Hurricane BFF’s

We evacuated to Birmingham, Alabama. The hotel room was so small. My dog peed on the carpet. She snuck into a bag of sugar cookies and ate them. Then, she got sick. We were all getting on each other’s nerves.

My parents wouldn’t let me go back into Panama City with them after the hurricane. They said it was too dangerous. I just wanted to see our house and find out if our play house and trampoline were ok. They said no.

We had to go to a new school. We didn’t wear uniforms like we did at my old school. I overheard my new teacher saying that I wear the same outfit every day. We didn’t pack a lot of my clothes from Panama City. I asked my mom to buy me some new clothes. She did.

A friend from my old school got to be in my class at my new school. We did everything together. Ate lunch together. Played frisbee at recess together. One time I threw the frisbee over the fence but the teachers never found out.

We were friends before but now we are best friends.

My parents told me we got a new roof and we get to move home. I am happy and I am sad. I missed the Thanksgiving performance at my old school and now I am going to miss the Spring performance at my new school.

I sobbed the night we left. I hated leaving my friend at that school all by herself. She needs me. I am the only one there who knows what it is like to be in a hurricane.