Chasing Sunlight

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the early morning of August in Oregon. The walls were gray-painted bricks and the floor was cold conc

the wall. One of the students had a guitar with him but wasn’t playing. My first class is off to the left of the scho

when my dad convinced me it was a sure way to win a girl's heart – to serenade her. My passion w

le, so my mom encouraged me to pick up sports as a

turned to my parents and told them, “I want to do that.” And I did. Two days later I began my training, and five years a

's at Pete’s Gym were like brothers to me, they even had a going away party for me when I broke the ne

ood in LA, right? Well, my mom has always been the one to understand and support my dreams in MM

though, so I had my own selfish reasons for

no one ever looked at me the same after that, including my dad. Mom sided with

omeone else. I couldn’t stand being there after that, knowing she’s nearby; the one person to take down Kiran Black, even if it was only emotionally. Your emotional state is

at potential and a broken heart, looking for a fresh s

at was I

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school at Glenrose High. I learned a few days ago that I share a homeroom with my tw

New York where we would all get an apartment together that is equal distance to each of our desired colleges

s equal distance from those three schools, but no

even though his family is pretty much swimming in cash and could probably buy a college if they want

ma departments productions that he had attended, and he invited me and my friends to a party a

distracted getting tomorrow's lesson laid out or they're so frustrated about how mischievous their students are that I

e one who named me Aurora because it means dawn, which is

t I’m this big ray of sunshine or something. Others think of me as the Disney character. It doesn’t help that I’m a

nks of you as this ray of sunshine, some high expectations

ne for everyone? When do I get to j

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and tell you that this is nothing like what I've done befo

may trigger some readers, so keep th

s will be made in the future for redundancies and thin