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The Decision To Change One’s Life
I'm Ivan and I’m 16 years old. I'll tell you my story. I don’t share the things that are in my mind, but
when I do, it's only to my only friend Alexandra. My classmates are always mocking and bullying me.
At this age it is a real challenge to have a person who treats you equally, but for my pleasure
Alexandra is my support. She is the only one, who understands me and accepts me the way I am.
Others don’t like my appearance and my way of thinking. That's why I don't have any other friends. I
am like an alien in this world. One day after school Alex asked me if I wanted to go somewhere with
her. I liked her so I accepted immediately. She took me to the nearest forest. It was a beautiful place
but I knew that something was wrong. After 20 minutes we arrived in a part of the forest that I hadn't
been before. There were three more people. Alex greeted them. They looked like drug dealers. They
asked who I was and Alex introduced me. Then she said that she had been taking drugs for a while. I
was shocked. At first, I didn’t believe her and I thought she was joking. I was staring at Alexandra
silently and didn’t realise what was happening. The strangers started smoking weed, while I was
talking to her. I kept wondering why she started taking drugs. I did not find any reasons, because she
was doing good at school, had excellent grades and never shared any personal problems about her life
with me. She was nothing like me, everybody liked her. Why would she do that? One boy of the group
offered me to try the joint. I was frightened of the possible consequences and did not dare. When i
refused his offer, the others started mocking me. I turned around and left them. The next day I didn’t
see Alexandra at school and got worried. I did not know how to feel about her after yesterday, but I
still liked her, so I decided to drop into her house. When I made it to her home, I saw Alex kissing
another boy. I was shocked by that view because I had real feelings about Alex. She was the only
person that understood me but I was about to lose her too if I didn't act quickly. I couldn't sleep that
night thinking only about that “view”. That's when I decided to take another path in my life. I wanted
to be better, cooler and “worthy” for Alex. I had to prove myself in front of her somehow…