Please help me with this essay. How can i make it sound more realistic and with more feelings. What vocabulary should be used? Are there good vocabulary to describe what happen? Thank you so much! This is an essay to be completed with the phrase :
" Suddenly, I realised I had lost my way"
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Suddenly, I realised I had lost my way
I was looking down at my toes. “Julie! Care to try?” Before I could reply, Nana stuffed a stick into my mouth. “Don’t do that!” Frowning, I pulled the cigarette out. Nana looked very hurt. “Why?” She asked. Nana is my fifteen-year-old friend; we had been friends since we were nine. “Just a puff will do, please,” I shook my head firmly. “How can you do this to me?” She cried.
“For the eight years of my life, I treated you as my sister. We eat together, share secrets together and celebrate birthdays together! I am so disappointed in you, Julie!” I thought of the beautiful memories I had with her. “Fine, just a puff will do,” Nana brightened up. The experience was fun. Smoke choked my windpipes and I could not breathe. It was simply exciting! I smoked one more puff and returned it back to Nana. I was having the fun of my life. I felt so free and happy.
It was midnight when I returned home. “Julie! Where have you been? I’ve been calling you since seven!” Mother stared right into my eyes. I got angry. “Just shut up will you!” I looked away from Mother’s eyes. Mum was stunned. She stood rooted as if she was a tree. There was no expression on her face. Her mouth was slightly opened, here eyes were completely blanked. Immediately, I stomped up the stairs to my room.
“What’s the big deal? I came home only at 12! Did mum have to shout at me like this?” I was getting very angry. I slammed the door shut, stamped my feet loudly. How could Mum screamed at me like this? She is always nagging non-stop and I always hated it. I hate everyone! I hate my mother! I will never call her Mum ever again!
Suddenly, I saw my photo album lying on the floor. It was brown and square. It looked like a brown tile. I picked it up unknowingly and flipped through the page. There was one picture with mother and me, I had this huge smile over my face and my eyes became two lines. We looked so happy. That picture was dated February, 1998. The next picture was Nana and me, we hugged an enormous teddy bear, and we laughed and squeezed the bear tighter. We looked so innocent then. That picture was dated July, 1999. Tears were dripping from my eyes as happy memories flushed into me.
I felt happy at that moment. I was loved and cared for. Suddenly, I realized I had lost my way. I was walking in the wrong direction. I had to turn back immediately. I remembered the times I had with Mother, I was wrong to shout at her. I shot down the stairs and saw mother sitting on the chair. There were piles of tissue on the table. I was heartbroken.
I ran across the room and stopped. “Mum, I’m…” I paused, “I’m…” Before I could continue, my eyes were blurred with tears. I choked on my saliva. Mum looked up. She stood up, walked towards me and placed me under her arms. “Julie, everyone makes mistake sometimes, nobody is perfect, and the most important thing is that you learn from it.” I cried even harder but at that time, I knew I was walking in the right direction.
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