Taken Advantage
By Brenda Nieves I just wish people didn’t take advantage. Since I could remember I was always told that being honest was the way to go. When I thought of love and people who love you I thought they would be like that. You know? Honest. So I’m going to take you on a small roller coaster that I call my life so you can see why I feel so bitter when it comes to the thought of people being honest. The first love of my life, Derek, and I met in high school; he was that badass guy in a leather jacket. My kind of guy you know? Into alternative music and has room for some hip-hop (That’s the dream for a teenage girl in the Bronx). I thought he was the one for me. Like all first loves, of course, there was an issue. He was a young boy. He hasn’t explored the world and he was curious. So we ended it and of course, I was devastated. Looking back now I wish I wasn’t so hooked to the thought of being with him because it made me extremely vulnerable. Derek comes back and he tells me that h...