• Today is the first day of school in Meadowview. The bus came down the driveway of where I lived and I stood there with a faded blue floral shirt and a tan skirt that came to my knees on. The bus finally inches its way to me and I get on. I'm the first one and I sit in the front row where I usually sat when I rode the bus. The driver, a slim woman with red stringy hair like spaghetti asks me "So your name is Carolyn?". I nodded with a smile and said "That's my name but some people call me Carrie". The driver smiled at me and said "Well they are both pretty names, you are blessed". I reply with a thank you and a smile. She then stops talking and is quiet on the whole route.
    Not a lot of people ride the bus this year, including myself only thirteen people rode the bus. We get to Meadowview High School at 7:25. She told us that she wasn't allowed to let us off of the bus until 7:30. Everybody groaned except me and few other people. Finally, 7:30 comes and she let's us off. I get off first since I was at the front. I'm a sophomore this year at Meadowview High School. I'm glad that I am no longer a new kid here and at least know where each class is now.
    I enter into the cafeteria and head to first cafeteria line that only has two people in it. I grab a chicken biscuit and wait for the other two people in front of me. I get to the lunch lady and tell her my lunch number and I then headed to the small table near the entrance. I sit down and eat my chicken biscuit by myself. A few minutes later, a horde of people come running into the cafeteria. I spot Kelly Lansky, my best friend that I known since elementary school. She sees me and runs to me and sits next to me. Kelly was about my size and height, the only few things about us was that she was a blond with brown eyes and I had light brown hair with green eyes. She smiles at me and asks "How was your summer, Carrie?". I look at her and nodded my head and reply "It was alright". She flips her gold hair and says "That's good". She tells me how she and Blake Baker who is a junior this year, hooked up over the summer. The 7:45 bell rings and me and Kelly head out the door with the other people.
    We go to the commons area next to "B" building. There other buildings as well: A, C, and D. Kelly tells me that she is going to go place her book bag in her homeroom, I tell her that I will do the same thing. We tell each other bye and head to our homerooms. My homeroom this year is Mrs. Claremont, the sophomore and junior English teacher. I enter into the room quietly, she is at her computer and didn't notice me entering. I place my book bag at the table near the door. Then at that moment, she turns her head towards me and says "Well hey there, are you in my homeroom this year?". I nod my head in a civil manner. She smiles at me and asks "What's your name dear?". I tell her that my name is Carolyn Harwood and I am a sophomore. "Okay then, you got a few minutes to socialize with people until the bell rings" she says in a cheerful voice. I say okay and exit the room into the hallway filled with people.
    I spot Kelly with Blake hugging each other and then kiss each other. I go the other way so I wouldn't be a nuisance and before I realize it, I bump into Tiffany Martin. I tell her that I'm sorry, but that did not do no good, she just wrinkles her nose and pushes me out of her way. Tiffany was shorter than me by a tad and had an angular figure which made some girls jealous of her and some calling her a beanpole. I watch her walk down the hallway and turn around and flips a bird at me. I shrug my shoulders and turn around and spot a couple of muscular boys laughing and talking to each other. They spot me and come towards me, I start to get nervous and anxious since I am not good around boys. The tallest one with a thick clump of black hair and says "Hey Carolyn, how's everything going?". I say that everything was going alright, he nods his head with approval as so the other boys do. Before he could talk, the bell rings. He says goodbye and so do I as we head to our homerooms.
    I arrive at Mrs. Claremont's room and sit where my bookbag is. Then everybody else comes in and takes their seat. Nobody sits with me as they sit with the others and start chatting loudly. Mrs. Claremont rises out of her chair and says "Welcome back, my dearies I have everybody's schedules for this school year". She begins to pass out our schedules and other papers as well. I look at my schedule and first period is Physical Science with Mr. Nalowski. A while went by and then the bell rang to go to first period. I grab my things and head out to class.
