My Junior High

My name is Caleb Manly, a 14 year old in grade 9. I am graduating soon to highschool. I am planning on going to work at I.T.S (Integrity Testing Services ) until i am 25. I will then pursue my dream to become a firefighter. People have told me that being a firefighter is dangerous and i should stick to something else. i say, " Just Follow what you wanna do, dont let anybody tell you what to do with your life. Its all yours to take control of."

My school years have been very interesting, expecially in grade 9, but i will get to that later. Grade 7 was one of those years i just wanted to pass by. Everyday the same thing, wake up, go to school, and come home tired and frustrated with being in juniour high. The change is big. going from sitting in one desk all day to walking to classes was the only change i liked. Grade 7 went by very slowly. Then came grade 8. I loved my new class, and my options. I had publishing, leadership, drama and my favourite, dance. Sure i was made fun of sometimes, but the option itself was fun and a way to kill time at school. We would create our own dances in the tiny dpa room in the portable part of the school. In that class i had an attraction to someone for the longest time, then lost it after a while. I didnt feel i had the guts to talk to her. I later broke my arm, unable to participate in the practise for the major dance at the end of the year. At the final dance, i had gotten my cast off, so i decided to attempt the dance, unable to raise my arm above my head. I was lucky enough to have my own mini dance while everyone was performing. I didnt have anyone i liked for almost a month, even if i did i wouldnt have the balls to talk to them.

Then came grade 9. By far the best year of all my school years. At the beggining of the year, i made some new friends right off the bat. I also realized, the girl that was in my dance class last year was now in my new class. Her name is Skye. She is  the most beautiful girl i have ever met. After a few days of school, i felt a very strong attraction to her. I began to talk to her a little bit. After a while i got her number and we talked more and more, playing 20 quetions once in a while, just learinging new stuff about her. Outside of school i used to go to millenium place 4 times a week to go swimming or just play sports. Almost everytime i go to millenium, i am hit on by several girls. Sure some of them are cute, but i had my heart set on one person. I was living the dream many guys had, i had girls constantly asking me out, but i would deny all of them, because of Skye. Mid way through the year, i found out Skye liked some other guy. Nobody knew, but it completely crushed me. Skye was the first girl that i truly had a crush on. I had many other girls wanting to date me, but i just didnt want to. Even though Skye liked someone else i secretly kept that crush on hold. Im not sure what happened later on with her and that guy, but she eventually didnt like him anymore. I was very confused with her, she is was so hard to read, be able to tell who she had feelings towards. At christmas we had gone to Mexico to our little house we own down there. Always thinking of her, i decided to ask my neighbor Elina to teach me how to make these little bracelets made of string. Struggling to learn from someone who spoke spanish, i finally finished my little project. I made a bracelet for Skye, it had her name on it and was made of purple string. When i got back home, i went to get the little bracelet that i had made, and wanted to give it to Skye. But it turned out my mom had kept it in her purse and lost it somewhere in the house. I was both mad and sad. I eventually found it later on in ny basement burried in boxes. I brought it to school the next day, thinking of a good time to give it to her. As it turns out, i was to shy, and didnt have the guts to give it to her. I didnt know why. So i decided to get my friend to give it to her. I felt so stupid, i possibly just messed up my chance with her by showing im a chicken. It turned out she wore it everyday. It felt nice to see the bracelet on her everyday. With only 4 months left in school, she found out i had a major crush on her  She told me she likes a couple people right now, and i may be one. I cant even describe how i felt. I had just found out that i may have a chancd with the girl i have a crush on! Worried about those other guys, i just kept it normal, wondering who else she may like. On March 11, was day 2, the best day on my schedual. Period four we had a dpa walk with my foods teacher. I was just walking and talking with my friends when i felt my phone buzz. I got a text from Skye. What could it be? She is infront of me, why didnt she just turn around and talk with me? The moment i saw the text i froze on the spot. I turned around from the class and began to yell and celebrate. The text said;

" I am %100 sure you are the guy i like out of all of them" That was one of the best moments ever. The relief washed over me like a tidal wave. Two days later March 13th 2014, i asked out Skye. I will never forget that day. What was once a fantasy in my mind had come true. She was my first real girlfriend. I spent the rest of my grade nine year dating her. She was there for me whenever i had problems. Skye also had problems, and i would try to be there for her to. I love her for who she is. We are currently dating, and i would love to keep us going strong. But we are going to different highschools. We will split up one day. I am never going to get someone as beautiful and amazing as she is. Its gonna be tough to get over her, but thats life. But lets stay in the present, make it work while you can. She has made me into someone new, and i will never forget her. i never go a day without thinking about her. She will always be in my heart.

I love you Skye