Narrative Essay: Melissa A 14 Years Old Girl

Melissa a 14 years old girl who cares about friends more than she cares about herself. Melissa is the tomboy and likes to hang out with boy’s more than girls because boys understand her more(but she still hangs out with girls). Melissa cares about all her friends and always want to see a beautiful smile on their face. She tries to cheer them up and help them out even if it means she has to make herself feel terrible. Lauren is Melissa’s best friend. Lauren is the one girl that is funny and hangs out with Melissa almost every day to keep each other entertained and just have fun.
In third grade Melissa just moved to a different elementary school (Avondale West). Melissa only knew one person there who was her summer best friend Britney. Melissa

and Britney knew each other from the pool they went to summer of 2008. When third grade started Melissa hung around Britney because she was shy and didn’t know anyone else. So Britney introduced Melissa and Lauren. Then there was last but not least Anna. Anna was Britney and Lauren's friend from Kindergarten. The Four became such good friends that they would sit by each other when they could, they would always be partners when it was time to group up, and everyday they would hang out at recess. At each of their birthday parties it would be just them four. Britney and Melissa would spend the night at each others houses every single weekend.
By Fourth grade Britney wasn’t as close to Melissa as they use to be. but the group still talked about each other’s crushes. Ate lunch together, hung out at recess, tried to be on the same team during gym, and loved to make each other laugh. But this was the year we were aloud to join the play. The play this year was “Willie Wonka” Melissa and Lauren wanted to do backstage decorating. Britney wanted to play Violet Beauregarde. Sadly Britney did not get the part but she was Grandma Josephine which she liked because she got to dress up and put makeup on. Melissa and Lauren got backstage decorating. The backstage leader was a 5th grader who just wanted to be in control he was mean. But Melissa and Lauren got to talk about him when no one else was around which cheered them up a little but they got really happy when they got to create some of the outfits for the play which meant they got to go down to the basement and look at all the clothes. The basement was scary when it was just them two but when it was just them two they were strong. Some of the fabric they used smelled like old people and mold and it made Melissa itch sometimes. When Melissa and Lauren finished the out fits before it was due instead of telling the leader they just stayed in the basement trying on clothes and playing around, Even though it didn’t smell good they didn’t care because they had fun. They became the closest friends out of the whole group.
Fifth Grade… The group started to split up Britney made a new best friend named Lily they became really close friends did everything together. The group still hung out Britney just wasn’t there as much as she use to be. Melissa’s parents weren’t able to pick her up from school on tuesday’s and they didn’t want her to walk home from the busy, noisy, and violent streets. Melissa and Lauren thought it would be an amazing idea if Melissa came over every Tuesday. Once Lauren got in her mother's car she said “ Mom can melissa come to our house after school since her parents are working and can’t pick her up?” Lauren's mom liked Melissa so she said “as long as you both get your homework done first.”
Lauren got really excited. So every Tuesday Melissa would come over to Lauren's house. Melissa and Lauren fought a lot but they always said sorry and forgave each other because they knew it was always the stupid little things. The first semester Melissa told on a lot of people because she thought it was the right thing to do. But that whole semester she was call a snitch including in fourth grade she got sad about that so she didn’t tell at all anymore and if a friend told a secret she wouldn’t tell ANYONE. Melissa became the most trustworthy person at the school and she enjoyed that better. Close to the end of the year and toward the end of class the teacher decided it was time to clean the classroom up a little. There was a bathroom in the classroom and Lauren and Britney needed to wet down their paper towel. Britney decided it would be funny to tickle Lauren sense she was a ticklish girl. Lauren screamed and slammed against the door sense she wasn’t expecting it. The teacher yelled for Lauren to go the office. Lauren never got sent to the office so she started crying. Since it was a Tuesday Melissa ran to Lauren’s mom and said that she was in the office crying Lauren’s mom said “What Happened” Melissa was worried and answered “Britney tickled Lauren and she screamed and slammed against the door so Lauren got sent to the office.” Melissa Stayed in the car and waited for her best friend come to the car. She said everything was ok and that she didn’t get in trouble. Laurens mom was really mad that a friend would do something that disrespectful. Lauren was glad that Melissa was coming to her house after school. She needed her best friend at that time.
Middle School Started, Everything changed for everyone.

