Essay on The Changeover: A Short Story

Jake’s eyes darted from one relative to the other. “Gentlemen, any notion you have about a relationship between me and Miss Collins is a simple misunderstanding.”

It was the first day back at school for a new year. Many of us still longed to be on holiday, carefree and careless. It showed on our faces as we grumpily and wearily made our way along the corridors to our House Room. This year our form (11) had a new student. When we walked in we all just looked at him, scrutinizing, mentally noting anything unusual. There was something about him though, but I couldn't quite see it. Nobody interacted with him at first - the teachers were all around him, then he was set free, for us students to talk with him, I didn't talk to him myself, rather I just listened to the questions of others, which, he answered them faintly. They ask him questions to get him talking, to get him relaxed, but he simply answered

Jake: I realize that Caroline, but at the time all I saw was the women I love getting back together with her ex-boyfriend. I know that isn’t what was truly happening, but I just saw red when that thought entered my mind, and I couldn’t handle that.

I came to a halt. My hands were bloodied and bruised. I finally let out the tears, and it wasn’t because of the pain I inflicted on my hands. It was realisation of losing my friend. Maybe we would have been more than that, even- if he was alive. I heaved, I whimpered, I couldn’t breathe. I yelled in agony, my fists didn’t hurt like how my heart

After many long weeks it seem to Rhoda, she finally going to Minnesota and learn so many new things. “Rhoda time to say goodbye to everyone,” Rhoda mother Pippi Mississippi yelled from downstairs. Rhoda closed her suitcase and ran downstairs with it. She smiled at her parents and all her friends, she hugged her friends Olivia, Amelia, and Ezra. “We will miss,” Amelia said. “Yeah, just because you are going to be gone for month does not me you cannot call us,” Ezra stated. Rhoda just stared at all three of her friends, Ezra was the tallest of the bunch and sometimes they called him big foot, Olivia is very athletic and loves to have a good time, and Amelia was the most emotional person of the bunch and sometimes very hard to be around. But, as she looked at her friends she knew she would miss them very much. “Group hug,” Olivia yelled as she made that motion to hug. “Guys I will be gone for one month nothing that big,” Rhoda said after their hug. They all smiled at each other as Rhoda dad begun to speak, “I think it time for you hoodrats to leave.” “I agree with him,” Rhoda mom Pippi said. “Well goodbye Rhoda Minnesota,” Olivia said as they walked out of Rhoda’s house. “Well do you have everything?” Murray asked Rhoda. That was a good question, Rhoda thought to herself; a question like that is hard to answer because a you never know what you need or what you have to have. Rhoda looked at her suitcase and

The pain was overpowering, but I couldn't let it take hold. I couldn't let it bury me. My thoughts were racing, but I had to make it go away. I couldn't let it break

“Yeah,” Zack responded with some sparkle in his eye. “I’m sure Ben and Zoe will join her.”

“I’m sorry,”” Charlie said, pulling Elliott closer to her, “I didn’t realize we were missing.”

“Why you’re tripping over whether or not we’re dating?” Tre asked with a devilish smirk. “And if we were, what would the problem be? Afraid I might take your friend away after only knowing her for less than a day?”

“I’ll call your teacher tonight, by the way, what did you get on your quiz?” Jake replied,

When I got there my teacher was outside of the door. I did not know what she was doing outside.

“Ruby you won’t know that until you take a chance to either trust him or to not trust him.”

“They told me that tomorrow he wanted to meet us and his name is Jake.”

It was that frightful night in June when I saw my whole world crash beneath my feet. That car, as blue as the ocean, that call as unforgettable as the darkest moon, and my mom as beautiful as a flower. I do not know why It had to happen, but all I was concerned about was getting her back.

“Did any of you see the new girl yet?” Jack mention, and I mentally forgot about the new girl showing up today. We all shook our head except for Colton who smirk. What his deal? I wonder and turn my attention to Jack.