There was one girl in my History class who I remember being in the friend group with me. Harper sat next to me but Brooklyn was behind me. My first impression of Brooklyn was that she was quite reserved. I would show her a sweet smile in class as a hello. Brooklyn was the elementary school friend Eleanor was most fond of. I was not close to Brooklyn. We were just friends by association. I was closest to Eleanor who most of this short story will reminisce on.
Harper, Eleanor, Brooklyn, and I were in the same Music class. We had a ukulele project. I remember I played the song Riptide by Vance Joy. Fun fact, Vance Joy opened up for the Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour concert I attended when I was 11. I sang for Brooklyn while she played. On my day to play she told me she was sorry because she was supposed to sing for me. She texted "wasn't I going to sing with you for your project because I doze off and when I look up you was playing for project". I was okay if she needed to sleep. I was very fortunate to do something for someone. I didn't need Brooklyn to repay me.
Eleanor sat across from me in a 8th grade Art class. Eleanor spent the most time with Brooklyn in 8th grade. Our friend group came together to form one large friend group.
I met a girl in 8th grade who was my absolute best Middle School friend. I will call her Chloe for the sake of this short story. I met her in my Science class. One day she turned over to me and said she was a lot like Riley from Girl Meets World. Chloe has ADHD and one of the prettiest smiles I've seen. She radiated joy like Riley Matthew's. I was a huge fan of Sabrina Carpenter who plays Maya Hart, Riley's best friend, in the show Girl Meets World. I had Can't Blame a Girl for Trying by Sabrina Carpenter set as the soundtrack of music in my Club Penguin igloo. We had the same interests so we immediately clicked! We went to a small Sabrina Carpenter concert together in Pennsylvania.
She was the Riley to my Maya. I had her contact name set as Chloe (aka The Riley to my Maya 💛). We had friendship rings. Mine was pink and hers was purple. We were committed to that ring power bit from the scenes in Girl Meets World. I look back to that time in 8th grade, as I am filled with nostalgia.
I happened to meet Willow, Rory, Morgan, and Grace too, who were other people in the friend group. Nevertheless, with a friend group this large it was bound to fall apart.
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To My Ex Friends
Short StoryThis story does discuss the topic of self harm which is a trigger. It has truth to the events of friendships I've been in.
