Let me explain.
So basically, half of this year has been nothing but turmoil. I couldn't really control my feelings and I would basically shiver and shake at the thought of another human being -other than my best friend- getting close enough to know me.
Why?
Because every time I made a best friend, something would go horribly wrong.
So this Christmas, I'm going to go back in time and basically open up publicly about most of my issues that I've had with so called friends.
K-4 grade:I was basically learning English since both of my parents were immigrants. This, I think, led me to being an outcast since most of my classmates knew English and meeting a girl spoke differently was just weird.
I was weird. English was a hard language for me to learn and I distinctly remember an incident when a girl came up to me and said, "Say 'cheater' right and you can play with us." I thought it was just a kind gesture and I did. Back then though, I really couldn't separate the 'ch' with 'sh' so I ended up saying, "sheater." Everyone laughed at me, and for the first time in my life, I was convinced that a best friend was something I could never get.
5th grade:A big change in my life. I can finally speak the language well and even better than most kids my age around the time. I even made a best friend: Libby, a girl who sat next to me and basically got me involved with the other kids. I felt like I was saved, that finally someone was able to love me. I swear, with all my heart and soul, I loved the girl (not in a romantic way) so much that once when there was a shooting, and everyone was under their desk, crying in fear, I was next to Libby. I was crying and so was she. I remember holding tightly to her, and she said in a little voice, "I don't wanna die." I didn't hesitate to answer, "Don't worry. If I have to die to save you, I will." and meant it. I kissed her cheek, to show how much I cared for her. I know it may sound stupid, but I was ready to take a bullet for possibly the only person (other than my parents) that loved me. That was the first -and only- time I was ready to die for a person. Shortly after that, she suddenly hated me and it got bad to the point where I didn't want to go back to school. Libby hated me to the point where she made threats to kill me, and I remember begging her to tell me what I did so horribly wrong. Graduation was the last time I ever really hugged the girl. I was fooled and thought she forgave me.
6th grade:I have no friends once more and it seemed Libby was not in my school. I didn't care at this point, people threw things at me and I took it as it came. I was teased, left alone and at some point, I considered suicide. The thing that stopped me? I was too fearful of pain. It hurt already too damned much to take pain from strangers. It seemed sorta meaningless for me to die by causing
myself pain.
7th grade:Cliques are something I never understood. I had trouble fitting in, so the moment I was offered another friend, I took it. They were three girls: Ariel, Jasmin, Tammy. They were there for me when boys pulled at my hair, but abandoned me when the other girls held me down and poured soda on me. They were there when I needed someone to talk to, but for some reason they dissappeared as soon as I "jumped" for a "make-over." They were kind to me, but then I would take my seat and see the words, "Go die. No one wants you. Bitch." written on my desk. In their writing. They never quite comforted me when I saw a crush of mine make an insult using my own name. It was saying, "Son of a Bitch," only with "Son of a [insert your name here]." Yay. Go, Love.
8th gradeOn my own personal choice, I stopped being friends with them. I felt like a villain, but we have to be a bad guy at some point. I never felt like an outcast once more, when I opened a drawer and saw my folder, vadalized with insults for me to die. I reported it to the teacher (cuz they're your friends, right?) but I was punished instead because the dean thought I was the one who did it for attention. I was the one yelled at.
And this is where I leave part one for now. Come back for part two, later on (if I feel like it).
-Poppy Mare