Imaginary

Chapter 1

Summer is such a great time of year, kids running around, playing and laughing together. No school, and nothing to worry about. Isn't that how summer should be? Well, maybe for you but not for me. The summer before my sixth grade year was the scariest, but incredibly exciting summer of my life.

The last day of fifth grade, finally. Sitting through the last thirty minutes was pure torture. No matter how much anyone would disagree, I think I was the most excited for summer.

Currently, I have no friends, the only friend I ever did have was a girl named Brittney. With a name like that, you can pretty much tell what she looks like, beautiful, blonde and downright popular. Whereas, I have dark red hair that falls below my shoulders, freckles and I was defiantly not beautiful.

Brittney and I were friends until recently. I thought Brittney was one of those friends I could confide in, someone I could tell my deepest, darkest secrets, but no, she had to go be a gossip freak and tell the whole school. I remember the day perfectly.

"How could you do this to me!" I yelled.

So what if it was in front of the whole school, I was so filled with hatred, I didn't care.

"Come on Lisa, imaginary friends? In the fifth grade? You should of known better than to tell me."

I was stunned. Known better than to tell her, I thought. We were friends. It's true I do have imaginary friends. They helped me through the hard times. Normally, they were characters from really good movies I saw. I just thought they were so good and it would be great to be friends with them! So, I decided to make them my friends. Usually Harry Potter characters were the characters I used as friends the most.

" I thought we were friends," was the last thing I said before running home.

Tears of anger and embarrassment trickled down my face.

Everyone was still laughing the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, all up to the last day of school. That's how I wound up with no friends. No one would talk to me, and when they did they were calling me names. A kid named Josh, who sat behind me, poked me and broke my train of thought.

"What?" I said edgily.

"So what are you going to do this summer, play with your little imaginary weirdos?"

Most everyone heard that comment and started laughing.

"Okay, quiet down," said Mrs. Berry. She never really paid attention if we were talking or not, but when we got too loud, she would become strict.

Two minutes left.

Then the bell would ring and free me from embarrassment forever, or at least for the summer.

Forty-seven seconds.

Everyone's eyes were on the clock.

Ten seconds.

Couldn't it go any faster?

Three.

Two.

One!

RING!

While everyone ran to the door, they threw papers and screamed and yelled. Clearly excited for the summer season. Last year of elementary school! Finally a fresh start, a clean tab. No one knew us in the middle schools so it was our chance at start over. I threw all of my things in my backpack and started walking home. A few kids saw me and pointed me out to their friends. They started laughing. At that point I didn't care, I was almost home. As soon as I left the school grounds, I felt it. I was free. Summer was here, and my adventure begins.

A/N: How's my new story going so far????