweetie...But i think its for the best...." she said, standing up...."And I don't think you should go to school tomorrow either, just so we can finish packing by then..."
"But...but...why?" Maria, said back. "Like, I just said, so we can finish packing..." "Right..." Maria said, and then left the room. She walked back into her room, and grabbed her cell phone, and called Adriana, 555-6952. The phone rang, but no one answered so she left a message. "Hey...uh...it's me, Maria. I just wanted to call and tell you i won't be in school tomorro, because my mom decided, we should leave tuesday, and that i should stay home tomorrow, and finish packing..." she said into the phone. "So uh...I don't think you'll be able to get a hold of me, tonight, because the phones are packed, already, and I'm gonna shut off my cell, so that i have more minutes for when we are in Canada! well i'll guess ill talk to you when i can...Bye! I'll miss you guyz! and make sure you clean out my Locker for me, but ill try to convince my mom to let me go to school and do that myself...ok now im gunna go before the message thing, runs out! bye!..." Just as she finished her message, the phone hung up on her. Maria finished packing her things, CDs, Computer, Phone, DVD Player, DVD, CD Player, everything, except her bed and clothes. She decided to do that tomorrow. At about 11 o'clock, she went to bed.
THE NEXT MORNING
Maria woke, and found that her mother had already packed all of her clothes, except for 2 outfits, that she would wear today and tomorrow. Everything was in boxes, and there was a Trolly in her room to help her carry the boxes downstairs. She looked out her window and saw her mom talking to the guy who had brang the moving truck. And then Maria, shut the shade, and got dressed. After that, she set 4 boxes onto the trolly, and headed downstairs. She then took them outside..."Good Morning Hunny! This is Merv, and he will be driving us to Canada. "Hi..." She said, shaking his hand. "I thought we weren't leaving until tomorrow...?" she asked. "Tonight." her mother said plainly. "Well mom, I was wondering if I could ride my bike up to school, and clean out my locker?" she asked. "Yeah...sure, Ria, Ill write you a note..." and then her mother, set off into the house, and after about five minutes came back out with a folded piece of white notebook paper. "Here hunny" and handed her the note. Maria, went to the shed and took her bike out, which was the only thing in there to begin with,, and hopped on it, with her bookbag attached to her back, and rode off down the block to her school. She reached the entrance of her School Building, Chaney High School, was the name of the school she went to, she was a Sophmore, she hopped off her bike, and chanined it to the hand rail, and walked up the stairs. She opened the door, and walked to her 4th period class, which was band.
"Uh...Maria, why are you so late?" the band teacher, Mrs. Brenda, asked.
"I'm not here to play today, I'm here to get my trumpet, and clean out my locker." she said plainly, walking to the Instrument Storage place. She grabbed her trumpet, and left, and walked to her locker, and put the lock in her hand and opened it, 52 69 20 07, was the combination. she opened her locker, and then took her bookbag in her hand and unzipped it. She took all the pictures of her and her friends, and placed them into her bookbag, and then took all her notebooks, and binders, and folders, and placed them in her bookbag, also. she then took all the trash and threw it into the nearest trash barrell. She took out her school books, and walked to the office. She handed the secretary her note, from her mother, and handed them her books. "Ok...now, all you have to do is sign here, and you will be free to leave." The secretary said, handing Maria, and Clipboard, with a Paper attached to it saying 'Student Release Form', Maria signed her name at the bottom, and handed the clipboard back to the secretary, who said thank you, and then Maria headed back outside, to her bike, and then headed back home again. "Change of plans again. We are leaving in 1 hour..." her mother said as Maria reached her drive-way. "AN HOUR!?" maria yelled. "Yeah...sorry again, sweetie, but its for the best, and just get this, when we are driving there, you can sleep on the way, and by the time we reach there, you can be able to start your new school." "New school?! NEW SCHOOL!? Mom! I wanted to graduate from Chaney just like all my friends! You know what we say when we are in school, we always say we are the best , unlike all the rest, because we are the angels sent from heave, we are the chicas attached with the double 00 7! THATS OUR THEME FOR OUR GRADUATING CLASS!!!! and now i won't be able to say it anymore!!" Maria yelled at her mother with fury. "I'm sorry hunny! But we are leaving in one hour, and thats that!"
