Life,_Music_And_The_Pursuit_Of_Happiness

Life, Music And The Pursuit Of Happiness Life, Music and the Pursuit of Happiness Gregory Waldren Waldren Page 1 Life, Music, and the Pursuit of Happiness Gregory Waldren “Are you a faggot'” the boy said. I tried to ignore him, pretend like I didn’t hear him, but I couldn’t. “Leave me alone” I said. “You didn’t answer my question,” the boy said, “Are you a faggot'” I ignored him by looking out the window, trying to pretend I was anywhere but on that bus. Why couldn’t he just leave me alone' “Huh' Are you a faggot'” the boy said as he slapped my neck. The sun shined on my face while tears filled my eyes as I again tried to ignore him. Why me' I asked myself, what did I do to deserve this' Finally after numerous slaps to the neck my stop came. I tried to get off the bus as quickly as possible so no one would know I’d been crying. The last thing I wanted was for them to see that they got to me. After getting off the bus I walked slowly up my drive way to the door. The feeling of hurt and pain engulfed my body. Was I that odd' Was I that music, said, school, myself, major, life, love, just, high, feel, day, tanna, sometimes, paul, out, majors, college, bus, waldren, thomas, really, page, made, even, education, conservatory, boy, been, because, am, 2004, ward, wanted, very, tried, study