Money IS Everythging

Money IS Everythging

Money IS Everything
The dust of sleep came over my eyes on a Thursday night in windy April. I began to drift off into sleep when my mom came in and shook my leg “sweetie” she said. I woke up startled and turned to look at the clock, it was barely 8pm. “Finish your homework before you fall asleep, I know its hard but I know you can do it”. Sleepily I look down to see that i'm on my bed with my laptop on my lap and my notebook open to notes I was writing. I see her holding out an object. I rub my eyes and shift myself to see what she's holding out. Its her phone with a picture of me sleeping with my mouth open that she took before I woke up. I laugh and shove her lightly “you’re so mean to me” She laughs as well and sits down on my bed. “Are you at a stopping point?” I look to see that I barely have one page of notes. I shrug my shoulder “yea, I guess.” I push the laptop off my lap and set aside my notes so I can sit crossed legged across from my mom. “I have some news for you” she says. “is it good or bad?” I ask. “Look for yourself”, she hands me a piece of paper with the payments shes been given from my school, Immaculate Heart. “This school is killing me Heather. Im sorry but we have to pull you out and transfer you to a different school.” She had a look of regret, sorrow and pity on her face as I processed this news.
When I was an 8th grader, Immaculate Heart was my dream school and as I was there freshman and sophomore year, it felt like a second home to me. Earlier on in my sophomore year I was bullied and I had problems with girls at that school but I put all of that aside and decided to enjoy the rest of my sophomore year. As my group of friends got smaller, I became close friends with some of my teachers and they were like my bigger sisters who helped me out and gave me the best advice a 15 year old girl could have. I had 2 girls who I could call trust worthy friends. But finding out this news was like hitting a brick wall. So many...

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