Moving on.

Ignorant Brat Phase.

I'm a girl. But it all happened in elementary school for me.

In all six grades.

You know, that phase where girls are neither girly nor boyish?

Sure, they dress up all nice and cute - from bows and bangs and curly hair to shiny, catchy, ribbon-laced doll shoes - but this is mostly because their mothers insisted picking out what they would wear, planning out the whole week ensemble.

But when the bell rings at the end of the day, skirts hike up as they dare not risk losing to snot-faced boys (peace! but true, most of the time. mehehe) in a feisty game of jump rope.

Or tag.

Or hit the target.

This was the time when I associated with boys just like anyone would associate with a genderless, ageless, faceless associate.

Be it a boy or girl, I was as tough as I was friendly.

I'd fight a girl how I would any boy, and I would definitely take the chance of grabbing a boy by his hair if he had any and try to flail it around as I could despite my girly puny-ness.

This was also the time where curiousity got the best of me -

When you watch things you're not supposed to watch. (Violence :P)

When you say things you now think were all useless, futile and hurting.

When you'd gather all your friends in a corner when the teacher wasn't around and talk about stuff that were definitely taboo when adults were around.

About couples. Holding hands. Kissing. Even sex.

But being a 90's kid has its perks:

You just thought and talked about these things.

At that time you were still somewhat conservative.

And that was it.

Unlike some of the latter generation.

No mistakes. No regrets.

YOLO. *cringe.

But feelingswise, elementary is where everybody knows what they want in a girl or boy which inevitably leads to crushing. Conscious crushing.

And everybody has their own way of dealing with it.

But mostly it was either:

1) being the ultimate attention-seeker

2) being a complete idiot around him/her

3) being a complete idiot to him/her

4) being an absolute no-show

Either way, we deal with it how we deal with our young, naive lives - how we think is right.

Our brat inner egos are unleashed anytime during elementary school and this is what determines which point in the social circle we're going to be in high school.

I know that sometimes being a brat and living up to it - with or without a reason - works for some people in high school,

But being a brat, realizing or having it made realized to you and changing - whether you turn out kind, silent or just plain weird, yeah, it definitely works more.

And for a longer period of time.

Plus you get to get over that phase and move on.

Which is the whole point.