It’s lunch at my school. “Finally!” says Chloe, “I’m soooo hungry.” says Hailey. “Bruh, did you have breakfast?” I ask Hailey. “Duh. I just always want food! Teehee!” “Whatever,” I say, rolling my eyes. I pass by all the annoying kids to get to our lunch spot, Nicole, Sarah, and Seanna are already there. “Hey guys!” I say as I put my lunchbox down. “Hey.” says Sarah and Seanna. Oh! There they are, I see Allen, Anya, Velma, Katie, Martha, and A.J.. I walk over to them. I used to hang out with them, I still do sometimes, but I wanted new friends. “Wassup dudes?” I ask them as I sit down. “Uh, hey.” says A.J., why is she trying not to make eye contact with me? Hm, i’ll ask her later. “Hey guyssss!!” says Anya. “Hi Anya!” everyone says. They seem much happier to be with her than me. “Okay! So. This is where we are going to do the raffle for Secret Santa! “Yus finally!” says Martha. Anya passes around a hat with paper strips inside, I reach my hand and pull out a neatly folded, pastel pink post-it. On the post-it in neat handwriting “Velma” is written. Okay, I got Velma, she’s kinda annoying though, but whatever. I look around and see everyone unwrap their paper. Everyone looks satisfied except Allen. Allen scowls, spits in the paper, and tosses it into the trash. “Wow Alen! Who did you get to be that annoyed?” asks Katie. “Oh no one. It’s fine.” says Allen. “I think Allen got me,” I say as a stand up and leave, going to the better group of friends.
*Later that Day*
I pick up my phone and text Martha. She beats me to it.
M: Hey girl! Why do you think Alen got you?
L (me): Isn’t it obvious? You guys are acting like you hate me. Alen obviously got me. She loves you, Ajuni, Kate, and Valerie. She hates me.
M: Awwww. I don’t think that’s true. She loves you!
L: Then why is she always curt with me? Why is she so hesitant to invite me to everything? Remember when you guys had that massive sleepover party at Alen’s and you guys “forgot” to invite me, EVEN THOUGH I WAS PLANNING WITH YOU GUYS!
M: That’s not true. Alen said that you said you couldn’t come cuz you were busy?
L: NO I WASN’T! HOW CAN YOU GUYS BE SO CLUELESS! Alen hates me it’s obvious. And so does everyone else. Even Valerie who i’ve known for 8 years and acts as though we’re BFF’s doesn’t give a damn about me!
M: THAT’S NOT TRUE! YOU JUST WANT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE I’M PRETTIER AND MORE POPULAR THAN YOU!
L: I don’t care about popularity. It’s stupid. You guys are stupid for not noticing that Alen hates me.
M: Okay, maybe Alen does hate you, but everyone else doesn’t.
L: Okay. Then explain why when I walked up to you guys I heard you guys saying “Well we don’t really like Luana. It was so rude how she invited those other girls to sit with us” I think Alen said that. Then Aanya said “She told me that it was the right thing to do because, they were lonely. And she saw them being bullied.” DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE A HEART?!
M: Of course I do. I care about animals and stuff.
L: You care about animals but can’t care about a friend. But I don’t know if I am a friend to you cuz just like everyone else you hate me.
Well, that failed. How does Martha not know and remember that i’m extremely sensitive. Half of them don’t even remember that I’m the one that brought them into the friend group!
*Flashback*
I look to the swings, there is a girl in my class. She’s new, I think her name is Anna or Anya. I zone out in class too much. Wow, she looks lonely. “Hey, Mercy, Antara, um. I’ll be right back.” I say to them. “Kk!” says Antara. I walk over to the swings watching the mulch crunch underneath my feet. “Hey!” I say to the girl “My name is Lily, what’s yours?” “Um. Hi. My name is Anya.” she replies. “Well, Anya, you can come hang out with me and my friends.” “Really?” she looks surprised. “Yup! Come on!” I reply. I grab her hand and drag her over to my group. “Antara, Mercy, this is Anya. She’s new and she’s in our class.” I tell them. “Hey!” says both Antara and Mercy. We spend the rest of recess chatting and having fun. We were unstoppable.
*Next Flashback*
”Hello class! We have a new student, let’s all give a warm welcome to Allen!” Allen looks nervous. Her brown hair is hanging near her shoulders. She’s wearing baggy jeans and a sweatshirt. “You can go take that empty seat next to Lily.” The teacher says. “Lily, will you go show Allen around school?” asks my teacher. “Yes!” I reply “Come on!” I motion for Allen to follow me. I push the bright blue door open and I am outside. “So! Welcome!” I tell Allen. “Hi.” she replies. “Um hey can I sit with you at lunch today.” she asks, she quickly adds on “Just until I find some friends.” “Of course! And we can be your friends, everyone is really nice and welcoming.” “Thanks” says Allen. We hug. “Now let’s finish this tour!”
*End of Flashbacks*
Now Allen has a big group of friends, and now that she’s trans that “popular kids” love Allen. Everyone does. Everyone just kicked me to the curb. I don’t think Alen even remembers that I was the one who introduced her to everyone. The same thing basically happened to Aanya, she’s mean to others and she’s really popular. I don’t know what happened to my sweet group of friends. They turned bitter, nasty, and dirty. That’s why I left them.
*Dinner*
”So! Now we have a schedule and if you don’t follow the rules or if you’re one minute late in the schedule you lose TV and electronics for a week. And make sure to keep getting straight A’s cuz B’s are bad.” My mom keeps talking and talking. Ugh, it’s so annoying. “No one cares!” I snap. Oh shoot, I realize what I’ve just done. “Did you talk back to me?” “Um no, sorry.” “ARE YOU LYING?!” my mom screams back. “I’M SORRY!” I yell back. Before I know it my mom grabs me by the chin and slaps the lips. “Next time learn to treat your mother with respect.” she tells me. I nod my head. Wishing I could just leave this place once and for all.
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