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=__Friends__= = = =Exposition/Inciting Incident= I waited to go inside to school with my friends on a very chilly day. While we waited, Yolanda came towards me. Yolanda said, "Hi! What’s up?" I replied, "Hey! Nothing much, you?" She said, "Maybe we can hang out later?" “Ok.” When she walked away and I went back over to my other friends. We all started talking. My friends and I were as cold as ice. I think if we were any colder we would have froze. The temperature was below freezing. Yolanda is my friend who is really nice, sweet, kind, and very sensitive. She has shinny brown hair, brown eyes, and tall. My friends were looking and talking about Yolanda. They were making fun of shirt and all these other non-important reasons. They started making fun of her and pointing and laughing. They were laughing at what she was wearing and what her hair looked like.She felt like she was just a nobody, left out from everything and getting made fun of from people who she thought were her friends. She obviously new they were talking about her. They did say it at a tone where she could hear it. I didn’t think that girls my age, my friends could do something like that. My friends are not mean people, but make some mistakes and not realize that they are hurting people badly. I know I have made mistakes like that, but you just got to learn from them and move on. I could almost feel the anger and sadness Yolanda was feeling at that moment form the look on her face. I heard her screaming inside for help. I felt almost as worse as her, I knew that there was going to be a problem, I had to fix it. =Rising Action= When we were sitting in class, Yolanda looked extremely upset. The class room was big and had posters everywhere. The class room was filled with alot of information. I wasn’t sure what to say to her so I went up to her. “Are you okay? You seem really upset,” I said. She replied, “Yeah, I am fine. I guess.” I said, “Are you sure, I know what happened and I feel really bad about it.” Yolanda said, “No, it’s not your fault I am fine. Thanks, but I will be ok.” “Okay” As we were talking our voices were at a whisper so that we wouldn’t get in any trouble. You could barely hear our hushed toned voices. I went back and sat down in my seat, class had just started. My chair that I sat in was extremely loud from being so aged that I could barely hear what the teacher was saying. When I sat on the chair it was uncomforable The chair that I was sitting on was going to fall down and never be able to stand on its four legs again. I forgot about the ancient chair and went back to the real problem. I really wasn’t sure what to do. I glanced over at Yolanda and she looked like a water fall was going to come running down her brown eyes any second. Crying eats away the heart. I hope she doesn’t cry but if that helps her than she should just cry it all out. What I despised so much was that I sat to sit and class and look at her sad face. It would make me sad. “A friend is a hearts beat.” There was one time when she was teased before but defiantly not as bad. It was a while ago. She was laughed at because she said the wrong answer in class. But that’s over and now this has started. It was almost lunch time and I could almost smell the moist and delicious turkey and cheese sand which that my mom made me. My mouth was watering. I tried to forget about lunch and think of what I could do to help her. =Climax=

Finally it was lunch time. The lunch room is ver big with many luch tables all around it for young children to sit out a eat there yummy lunch. Everyone could not wait to eat the warm, cheesy, delicious, and crusty pizza. I could almost smell everything like it was right in front of my face. Roaming threw out the air. As soon as the lunch bell rang all you saw was starving, scattering, silly children. Everyone was settled in their seats and crunching and talking. I was sitting at the table with all of my friends. Yolanda was sitting with her other friends. As we were eating I just kept thinking about what I should do. My friends who made fun of her had no emotion or guilt at all. If it were them I know for sure that they would despise it. Yolanda doesn’t get made fun of a lot, but it does happen sometimes. It happens to everyone too. All of a sudden, out of the blue, Yolanda came over to my table. “Can I ask you something?” she spoke. I replied, “Yeah, sure. What is it?” “Do you think I should say something to them?” she said. In shock, I replied, “Yeah, if that’s what you want to do. I would.” Yolanda said, Ok, I am going to now because it is really bothering me and I think it ‘s the right thing to do.” Well then that’s what you should do if that’s what you think.” I wasn’t sure how this was going to go. Yolanda doesn’t really say anything to anyone, so it was going to be very different. After all, actions speak louder than words. She walked towards them with a scared but confidant look on her face. It was