    I arrived at Mr. Nalowski's in time and grab a seat before anybody else. I sat patiently waiting for the others to arrive. Not a soul arrives. Mr. Nalowski looks at me and then the tardy bell rings he then gruffly asks me to go see where the others are. I walk out of the room and find a mob of people hovering around a person. I go towards the mob and notice a boy laying on the floor bleeding from a wound on his head. I get through the crowd and kneel down next to him. He looks at me with pain in his eyes and says "I was in a fight with Benjamin Brinkley and I got beaten to a pulp". I tell a girl to go get Mr. Nalowski and the others to get the principal. They go in different directions away from me and the boy. I then realized that the boy was Adam Nisari, the person who was in the band Chaotic Shadows. I tell him that he'll be fine and that help will come. He says to me "Hey what's your name?". I tell him my name and he says "I'll remember that".
    The principal and Mr. Nalowski came towards me and Adam. "Adam, you and Benjamin definitely don't get along well" said the principal. "Carolyn help him up to his feet and follow us to the nurse". I nod my head and help Adam to his feet and walk him to the nurse. We arrived at the nurse's office and she comes rushing out of her office to Adam. She grabs and takes him to her office. Mr. Nalowski then says to the principal "I swear, it gets worse every year with them two". After that, me and him go back to class.
    A week goes by after the event. Adam spots me in the hallway during break and says "Thank you for helping me last week, sorry that I didn't say it sooner". I tell him thank you and he goes to his class as the bell rings. Kelly is in my fourth period which is World History. She sits next to me and giggles at me "I seen you and Adam talking to each other". "Yeah what about it?" I replied. Kelly grins at me and says "I think you two would be cute together". I blushed bright red and my hands got sweaty. Then the teacher, Mrs. Zimmerman comes in and starts class.
    Months went by and me and Adam talked and hanged out together. But soon I realized that I was in love with him. Adam wasn't like the others, he was friendly, caring and a good listener. Then second semester came. I had the same first period with him, English 2 with Mrs. Claremont. I sat in my assigned seat which is next to Adam. He came in and sat in his seat. He leans over to me and whispers in my ear "Meet me in the commons area during lunch". I looked at him and say "okay".
    Lunch arrived and I headed out to the commons area. I look around and find Adam propped next to a tree. I walk over to him and he sees me and smiles. "Hey Carolyn". I said hey back to him. He then stretches and looks at me intensely "Carolyn, there's something that I really need to tell you". I looked at him and worry a little about what he wants to tell me. He then puts his hands on my face and says "I love you" and kisses me. I was in heaven the sheer moment that we had together. His tongue grazes over mine and I moan in pleasure. He breaks the kiss and looks at me. Tears fall from my eyes "I love you too Adam" I said as I hugged him tight. He then asks "Will you be my girlfriend?". I look at him and nodded. He smiles happily.
    Ever since then, we were together and nothing could seperate us. We kissed, held hands, and laughed. But then bad news came. His family was moving away to Germany. My heart broke into pieces and I cried for weeks. There was nothing he could do about it. I waved good-bye to him at the airport as he did too. I knew then my heart was now trapped in a cage.
    Five years passed. I finished high school and now a junior in college. I haven't heard anything from Adam since he left for Germany. I was in Sociology class until somebody came into the class. Professor Lamdini looked at the student and said "You just missed class Adam Nisari, but since you just came back from Germany, it's alright". I was shocked. Adam had come back from Germany. After class was over, I quickly to him and said "Adam is it you?". He looked at me and said "Carolyn? is it you for real?". I nodded my head with tears in my eyes. He then flung his arms around me "I missed you so much that I thought I was going to die" he said. I buried my head into his chest. "Promise me you won't leave again" I said. He kissed me and said "I promise I won't let's be together forever". I nodded my head.
    I knew from his words that he didn't lie to me. He never left again and we stayed together. It was like back in high school again. Even when two people are apart, they miss each other greatly. That is what I learned. I knew that my heart will never be in a cage again.