Today I start my first day of 8th grade. 7th grade was well...hell for me. People are so dramatic and mean that by the end of the year I went mute at school. People forgot what my actual voice sounded like and to be honest no complaints. No one talked to me because they thought I was "emo". Over the summer I spent the two and a half months of hot California weather in Italy with my grandma, grandpa, and one of my grandma's friends daughters who I had never met before. My parents thought it would bring me out of my shell or something. The girl my grandma brought was named Signa Nilsson. We stayed in this little house kinda hut things with one bedroom and a weird futon thing. When we got there my grandma told me I'd be sleeping on the futon with grandpa and her and Sig would sleep in the room because "girls get a girls room". I only got 4 hours of sleep my first night because of the time change and jet lag. When I woke up Sig was making breakfast. " Your grandparents went to the market down the street to get some food, but they shall be back soon" She said. "Oh uh ok. I didn't know U had an accent, where are u from?" I asked her. " Well I moved to America because my Mom passed away in January last year and she always wanted to come see Junia in America so we moved here for a new start." She replied "We brought food!!" Grandma Junia yelled as she bursted in the door first. All day we explored. Here is a picture I took.
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Sig seemed mysterious...and I liked that it made me feel something for the first time in awhile. First time in awhile I haven't felt numb.
...... That night my grandparents went to a restaurant to see some old friends so Sig and I were stuck in the house together. I was sitting on futon watching shows I couldn't even understand but I figured since I'm going to be there all Summer I might as well try to become fluent in Italian. Signa came walking out of her room in an odd kind of outfit. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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"Ray?" Sig said sounding concerned. "Yeah" I replied still staring at the TV. "How can I dress like an American? Red white and blue??" She asked "Well In America we have our own styles. Here let me show u!" I said to her as I pulled my phone out of my back pocket and motioned to the seat next to me. I showed Sig a few different pictures of some famous people, then a few pictures of me and my friends. "So you don't need to fit in just..." I stopped after realizing she had fallen asleep on my pillow. I tucked her in then went and got a spare pillow and blanket. I lied down as far across the bed as I could go and smiled as I fell asleep thinking about tomorrow's adventures.
