The Tomboyish Girl

            Growing up I had lived in three different houses, attended three different elementary schools, two different middle schools and one current high school. To me, making friends in my elementary school years was a bit difficult. It was not until I got into seventh grade that I expanded my list of friends instead of just sticking to a particular small group. I used to be quiet and shy.

When I finished the third grade we moved to a new house, to an area still part of Northeast, El Paso. A new house meant a new school, so I started my fourth grade year at Fannin Elementary. That year I was removed from ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, so I was excited and proud of myself. In that same grade I met my best friend up until high school.

            The first day I entered my fourth grade homeroom, I felt nervous. I thought about the students, what they thought of me, and who would be willing to be my friend. The teacher of course had a seating roster for us. I became friends with the people that sat around me only. We sat at the very back of the classroom, next to the bathroom an entrance door.

It was not long after the students from the back and I were split up for talking too much. The teacher seated me at the very front. A girl, who looked more like a boy, sat next to me, her name was Kaitlyn. At first we didn’t talk at all.

A week later of sitting next to Kaitlyn, she offered me grapes on our snack break. It was the first time we talked and from then on we became friends. I thought she was really nice and friendly, soon enough we started hanging out, outside of school hours. We've remained inseparable from that year on. Although we had different teachers it was always her and I in the mornings, at lunch, after school, and even the weekends.

At the end of my seventh grade year going on eighth, I moved houses. A new house meant yet another different school. I didn't mind the change since we still hanged out. Even though to this day we aren't as close of friends as we once were, we still talk and I know if I’m ever having problems she will still be there for me. I never thought sharing her snacks would open the door to this great friendship.