I got a chance to grow-up a bit faster.

Okay, so I was really freaked out yesterday. But now I'm much better. You have no idea how much.

I'll tell you what happened in the shortest way I can, if that is even possible. After school I had the girls from my class come over to my house to study together, or just simply get some subjects up-to-date.The day passed by (I might go into details of that day later) and it was close to 7 o'clock, which was the time my mom set for people to be picked up. That's when Ana Paula's mother came. Well, she didn't really come inside our property; she was in her car, on the street, waiting, because she said she was in a hurry.

Ana Paula and Cristina got their things together and went to the door that leads to the street (my house is gaurded by a rock wall too) where my mom was waiting. I just came along too to say good-bye to them. They were just about to get in the car when my mom noticed two strange guy aprouching the car, and that's when she shouted to Ana Paula's mother to GO. Then she screamed to us to RUN. Run inside the property, that is. So I ran, terrifierd, with Cristina on my back and Ana Paula... I honestly had no clue where she was, because the only thought in my mind at that second was to run as fast as I could to the house. (I forgot to mention Bianca and Eduarda were still in the house. Oh, and my dad was having a massage in his room.)

What was my mom doing, you ask? Trying to shut the door and on the four guys that were trying to get in, while screaming at the top of her lungs. Jeez, just the memory of it gives me chills.

I ran up the stairs with Cristina still behind me to my dad's room, where I banged on the door. (This time I wasn't scared about disturbing him). Manuela opened the door, my dad being behind her with a towel still wrapped around him. I tried to explain what was going on, but I guess I was talking a bit too fast for my dad to understand exactly. He ended up closing the door again so he could change. I mean, HELLO?!

By the time my dad got to the scene, it was over. My mom scared them off some how. I swear, I was trembling the whole way. Even after it was over. I had to force my self to not cry. Anyway, my mom must have been a bit shaken up, and also a bit upset with my dad, but she was the first one to ask everybody "Where's Ana Paula?" Ana Paula came in the house a couple seconds later crying. I felt so bad, so I huged her. She told us that she hid in the garden, by the drive way, with her backpack. After that, my mom told everyone to call their mothers, and to stop everyone from coming, that it was better. Less dangerous, I guess.

My mom argued with my dad a little bit, asking why in hell it took him so long. But anyway... they later decided for my dad to drop off the kids. I really didn't want him to go, but he went, and thankfully, came back safe and sound. But while he was gone, I went to my mom's room and started crying. I was so scared for my mom then. I was more worried about her then my own safety. It goes to show how much I love her.

So we talked, I cried and talked in between, and she expressed her feelings about dad. She said later that night that it gave her wake-up-call. This makes me feel very sad.

Anyway... you probably want the juicy details about what happened between my mom and the guys, right? Well, I'll tell you. She was pointed with two guns, one at her head, and another at her neck, and when she still continued to scream, they told her to shut up or they'll shoot. She continued screaming, but they did not shoot. They eventually went away. She also mentioned that one guy tried to hush her with his hand, but she bit his finger! Another guy tried pulling her hair. This all happend while she was trying to shut the door on them.

Even when I later came to say good-night to my mom, I started crying again. It was ridicioulus. I don't think I've ever cried so much in one day.

Also later that night Cristina and Ana Paula called me to chat.