My name is Michael D'Amico unfortunately summer has come to an end but I am ready to start middle school and I think I am going to be popular and have a lot of friends. But I have a friend named Connor but I don't think he is middle school ready he is the only guy I know who still has birthday parties at Chuck E' Cheeses and I always get stuck going to them and he still believes in Santa Clause. Well I will help him survive middle school, because one day I'm going to be famous but my parents don't believe that. Also my adopted brother Aaden is starting school too he is going to be in 3rd grade. One day I woke him up and said, Papa was waiting in the car and he was going to be late but I changed the clock. And then I went back to my room to sleep it was so funny. I woke up this morning went downstairs to eat my breakfeast. Good morning Michael, said my parents. I sat down and there was Rose sitting next to me on her potty. Mom I thought Rose was done with potty training, I said. Michael remember when you mentioned the potty monster to her, whispered my Mom. She knew she couldn't say it or Rose would be scared. It was a joke, I said. Michael I want you to give Aaden some advice about school because he hasn't been there in a long time and no pranks this time, my Dad said. Yes Papa, I sighed. Aaden, I have some advice for you about 3rd grade, I said. Ok, he said. Well don't talk to anyone don't look at anyone in the eyes you don't know if they will beat you up because I have gotten beat up a lot in elementary school. My mom drove me to school. As I entered the building I saw a lot of kids man did they grow up over the summer. Some were even shaving. But those were 8th graders. First there these innocent little 5th graders graduating elementary school then they are these preteen hoodlums who cause trouble and are going through puberty. My 1st period class was English. Hey Michael! Said Connor. Hi Connor. I saw what he was wearing a poncho over his clothes. I knew he wasn't ready for middle school. When the kids saw us together they started to laugh at the 2 of us. 2nd period we had Gym. We had to go out onto the field. They were making us play capture the flag with a bunch of these mean looking 8th grade boys. The 6th grade boys were getting beat by the 8th grade boys and beat up. We both decided to ditch the game while the coach wasn't looking. We ran under the bleachers. They shouldn't let young 6th graders play with muscular 8th graders. Middle School is just a teenage wasteland, said a girl. She was sitting under the bleachers on a chair. What is your name? I asked. Angelina I am a 7th grader, she said. Why aren't you playing jump rope or something with the other girls? I asked. Well they make fun of me and say I am a loser first they are your best friends in Kindergarten and then they forget all about you by the time you reach 4th grade, she said. My name is Michael, I said. Oh I need somebody to help me make it through 7th grade she said. Its tough. Really I think we should go, I said. Michael why did you do that? Asked Connor. Because they are going to come look at us and gym is almost over. Yeah but we may get beat up. Will just go to the 8th grade team, I said. They won't know. When I went to the bathroom there was no stall doors. When I got my lunch I told Connor about how there was no doors in the bathroom. We are so not going to the bathroom until we are in high school, I said. Whoa, where do we sit, said Connor. We tried sitting somewhere but the kids said, the seats were taken. So we had to sit at this table all the way in the back of the cafeteria. Then the weirdest kid in school Kyle comes to sit with us. Is this where the popular boys sit? He asked. We both stayed as far away from him as possible. We got home. So how did your day go? My Dad asked. Not so good, I said. Oh I remember my first day it is always not so good but the second day is alright, he said.