When I was twelve, I had one and only one goal in mind!292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadg00YX1cc
I needed to make friends before my 13th birthday, so that someone other than my parents and my dogs would show up for it.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY1lhGHkOD
So, I was beaming and ready to go to my second class of fencing.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkoFImgp3e
I threw on a T-shirt and shorts, all ready to go out and have fun!292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNWWenenNb
I had actually, somehow, found someone who liked three of the things I liked! 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7Bts7zQwM
I couldn't believe it. 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HMNTpSbJU
Sure, she did seem a little shy, and maybe not super nice, but not super mean either!292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvhhmGFpFC
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. 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkxrl6VvYh
I had been practicing the perfect poses and everything. 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxS9IjAl9M
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.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPO6KPkOk2
I was just being stupid, and who would cry in front of everyone? 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXcW1dWW7t
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Besides, I could talk to my friend...right?292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG2GQShK3X
"Hi," I said to her, trying my best to smile, noticing she was talking to another boy around my age. 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIizDmSHAQr
"Hey," She said flatly, like I was being weird for trying to talk to her, then she turned her attention back to her friend.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GTKNG9J56
I tried to talk a little more, I tried to play with them a little more, but each time, they just shut me down.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI07XCn8NpW
So, I sat, by myself, for the full class.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBFWQr8SR3
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I couldn't do anything; I couldn't talk to anyone. 292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xvOpAv6z4
And I tried my best not to cry.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7OfkLrN9a
Then my parents got me ice cream and cheered me up by being just to hilarious for their own goods!292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoWYyKxv1u
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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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