"Okay class I want you to pair up to work on your centers for the day," said Ms. Owens my new 2nd grade teacher. Everyone raced around the room to find a friend to work with. But I didn't know anyone here, I had just moved to Cheshire from New York, and today was my first day. Everyone had a partner already, I raised my hand. "Yes Alice?" The teacher said. "I don't have a partner."
Just then another student walked in, "Sorry Ms. Owens I went to the bathroom, what did I miss?" just then everyone in the class started giggling, he had a small piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe. He looked down and picked it off, blushing bright red in embarrassment. "Well Marcel, Alice doesn't have a partner for centers would you like to be her partner?" All the embarrassment washed away from his face and he then had the biggest grin on his face, "Of course Ms. Owens" and he started walking towards me.
Rose, one of the girls sitting beside me laughed and said to me, "Haha you have to work with Marcel." I gave her a puzzled look, why would she say that? he looked nice enough.
"Hi Alice. Nice to meet you my name is Marcel." "Hi Marcel," I said and we shook hands. Marcel and I hung out the rest of the day because he was the only one that tried to be friends with me. When we went to recess Marcel stayed behind. When I noticed he wasn't there I asked Ms. Owens why. "Well Marcel doesn't really like to play outside, some kids pick on him, so he plays inside." "May I go play with him?" She looked surprised, "Well of course, just go straight to the classroom though." And with that I skipped up to the classroom.
I knocked on the door so I wouldn't scare him and went in. "Hi Marcel, can I play with you?" He had a bunch of Lego's out and was building something. He turned around and smiled, "ya, why aren't you out with everyone else?" "They were boring," I said. "Okay you can help me build a fire truck!" He said excitedly. Once we had it built we gave each other a high five. He was the only one that was nice to me today and actually tried to be my friend so I looked at him and said, "Do you wanna be best friends?" He smiled so big like I had just given him the best present in the world, "yes!" He replied. The next few days we worked together and played together, we were inseparable, on the Friday before we left for the weekend he came running up to me with something in his hand.
"Alice, Alice! I have a present for you!" He almost tripped coming over and I helped him catch his balance. He held out his hand, and in it was a Homemade Lego necklace. "I made it myself, I have one just like it! It's from the fire truck we made" "That's so cool, thanks Marcel!" We hugged and I said, "We will be friends forever."
I got on the bus to go home and Rose sat across from me, she tapped me on the shoulder, "Why do you talk to Marcel? He isn't cool he is a nerd!" "He isn't a nerd. He's my friend." She shook her head, "You shouldn't play with him you should play with me. I'm cool" I turned around in my seat and looked at my necklace, I don't see why people didn't like him he was nice. Little did I know that this was the start of an amazing friendship.
"Marcel I just don't understand it! Ugh this is so frustrating!" "It's simple you take x and with these two numbers then multiplied by pi it equals y, did that make any more sense?" I sighed, eleventh grade algebra was hard, least I had him to tutor me, " Yes it is a little."
He smiled, "Good now I have to go to chess club, are we still on for pizza tonight in the tree house?" I smiled, "Of course!" He picked up his things and went to walk out of the library when Rose and her clique came by and knocked his books out of his hands. "Oops my bad, didn't see you there," she said laughing with her friends. I got up to go help him as the girls left, I was getting tired of everyone treating him like this it wasn't fair. But I couldn't say anything to Rose cause Marcel liked her. "I don't know why you put up with their crap" I told him. "It's okay really, it's fine." I nudged him, "It's just cause its Rose," I said laughing. He put his hand over my mouth, "Shhh! Hey!!" He yelled as I licked his hand. "Don't cover my mouth then," I laughed. "See you later Allie." "Bye Marcel."
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Cassie