almost if she was going to make a touching speech that was important, but going to be hard to say. Now I was defiantly confused with a befuddled look on my face. She said, “Why do you guys always make fun of me?” Their faces had no expression to them. They finally replied, “What are you talking about?” Come on, you guys know, you just did it to me. You point and laugh at me because of what I am wearing and for reasons that are not important.” As she spoke she had no fear in her face. Their faces were red looking and confused. She never really sticks up for her self, she is usually shy so it was a surprise to everyone. She is a shy laid back kind of girl. It seemed like the whole lunch room was staring.They didn't say anything because there was nothing to say. It was so quiet you could have heard a feather drop from miles away. At that moment I had felt that it was good for Yolanda that she did that. Now people know that she is not just going to let it go and be hurt. Still the shock upon everyone’s face was still there. =Falling Action=

The next day I woke up to my sound of my alarm clock to the song Just Friends. The clock first went bringgggg, bringgggg and then to the song. My alarm clock is pink and green. The alarm clock is small to. As I got up, I looked outside and saw the beautiful blue sky. Even though the sky was blue it was still a little chilly. After I got ready, my mom took me to school. I waited outside school again. The school was huge a all brick. I wasn’t sure how this was going to go because of what happened at lunch yesterday. So I just waited. Yolanda was outside to. I went over to her. “Hi,” I said. She replied, Hey! What’s new?” “Nothing, you?” I said. “Nope. Alright I will see you in school.” Yolanda said. “Alright.” I very surprised because I thought that she would mention something about what happened yesterday, but she didn’t. I know to, “Always look on the bright side” because it’s not happening to me and I wasn’t fully involved. Yolanda did not forgive them because she didn’t speak to them once and neither did they. When we got in school everyone was being nice to Yolanda, but she ignored everyone. I thought that she shouldn’t have done that, but they were being mean to her and hurt her bad. The whole time at school people kept asking me question but I didn’t answer them. My reply was, “I don’t know.” I didn’t want to say anything because I wasn’t sure of some of the questions and I didn’t want to be the one blamed for everything. They are both my friends and I can’t pick sides. That was my main concern. At lunch everyone was saying sorry but she didn’t answer. They all had a worried and scared looks on their faces. You can obviously see that they knew they made a mistake, but Yolanda just ignored it. Her anger didn’t let her forgive them. I thought that Yolanda should forgive soon because they were saying sorry. I could almost hear all the things that Yolanda was saying in her head. From the look on her face it seemed like she wanted to forgive them, but wanted them to feel her pain. I would probably feel the same way. I know to, “Always look on the bright side” because it’s not happening to me and I wasn’t fully involved. Yolanda did not forgive them because she didn’t speak to them once that day. The day felt like it went on forever.Everyone was feeling sorry and guilty. =Resolution= I was eating breakfast the next morning. I was eating crispy, crunchy waffles. On the side a sweet glass of orange juice. The orange juice was in a glass cup so the orange juice was vivid and poped right at you. The smell was unbelievable. I was famished and wanting to eat everything. My cell pone wasr right next to me. Then I got a call, it said it was Yolanda.So I picked it up in a cheerful voice wven though I was a little tried. “Hello!” I said as I answered. “Hi.” Yolanda said. I replied, “Hey, What do you need?” “They are all texting me saying, “I am sorry. I am sorry. I am sorry.” I want to forgive them now. They really mean it. Should I call them?” “Yeah, if they really mean sorry. I would because they were so upset yesterday.” I commented. “Yeah I know they really mean it and they get that it was really mean and rude to do that.” She said. I replied, “Yeah that’s sounds good.” “Ok thanks for all your help.” Yolanda said. No problem! Bye.” I said. “Ok thanks! Bye.” Everything was “ok” from then on. I was so happy this was over that I wanted to throw a gigantic party. I was so glad that I didn’t have to worry about anything anymore. I didn’t have to pick a side so everything would just glide though easy. It was a hard time but it taught me a lot. I saw girls making fun of a girl because of what she was wearing and other reasons that weren’t important at all. They were extremely rude. Now I know how to handle this situation better. The most important thing that I learned was that seeing with the heart is way more important than seeing with your eyes. You can get a lot more out of a person and know who they really are.