When you’re young
One more week and I’m off to middle school. I hope I see all my friends from elementary, when I go into the 6th grade. Some of my friends told me that the kids in middle school are mean.
I told them “I’m a nice guy, so I don’t think that they will bother me,”
“Yeah, your right!” I was thinking of what my friends had told me and I was sort of scared. It kept bugging me through out the whole day, so finally I went to ask my mother.
“Mom, my friends Sal, Freddy, and Tony, said that the kids in middle school are mean.”
“What do you mean?”
“Yeah, that they don’t care if you are smaller then them or anything like that, that they will fight with you.”
“I don’t think that is true. Yes, there are bullies in school, but if you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you. Plus you know that I won’t let anyone harm you.”
“Yeah I know, Thanks mom.”
My mother was always there for me, ever since my father had left us. We hardly talk about him and the truth we really don’t need him. He never comes around nor calls. It’s been four years that I haven seen him. It doesn’t make a difference if he was here or not, as long as I have my mother.
Well the day has come, it’s Monday and I have to get up for school. I’m a little excited and nervous at the same time. My mother can’t drop me off at school, so Freddy, Sal, Tony and I are going to walk together. I herd a knock on my door and it was my friends.
“Are you ready?” Sal asked me,
“Yeah, just let me get my backpack.”
We walked to school no one said a word; I think there were all nervous. We were about a block away when I broke the silence.
“So what are you guys going to do after school?”
“I’m not sure,” said Sal,
Tony then said, “I’m not doing anything, Freddy and I are going to going to play video games if you want to come over?”
“Yeah, I’ll ask my mom for permission.”
We got to school and we all looked at each other, then we went in. We walked around the school and the school was full. We were looking for our class, but didn’t know where to look. There was a small map, and that’s how we found our classes. The bell rang so we were on our way to class.
“We should meet by the tree during nutrition and lunch”, I told them.
Tony, Sal, and Freddy said, “Okay.”
I went to class and everything was going good. My first and second period teachers were both cool. The bell rang to go to nutrition, so I got my stuff and ran to the spot where we said that we were going to meet. I was running down the stairs when I bumped into some kid.
He yields at me, “Yeah watch it, you dumb little kid!”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”
I kept walking towards my friends. When I got there, they were not there. I waited for them and then I saw them coming out of the cafeteria. They were talking about there classes and how much fun they are having here at school.
I interrupted and said, “Your guys aren’t going to believe had happened to me on the way over here!”
“What happened?” Sal said,
“I bumped into some kid coming down the stairs and he was very mad.”
Tony them mumbled, “Dam!”
“Don’t worry about it, I’m pretty sure that you aren’t going to see him anytime soon and if you do, he might have forgotten by then.” said Freddy.
I was really nervous and scared. I was thinking if I would ever see him or not, and if I would see him, what would he do. I tried not to think of him, but it was too hard. The bell rang to go to class and I just started to walk towards my class. I didn’t tell my friends goodbye or see you later. During third and fourth period I tried to get my mind off of him but I was very nervous. The bell rang to go to lunch; I walked slowly out of class and was very careful on the way to my friends.
“So are you still thinking of that kid?” Sal said.
“Well….. Kind of, but the day is almost over so I think that I’m just going to cool off.”
“You should cool off, and don’t worry about it.” Tony told me.
“I need to go to the restroom.” Said Freddy.
“Well lets all go,” I told them.
We walked to the rest room and there he was. I tried to hide he hind my friends but couldn’t. They were looking at me like if I was wearied.
“What’s wrong, Henry?” said Sal.
“That is the guy that I bumped into!”
“Wow, he’s big.” Tony mumbled.
All of a sudden he turned around, and I didn’t think that he had seen me. I started to walk fast but I felt his eyes staring at me. I turned around and he wasn’t there any more, I felt better. I went into the rest room and then came out.
“You didn’t think that I would find you again? Well here I am and you are going to see if you like
to be pushed around.” A voice said augury.
My heard stared to pump really fast. I close my eyes and then turned around. Yes, it was him; I was so scared that I couldn’t talk.
“I tolled you that I was sorry.” I mumbled to him.
“Well I don’t except sorrys!”
The bell rang and he just walked away. I was so scared that I didn’t talk to no one the rest of the day. When I got home I went straight to my room. I didn’t want to go back to school. When my mom got home she went into my room.
“So how was your first day at school?”
“It was okay.”
“Is there something you want to tell me?”
“I bumped into some kid and now he wants to beat me up.
“You know that I won’t let any one hurt you, I have already told you that before. Tomorrow I
will go to school with you and we will have a talk with the principle. You just forget about it and let me worry about it.”