My Story(Part 2)

Daxton got home from school that day and realized he was rather depressed. He knew he had to do something about his social situation or he was going to be really disappointed in himself and he wasn't sure if things would be any better at Welch than they were at Kingston. His top priority this year had been to make new friends. So far, he had not succeeded. In fact, he hadn't even come close to succeeding.

Daxton called up his friend Calvin, he had to get his mind off this situation or tell somebody besides Devan how he felt. Daxton quickly slipped on his shoes and slid out the door to take the quick jog down his hill. Calvin didn't live very far away, it would only take him a few seconds to get to his house. It was also a nice, sunny day and when Daxton did any physical activity (even though he isn't particularly fond of running) he could get his mind off everything else. When he got to Calvin's he wasn't surprised at all to see Devan and Kip there already. They had all been friends since they were tiny. The fact that they had all stayed so close seemed like an amazing feat to Daxton because he looked at all of his older siblings, whose friends from around the neighborhood had all gone their seperate ways. The most spectacular thing about this group of friends was how they all supported each other and the understanding that a person felt if they were a part of this group. They were completely honest with each other and this made them like brothers; Devan even called Daxton's mom, mom sometimes. (When I say brothers I mean the way black people use it because I think it is more meaningful that way.)

Daxton and his friends quickly got caught up in some intense games of Guitar Hero (which Daxton was winning by the way... jk :D) Daxton was taking a sip from his bottle of water when Kip mentioned some girl named LaFonda, who had apparently started hitting on him during lunch earlier that day. This mentioning was so sudden and unexpected that Daxton started choking on his water. (That takes real talent.) He ended up spewing his water all down the back of Calvin's shirt and darting out of the room to avoid Calvin's wrath. When Daxton finally came back into the room they continued this conversation, but the subject had changed to more of the new girls they had met or seen at their new high school. Daxton, who couldn't be left out of the conversation when it came to one of his favorite topics, quickly let everyone know what he thought about all the girls he had seen because he had no way to contribute by talking about girls he had met. He thought back to the summer...

Daxton was hanging with some of his favorite friends that were going to go to Welch. Tyler and Hal had become some his close friends and he loved having them on his soccer team. (That is until 'Tyler' quit! (angry face)) Tyler had planned a day when Hal, Daxton, and he could get together and have a good time playing soccer with a few of their friends. There were about 5 other people besides Tyler, Hal, and Daxton coming. All of them were going to Welch besides Daxton who, of course, defended his school after every insult he heard them come up with. Daxton had made so many friends as a 9th grader at Knoxville Jr. (mainly because he had been extremely shy in 7th and 8th grade.) and his parents had finally realized he knew that there were 2 genders in the human species. Well at this time Daxton was playing with one of the girls that he considered to be extremely attractive and they had become decent friends during the last semester of the school year. Her name was Bonnie (no, this isn't the person most of you guys are probably thinking it is just so you know.) and Daxton was having such a great time playing one of his favorite sports with a great group of friends.

Then realization hit Daxton. This is why I am so depressed. I felt like I became a pretty popular kid that had lots of friends in jr. high. I just need to do what I did in 9th grade. Just be myself and everything will work out. I will have to push myself out of my comfort zone though.