It only took a split-second. All I could grasp was an unhinging ringing and a hurdling pain permeating through my spine. Through the blurred haze of my eyes all I could make out was Jessie. Just Jessie. He looked sort of panicked and overwhelmed, so with the reluctant regain of my strength I forced myself to sit up.

My eyes trailing farther down now noticing Allen. Although his body seemed...

I stare at the faces of those I see everyday. Friends, family, acquaintances. One way or another they’ve wiggled their way into my life. Yet now without a seconds notice I leave them all behind.

“Don’t say a thing,” my mother explains days before departure. Its tough really. Leaving everything you know. Everyone you know. Going to school each and everyday smiling and at the end spitting a cas...