Name: Kimberly Conwell
Age: 16
Ethnicity: half Quileute and half Filipino
Appearance: long dark brown hair Dark brown eyesCurvy but not fat 5'9''
Personality: Not very talkative with people other than her friends and family. Wants to be a girly girl who is popular and everyone wants to be friend with her but unfortunately she is the quiet girl in the class who people will only talk to her ask her for an answer for a question. She is also too shy to even look into Jared Thail's eyes, who happens to be her crush.
Likes: Any thing that is the color corral, School, Animals, and her family(sometimes)
Dislikes: girls who just stare at other girls, and despises people who cut in line
Family: Mom-Vera Dad-Greg Sister-Jenny
Getting off the plane from Manila to Seattle was one of the hardest thing to do in my entire life. I got up from my seat went to reach for my luggage in the overhead bin. I grabbed my bag and tried to squeeze through the isles of the plane. "salamat sa iyo para sa mabilis na hangin Pilipinas, salamat po " said the sturdiest as I passed by her. When I was finally inside baggage claim I saw my mom, dad, and sister holding up a big poster that said welcome home Kimberly! Well my sister wasn't holding up the sign but texting on her phone , probably to her boyfriend. I ran up to my mom and hugged her with all the strength I could muster. "anak, I missed you so much. Look your hair got longer. Did you have fun? Were you nice to your titas? You grew up so much. Greg look at her-"
" Ma, Ako ay mainam at oo ako ay masaya at oo ako ay magalang sa aking mga titas
" then I turned to my dad looked him in the eyes and said "hi Daddy" right when I said that he picked my up and spun me around like he did when I was little. When he set me down he looked towards my sister Jenny
" Jen get off your phone and say hi to your sister you haven't seen her in a three years" Jen looked up and gave me a loving hug and said " sorry sis I was just texting Brad where I was"
"Brad, huh, is he your new boyfriend? I replied and raised my eyebrow
She just laughed at me. Then I noticed that my parents went a brought my bags to the car. I was in for a long ride home because if I remember right the airport was about three hours away from my parents' house. When we were all settled in the car I described my three year stay in the Philippines where I was invited to attend Makati high school. I lived with my aunts or titas. When you live there for three years you kind of have to know the language, but I only know some terms but I have an accent now. " Damn, I need more gas" said dad as he looked over at the gas tank on E. He pulled into the nearest gas station and went inside to pay. " Gosh Kimmy you changed so much." my mom sighed as she turned around from the passenger seat "you used to be so tiny and scrawny. Now u could be an artista" after all these twenty years living in America she still had an Philippine accent. My dad came back into the car and continued driving to my hometown. We pulled past the welcome to forks sign so we were about 15 minutes from la push. " Vera, I have a council meeting soon so after we get home I'm leaving" "but Greg its your daughters first night back" my mother replied
"ma, its fine its only one night" I exclaimed as we pulled in the drive we. Looking at my house was looking at a strangers house my favorite cozy brown house was now a teenagers dream house. My mother noticed me staring" its is different huh, your ate wanted it"
I walked in but suddenly felt like home again. Going upstairs I noticed the school pictures of me and suddenly thought how different I was then from now. I was taller had more curves and grew into my nose and mouth. I opened the door to my room and saw all my posters from school work and all the posters of my favorite singers and actors from when I was 13. I used to look at them and think I wish I was just like them so I would be popular and beautiful. Right now I would still say im pretty plain. When people see me I would still fall into the typical category of a la push girl, but when you see my face you can tell there was some exotic feature there. I laid down on my bed put my head on my pillow but felt something hard underneath it. It was my diary, then so many memories rushed back at me. Jared Thail, Kim+Jared= Love for ever was written all over the pages. This was my obsession stage. Jared thail was the cutest guy in the eighth grade. I would follow him around like a lost puppy dog and I even considered not going because I thought that he would finally stop looking at the other girls and noticed me but I realized I had to grow up. And be mature, but the sad thing is I never had a boyfriend or had my first kiss. Pathetic, right?
I put my diary in the trash can and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Translations:"salamat sa iyo para sa mabilis na hangin Pilipinas" - thank you for flying air Philippines
"Ako ay mainam at oo ako ay masaya at oo ako ay magalang sa aking mga titas" - i'm fine and yes i had fun and yes i was respectful to my aunts