The document describes the developing relationship between Cristal and Terry, two shy teenagers in Nebraska City. Cristal has red hair and low self-esteem due to bullying and family problems. Terry is quiet and likes comics. They bond over sharing comics on the bus ride to school, though they don't speak. Their shy friendship grows as they learn more about each other, but Cristal's abusive stepfather threatens her, forcing her to leave town to live with an uncle. Terry is heartbroken by her departure and keeps hoping to reconnect with her through letters.

1. Year 1986 – Nebraska City
Cristal was a shy and distracted
girl. She had curly, red and a
little messy hair; she was
chubby and her clothes were
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out of place. He was
the target of many jokes. Cristal
was a girl who had suffered a
lot, she had self-esteem
problems and felt very lonely,
but despite this, she had strong
character, she was a little
cynical, sarcastic
and she didn't let
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intimidate her.
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2. Terry is a quiet guy and
rather grumpy, he
didn't have friends, he
was a little weird and
likes so much to read
the comics, he has lived
all his life in Nebraska
so people
respect
him, or at
least didn't
bother him.
Cristal lives in a tiny House with…
…her mother,…
…her stepfather…
…and her four brothers.
The five share a room.
Cristal's stepfather was an alcoholic
and he had terrified to her family

3. He lived with his parents
and his younger brother
Terry and Cristal started to share their
seat for going and returning to their
school every day. They took some classes
together but never talked.

4. Terry realized when Cristal quietly
began to read his comics, when he
was reading them in the bus.
Cristal felt Terry waited for her to
finish the reading to continue
next page,
ashamed, I didn't
know how to react.
One day, astonished, Terry gave
her his comics.
Time later, when Cristal
finished a comic, Terry
gave him another.
Nevertheless, they didn't
even speak.

5. One day Terry took courage and talked to
her. When heart it, Cristal smiled and
when she did it, Terry felt that his world
disappeared, felt that something broke
inside of him. Her smile was beautiful,
Your
smile is
beautiful
Whenever they talked and shared more
time together and knew each other,
they felt that they were different but at
the same time they fit. With the time,
they got many things in common. When
they looked at their eyes they felt many
special things. Terry did not care about
Cristal’s
behaviour. He loved
her; He just wanted
to protect her and
love her forever.
Cristal loved the way
in which Terry was,
she felt that he was
for her and they felt really well for going
together to the school, but she was
afraid to fall in love and he knew the
way in which she lived, the problems of
her family. She was afraid of losing him
because she was not like the other girls.

6. They knew that after that gesture
they would be not more friends. They
fall in love, as the first shy love or
those that
take you by surprise.
The days passed,
Cristal and Terry
showed more their
relationship.
Terry went with Cristal to her
locker, to the door of her classes,
they walked
holding hands
down the hall and
they gave small
kisses, Terry tried
to hit those who insulted Cristal
but she didn’t let
him. Cristal told
him each day more
of her secrets, his
family and his
horrible life
although it was not
easy for her,she was afraid of
losing him but for the happiness
of Cristal he followed with her.

7. One day Cristal went
to her home without realized that her
stepfather was at home and he heart
the cries and sobs of
her mother. So she
called the police
from her neighbour’s
House when she was
leaving her mother
said her that her
stepfather knew
about her relationship with Terry and
she has to leave because he didn’t like
it. At that time, his stepfather came
out and saw to Cristal and she ran
away. Suddenly she was in front of the
house of Terry. It was night and if she
would wake up him or go far away
where his stepfather
could not find her.
But she knew Terry
would help her. She
went to the back
yard and knocked at his
room’s window, he
saw Cristal.
Cristal told him everything happened
and explain the plan she had in mind.
She would go to the House of his
uncle outside of the city she
When they were separated for any
reason, she missed him as he to her, they
interchanged their comics
and Terry sometimes gave
her his music. The problems
at the home of Cristal were
frequently; his stepfather
came home drunk and hit
her mother.

8. knew in that house his stepfather
couldn’t do anything against her
and knew that his uncle would
receive her in his House, Terry with
pain accepted her plan but he knew
that he would not see her again. Goodbye Goodbye
Many days passed, Terry was sad,
he decided to send letters and
called but Cristal never returned
her letters or phone calls.
Whenever Terry
walked on the
streets and saw
girls with red hair,
he remembered
Cristal but it was
always part of his imagination, he

9. pick him up to the school, he walked and
lean back on his bed, he looked at the
ceiling. Every day was in that way looked
at the ceiling and thought in Cristal. It was
a month ago since he had stopped
sending her letters and made phone calls,
he knew he would not get anything from
her, when he was watching the ceiling his
father came in and said: "You have
received a card," and he threw it to
Terry’s bed, Terry took the letter and read
the name on the paper, with perfect
penmanship.
would never have any girl who had
such beautiful hair as Cristal did.
Cristal always received his letters,
but never opened them and she
didn’t answer them, she just kept
them carefully in a box and
I miss
sometimes pulled
you
them, placing them
on his bed and look
at the envelopes for
hours, Cristal tried
to send him letters
but she never knew how and what to
write, she wrinkled the sheets of
paper he holt them and throw them
into the trashcan. Terry didn’t take
the school bus again, he asked to
her mother to

10. The End
He opened it and inside he read
two words that appeared on the
sheet of paper: ……
…SO, GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO MEET
THOSE WHO ARE AROUND YOU, DO NOT
LET THEM GO BECAUSE YOUR FIRST
IMPRESSIONS. LOVE IS NOT EASY OR
PERFECT, WE SHOULD RISK TO FEEL AND
LIVE NEXT TO THAT PERSON THAT WE
MAKE TO FEEL SPECIAL, DIFFERENT AND
UNIQUE, THAT INNOCENCE AND LOVE
STILL EXIST IN THE SAME PLANET AND
EXTRAVAGANCES ARE NOT NECESSARY IF
YOU OFFER SMALL AND SWEET DETAILS,
ENOUGH TO STEAL HIS OR HER HEART…