Too Young

Too Young Chapter 2

Too Young

Chapter 2

Benjamin:

     I hated leaving Amy because I knew how things were for her. She didn't talk much to Mom and Peter about her feelings when we had to move. She didn't want them to feel too bad. But she did have her ways of expressing how she felt.
     I decided when I walked into the school that I wasn't going to make any friends. What was the point in making friends when you only had a month of school left before you were done? I was upset because I couldn't graduate with my friends from my last school. I really hoped that I would be able to do so because we only had two months of school left before Peter told us that we were moving to Minnesota in another week and a half. It was so sudden to me and Amy. When we asked why we weren't told beforehand, Mom and Peter told us that they didn't want us knowing for two long because they didn't want us to have to feel the hurt of it  for as long. Amy was just upset. I thought that it was a line of bullshit. The thing was I never curse. The kid who was supposed to be going on a mission trip with the Mormon church. And I was saying cursewords. Yes, this was me.
     As I walked the halls to try to find my homeroom, I heard a bunch of girls giggling. All I could hope was that maybe Amy would end up with their group. When I found my homeroom  I sat down in the back of the room. When the room filled I noticed someone tapping me on the shoulder. It was a girl. She looked somewhat attractive, but as I said before, I wasn't looking to make any friends at that school whatsoever. Hi there."
     I did the nice thing. I wasn't going to be mean to kids but I wasn't going to be overly nice, either. "Hi."
     "I'm Jennifer Martin. What is your name?"
     I couldn't wait for the bell to ring. But I thought I would be nice and talk to her until the bell rang. "My name is Benjamin Gerhartz."
     "Did you just move here?"
     I thought she asked a lot of questions. What was funny, though, was that Amy is the same way. "Yes."
     "wow. That has to suck. No offense. But with only a month of school left that has to be hard."
     I didn't know why but I found myself really liking this girl. I kept telling myself that I couldn't like her. But the more I told myself that the more I seem to like her and I just met her. Finally, the bell rang for homeroom.