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13 Is Not Always Unfortunate

 This morning is the first day Alyssa goes to her new school. She looks in hurry. Because she wants to go early. “Mom, daddy i’m go first. Bye....!” Alyssa says. “Be careful hunny” said her parents. Alyssa doesn’t answer. not along time Alyssa has arrived in her new school. In front of the gate of the school, Alyssa is very very nervous. Because now she enters in the best of one of school in Bekasi and she is going to associate with many girls that more clever than she is. 
 She’s school in Junior High school 45Bekasi. She wears veil. She is very beautiful beside that she is clever too. Her parents very love and proud of her. Her mother name’s name is Elisabeth and her father’s name is Roberto Alience . Her mother is a nurse and her father is an engineer. Altough her parents are very busy but they can devide their time to give their love to Alyssa. Now Alyssa is 12 years old. Although her age is still young but she is very wise if she will solve her problem.
 Alyssa looks for her new class but suddenly, Brakkkkk she strikes someone till they fall. The fact, someone’s name who is striked by Alyssa is Joe. From that meeting, Alyssa and Joe to be a friend. Fortunately, they are in one class.
 Alyssa’s days is running well. And now Joe is Alyssa’s close friend. One day Joe invites Alyssa talk a walk around the complex. Suddenly an old woman come to Alyssa and Joe. They are very surprise. The the old woman said, “Hei young girl, when was you born”. Alyssa was very surprise and the she answered with scare, “March 13th”. Then the old woman said again,”Be careful young girl because the unfortunateness will wit you and it will happen repeatedly, remember it”. At that time Alyssa was scare, directly Alyssa invites Joe to go home.
 Arriving at home, Alyssa tries to remember,”My birthday is in 13th, my absen number is 13, an my favourite number is 1 and 3”. Then Alyssa is crying, she’s so scareto face many ufortunateness. But far away in her heart she dosn’t believe it.
 In the morning, as usual Alyssa goes to her schoo. But now she wants to go to school by foo. When she arrived at school, she feels something different with her friends especially Joe. The reality, all her friends has known about aboutan old woman who said that Alyssa will experience many ufortunateness. Her friends are scare they’re near with Alyssa, they will experience many ufortunateness like Alyssa. So her friendsfar away from her. Alyssa is so sad especially because Joe, her close friend also far away from her.
 The next day, when she went home from school, she hears that her parents is fighting. During this her parents have never fought although they are very busy, they still give her love to Alyssa. Alyssa sadness add when her parents decide to divorce. She is very sad because she don’t to whom she can sharing her problem.
 A few days later, Alyssa will follow sains competition in Bekasi. She has forgotten her problem. Althouggh she’s still in 7 grade, she’s very clever. She’s more clever than another students who is elder than she is. But unfortunately, she can’t win the competition. She is so disappointed.
 Alyssa feels many unfortunate things with her self lately when she is going to be 13 years old. But Alyssa still doesn’t believe with the old woman’s say yesterday.she’ll prove that 13 isn’t always unfortunate. Because she over thinks about the unfortunateness is happened by her, she’s sick, her tuberculosis is recurrence.
 March 13th, it is Alyssa’s birthday. But Alyssa is still sick. So she’s going to celebrate her birthday in the hospital. She has blown the candle and make a wish. Then her parents give her specialprize, the prize is that her parents won’t divorce. 
Her friends, especially Joecome to the hospital and they ask Alyssa to forgive them. Alyssa has forgiven them. Alyssa, Joe and another friends to be freind again. 
 Beside that, there are a good news for Alyssa. The news is that the winner of sains competition, before the competition begins, the winner has known the question. So that she can win the competition. At that time Alyssa is very happy. She says to her friends,”now, I have proved that 13 Is Not Always Unfortunate”

BY: ANA ( 8 A )