The Benefits Of Being The Recluse?

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I was a boy when I went too junior high. My family moved around a lot while I was growing up about five times. Now it never really bothered me much because I never felt as though I did not fit in anywhere. so when we moved to Boise, Idaho I thought it was the same. We moved to Boise at the end of my sixth grade year. My older sister with her 5 kids lived in Boise and we were going to stay with them. Now I haven’t seen my sister since I was a seven. When we arrived at the airport she was crying, tears flowed like water falls as she embraced my mom and my brother. The first things she said when she looks at me was “Oh”. I was quite confused, because obviously I wasn’t seven anymore. At age thirteen I was a late bloomer. Although I had gain …show more content…

I was the 8th person out of probably 20. The benefits of being the recluse I was that I knew everyone but they did not know me. Right next to me was John Grady. Now he was the buff-ist kid in Junior High school, built like a linebacker, all pure muscles. among kids that looked like Steve Urkle. That had not hit puberty yet. He weighed about 50 more than I did and I was dead petrified to get in that ring with him. But I knew at that moment that it was no or never and I wasn’t going to let my anxiety get the best of me. I had to believe in myself. When John stepped in the ring he was confident he was going to win, I was confident he wasn’t. As soon as Enrico blew that whistle. my arms wrapped his neck, slanting my hips I flipped him over. I don’t know how I did it but in seconds John was on his back and legs out of the circle. There was dead silent in the room, for a minute then the guys started Whispering , some of them yelling “did you guys see that”, “Does this kids even go to out school”, “Who is that, I haven’t seen him before” one kid way in the back hollered “we might win state this year”. I was just excited I was able to beat someone. I lasted 5 people before Ian Culley bounced me out the circle; he’d been one of those people who’d been wrestling his whole life so I really didn’t care. At the end of practice Enrico sat us all down “This team is your family for the next 3 months. You have to help each other out in order for everyone to compete. Not we were going to do this at the beginning but I forgot. I want you all you introduce you’re self to your team”. One by one they took their head-gear and stated their names, “I’m Ian Culley, no introduction needed” he said arrogantly. “I’m Mack”, I’m Sunga and this is my brother Muganza“. ”I’m Tyler Peter“. this went on until me, I slowly peeled back my confidence along with my head-gear, ”I’m Patience“. for the

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