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Aglo: A Short Story

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“Sir? We are about to land in Aglo,” the flight attendant said in a kindly manner. I was so tired. I could barely open up my eyes because the sun was shining too bright through the small window. We’d been in the air for about 6 hours, and I’d been asleep for the whole airplane ride. “We have arrived in Aglo, Illinois, and we’re about to land, so could everyone please buckle up your seatbelts and turn off all electronic devices?” the pilot asked into the loudspeaker. I was glad to be out with the old and in with the new. We’d lived in Brazil for so long. Mom, Dad, and I had to get out of that boring, old town and country. My parents were in the back of the airplane. When we landed, it was really bumpy and it gave me a headache. I was excited to be in America. This was where I was going to start a new life and where I didn’t have any more trouble to deal with. Back in Brazil was a mess. What happened to me in the summer made it an even bigger mess. I had told my parents what happened, but they didn’t believe me so I had to show them. They freaked out at first, but they got over it. They said that we needed to move because if anyone found out, crazy things would be going on with our family and friends. I didn’t tell any of my friends what happened to me because my parents told me not to. I didn’t even tell my girlfriend, and I usually …show more content…

We’re going to a fancy restaurant uptown of Aglo and I think it’s called Las Brisas. We got reservations there so that the wait wouldn’t be so long. As soon as we got there, they sat us down and we all began to discuss how much each of us absolutely loves it here. We all absolutely said that we loved it, of course. We ordered our food, but I didn’t eat because I’m an ink drinker. I asked them if they could bring me an old book, so I quickly ran to the restroom, pulled out my straw, and I drank it. It was so

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