Memoir

You never know when you'll find a good friend. It seems as if good friends appear out of thin air. It's really hard to find a friend to support you and stand by your side when you need them. So when you move from your old neighborhood you're thinking, you won't make friends in your new neighborhood. Well, think again....!

My first day at Eastwood Paidea wasn't so great. I didn't know anybody and I was very shy. It upseted me to leave my school for this one. All I could do though, is sit back and enjoy the ride. I didn't like being in a new school one bit. Everybody looked at me weird. It was like I was in a room all by myself.

The teacher asked me to stand up and introduce myself. My heart dropped faintly into my stomach, I had never been so shy. I did as she said and stood up. "H-h-hi, m-m-my name is K-K-Kori." I've never felt so humiliated, nor scared, nor shy. People looked at me as if I didn't belong. I was as shaky as a leaf, I just sat down and kept to myself up until it was time to go outside. While outside, I asked some girls could I play jump rope with them.

" We don't know you, so go away."

I felt so hurt, that I walked to a far away step and began to cry. As I wiped my nose with my sleeve, I look up and see a girl sitting by a pole crying also. I walk over to her and asked,

"Excuse me, are you okay?' She turns to look at me. I put a hand out to help her off the ground.

" I'm okay, thank you." she replied.

" You're welcome." I say as I help her get the dirt off her jumper.

"What is your name", she asked

I replied, " Kori....Kori Harris"

"That's a pretty name, I'm Alle'na Chambers" she said

We sat and talked until recess was over. While we talked, I found out she was new at the school also. She told me that she had been pushed away by the other girls. I felt like she was my only friend. Everyday after that, we never stopped talking.

When those girls made me cry, I felt no one, at all, was there for me, I was wrong. I knew from then on that I'd never let anyone underestimate me. We are all one and the same! No one can tell me different. I felt like I was on top of the world because I made a real friend who I knew I could depend on.