Standing Up For Yourself

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Standing Up For Yourself

My first year of junior high, (in our school that was seventh grade) I was not spending all my time trying to be popular like all the other people in my grade. I was just being me how I always had been. One day at I was sitting at the lunch table with a bunch of people I would hang around with sometimes. Some of them were talking about there weekends.

Then my friend Sami said, "Hey guys you wanna know what I did this weekend?"

Everybody was like "yea"

Sami continued on saying, "Well I went to this party with my cousin and we were drinking and they she gave me a couple of joints and from there on I don’t remember the rest of the night, but it was awesome." "I think that I am gonna do this more often

you get a really awesome high of it."

By this time everybody sitting around her was like that is so cool. Everybody was really into what Sami said, and as the days went by they acting almost as if she was a god and they had to follow her everymove.

One day I was talking with my friend Rosie during Lunch when Sami came over. Sami interrupted us saying

"Would either of you guys like to join me outside for a joint?"

I said "No I have homework to do and anyways I have better things to do then kill off my brain cells."

Sami just glared at me for a minute. Then said

"Rosie what about you, Are you still cool or do you wanna be a dweeb like some OTHER people at this table."

So Rosie left.

Later that day during study hall I tried to talk to Sami.

"Hey Sami" I said, "What is up over there?"

"Not much" she replied.

"I really need to talk to you about earlier today in the lunch room."

"What about today?" Sami asked curiously

"Well, about you pressuring Rosie into feeling like she couldn't do what she wanted to do, but like she had to do whatever you want her to do like you are her mother or something. What is up with that?"

"Well you know she really wanted to do it."

"If she did then why did you have to almost force her to go with you. I think you are taking this cool thing a little to far."

Sami snapped back, "I think that you are just jealous cause everyone thinks I am cool now and I am center of attention and your NOT!"

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