When I was twelve, I had one and only one goal in mind!100Please respect copyright.PENANAcXwUFSqdtg
I needed to make friends before my 13th birthday, so that someone other than my parents and my dogs would show up for it.100Please respect copyright.PENANAThNdBfi4Tk
So, I was beaming and ready to go to my second class of fencing.100Please respect copyright.PENANAoVucgz6qUD
I threw on a T-shirt and shorts, all ready to go out and have fun!100Please respect copyright.PENANAs5VIzW5Hxa
I had actually, somehow, found someone who liked three of the things I liked! 100Please respect copyright.PENANA0uJ66XNeQm
I couldn't believe it. 100Please respect copyright.PENANA4LtHp8xS2A
Sure, she did seem a little shy, and maybe not super nice, but not super mean either!100Please respect copyright.PENANAuEJaYeuSvi
Maybe we could still be friends?
Best friends even.
And either way, I thought, cheerfully getting into the car, it was still really fun to fence. 100Please respect copyright.PENANAGjUrmgAcZC
I had been practicing the perfect poses and everything. 100Please respect copyright.PENANAoYe4mxeMdg
So, we went.
And problem one arised.
We had...misread the time, and gotten there thirty minutes late.
My heart sunk when the Teacher told me I would just have to sit there and watch while everyone else practice, and I forced myself to hold back my tears that were burning.100Please respect copyright.PENANAYxiSEdNnQ0
I was just being stupid, and who would cry in front of everyone? 100Please respect copyright.PENANAIlLlyDyDO4
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Besides, I could talk to my friend...right?100Please respect copyright.PENANAwCQ1eX1rqF
"Hi," I said to her, trying my best to smile, noticing she was talking to another boy around my age. 100Please respect copyright.PENANAuFR6fev7s8
"Hey," She said flatly, like I was being weird for trying to talk to her, then she turned her attention back to her friend.100Please respect copyright.PENANAuES1qU7Pth
I tried to talk a little more, I tried to play with them a little more, but each time, they just shut me down.100Please respect copyright.PENANAtdbdWUw3zp
So, I sat, by myself, for the full class.100Please respect copyright.PENANAaiA9taRkiZ
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I couldn't do anything; I couldn't talk to anyone. 100Please respect copyright.PENANAr9bUKFqEB9
And I tried my best not to cry.100Please respect copyright.PENANA4KPIVqtCGI
Then my parents got me ice cream and cheered me up by being just to hilarious for their own goods!100Please respect copyright.PENANAJCiEB8Czed
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I know this story isn't super sad, but most of the time when I'm down it's anxiety, or it's just a bunch of different memories and problems combining together, or I'm just upset and I don't know why.
But, also, this memory leads to one of my happiest memories! (My parents cheering me up) so that's also really nice!
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