Task #2 - Important Moment
Leaving Harpoole Bay wasn’t an easy decision for Penelope. She had already had to pack up and leave one home behind when she had lost her grandmother. Loosing the woman, the only form of a parent she had ever known at that point, was hard enough, but with it she also lost her home and the life she had lived for 10 years there. Now, 8 years later, the situation was different. Penny was choosing to leave Harpoole Bay behind and go to London for university, but it didn’t really feel that different.
Penny sat in her full car at the services on the motorway on her way to london to move into her student residence and looked down at her phone. She had Leo’s number up on her phone and she wasn’t sure about whether to call or not. Going to London, going to university, was exciting. She was really looking forward to it. But it still felt like she was leaving a home behind, especially with the state of her relationships with her family. They were still alive and they would still be there after she was finished with her 3 year degree if she wanted to go back. It wasn’t the same as with her grandmother. But she hadn’t had a decent conversation with her mum for weeks, and the last time she talked to her dad had resulted in a vicious fight. And it almost felt like Leo was just as much a stranger as he had been when Penelope first moved to Harpoole Bay.
It was hard, to leave behind a life and home and family that had meant so much to her. They had given her a second chance, given her a reason to keep growing and keep trying. But what could she do? Things had crumbled away, and she had set herself on another path now. She backed out of her contacts and locked her phone, throwing onto the seat beside her. She couldn’t keep looking back. At some point she had to start looking forwards. And Penny decided that would be this point.
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