Being the new kid on the block is not the most comfortable feeling one would like to experience. This young man has just moved away from his lifelong friends and he now has to adapt to this new environment in which he must finish his high school career in. This is his chance to start off with a clean slate - no past, no memories, no burdens, fears, or judgment. He walks home from a day of solitude and wonders how long it will take for him to shed his image as an outsider. In his mind, his loneliness manifests itself into a slowed sense of time. By and by, he tries to befriend new people, but his bold attempts are gone unnoticed. The ten minutes it takes to walk home seems like hours as if the seconds on the clock has stopped ticking. He recalls his life back in his old home. His mother is baking a cake for his little sister's seventh birthday as he and his soccer team talk about the excitement of yesterday's game in the backyard. He is happy and content and life seems to be flying by. It seems like only a week ago he entered elementary school into Ms. Green's classroom with unfamiliar faces. He focuses back to the present. He has arrived home.
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