So Connor how long are you gonna be in that cast? I asked. Just a month I fell pretty hard on the ice, said Connor. Oh are you ok, said a girl to Connor. Um no I actually fell on the ice when I was playing ice hockey, said Connor. A whole group of girls were near Connor during lunch time. They were feeding him his food and he is right handed your kidding me! A bunch of girls had signed his cast I did too. Hey Michael can you cover for me today walking the preschoolers? Asked Connor. Why can't you go today I have a hockey game after school, I said. I can't get my cast wet remember, said Connor. I forget my jacket can I borrow yours, I said. Yeah sure, said Connor. As I was walking the preschoolers home they were complaining that Connor was not here. I saw the red truck again oh no its those teenagers trying to get revenge on us. I picked up a stick and an earthworm so I would blend in as a kid picking on there little brothers and sisters. I started to chase the preschoolers with it they all screamed. I looked at the red truck it wasn't them. Connor! Shouted a voice. It was this old lady that lives across from where we walk the preschoolers. She always thinks that me and Connor are doing something bad and we are not good influences. Connor stop tormenting those kids before I call the school, she said. I pretended to be Connor. I tried to talk in his voice. Until the old lady was crossing the street I ran away all the way to my house. I had the keys to the house. I ran all the way to my bedroom I took my safety patrol uniform off. I started to put on my uniform. I put my hockey team shirt on then I took off my pants and sneakers put on my team pants put on my hockey padding and gloves I put my helmet on and my roller blades got my hockey stick and I was ready. My step Mom was downstairs I came down the stairs. Michael what did I say about having skates in the house? She asked. I am ready, I said. We drove in the car. I got to my hockey game it was just street hockey. I couldn't concentrate I was thinking about if that old lady called the school she said she knew the number and I didn't want to get in trouble and kicked off the hall monitors. But I would still play street hockey. The next day at school Connor told me he was kicked off hall monitors. I wasn't there yesterday though Connor said. I saw him apologize to the preschoolers. I was hiding in a bush. I finally admitted that it was me instead of him. He heard abut this. You terrorized the preschoolers, he said. Yes I was trying to be an older brother teasing some of his siblings so those teenagers in the truck wouldn't beat me up and wouldn't recognize me, I said. Michael this is the last straw you made fun of me being gay you laughed at my friends you told me how to dress you threw out my favorite Cds and replaced them with rock music you took my make up and nail polish away and made fun of me for wearing it and you make fun of me for having birthdays at Chuck E' Cheeses and you broke my arm, he said. That is it our friendship is over, he said. Connor no… I said. I didn't leave my bedroom for many days. My Dad threatened to take down my door but he didn't he just wanted to come in and talk to me. I didn't let nobody talk to me. Until I saw him hanging out with this other boy no more cast. After School Connor came to me. Hey, Michael, said Connor. Hi Connor, I said. I think I left my video game at your house can you get it? Asked Connor. I was real mad when he said that none of his video games were at his house. While I was walking home from hockey practice I noticed Connor and a boy playing outside of his house and they were wearing t-shirts that said best friends. I went by Kyle's house. Kyle he never leaves his front yard and he is this really weird boy. Uh hello Kyle, I said. Michael D'Amico! He shouted. He is in my front yard! Yeah what was the big deal with that. Um, Can I sleep over tonight? I asked. Michael D'Amico is sleeping over my house! Screamed Kyle. When I got there his room was so weird it had this stuffed bird he named Loretta. Michael can I have your candy? He asked. No Kyle, it was to late he ate it. Tickle Fight! He screamed. I ran in the bathroom with all my belongings in my bag and locked the door. I was in there all day. I called my Dad to come get me at Kyle's house. Papa! I shouted running to my dad. I ran and hugged him. Michael what was the problem? He asked. I slept over that weird kid Kyle's house, I said. The thing that angered me the most was something Aaden did. Hey I found this thing in Michael's garbage pale, said Aaden. I was trying to protect it from my Dad because he usually embarrasses me when he dances it was a paper about the Father Son dance. Unfortunately I was stuck going. Connor was there with his boyfriend. How romantic, I said. Michael how about you apologize to Connor, said Dad. I didn't want to. But him and his Dad were dancing good on the dance floor my Dad didn't dance he just sat down talking to the people at his job. Until the end of the school year came. I saw Connor getting beat up by a bunch of 8th grade boys and making fun of him because he was gay. Hey leave him alone, I said. Oh you protecting your boyfriend, said the boys. No just get away from my friend before I get my Dad and his boys to kill you, I said. These boys knew who my Dad use to be they all ran away. Michael why did you do that? Connor asked. Well I didn't like how they were making fun of you and treating you like white trash so I stuck up for you, I said. Angelina said it was a good move to stick up to your friend. Well the end of the school year was ok but I had a friend to hang out with but I still got the summer. The End