Finding Friends
Once upon a time a girl lived in a world that she though was easy. Everyone else was the bad guy and she thought she had the right friends and that they would always be there for her. She lived a normal life, had lots of friends, a special boyfriend and thought of herself as an independent person who could make decisions for herself. Other people thought of her as this too. This girl did not like saying no and she was up to trying new things and didn’t have a care. One of her friend’s knew this very well and took advantage of it.
Both girls were hanging out doing normal things but they want to do something fun. The friend suggested they do something bad and convinced her even though she didn’t want to. Why did the girl agree? She couldn’t answer that and nothing she can say or do will make up for the fact that she belittled herself to say yes.
The lights are bright in the store. It’s so warm compared to the outside we just escaped. I follow her. She knows what she wants to do; I just follow enjoying the warmth. She looks around, looks for things she wants. She runs her eyes over the nail polish, I find no interest as I don’t paint my nails, but she takes one and places in my pocket. I just keep walking. I feel it in my pocket, it’s heavy like my heart and the beats are pounding in my ears. I see my mom and we follow her out to the car. My fright is finally over; I smile in my head until I hear a sound I never forget. My heart falls to the bottom of my stomach. The store clerk comes over and I empty out my pockets – Busted!
I am that girl and my so called friend was my best friend. I know I did wrong, but what my friend did that night was not right either. She was the best example of peer pressure. Peer pressure is 100% real, and it takes 100% of your self to say no. When the officer asked my friend if she had taken anything, she said no but she had more stuff on her than my bottle of nail polish!
If you find yourself with a friend who is bossing you around making you do things you feel are wrong, you just walk away. There are tons of girls in school and any one of them will be your friend. You don’t need to be stuck with bad ones that really don’t care about you. I am better with friends, and am also aware that I need to do what is right for me. My constant reminder is that night. I am never going to let something like that happen to me again and I will never let myself make bad decisions because of what my friends say.