THIS I BELIVE

CALLIE SIGUNICK

When I think about friendship one word comes to mind, trust.  When I talk to my friends and tell them my secrets, I know that they will listen be respectful of me and not tell anyone.  You can tell when there is not a true friendship, when you  tell someone that you think is your friend one of your biggest secrets and they tell someone that you don’t want them to tell.  Or if they tell anyone when you told them not to tell then you know that they are not your friend.  Sometimes friendships click and sometimes they don’t.  But don’t make a silly desision like I did  

In my school I have three best friends, Chloe, Kendall, and Margot.  They may be my friends now but, they were not my friends in 6th grade.  In fact I did not even know Kendall until I became friends with a girl named Amaria.  Margot and I were not very nice to each other in Beye Elementary, the best elementary school in the universe.  Chloe and I, well, let’s just say we did not like each other in elementary school.  When I was in 3rd grade and my amazing younger sister, Olivia was in kindergarden, we were both outside at resess at the same time.  Chloe and her friend N’Kote were on the slider thing and they were standing in the way of Olivia and she asked if they could move but, they ignored her.  So, I walked over and told Chloe to get out of the way so that Olivia could get through she moved and scince 3rd grade she has bullied me.  She is one of my best friends now because I have learned a very important lesson.  Giving someone a second chance  Chloe gave that to me and I gave that to her.  During the week we walk to school from Beye because we help my awesome mom on Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s, and Friday’s.  We have her mom drop us off at school early on Monday’s, and Thursday’s for choir and Fiber Arts.  It is good to know that I can count on Chloe to help me anytime I need it and to know that she is there by my side helping me deal with girl drama in my school Percy Julian Middle school, which is what the next story is about.

This next story is about how my friendship with Kendall developed.  Now before I say anything I should tell you Amaria is a girl who is very popular and is in my gym class.  So, in the first two weeks of school my only friend was Chloe.  We hung out at lunch and hung out before and sometimes after school.  One day in the first or second week of school I was in gym class and I asked Amaria if she would like to be my friend she said yes and we talked for a while she seemed very nice so we hung out at lunch it was really fun.  The next day was Thursday and when I got to Chloe’s house she said she did not like Amaria and she seemed like she would probably hurt me as a friend because she knew how popular people could be.  I got mad at her and she said that is was only for my own good.  The next day Amaria and I were having a good time in gym and I told her that she should not sit with us she asked me why and I said it was for her own good.  Then she said Kendall come over here!  At first I was not too comftorble with Kendall but then we got more and more friendly and she started to hang out with me, Chloe and Margot at lunch and Amaria was mad and told Ms. Carr the assistant principle that I stloe Kendall from her.  Ms. Carr talked to me, Kendall, and Amaria and after she was done talking to me about how much Kendall’s friendship meant to Amaria she asked Kendall and Amaria if they wanted to be each others friends and they both said no.  I now see that even though someone may apper kind and friendly on the outside sometimes on the inside they are cruel and hurt other people’s feelings.  And even though people are popular that does not mean they are good people and are good, true friends.