Lillie M. Girth: 7th Grade
Hi my name is Lillie; I'm in the seventh grade with my twin sister, Amy. I live in a three-story house that's near a basketball court and a tennis court, where I play a lot of sports, with my three brothers, my mom, and my dad. At school everyone is my friend, or at least some of them. I think most of them like me because my parents have a lot of money because of the jobs they have and that I get five dollars for every chore I do. Well if that is the case then they don't know anything. My parents need to make that money so they can provide food, a large enough house, clothes, and what ever else my family needs to survive.
On with my story .My friends at school say this cute guy named Brian Warkhart likes me. I don't know why he would like me, I am smart, but what guy like him would want to have me as his girlfriend? Scary thing is, my teacher Mrs. Claves thinks that Brian should like me too because I'm smart, funny, and pretty, being that she is the teacher, she knows best.
Things at my school have been a little weird because Halloween is coming, and a rich, popular girl named Cary always has a big Halloween bash on Halloween night. It's a party where everyone has a date, gets to eat food, and dance. Apparently there's another thing that happens that night that everyone ends up talking about for the rest of the of the school year. Some people say that you end up finding that special someone and you end up going out because of Cary's magic for relationships between a boy and a girl.
This year my sister will be on a nature trip with some of her friends, so I'll be going alone this year. Cary always invites me because I'm rich, so I say I'll go, but I won't bring a date to dance with. She always try's to get me a date, but she can't get me one. She thinks that Brian doesn't like me so she doesn't bother asking him. The party is tomorrow so if I don't find a date, I think Cary will be mad at me and change the party to a Christmas one so I can find a date for her party.
My true friend Emily asks me if she could walk me home and I say sure. But when she comes she says she has a soccer game, so Brian comes and asks me. I say sure. When we get to my house he asks me if he'll see me at the party on Saturday. I say that he might see me at the party. We say good-bye to each other and I go into my house. My sister has already left for her trip, so the dinner table was pretty quiet because my sister always talks about her day. I usually just sit there and eat my meal quietly like my brothers. But this night was different; my parents asked me how my day was at school, which is strange. My parents looked at me blankly and I said it was pretty good. I guess they had realized that I had a boy walk me home. I walked to my room and went to bed.
The next day I woke up and put on my party clothes and called Emily to ask her if her mom would pick me to the party. Near 3:00 p.m. I tolled my mom that I would back near 11:30 p.m. On the way to the party, Emily asked me if I got a date. I said I don't know if I do. She said a guy named Chris asked her to the party. We finally arrived at the party and Cary told me to go see Brian and ask him to dance, I asked her if I had too and she said that I have too. I went over to him and asked him to dance, he agreed to the offer.
When the songs got faster we sat down and drank some punch. I excused myself to use the restroom and Cary somehow saw she and me followed. She asked me if Brian said anything to me that would give a hint if he liked me. Some of the other girls came in and asked me the same question.
I went back out and sat in a chair next to Brian's. I felt a little awkward, so I tried not to look his way. There was silence between us for a while. Then he asked me if I would like to sit next to him at lunch on Monday. I said I'd think about it and tell him Monday morning. I thought he would be asking me on a date so I went to see Cary to ask her if he was. She said that it was, so I followed along with it. I went back and told him I would sit next to him at lunch on Monday. Then he asked to dance again and I said sure.
As the songs were getting slower, and slower, I to a peek at Cary, and I saw that she was staring my way. I could tell that she knew that I liked Brian and that he liked me. We danced until the slow songs were over, which took about and hour, and the Halloween songs started to play again, so we went to sit down at our table and enjoyed some punch.
The party was almost over, and a few people have already left except Emily, her date, Cary, Brian, and myself. Brian asked if he could walk me home, and I said sure. On the way home, he asked me if I would go to the mall with him to eat at the food court for a while, and as always, I agreed. So the next day, I got up, ate breakfast, and waited till Brian came to the door to pick me up. My mom looked at me in wonder. She has rarely seen me with a boy, but my sister is another story.
We started walking towards the mall and I asked him if he liked me, I don't know why though. It just came out, like most things do. But a few seconds later, he answered with a small yes. I couldn't believe it, someone actually likes me. Then he asked me if I liked him. I said sure. I didn't know what to say, I didn't have Emily or Cary around, so I couldn't think of what to say.
When we got to the mall, there was another moment of silence between us. Then finally we got to the food court and we found a table and sat down. Then Brian asked if I really liked him and I said yes. So we finally started going out more. Cary and Emily were proud of me, and I wasn't sure I made a good decision. But Brian likes me for who I am, and not for my money or wealth.
My sister came back proud of me too. She said that we should double date sometime. I said that we might be able to. My parents can trust Brian and know he wouldn't do anything to harm me.
Near the end of the school year, Cary had an end of the school year party at her house. I brought Brian (of course). We had a lot of the fun at the party and we swam in the pool a lot. There was music, big buffet, and of course, dancing. Cary, Emily, and I talked a lot about boys, and what to do. It was the first time all three of us talked together without any interruptions or fights. The seventh grade was a great year. I made o new friend, went to a lot of party's, had a lot of fun, and most importantly, I got my first ever real boy- friend!!