When I was twelve, I had one and only one goal in mind!222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbwTx4KxdJ
I needed to make friends before my 13th birthday, so that someone other than my parents and my dogs would show up for it.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbxm6nayup
So, I was beaming and ready to go to my second class of fencing.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNSdOEY6NW
I threw on a T-shirt and shorts, all ready to go out and have fun!222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lBXVp3x2b
I had actually, somehow, found someone who liked three of the things I liked! 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3s02RPQTp
I couldn't believe it. 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl44ET6ZZV
Sure, she did seem a little shy, and maybe not super nice, but not super mean either!222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLZLt3jtxV
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. 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02EoC8PPs4
I had been practicing the perfect poses and everything. 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmNK7mx4MP
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.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qleeZwwSA
I was just being stupid, and who would cry in front of everyone? 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1xm95y8SW
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Besides, I could talk to my friend...right?222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFbH2UpaYu
"Hi," I said to her, trying my best to smile, noticing she was talking to another boy around my age. 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kUgKTqq51
"Hey," She said flatly, like I was being weird for trying to talk to her, then she turned her attention back to her friend.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yQvutuyhR
I tried to talk a little more, I tried to play with them a little more, but each time, they just shut me down.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3MckYSCkB
So, I sat, by myself, for the full class.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvlYAXFb8c
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I couldn't do anything; I couldn't talk to anyone. 222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYjCyo3XPQ
And I tried my best not to cry.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b8R10N8VY
Then my parents got me ice cream and cheered me up by being just to hilarious for their own goods!222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJruyiR3Dj
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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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