Will

__**CARLOS RODRIGUEZ**__ 11/17/10  I was 17 when i came from here from the Dominican republic. I left my entire family behind to become an exchange student here in the u.s. I was there for a long time. 4 years. During this one morning i come across this beautiful garden. I see lots of ah....”Different” people there. Then i see him. He looks just like me. I walk over to him and say "hi". "hey" he says to me without even looking up. "my name is carlos, whats yours?" "gonzalo" he says sounding like he is not interested at all. But then he looked up and noticed how alike we looked. "......." is all he could say. Finally he says slowly "where are you from?" "dominican republic" i say with a smile. " yourself?" i ask him "nothin special, just guatamala." "you are the first kid i've seen who looks...like me....." " right back atcha" i reply. From then on we were best friends, like two peas in a pod. I even grew fresh papaya for my mother......if i ever saw her again.... Anyways, every day befroe and after school i was with Gonzalo. He was the bestest friend i had ever had. But then one day everything changed. I got a phone call from my mother. "Carlos my baby we miss you so much! please come home!" I coudn't stand my mothers voice this sad so i agreed. That night i packed my bags and the next day i said good bye to Gonzalo and got on the plane. But as soon as i sat down i felt like i wanted to stay. But it was to late i was on the plane and i was going home. Even though i was sad i left i did learn one very important lesson. "Family is more important then friends." media type="custom" key="7577837"