When I was twelve, I had one and only one goal in mind!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPisKjcgcr
I needed to make friends before my 13th birthday, so that someone other than my parents and my dogs would show up for it.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjEkMeHmm8
So, I was beaming and ready to go to my second class of fencing.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAygqheFfK
I threw on a T-shirt and shorts, all ready to go out and have fun!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKGacPc7PP
I had actually, somehow, found someone who liked three of the things I liked! 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl0aiBXp9N
I couldn't believe it. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcLNsBGezs
Sure, she did seem a little shy, and maybe not super nice, but not super mean either!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLlYXXoLML
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. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEyYPq30TQ
I had been practicing the perfect poses and everything. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCqV8iWzwv
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqswbhgdzUT
I was just being stupid, and who would cry in front of everyone? 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOYxdry0nM
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Besides, I could talk to my friend...right?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp2UDD3Pjf
"Hi," I said to her, trying my best to smile, noticing she was talking to another boy around my age. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMbLiVsJhU
"Hey," She said flatly, like I was being weird for trying to talk to her, then she turned her attention back to her friend.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55mRMtwTWr
I tried to talk a little more, I tried to play with them a little more, but each time, they just shut me down.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpDLfyCe8P
So, I sat, by myself, for the full class.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPb4aiwTy9d
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I couldn't do anything; I couldn't talk to anyone. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hYKV5BXuV
And I tried my best not to cry.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrK5clbvAK
Then my parents got me ice cream and cheered me up by being just to hilarious for their own goods!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH12UbuDbDq
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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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