Stop Trying for Something that Isn’t Worth It
Maryam R.
“Trina get up, you’re going to miss the bus!”
“I’m already awake Mom!”
It was the first day of seventh grade, and I was
terrified. I didn’t have any friends, because my best friend
Anne had moved away. As I trudged downstairs I saw my
older brother Spencer eating breakfast. I tried to not get
noticed by him because I knew he was going to do something.
“Haha, you thought you could hide from me you loner. Seventh grade is the worst
grade to be in during Middle school.”
I ignored him and rushed outside to catch the bus. As I walked the halls of
middle school, I spotted Hannah Peters with her gang. I’ve always wanted to be friends
with her since 5th grade, but she doesn’t like me. But this year it was going to change. I
was going to be friends with Hannah and I knew it was coming. I went to the billboard
that had all the classes with names of the kids in each class. There were three 7th
grade classes. 7A, 7B, and 7C. I was in 7C, and so was Hannah. I walked into the
classroom and saw my name written on a desk,Trina Henderson. Next to me was a girl
named Millicent Simion
“Hello kids, my name is Ms. Simson, and I am your new homeroom teacher.”
I looked around the class and I didn’t see anyone I recognize. Everyone there
was new to me. But I didn’t see Hannah either. Right then she walked in, 5 minutes
after class had started.
“Hannah Peters, right?”
“Yes Ma’am. I’m Hannah.”
“You’re tardy, but since it’s the first the of school, I’ll let it pass.”
After class we had our elective classes. My elective was Art. In art class Millicent
was with me. During art class Hannah and another kid came in to borrow paper. When
Hannah saw Millicent with me she frowned and walked away. Was she jealous? Was
Millicent part of Hannah’s group? Did Hannah hate Millicent too? After Art we had R&R.
I was walking around school with
Millicent when Hannah came up and
pulled Millicent away. I was
confused, very confused. Hannah
looked pissed at Millicent. I
pretended to go drink water at the
water cooler, so I could listen to what
they were saying.
“Why were you with her?” Hannah asked furiously.
“Trina is my friend.” Millicent uttered.
“I don’t care about Bina. If you wanna stay friends with me then you’re going to
stop hanging out with her. Got it?” Hannah said.
“First of all, her name is Trina, and second of all, why do you hate her?” Millicent
asked, curious to know why.
“This is your last chance. Are you going to stop hanging out with her? Or not?”
Hannah asked furiously.
“Fine.”
I should have known Millicent was friends
with Hannah, and that she was going to abandon
me. (By the way, I just noticed how cliche
Hannah was) Why else would have Hannah
frowned in the Art room? I was all alone, again.
As I walked to Math class, which was all the way
at the other side of school, the thought of how Millicent had abandoned me were
roaming around my head. Why would hae do that? Did Millicent not like me anymore?
Either way, I was alone. In Math class we basically got a lecture about Math, and how it
was discovered. It was probably the most tedious moment of my life.
~So Much for the first day of school being fun~
It was lunch time, and I had no one to sit next to. So, I went up to where Hannah
was sitting. I was about to sit down when Hannah stopped me.
“Hey, Bina. You can’t sit here. This is the cool table.” said Hannah
“My name is Trina.”
“Yah, Bina, I don’t care, you are a loser, so you can’t sit here.”
I sighed and walked away. I felt stupid. I knew she hated me, why did I even walk
to that table? I feel so stupid. What was I thinking? I walked to an empty table and sat
down. Then, a girl with long auburn hair, and freckles, wearing a crop top and jeans sat
down next to me.
“You’re Trina, right?”
“Yeah, how’d you know? I mean I don’t even know you.”
“Well I WAS Hannah’s friend, but then I realized, that she nothing but trouble. I
mean, there’s rude, there’s mean, and then there’s Hannah.”
“Yeah she’s hated me since 5th grade. What with her? Why does she hate me.”
“I don’t know. I never asked her. But now I can’t, because we aren’t friends
anymore. Well my name is Madeline.”
This was one of those awkward moments, where you really don’t know what to
say. She was probably expecting me to say Hi Madeline, not
happening.
“Well I guess it's time to go to 5th period” I said. I had
to say something. We had nothing to talk about, and i was
getting kind of weirded out.
“Ok. See you later” Madeline replied.
I rushed to 5th period which was Social Studies. After
that was Science class. During class we got another lecture,
but it was kind of like an Advisory class instead of actual
Science. Mr. Derp, was our teacher.
“Friendship is Magic!” he told.
He reminded me of My Little Pony. I mean, he’s Mr.
Derp. He also said,
“If someone doesn’t like you, stop trying. They are missing out on a lot.”
Science class was probably the weirdest class ever.I didn’t see what friends had
to do with science, but I see what he was trying to say. I feel bad for Mr. Derp, I think his
parents hated him, for naming him Derp. It was the end of the day, and even though I
wasn’t going to be friends with Hannah, I already had a friend, it was Madeline. It’s
better to just stop trying for something that isn’t going to happen. I’m not giving up, I’m
just letting go of something. In the end, I learned to “Stop trying for something that isn’t
worth it.”