Middle School

Chapter 2

Well, it's Saturday and I'm sitting in my house watching golf, which is really pathetic. The only other thing on is a dog show and I hate seeing all those dogs do stupid things that everyone thinks awesome like walk through a rounded tube. That really isn't that impressive to me so I decided on Golf, I looked outside and saw some kids from school swimming in their pools and riding their bikes with their friends and it made me realize something, I'm depressed and I need a friend. I went outside and walked down the street and the kids riding their bikes saw me and laughed. Then when I walked by the kids in the pools one of them said, "Look at that poor lonely boy".

I just walked away and went down to the park; I joined in on the basketball game and did terrible. I just decided to sit on the bench. Then I saw Ralph and his friends walk towards me, I looked around and saw some of the popular kids. I don't have a rep but being seen with Ralph is going to make whatever rep I have way worse. I got up off the bench and turned around and RAN into the woods. I got far and stopped for a breather. I heard the rustling of bushes and ran more, I started to wonder why Ralph was outside. It didn't make much sense. Then I realized something about me, I just ran into the woods like a maniac in front of the popular kids. I slowed down and went through all of the woods and walked back to my house. I went in my room and decided to play some games or draw.

Well, it's Sunday and the T.V. situation is still pretty bad on Sunday so I went down to the park. The pool kid said the same thing and "bike twins" laughed at me again, I was fed up. It's not my fault my friend moved away and my back-up friend is popular now. Wait, that's it! He already knows me and we were friends to an extent, maybe there is a window of opportunity to be his friend and hang out with his popular friends.

I went down to his house and knocked on his door, he answered it and welcomed me in. I asked him if he would like to hang out but he said he was busy. After I left I saw a giant T.V. playing his favorite show on through the window. I started to get mad and I was being creepy but I knocked on his door and he answered again. I questioned him and he said, "Dude, your becoming creepy. We're not on the same level anymore. Why don't you hang out with your friends? Randy, I think his name is."

Well that's just what I did, I went down to Ralph's house and we played video games and he had a huge collection of comics we looked through and he even had a collector's edition of my favorite science fiction movie. I could tell Ralph was like me but just a little bit more geek-y. I guess he could be my weekend friend, I do need one. I'm not going to be school friends with him because he is a little weird. I think he is just a few percent below the weirdness level required to sit at the "weird kid table".

It's Monday and these daily entries are going by fast due to the fact that I have no friends. I doubt this will even contain any good stories to tell to any friends later on in the future, if I even have friends. Well, my mom drove me to school again and I got attention and this time I enjoyed it and I decided I needed to ACT and BE like a popular kid so after school I bought some really nice clothes with a few months worth of allowance and I bought a really nice backpack. I only had $5 left but this would be worth it. On Tuesday, I got a lot more attention and the popular kids talked to me all day but they were just trying to milk me for money. So I returned all my clothes and just returned to being my normal self.

It's Wednesday and Ralph keeps following me and John has been absent since Monday which is just the luck I've been needing lately. After class, I had lunch and I saw John walk in. He sat by me and kept hitting my back when the teachers weren't looking. I was sick of him so I shoved a pudding cup in his face and then he got so mad he punched me in the FACE. We both got sent home early and were expelled for a day. My mom would have been mad at me but she was too busy with work so I called my dad and talked to him about it. He recommended I signed up for a sport or club and I might make friends that way. He also told me that kids would see me as brave and might think I was "cool" now. My dad was pretty popular in his day so I listened to what he said and checked to see what kind of clubs they had.

Chess Club: No

Tech Club: Already seen as a geek so no

Drama Club: No

Art Club: No

I really didn't see many options so I checked sports and there was Track, Football, Baseball, and Basketball. I had already seen that I wasn't good at basketball and I definitely wasn't tough enough for Football. I have always been a fast runner but I lack Stamina and my dad always played Baseball with me until a few months ago and I was pretty good so it was between those two. Track or Baseball... Well nobody watches track and this was to make friends and improve my rep, so I signed up for the baseball team.