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| fadingintoblue (profile) wrote, on 7-15-2005 at 9:23pm | |
| When I was ten or elevenish a new girl started riding on my bus. She was a year older than me, kinda big (not fat, just large enough to be taunted), and was staying at one of the welfare hotels near the end of my street. Since this town is pretty wealthy, her not having money was pretty apparent. I remember people teasing her all the time for wearing the same jeans everyday, for not having enough money, for being on welfare, for a million different things. I remember seeing her lip tremble once, and maybe a tear or two, but that was rare, and considering everything people put her through, she was really strong. I wasn't really well liked, and I got teased a lot, and it bothered me and would make me cry. One day this girl stood up for me and yelled at everyone. Then she took me to the back of the bus (the bus was always kinda empty towards the end), and told me that she knew how I felt, but that I was better and not to let them cry. It hurt her too, she said, when people made fun of her for things she couldn't control, but she always did her best not to let it show. "Don't let them see you cry," I think she said, and she told me that I had to stand up for myself. This was a while ago, but I still wonder what happened to her. She didn't go to the school long, and I never heard anything about her. I barely even remember what she looked like, I just remember that she cared enough to try and help me even though she didn't have to. It's probably corny, but I hope she's alright right now, and that she managed to make friends (a scare commodity for "people like her" in bburg at the time) and that she's happy. I don't know why I'm thinking about her today, but I am afraid that one day I'll forget the already hazy details I have of her in my head, because it's important, I think. |
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Ceceisme | 07-21-05 9:45am I think thats amazing that puts her at 11 or 12ish to have that kind of courage is spectacular. I wish I could do something like that.. now I am wondering what happened to her too. Even though I didn't know her, or you. But o well.
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