As If There Were No Tomorrow by Maleen Fischer

Author:Maleen Fischer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prima Vista
Published: 2014-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

My awakening

“I HAD A TUBE IN MY CHEST, AND SUDDENLY MY BREASTS STARTED GROWING.”

Maleen Fischer

I started going into puberty at 14. It was my first year in high school in Florida. My body had begun to develop a bit earlier, but now things really started to change. It is difficult enough going through puberty as a normal, healthy teenager, but having a plastic tube that leads directly to your heart located right next to a very intimate part of your body certainly is something that can be very inhibiting. Especially when a boy takes you in his arms and wants to kiss you–certainly not your everyday experience. Boys my age did not interest me at the time. Compared with girls, they were somewhat behind in their development. My girlfriends and I instead liked to flirt with the eighteen-year-old seniors.

With puberty came the inevitable conflict with my mother. Rebelling against one’s parents during puberty might seem to be the norm, but with my mother it went far beyond the norm. We were used to being together all the time. My illness virtually required her constant presence.

Now the time had come for me to cut this parental cord. I was searching for my own life. I finally wanted to be free, meet my friends and have fun, without having to think too much about anything.

During my freshman year in high school boys our age didn’t interest us at all. We were attracted to the senior boys.

I soon was part of Kayle’s circle of friends, and she was the “It Girl” of the school. Kayle was extremely pretty, with striking green eyes, very tall with an athletic build. Her hair color varied according to her mood, from blond to brown to black. She had a very loud laugh and was a very extroverted person. When she laughed it could be heard throughout the school building. She quickly became the darling of all the boys. Jake was her ex-boyfriend and once he began to get interested in Maleen Fischer, Kayle had a problem with me. She tried to exclude me. I no longer was invited to parties. She openly admitted that she had a problem with me. Only in my last year at school did our relationship return to normal.

At school, we started VNN, Verot News Network, producing our own daily TV program. Our team consisted of nine people. Every class at our high school had its own TV set. Every morning when class began this “homemade” program was a must. It was a very well-produced school television program. I hosted the daily news show, alternating with a colleague, and thereby was on screen three times during the week. We produced almost ten minutes of programming per day. We reported on current events at our school, about sports events as well as about meetings of various school clubs. Furthermore, we also had international news segments. We had excellent equipment and I was able to read the news from a teleprompter. VNN immediately made me very well-known at school.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.