AN HOUR LATER
"COME ON MARIA!!" her mother called for her. "We are leaving now! and if you want to make it to your new school on time i suggest we leave now!" she called again. maria came out the door, and set to the Moving Truck, in which her mother had been waiting for her at. "Got everything?" she asked. Maria nodded. "I've already registered you into your new school...I called them up yesterday and told them that you would be joining their school tomorrow." maria nodded again. "So what is "my new school" called anyway?" she asked. "Degrassi Community School..."
"MOM!! Why do we have to move to Canada!?" Maria Lopez, called at mother, who was packing her clothing.
"Because hunny, we need a change and I think that we should move..." her mother, Diana Lopez, said to her.
"OKay...but why to Canada? I mean I'm gunna be about 300 maybe a lot more miles away from all my friends! And you know how hard it was for me to make friends here, imagine how hard it is for me to do that all the way in Canada!?" she called back to her, as her mother was grabbing clothes from the closet, and folding them and placing them into suitcases and boxes.
"Maria, hunny, its going to be different in Canada I know it. Trust me, and with your father out of our lives its going to be different." Her mother said, hugging her daughter and kissing her on the forehead. "He can't hurt us anymore...."
"Is that another reason why we have to move? Because of what he did?"
"Yeah....I guess so, hunny, here, take these boxes...." she said giving Maria, 3 medium sized boxes. "...and start to pack up your things."
Maria took the boxes, and went to her room, and started to place her CDs, DVDs, and VHS's in the box, that she had sitting next to her. Maria glanced over at her computer, that was on her desk. She helped herself up, and walked over to it, and turned the PC on. After the computer loaded, she logged on AIM ((AOL (America OnLine) Instant Messanger)). She saw that her Best Friend, Adriana, was on, so she IMed her.
LoNeLyGrL07: Hey Adriana!
BaBiiGrL89: Hey...watz goin on!?
LoNeLyGrL07: nuthin 2 much...i juss found out that im movin in a week.. :- (!
BaBiiGrL89: WAT!?! WHERE!?!
LoNeLyGrL07: yea...canada...
BaBiiGrL89: canada!?!? all the way out thurr!?!?!
LoNeLyGrL07: yea...
BaBiiGrL89: well i g2g i guess i will c u @ skool 2morow...so ill ttyl...byez!
LoNeLyGrL07: oh ohkay...byez...
BaBiiGrL89 signed off at 7:51:52 pm.
"No one else is on, so I guess I'll go to, and finish packing my stuff." Maria said to herself, and logged off line, and then shut off the computer. "Hey mom should I pack my computer?!" she called out the room to her mother. After about 5 minutes her mother didn't answer her. "Mom!?" she called again. and there was still no answer, so she went to go and see if everything was ok. She walked into her mothers' room, and saw her sitting on the bed, looking at the phone with tears in her eyes. "Mom...is everything ok?" she said, touching her mothers shoulder. "Oh...uh...yea....everythings fine, sweetie..." She said placing her hand on top of her daughters..."Um...I think it's best if we move Tuesday..." "What!? Tuesday? That's in 2 Days!" "I know sweetie...But i think its for the best...." she said, standing up...."And I don't think you should go to school tomorrow either, just so we can finish packing by then..."
"But...but...why?" Maria, said back. "Like, I just said, so we can finish packing..." "Right..." Maria said, and then left the room. She walked back into her room, and grabbed her cell phone, and called Adriana, 555-6952. The phone rang, but no one answered so she left a message. "Hey...uh...it's me, Maria. I just wanted to call and tell you i won't be in school tomorro, because my mom decided, we should leave tuesday, and that i should stay home tomorrow, and finish packing..." she said into the phone. "So uh...I don't think you'll be able to get a hold of me, tonight, because the phones are packed, already, and I'm gonna shut off my cell, so that i have more minutes for when we are in Canada! well i'll guess ill talk to you when i can...Bye! I'll miss you guyz! and make sure you clean out my Locker for me, but ill try to convince my mom to let me go to school and do that myself...ok now im gunna go before the message thing, runs out! bye!..." Just as she finished her message, the phone hung up on her. Maria finished packing her things, CDs, Computer, Phone, DVD Player, DVD, CD Player, everything, except her bed and clothes. She decided to do that tomorrow. At about 11 o'clock, she went to bed.
