"Here goes nothing." Junie B Jones thought to herself as she entered the bus, for her first day of high school. "Hey Junie B, come sit next to me!" Junies' friend Grace called to her. "Hi Grace, how has your summer?" Grace smiled, "Too short, and yours?" I thought for second "Well, my summer was great, except that Lenny and I broke-up, and now He and Jose won't talk to me" Grace patted my shoulder "Aww, I'm sorry to hear that, what happened?" I sighed "Lenny and me just grow apart I guess"
"Oh..." Said Grace understandingly. Grace sat- up in her seat "I hope you don't mind my asking, but who broke-up with who?" I sighed "I broke-up with him." "I'm assuming you gave him a reason." I nodded "While?" I leaned back "I told him I didn't think we were working as boyfriend and girlfriend anymore, I thought we where better as friends, and that we should break-up while we could still be friends" "How'd he take it?" Grace was only one way I could think of how to describe Lennys reaction to our break-up, "He looked as if i'd told him his favorite brand of hair gel had been discontinued, or as if I had hit him the stomach" I could tell Gracie was trying not to laugh. "God, that boy and his hair! " I smiled " I know, it always bothered me dating a guy how spent more time on his hair than me!" Gracie's face turned back to a serious expression, "So is that really the only reason why you broke up with Lenny?" "While for the last three mouths me and Lenny dated, I started to see him more as a friend than a boyfriend, I just don't like him that way anymore...and truthfully I wanted to be single when I started high school," Grace nodded "You aren't by any chance interested in a new boy are you?"
"No, not really, I just want to keep my options open, the worst part is losing the friendship, I really miss him and Jose. Grace offered a sympathetic smile "Again,i'm sorry." I pulled my hair back into a ponytail, and quietly said "I mean it happens, what really sucks is losing the friendship, those guys have been my best friends since the first grade, it's kind of like Herb moving away all over again."
Herb? I haven't thought about him in forever.
"Well, I'm sure in a couple of weeks once things have become less awkward, you guys can all be friends again, after all, you guys are only 15, it's not like you where getting married..." I half- smiled, "I'm sure you're right."
Later that day as I walked into homeroom, I looked for familiar faces, I hardly recognized anyone, so I took a random seat, a few seconds later I noticed the boy next to me was staring "What?" I snapped " I sorry to stare, but, you look like somebody I used to know, whats your name?" "Junie B." I said awkwardly "Junie B. Jones! It's me Herb, do you remember me?" I smiled "Of coarse I remember you! We were only best friends until 6th grade" He smiled "I was hoping I would see you some time today, so what's up! Tell me how've you've been. I thought for a moment,
"Well, atlot's changed during the past three years." he looked into my eyes.
"Yeah, like what?"he questioned.
"I no longer have random outburst in class" he chuckled " i'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda disappointed," I smiled, "Oh and Lenny and I dated all through middle school.
"Dated?' he questioned again "Yeah, we broke up about two weeks ago..." after a awkward pause I asked "So, when did you move back?" "Ironically about two weeks ago." the bell rang, "Crap," I sighed, "Look, it's been awesome seeing you again, we should hang-out sometime soon." Herb nodded in agreement.