Ashley

Ashley Glorioso Ava
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I moved to America 2 months ago. I came from Venice, Italy. It's the same everyday. I wake up, eat breakfast and out the door to school__.__ In Italy we are required to learn english. We don't necesserly have to speak it 24/7. I have made some friends so far. Like Ryan, Molly, Jake, Kylie, Sean and Lauren. My closest friends are Jane and Kayla. Theres also a girl name Kim but I don't really talk to her. She seems very nice though.One day when I was walking home from school I had to go to the market and down the street from my house. When I came out I saw Kim. She was walking down the alley with a bucket of water in her hand. I hid so she wouldn't see me. After she walked into the apartment building I went over to where she had been. It was a garden! It was getting dark tomorrow I would come back with my tomato tree to plant in the garden. The next day at school Kim came up to me. She said she had seen me in the garden. Words couldn't come out of my mouth. "I saw there was a lot of plants in the garden," I said. "I'm going to bring my tomato tree and plant it." I gave her a half smile. She nodded and walked back over to her desk. After school I ran home got my plant and ran back to the garden. I saw Kim again. It looked like she was waiting for someone. That someone was me. "Hi," she said. "I wanted to help you plant your tree. "Ok," I said. We walked down the alley to the garden. No one said anything. We both got on our knees and started to dig. "So how many people are in your family?" I asked. "My mom, my sisters and me." She said. "What about your dad?" I asked. "He, um died in war," she mumbled. There was a moment of silence. "I'm so sorry." I said. __She__ gave me a fake smile. "I know how you feel." I said. "My brother Michael died 6 months ago." Her face went blank. "I'm really sorry." I relized I had a lot more in common with Kim then I thought. "We should hang out more." I said. "That would nice" she replied. She showed me around the rest of the garden. It was getting dark. We said goodbye to eachother and I started walking down the alley. I was so happy I had made a new friend. Now my friends were: Jane, Kayla, Ryan, Molly, Jake, Kylie, Sean, Lauren and Kim. America has a good effect on everyone and me. I am happy my parents moved my family and I here. Everyone has been so kind. From my teachers to my beloved parents. The next day at school Ms. Hanerson gave a homework project for social studies. The project was on where your ancestor's are from. I knew exactly what I was going to do. ITALY! I would have a lot of information because of my background knowledge and of course from my parents. I couldn't wait. I knew I was getting an A+.