When I was twelve, I had one and only one goal in mind!241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZrsDw9nQX
I needed to make friends before my 13th birthday, so that someone other than my parents and my dogs would show up for it.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRtkJQk6Pl
So, I was beaming and ready to go to my second class of fencing.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSbfJGDER5
I threw on a T-shirt and shorts, all ready to go out and have fun!241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRk7szGxy1
I had actually, somehow, found someone who liked three of the things I liked! 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4ig9lyrgr
I couldn't believe it. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzU5k1xjYn
Sure, she did seem a little shy, and maybe not super nice, but not super mean either!241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUV3xszyUp
Maybe we could still be friends?
Best friends even.
And either way, I thought, cheerfully getting into the car, it was still really fun to fence. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ehrFkHJoT
I had been practicing the perfect poses and everything. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz9T4ZAnnm
So, we went.
And problem one arised.
We had...misread the time, and gotten there thirty minutes late.
My heart sunk when the Teacher told me I would just have to sit there and watch while everyone else practice, and I forced myself to hold back my tears that were burning.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGx6sxT6o8
I was just being stupid, and who would cry in front of everyone? 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4tXziRbxU
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Besides, I could talk to my friend...right?241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsMDqEHFAL
"Hi," I said to her, trying my best to smile, noticing she was talking to another boy around my age. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsH2s8DIdjH
"Hey," She said flatly, like I was being weird for trying to talk to her, then she turned her attention back to her friend.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6iqFLXzPe
I tried to talk a little more, I tried to play with them a little more, but each time, they just shut me down.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sRhfcRobB
So, I sat, by myself, for the full class.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3Pw5E8vLL
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I couldn't do anything; I couldn't talk to anyone. 241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNLjAyAGfh
And I tried my best not to cry.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyosN6IIkK
Then my parents got me ice cream and cheered me up by being just to hilarious for their own goods!241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD5Qxk3DAN
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I know this story isn't super sad, but most of the time when I'm down it's anxiety, or it's just a bunch of different memories and problems combining together, or I'm just upset and I don't know why.
But, also, this memory leads to one of my happiest memories! (My parents cheering me up) so that's also really nice!
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