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Misguided Perception
by Matthew Stephen Hyder
(August 26, 2011 Friday A.D.)
Part 2

Despite the stress I have from all the confusing stuff that happened yesterday, I feel pretty well rested. Not much happened in the beginning of the day. If you want, I could tell all of you more stories about what I eat, because I love food! Lunch at school is kind of gross, so now I make my own lunch at home, which isn't much. Just a sandwich and an apple or so. Dinner was pretty good though yesterday. We had spaghetti. This morning I ended up eating a buttered bagel and drank some orange juice.For lunch today I'm going to eat a tuna sandwich because I feel like going to the sea today to look at the Statue of Liberty.
Even now in this cold weather, since the holidays are coming up, there are many tourists that gather around there. There's never a day that's boring here in New York. Every now and then you'll hear quite a few crimes committed here though, meaning this place can be quite dangerous. It's never safe to walk alone at night no matter who you are, and no matter what time of the year it is. Just because there's freedom, doesn't mean there's peace...
Today me and my friends were talking during lunch about those two lesbians me and Rachel saw yesterday, Monica and Ashley to see if we should hang out with them again, and if Jessica and Kaitlyn should come along too.
"I wonder if lesbians have a different fashion sense or if they just have a different taste in the people their attracted to." said Kaitlyn. "You think some of them are actually Christian or Catholic like us and they don't realize that it's considered wrong to be lesbian? Or maybe they do, but they don't care? I think it would be kind of ironic, don't you?" said Jessica.
Oh, in case you didn't know, Rachel is a Gothic friend of mine, Jessica is Preppy, Kaitlyn is a Nerd (No offense Kaitlyn) and I'm the Hopeless Romantic. Now all that's left is to find a punk for our group. Heh, just kidding. So how do we all become friends when we're all so different? I'm not really sure. I guess it's because we all have the same interests when it comes to things like this...
Since I'm the leader of this conversation, I had to decide what we should do so I spoke up and said: "I don't think these kind of things matter right now. We should just go with them and see what it's like. It's not like it's going to kill us, there just here to pick out some clothes for us. Although we'll have to go home and finish our homework first." Everyone looked at me in agreement.
So it was decided. After we went home, we all finished our homework and told our parents if we could go to the mall and sure enough, they all let us, and drove home. It's a good thing we all have cell phones. I wonder if we should have waited until High School to get them. I feel like we're already achieving a lot simply for being teenagers.
So we waited and waited for Monica and Ashley to show up. It took them a while since they already shopped for their stuff but they came.
"Wow, I'm so glad you all came! There's even twice as many of all of you than we expected yesterday!" said Ashley. "I bet you're wondering how we have enough money to buy clothes for all of you. Well, there are two of enough and we're both pretty rich. My dad is the owner of this mall, so we get half price discounts on all the stores and Ashley's mom is a role model in Los Angeles." said Monica, who grinned in anticipation for our reactions. We were all of course shocked.
"Wh-wh-what?! You were two are the daughters of two famous people?! That's amazing!" I said, beaming with excitement. "Yes, yes, but as you can see, it's not easy. Being famous means you're very busy. My parents aren't even divorced, and yet my dad hardly gets to ever see his wife, but the two of them still love each other very much." said Monica. "So, um... What does your family think of you two being lesbians?" said Jessica. The two of them were of course a little uneasy. Way to make an awkward moment Jessica... "Um, well... Both our families are a little troubled by it, but they still wish for our happiness, so even though their against it, they'll still let us be together. They aren't selfish." I told them that it was very wonderful to have their parents care about them, even though they most likely have the same religion as us. This made Monica and Ashley very happy, and I think the two of them are already closer to me now. I hope we can all become friends. You can never have too many friends!
So we walked all over the store to check to see what we should get. All of us have already seen all the clothes they had to offer, we just couldn't pay for them or think that there were really that good looking, but it turns out that the clothes they picked for us were actually quite popular.
"Whoa, these are really nice!" said Jessica. "Thanks! Now that's taken care of, would all of you... like to be our friends?" All of us were silent. They seemed like pretty nice people to me, but I wonder how my friends felt. Was it really so wrong to be with people like them? Then Rachel spoke up "Sure... Just don't hit on us or anything." "Um... okay. We won't, we promise." said Monica.
So then we all exchanged e-mails and phone numbers and went on home, but that wasn't the end of the story for today. It was still quite early, so I told my parents if we could also go and see the Statue of Liberty. My dad sighed since we already went to the mall, but he took us anyway.
The Statue of Liberty... Just because there is a lot of freedom in America, doesn't mean it's peaceful. A lot of countries in the world aren't quite as free as America either. I wonder if it will ever be possible to have world peace... I just hope there's at least a Heaven out there... It makes me sad that not everyone can get to there too, and they say noth Heaven and Hell last forever. Forever... I don't want people to suffer in Hell forever. But it's true right, everything that's said in the bible? It's been everything I lived by up until now... Now... I don't know what to believe in anymore... The stories in the bible happened so long ago, and things like that don't happen that much anymore, if at all they do. I have yet to see a miracle with my own eyes...
So we went and looked at it. Tourists gathered everywhere. It was strange seeing them all, since people of all different races isn't that surprising and yet I could tell from their clothes that they weren't born here. Left and right I could hear people shouting things in excitement on how huge it is, or why it's green now if it's made out of copper. All sorts of strange words were said that I couldn't make out. I told my mom if we could take some pictures and she agreed.
So then I went home and read more of my story before going to bed... but then I decided to go on the computer too. I had 2 new friend requests, and 5 new messages this time. Since computers are fairly new, a lot of them don't run that smoothly, but I was patient and replied to all of them. None of them were really that significant anyway. At least not today.
I laid down on my bed and thought some things through before going to sleep. I am now friends with two lesbians. I never knew such a thing existed before... I need to get a boyfriend myself, but my mom and dad think that I should wait until high school, that I'm too young to understand love, that I'll just get my heart broken just like many other people. Sigh... My parents don't believe in me... Maybe they had the same experience when they were my age.
I closed my eyes and slept... Thinking now about how I should spend this Christmas...