I remember watching Flauren sit alone at lunch. I also remember hating that I was to shy to just go up and sit with her. The day that Ari sat down next to her wasn't a good day. I thought anyone who was friends with Ari wouldn't be friends with a nerd like me. When I saw her HP book I gained a little more courage. So one day I asked if I could play with them. Ari was about to turn me down, when Flauren said I was welcome. So I 'played' with them almost everyday. But we became really good friends in sixth grade.
I struggled with depression and suicidal thought last year, and a bit of this year. Flauren, you were the only one that made me actually feel like life was good. I'm not saying my other friends are mean. It's just that I new they would judge me if I told them. But not Flauren. Even though I never told her, the thing any normal person would hate, they literally kept me alive. Flauren would always elbow me and say Be polite! When I smarted off to an adult. She also slapped me when I said something awkward... But I thought it was just fun and games. Thank you Flauren, for being the good to my bad. Or the bad to my worse, and keeping me alive.
P.S. I am rude and manipulative. Thank you for believing that you could make me kind. Personally, I think it is a lost cause.
