Friends
Good friends are wonderful. They're there to support you and to help you. They make you laugh and feel good. I'm lucky, I have two very good friends. Sure, I have lots of other friends. But these two people, I would take a bullet for.
We've known each other most of our school lives, but we never really "hung out" together until the seventh grade, when we all went to Junior High. There, cliques were formed; the popular and the unpopular began to separate. Most kids joined in massive groups to eat lunch. But we found each other and stayed in our group of three. Why?...because with our small group we could share our opinions and be heard. In those big groups, it's hard to get your opinions out. Another reason is because we shared a common interest: computers and computer games.
We may spend a ton of time in front of our computers, but that doesn't mean we don't have a life. I'm near the top of the varsity swim team. One of my friends is the best speech and debater out there, and he bikes like crazy. Another one has the tools and ability to build anything. And the last worked so hard in sports that she destroyed her knees pretty badly. Now she uses crutches.
The ffirst timeshe had knee problems was in eighth grade. It got so bad that she actually had to miss half a year of school and stayed home with a tutor. We missed her badly, and would visit her occasionally, but we were overjoyed when she did return to school. It was great to see her walk to school without a wheelchair, without crutches, without even her cane. We welcomed her back into our circle of three and went on with school as if she never was missing.
In the beginning of her sophomore year, the knee problems came back, and with a vengeance. she had to leave school again after the first quarter. It was saddening to have to miss her again. But some of my fondest memories of this year were when three of us stormed her house as a trio and dragged her out to take her to movies, parties, etc. The feeling of completion that she brings to our circle really reinforces my feelings that we're all the best of friends. And I think that we're doing what good friends should be doing too. We help her through this tough time, which often means putting on smiles when we're a little scared by her lack of improvement in her knee.
Looking back it's hard to believe how much my friends have shaped my life. It's hard to think of what my life would be like without them. We are more similar than we know and mean a lot to each other. It saddens me to think that we will probably only be able to see each other on a daily basis for two more years. But, of course, we're going to fill those two years with memories of our times together.
Good friends are wonderful. They're there to support you and to help you. They make you laugh and feel good. I'm lucky, I have two very good friends. Sure, I have lots of other friends. But these two people, I would take a bullet for.
We've known each other most of our school lives, but we never really "hung out" together until the seventh grade, when we all went to Junior High. There, cliques were formed; the popular and the unpopular began to separate. Most kids joined in massive groups to eat lunch. But we found each other and stayed in our group of three. Why?...because with our small group we could share our opinions and be heard. In those big groups, it's hard to get your opinions out. Another reason is because we shared a common interest: computers and computer games.
We may spend a ton of time in front of our computers, but that doesn't mean we don't have a life. I'm near the top of the varsity swim team. One of my friends is the best speech and debater out there, and he bikes like crazy. Another one has the tools and ability to build anything. And the last worked so hard in sports that she destroyed her knees pretty badly. Now she uses crutches.
The ffirst timeshe had knee problems was in eighth grade. It got so bad that she actually had to miss half a year of school and stayed home with a tutor. We missed her badly, and would visit her occasionally, but we were overjoyed when she did return to school. It was great to see her walk to school without a wheelchair, without crutches, without even her cane. We welcomed her back into our circle of three and went on with school as if she never was missing.
In the beginning of her sophomore year, the knee problems came back, and with a vengeance. she had to leave school again after the first quarter. It was saddening to have to miss her again. But some of my fondest memories of this year were when three of us stormed her house as a trio and dragged her out to take her to movies, parties, etc. The feeling of completion that she brings to our circle really reinforces my feelings that we're all the best of friends. And I think that we're doing what good friends should be doing too. We help her through this tough time, which often means putting on smiles when we're a little scared by her lack of improvement in her knee.
Looking back it's hard to believe how much my friends have shaped my life. It's hard to think of what my life would be like without them. We are more similar than we know and mean a lot to each other. It saddens me to think that we will probably only be able to see each other on a daily basis for two more years. But, of course, we're going to fill those two years with memories of our times together.
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