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Personal Narrative : My First Day Of Middle School

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5th grade had ended, she was leaving. My best friend was leaving to another school, she was the only person I truly felt comfortable with. I had met another person that year and I felt comforted with the idea of not being truly alone the approximating school year. Summer passed quickly, cousins camp everything was over and I had to face reality. My first day of middle school… nothing to worry about right? I have known the majority of these people since my move from Mexico to here. I wasn't exactly a loner or anything but people didn't exactly like "me". Some said I was too geeky or nerdy some said I was too happy and annoying or too depressing and gloomy, some might have said I was ugly. All these words affected me, I started to notice my faults. My all to there unibrow, how I was sickly thin, my shortness compared to others. I started to care whether my hair was messy or not and what I wore and how I acted. My only consolation was my best friend, I could be myself around her I could wear what I wanted, I could have my hair in the messiest style, and since she was the only one in my group of friends less immature than me I could act however I wanted without worrying what she thought of me! But she left. That summer I changed, I waxed for the first time and noticed how different I looked without all the hair I had been gifted by my father's genes, I started shaving every day, I grew taller, and I changed my style. I didn’t like who I was but it was for the sake of fitting

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