Chapter 2- Best Friends, No More-
Matt was at the park, playing a game of basketball with his friends, Reggie, Lanny, and Oscar.
"Goal!" Oscar yelled. "Lanny and I are creaming you guy's!"
Matt kicked the ground. "Well, this game sucks!"
"You're just jealous, because we're winning." Oscar said.
"No, I'm not! I just get tired of the same thing over and over again. Basketball here. Basketball there. Basketball everywhere!" Matt stated. "For once, let's do something different."
"So, what do you wanna do then?" Oscar asked.
Lanny jumped up and down, and Reggie understood him. "Lanny's right. We should invent a new game to play."
"And what are we gonna call it? Rocketball? Lanny probably got that idea off the cartoon, Rocket Power." Matt walked over to Lanny and asked, "Lanny, why do you even like that show?"
Lanny just stared at him.
"Well, are you just gonna stand there, or say something?" Matt asked rudely.
Reggie whispered in Oscar's ear, "Whoa! I thought Matt could understand Lanny on the very first impression he gives."
"Lanny, why won't you talk? I mean we've been friends for a long time, and still you won't talk. Why? You don't have to be afraid of me." Matt said.
"Matt, don't be so harsh on Lanny. He's just a little shy. Who cares if he doesn't talk, 'cause he's our friend and going to stay that way forever." Reggie said.
"A little! How about a lot shy? He'd never spook a word in about almost eight years!" Matt got a temper. "For once, he should just open up and have a conversation with people."
"Matt, you had changed these last three weeks. You've been mean, rude, talking trash about people. Dude, I hate to say this, but you're acting like a punk." Oscar said.
"I haven't changed. I haven't been mean or rude. I haven't been talking trash about people. And I ain't acting like a punk!" Matt shook his head. "If you don't like the way I am, maybe you guys shouldn't hang out and be my friends anymore."
"Dude, we still want you to be our friend. But, sometimes you are just too rude. That's all we're saying." Reggie explained.
"Well, I don't wanna be your friend anymore! You guys are so boring. No adventures, just playing a game of basketball for fun. Goodbye! I'll find some more best buds, and they will be more exciting than you guys!" Matt started to walk off, but Reggie stopped him.
"Matt, please. We've been friends for a very long time, and you wanna walk away from us? Walk away from your friends that guided you through elementary and middle school? Walk away from all those memories we'd shared in the past? Matt, if you leave us, then you might find some other friend that probably will be mean to you, or maybe hurt you. It's safe to stay with us, and we will guide you through high school too. Real friends do that. Not the other friends you're gonna find. They just care about their self. Well, if you become friends with someone like Haywood, for example. He's a punk, and never will change. He probably will make you do stuff that would get you in trouble. Please, Matt, don't go. Stay with us. Like I said before, if you find another friend, then they might be mean to you. So, do you want us as a friend, or someone else that will probably be mean to you?"
Matt stood there for a minute and thought about every word that Reggie had said to him. Then about ten seconds later, all the words that Reggie said to him, went out one ear and then the other. "Just leave me alone!" Matt ran off, away from his ex-friends.
Oscar, Reggie, and Lanny all sat down on a park bench.
"We lost our best friend." Oscar sighed.
Lanny nodded his head yes slowly.
"We might have, but I have a feeling that he will come back to us." Reggie said, hoping that he will.
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Matt was at the park, playing a game of basketball with his friends, Reggie, Lanny, and Oscar.
"Goal!" Oscar yelled. "Lanny and I are creaming you guy's!"
Matt kicked the ground. "Well, this game sucks!"
"You're just jealous, because we're winning." Oscar said.
"No, I'm not! I just get tired of the same thing over and over again. Basketball here. Basketball there. Basketball everywhere!" Matt stated. "For once, let's do something different."
"So, what do you wanna do then?" Oscar asked.
Lanny jumped up and down, and Reggie understood him. "Lanny's right. We should invent a new game to play."
"And what are we gonna call it? Rocketball? Lanny probably got that idea off the cartoon, Rocket Power." Matt walked over to Lanny and asked, "Lanny, why do you even like that show?"
Lanny just stared at him.
"Well, are you just gonna stand there, or say something?" Matt asked rudely.
Reggie whispered in Oscar's ear, "Whoa! I thought Matt could understand Lanny on the very first impression he gives."
"Lanny, why won't you talk? I mean we've been friends for a long time, and still you won't talk. Why? You don't have to be afraid of me." Matt said.
"Matt, don't be so harsh on Lanny. He's just a little shy. Who cares if he doesn't talk, 'cause he's our friend and going to stay that way forever." Reggie said.
"A little! How about a lot shy? He'd never spook a word in about almost eight years!" Matt got a temper. "For once, he should just open up and have a conversation with people."
"Matt, you had changed these last three weeks. You've been mean, rude, talking trash about people. Dude, I hate to say this, but you're acting like a punk." Oscar said.
"I haven't changed. I haven't been mean or rude. I haven't been talking trash about people. And I ain't acting like a punk!" Matt shook his head. "If you don't like the way I am, maybe you guys shouldn't hang out and be my friends anymore."
"Dude, we still want you to be our friend. But, sometimes you are just too rude. That's all we're saying." Reggie explained.
"Well, I don't wanna be your friend anymore! You guys are so boring. No adventures, just playing a game of basketball for fun. Goodbye! I'll find some more best buds, and they will be more exciting than you guys!" Matt started to walk off, but Reggie stopped him.
"Matt, please. We've been friends for a very long time, and you wanna walk away from us? Walk away from your friends that guided you through elementary and middle school? Walk away from all those memories we'd shared in the past? Matt, if you leave us, then you might find some other friend that probably will be mean to you, or maybe hurt you. It's safe to stay with us, and we will guide you through high school too. Real friends do that. Not the other friends you're gonna find. They just care about their self. Well, if you become friends with someone like Haywood, for example. He's a punk, and never will change. He probably will make you do stuff that would get you in trouble. Please, Matt, don't go. Stay with us. Like I said before, if you find another friend, then they might be mean to you. So, do you want us as a friend, or someone else that will probably be mean to you?"
Matt stood there for a minute and thought about every word that Reggie had said to him. Then about ten seconds later, all the words that Reggie said to him, went out one ear and then the other. "Just leave me alone!" Matt ran off, away from his ex-friends.
Oscar, Reggie, and Lanny all sat down on a park bench.
"We lost our best friend." Oscar sighed.
Lanny nodded his head yes slowly.
"We might have, but I have a feeling that he will come back to us." Reggie said, hoping that he will.
-End Chap