I hate being the new girl. Literally it sucks. I don't have any friends and people make me feel like an outsider everyday. But I've gathered up some courage and I've decided to go to the football game tonight.
Walking to the stands where the students sit was scary, especially since I was alone. I wasn't sir of where to go so I just quietly stood next to a girl on the end. Nobody talked to me at all so I just sat there and watched the game. Then all of a sudden Someone bumped into me.
"Sorry!" I said out of habit even though it wasn't my fault.
"No, no its fine...ummm is anyone sitting here...?" He asked, gesturing to the empty space next to me.
"Um no. Its all yours."
"cool. My name's Mark. I'm new here."
"Im new too. My name's Maisie."
We started talking and ended up learning a ton of stuff about each other. I was actually making a friend. This was the greatest thing ever.
At the end of the game we exchanged phone numbers and left with the promise to sit together at lunch the next day.
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The next day at lunch I walked into
the cafeteria searching for him, but I couldn't find him. I thought he must of blown me off, but then I saw him in the corner sitting alone at a table.
I walked over and sat next to him. We immediately clicked like the night before.
It was so easy to talk to him and we started to quickly become very good friends.
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We sat together every day and hung out everyday before school, then he drove us both there, and then home after school.
He was my best friend and the two of us only had each other. It was just us against the world...or at least high school.
I had never felt so close to someone, he just made me feel good, whole, safe. He just made my life better.
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A couple days before Christmas break was over I got sick with the flu and texted mark not to pick me up. He said that he still wanted to come and hang out, but I told him no because I didn't want to get him sick.
I never heard from him or got a text from him for the next two days.
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When I went back to school on Friday our classes ended early because of a last minute assembly we were having.
As all the students filed into the bleachers I found a spot and ended up alone, as usual, since Mark wasn't here.
Once settled, the students were silenced by teachers and the principal grabbed a microphone and began speaking.
"A couple of days ago there was an accident at the school entrance involving a student and a snow plow. The snow plow ran a red light and totaled the car and its driver was immediately taken to the ER. But I am sad to say that the student who was driving the car, Mark Than, died this morning at the hospital due to his injuries.
My heart stopped and I immediately felt my face grow hot as tears streamed down my cheeks.
I heard voices all around me saying things like "Who is that? What grade was he in? Does anyone know that is?"
And my answer is yes, I do. Mark and I were two unknown losers as people would label us as, in our high school. Alone. we were alone together...but now its just me, and I really am alone.
Nobody else in the school knew him or me, and now they never would.
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After the assembly, I went to the guidance office to talk to my counselor about Mark. She ended up giving me a card found in his car addressed to me.
I opened it up and read it.
Maisie,
You are my best friend in the whole world. Without you I am alone. Please get better soon. I love you.
your best friend,
Mark.
I broke into tears and fell into a ball on the floor.
He felt alone without me. Little did he know I feel the same way, now more than ever.
