In the heart of Miami, nestled between pastel-colored Art Deco buildings and the rhythm of Latin beats, lived two boys: Yannick Peter Jamieson and Samuel Elliot Houston. Yannick, a wide-eyed 9-year-old, had moved from Brisbane, Australia to Miami just a year earlier with his family. Samuel, a spirited 5-year-old, had relocated from Edinburgh, Scotland six months prior.

Yannick’s move to the USA w...

It’s crazy really how long it’s been. I flip though the pictures. Of me and Chase.

I laugh as I look at one. I remember that day like it was five minutes ago.

“Chase!” I scream, he’s laughing my birthday cake smeared across the ground.

“Why are you laughing!” I shriek, falling to the ground. I look at the thick chocolate frosting, the velvety texture of the red cake. I had been waiting for weeks...

I stare at the picture, waves of nostalgia washing over me. We looked so happy, with my blonde hair falling over my shoulders in wavy lengths. I had my classic peace sign and tongue out, not even trying to hide my bright blue braces on my slightly yellow teeth. Her straight brown hair was covering half of her face, but one of her crystal blue eyes was visible, shining as bright as a star. That was...

It was me and you

Really stuck like glue

We did everything together

Despite the weather

We would write outside

We gave each other rides

You always make me laugh

You are my better half

I love you forever

And ever and ever

Until the sun stops shining

Children stop whining

The moon don’t come at night

And the stars aren’t shining bright

Because true friends are never apart,

Maybe in distance but nev...

May 17, 2012

Mom wants me to start writing a journal she says I should write about my feelings and what my day was like

May 18, 2012

I made a new friend in school today, her name is Jessica

May 21, 2012

I played with Jessica again today, she's probably the bestest friend ever

May 25, 2012

Mom says Jessica can come over tomorrow, I can't wait

May 26, 2012

Jessica said that we will be friends fo...

Baelison is her full first name but for me it’s too long, so once we became friends I started calling her Bae. We met in first grade, and we’re in each-others class ever since, we have stuck to one another as if we were glued to the hip. Late night calls about breakups, ice cream and pizza sleepovers when she’s down, and movie nights when I’m upset about losing a b-ball game. And now here I am at ...

I didn’t care that Fen was different. I didn’t care he was an orphan. I didn’t care than he couldn’t play tag or hide in the halls of the palace while I looked. I thought he was the most brilliant boy in the kingdom. I might have been princess, but he could build tiny trinkets from the wood in the forest and a knife he’d found in the basement of the orphanage. He brought me one every time he was o...

Celia pedals faster. Her bike tires grind over the gravel, and her choppy brown hair whips all in her face.

She wipes away a beat of sweat dripping down her forehead. It’s hot, even for a summer day. She’s wearing her denim shortalls, a striped green shirt, and her red Converse— not the most practical outfit for a bike ride, but she knows it looks good on her.

Celia stops just before a cottage-...

Dam bro we come a long together sleeping on floors sharing clothes look how fast time fly by now we gotta go our separate ways from here i never know this shit was happened to us just seem like yesterday we would play in the sandbox together an chase these hoes around now we in different lanes just let you know i didn’t change on you bro i had to find myself in this world guess you find out what y...

Quick the baby is coming out”the doctor say.That is when I and my brother born,we born one second late so I’m bigger than him,I looked cute and smart same as my brother.

We study the same school,the school called Harrow,let me tell about the school it gigantic the Astro is a proper football court and they have tennis court too,it had two proper basketball court too,If I think how many room is thei...