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I knew I had to do this, though I had been told not to. My friends stood behind me with the blinding spotlight on my face and the music began to speed up. I admit I was afraid and had ran off stage before. But there were so many people counting on me to finish this. I wanted to show them they could do it to, despite what was done to me. This was the talent show to remember. I would become the first person who wasn't anorexic to show you could do whatever you wanted. And I was going to sing Christina Aguilera's "Reflection".
It crossed my mind as it seemed to come closer to the beginning: Was it really worth it? The taunting and teasing, the backstabbing, and of course, the getting beat up by the people I thought were friends. I was only in the sixth grade. Getting ready for the talent show and my friend (who shall remain nameless) threw my music away so I couldn't do it. I thought maybe she just didn't want me to embarrass myself. I told myself how nice she was being and how stupid I was for actually considering it. Then came when I found out that she was spreading rumors about me (enter obscenity here) and that she was constantly threatening to abandon me, if I did perform. I kept reconsidering and for one moment, I gave up. She was my friend, and I didn't want her to leave me. So I quit. I stopped believing in myself and I put myself down a lot.
The day after I quit, I didn't tell anyone and she thought I was still doing it. So, she went off with her friends leaving me behind. But after school that day, I saw the side of her I had never seen before. She spread a rumor about me to a couple of girls that was really popular and she confronted me. With my friend beside her.
She began yelling at me and not letting me get a word in. I then made a mistake that would cost me a lot. I walked behind the school, where there weren't any teachers. They stopped me and started talking about me and not letting me walk around them, then before I knew it, push came to shuv. They were punching me in my face and when I fell down, I just got back up and never moved my hands from my side. They were confused that I didn't do anything and I just kept taking it. One of them yelled at me and kept asking me "Why don't you fight back?!" And I just looked at them and said "What did I do to have this happen?" They stabbed me twice with a fountain pen. Luckily for me, it had no ink. And to further my luck, they stabbed me in the side and didn't hit anything. They threatened me about performing, even though I was already out, I changed my mind. After, all, "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show".
So here I was, with the same girls standing at the back of the auditorium and I started to freeze and get a little scared but I forced out "Look at me, you may think you see who I really am, but you'll never know me." I think that got them. By the end, they all turned to leave and walked out of the door, and that was the last time I saw them. They weren't at school, the rest of the year, and the only thing I got to remember them by was a glass rose that shimmered rainbow that had the word "Sorry" inscribed on it.
And so I showed them all, they pushed me and I pushed back and nothing stopped me from doing what I wanted to do. And I gave the ultimate apology to the one who deserved it most: myself.
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