THE NEXT MORNING
Maria woke, and found that her mother had already packed all of her clothes, except for 2 outfits, that she would wear today and tomorrow. Everything was in boxes, and there was a Trolly in her room to help her carry the boxes downstairs. She looked out her window and saw her mom talking to the guy who had brang the moving truck. And then Maria, shut the shade, and got dressed. After that, she set 4 boxes onto the trolly, and headed downstairs. She then took them outside..."Good Morning Hunny! This is Merv, and he will be driving us to Canada. "Hi..." She said, shaking his hand. "I thought we weren't leaving until tomorrow...?" she asked. "Tonight." her mother said plainly. "Well mom, I was wondering if I could ride my bike up to school, and clean out my locker?" she asked. "Yeah...sure, Ria, Ill write you a note..." and then her mother, set off into the house, and after about five minutes came back out with a folded piece of white notebook paper. "Here hunny" and handed her the note. Maria, went to the shed and took her bike out, which was the only thing in there to begin with,, and hopped on it, with her bookbag attached to her back, and rode off down the block to her school. She reached the entrance of her School Building, Chaney High School, was the name of the school she went to, she was a Sophmore, she hopped off her bike, and chanined it to the hand rail, and walked up the stairs. She opened the door, and walked to her 4th period class, which was band.
"Uh...Maria, why are you so late?" the band teacher, Mrs. Brenda, asked.
"I'm not here to play today, I'm here to get my trumpet, and clean out my locker." she said plainly, walking to the Instrument Storage place. She grabbed her trumpet, and left, and walked to her locker, and put the lock in her hand and opened it, 52 69 20 07, was the combination. she opened her locker, and then took her bookbag in her hand and unzipped it. She took all the pictures of her and her friends, and placed them into her bookbag, and then took all her notebooks, and binders, and folders, and placed them in her bookbag, also. she then took all the trash and threw it into the nearest trash barrell. She took out her school books, and walked to the office. She handed the secretary her note, from her mother, and handed them her books. "Ok...now, all you have to do is sign here, and you will be free to leave." The secretary said, handing Maria, and Clipboard, with a Paper attached to it saying 'Student Release Form', Maria signed her name at the bottom, and handed the clipboard back to the secretary, who said thank you, and then Maria headed back outside, to her bike, and then headed back home again. "Change of plans again. We are leaving in 1 hour..." her mother said as Maria reached her drive-way. "AN HOUR!?" maria yelled. "Yeah...sorry again, sweetie, but its for the best, and just get this, when we are driving there, you can sleep on the way, and by the time we reach there, you can be able to start your new school." "New school?! NEW SCHOOL!? Mom! I wanted to graduate from Chaney just like all my friends! You know what we say when we are in school, we always say we are the best , unlike all the rest, because we are the angels sent from heave, we are the chicas attached with the double 00 7! THATS OUR THEME FOR OUR GRADUATING CLASS!!!! and now i won't be able to say it anymore!!" Maria yelled at her mother with fury. "I'm sorry hunny! But we are leaving in one hour, and thats that!"
AN HOUR LATER
"COME ON MARIA!!" her mother called for her. "We are leaving now! and if you want to make it to your new school on time i suggest we leave now!" she called again. maria came out the door, and set to the Moving Truck, in which her mother had been waiting for her at. "Got everything?" she asked. Maria nodded. "I've already registered you into your new school...I called them up yesterday and told them that you would be joining their school tomorrow." maria nodded again. "So what is "my new school" called anyway?" she asked. "Degrassi Community School..."