Essay for ENC1101

Drenched with Sadness “Sorry, sorry for what?” I stood staring confused at the girl with downcast eyes as she played with her hair, “you know, for what happened”. I looked at her like if she had just told me she was a purple cow. I was unsure of what she was talking about, Cynthia and I weren’t very good friends, we barely talked and we each had our own clique, so it was basically impossible for us to have had a fight if all we do is wave hello or talk during group assignments. Plus, I think I would’ve remembered an argument I had with someone. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms, I tapped my feet in annoyance and asked, “What happened?” she finally looked straight at me, her eyes grew wide, “you don’t know?” I threw my arms in the air, “know what!?” she took both my hands in hers and said with a sigh, “your sister passed away.” “Wake up!” my mom gave me a little shove as I took the covers off my face and looked at the clock, it was 7:20. I hopped off the bed and skipped to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I was so excited; this whole week was FCAT week at school and today was the math portion of the test. Last year, 3rd grade, I got a 3 on it while on the reading part I had gotten a 5. This year, I was determined to get a 4, no matter how difficult the test may be. I put my long, wavy brown hair in a ponytail and, being the girly girl that I am, decorated it with a pink bow my aunt had given me for Christmas. With a big smile on my face I went to my mom’s room to see if she was ready so we could be on our way, I saw her sitting down looking at her nails, “mommy, we’re going to be late” she looked up at me and it looked like she had been crying, she faked a smiled, got her bag and out the door we went. She didn’t talk the whole way to school and I understood why; during the weekend, my sister had gotten sick while at her boyfriend’s house and she had been at the hospital ever since.