12/4/13
Happy Birthday to Ashley Pez (ME)!! You are getting older and wiser which makes a person even more beautiful. Experiencing the world at such a young age makes a person blossom into a beautiful human being.
After Polish lessons with Lana and Sunny, I met Ashley at the plaza. We enjoyed watch Catching Fire, the second movie of The Hunger Games. It was just as exciting and thrilling just like when I watched it the first time with Inga, Sunny, and Lana. When the poisonous smoke was hurling down the mountain towards Katniss and Peeta, I grabbed Ashley’s arm and covered my face with my sweater. Ashley and I bonded in the theater as we became flushed every time Katniss kissed Peeta or Gale. It was super nice bonding with Ashley! I really hope she had a good birthday even though it wasn’t how she originally planned to celebrate turning 17 in Europe.
In the morning Ashley had told me her Polish friends cancelled because they were too busy to watch a movie with her. I felt horrible and a rush of sadness swept over me. I remembered my 14th birthday when my first boyfriend cancelled on me because he wanted to hang out with his best friend instead of going out to dinner with me and my family. I remembered my 18th birthday too when a different boyfriend cancelled on me because he wanted to work the late shift and gain more money for his trip out of the country. I know how it feels to be cancelled on, especially on your birthday. My heart goes out to Ashley so I wasn’t going to let her have no plans for her birthday! I accepted her offer in a heartbeat!
Even if it’s not the friend she wanted to spend her birthday with, I am still glad she wasn’t alone on her birthday night. Everyone needs a friend to celebrate this time.
Ashley is one of the sweetest, most innocent girl I know. She only deserves to be happy. I am glad I went to the movies with her tonight. It made me happy when I left to get on my bus, I left her smiling as I said my last “Happy Birthday” of the night.
Stephanie Raquel
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