september 8th 2009
"please mommy don't let me go, they're gonna hate me!" i refused to let go of my mother's hand, i felt safe with her and i didn't wanna be away from her.
"cyrus honey, they are not gonna hate you. i promise you, you're gonna make a friend today." my mother kindly smiled at me.
"could you please stay with me?" i asked with puppy eyes and she agreed.
the teacher didn't mind me having my mother with me, i guess she understood why i didn't want her to leave.
half way through the day my mother encouraged me to talk to the other kids, but i was scared. a girl noticed this and decided to come say hi.
"are you okay?" she asked.
"y-yes." i stuttered.
"no you're not. if you were okay you wouldn't have your mom with you here." my mother smiled at the girl.
i didn't really know how to respond to that. i just stared at her with a blank expression on my face.
after a few seconds she decided to sit down with me and my mother.
"my name's buffy." she smiled at me.
"oh how cute, like the vampire slayer." my mother said and buffy giggled.
buffy used to consider being compared to a fictional character from the last century a compliment, now she hates it.
"i'm cyrus."
my mother was right, i was gonna make a friend that day. but surprisingly I made two friends...
everyone were in groups... well everyone except this girl, but she didn't seem to mind.
"do you know who that is?" i quietly asked buffy.
"no. let's go talk to her." buffy stood up, grabbed my wrist and walked towards the table the girl was sitting at. the girl stopped what she was doing when buffy sat down and i stood there awkwardly.
"hi." the girl nervously said.
"why are you sitting by yourself?" i accidentally blurted out and immediately regretted it.
buffy playfully hit me.
"i don't know anyone, i'm scared." she said with a quivering lip.
"well now you know us. my name's buffy and this is cyrus." buffy pointed to me and i politely waved.
"i'm andi." she smiled. my mother walked over to the table and introduced herself to andi.
"mommy it's okay, you can go." i looked at my mother.
"are you sure?" she asked me.
"yes i'm sure." i hugged my mother, she said goodbye to us, and i unbelievably felt safe even without her.
for the rest of the kindergarten, i had andi and buffy. over the years they became like sisters to me, and ever since that day, we promised to always stay together.