Britney was one of the prettiest girls in the whole school, most all the guys drooled over her even the eighth graders. She was also one of the most popular girls. Which changed everything between Britney and Melissa they didn’t have any classes together and she hung out with plenty of other people. Every once in awhile she would talk to Melissa. Melissa also took britney home everyday. Melissa was really sad that Lauren didn’t go to the same middle school she wanted her best friend with her. Anna became friends with other people. Melissa’s friends were mostly guys even though they acted like she was one of the stupidest people. Melissa’s Favorite teacher was her language art teacher Miss. Malek she was young, nice, beautiful, funny, and so on. Miss. Malek always cheered Melissa up. Melissa was pretty smart in Science and History. she thought she had friends in that class but most of them just wanted the answers to the work or when it was project time they wanted to be her partner because they knew that she would just do the whole thing and she would lie to the teacher saying that the others helped with the work so they would get credit even though they didn’t work. Lauren and Melissa got to see each other on the weekend. So they got to see each other and gossip about stuff, which they

enjoyed.
Seventh Grade, was fun for the whole group. Melissa had a lot of friends to hang out with. Britney was still a very popular girl. Britney played the piano and saxophone, joined volleyball, and was an all A student. Anna didn’t hang out with Melissa any more they didn’t talk. They became strangers. Britney and Anna still hung out. Anna became a very athletic girl played volleyball, did track, and basketball. Lauren had a lot of fun at her new school she didn’t have too many friends because her friends from elementary school went to a different school she technically left them even though they kinda split apart anyway in middle school.(old friends were Melissa, Britney,and Anna) She got to see Melissa on the weekends which was fun. On weekday’s they used facetime a lot. Lauren and Melissa helped each other with homework. They talked about who they had a crush on. When one of them was having a bad day they would make eachother laugh because they hated seeing each other sad. Melissa didn’t know where to sit during lunch so she sat with one other friend named Isabella they were really close friends in middle school. Isabella isn’t able to sleep over at people's house and can barely ever go to someone's house so Melissa said “when we get older i'm gonna invite you to a sleepover and you're going to come and we will have a lot of fun because you're missing out on a lot.” Isabella laughed and was fine with that. Isabella got Melissa into watching all different kinds of tv shows they talked about the movies all the time during lunch for example Doctor Who, Sherlock, Fruit Basket, and Supernatural. Melissa became a Doctor Who fan she watched it every night on Netflix. After a while during lunch Melissa and Isabella got bored so they decide to look for somewhere else to sit. Melissa asked a boy in there class if they could sit at their table she said “sure” So they did the other boys didn’t agree at first but after a week they were all enjoying themselves. The table became Hilarious. Towards the end of the year a the boy that Melissa liked asked her out. Melissa said “yes”. They dated all summer but Melissa’s parents wouldn’t let her do much with him. She only went to his house once out of the whole summer.
Eighth Grade… Melissa and Britney are hanging out more. Melissa has to take Britney home everyday and sometimes Melissa will stay at Britney's house after school. They played video games, helped each other with homework. Melissa broke up with her boyfriend. She didn’t like that at all she cried about it for days. Melissa went in a full depressed mode For four months. She sat alone at lunch. People asked her what was wrong “it’s just family stuff.” But yet it was way more… She would over think all day and night. She didn’t smile as much. She didn’t want to live anymore. She lost a good friend because she kept talking stuff she shouldn’t have said. People turned against the girl. They fought all the time. Melissa became a jerk to this girl. It didn’t help that Melissa didn’t even wanna go home. Melissa’s parents fought all the time. They couldn’t have one normal conversation unless it was yelling at eachother. She couldn’t stand getting yelled at home or hearing yelling at home and then coming to school hearing the same thing. Melissa still sat alone at lunch even though she wasn’t as depressed she still acted like it. She couldn’t stand all the drama and things just making her more and more depressed…
Last but not least Ninth grade… EVERYTHING CHANGED. Britney and Melissa don’t talk anymore, they barely see each other. Anna became very popular and doesn’t hang out with Melissa. Lauren lost weight and became a very very popular girl at her school and doesn’t have time for Melissa anymore. Isabella doesn’t have any classes with Melissa they don’t see eachother anymore. Melissa gets ignored by the people that went to her middle school. No one wants to sit by her. Sometimes she likes getting ignored, but when she doesn’t like that when she tries to join in people just talk louder and act like she’s not there. She likes being invisible but every once in awhile she would like to be seen. Melissa changes her looks they notice the first day but the second day she is seen by no one again. No shoulder to lean on. No friends that care what she has to say only are about themselves. No one to trust. Everyone has moved on She’s all alone. Can’t tell anyone her secrets. No siblings that she can talk to. Melissa won’t tell her parents because something will happen and they will end up yelling at each other. Doors will slam and she will end up in her room Alone. But yet this young 15 year old girl will still listen to someone that is hurt and needs help. She still cares about other more then herself. She will get through it. But in the end she is ALONE IN THE DARK...