“What are biscuits and gravy?” I heard from across my table at Blackboard Café in Seal Beach, CA after politely telling the waiter my order. I did only what anyone with a good and sarcastic sense of humor would do in that situation and replied, “You moron, they are gravy and biscuits!” Let me just say that that just might have been the most thoughtless question I have ever been asked and of course it came from the mouth of none other than, Savannah Jane McCorkle, my delusional and exquisite best friend. She and I have an interpersonal relationship that started our freshman year of high school, has successfully made its way through all eight stages of a relationship, and has conquered all conflict that has tried to come between us. Savannah was the dorky girl with multi-colored hair, big glasses, and a Harry Potter backpack. I was the “not too weird, but not popular either” average high school student just keeping to myself. We had two classes together aat Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, English 1-2 with Mrs. Majdali and Geometry with Mrs. Sternin. The classes were back to back so we would always walk the same way to and from our classes. It was the proximity, always being around her, that really started our relationship (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin & Tevin, 2015). A relationship that is still going strong even though she now is going to LSU and lives in Louisiana. Savannah and I have been through all of the relationships stages, we have gone back and fourth between
We all have read many different books and stories and have found many similarities between ourselves and different characters. One of the novels I have read during this summer is called,“Across Five Aprils”. In this novel, there was one character that I felt as if she was most like me. Her name is Jenny Creighton, the daughter of the Creighton family, whose only fourteen years old, in loved with a schoolmaster named Shadrach Yale. This girl and I have lots of characteristics in common, such as own point of views, tend to take care the family, and love without thinking.
It was the year 2008, I had just graduated from St. Michael’s School located in Los Angeles, CA. This year was quite exhilarating for me also scary because I was going to attend an all-girls high school. Los Angeles was my birth place also a place where I called home. One day, I came home to hearing my parents talking about moving to Mississippi. I remained devastated, not only we were moving to the south, I’m moving away from childhood friends. I was worried I wouldn’t see them again and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to make new friends in Mississippi.
My stomach started speaking to me as I was passing a Burger King. As I approached the register, I recognized that the Cashier was my classmate Kimbre. “ You know we ran out of burgers right?”, she said. Then I replied, “No, you don't say. Does Taco Bell run out of Tacos or Pizza Hut, Pizza?” Kimbre was a babe, the way she chewed her bubblegum made me hot! I mustered up the courage to look her in the eyes and I told her that we should hook up for the dance. She just broke up with her boyfriend, he got mono from kissing her best friend, so she was available. I wiped the lonesome tear off her cheek with my finger.
Mrs. Morris loves organization, reading, her faith, and Lilly Pulitzer. As soon as I saw her jumbo Lilly planner, I knew we would hit it off perfectly fine. In her, I found more than just a fellow Christian, organizer and Lilly lover; I found someone who genuinely cared about my life and about my struggles as a high school student who is trying to figure it all out. As the year went on, our bond only grew. Through break-ups and get-back-togethers, she was always there. Every time I
It all started when I was the new girl in sixth grade at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. It was the third day when I first came in and I didn't know anybody. I had math in 8th period and I sat next to Becca. The first time I talked to her is when I needed a pencil and asked her to borrow one. It was really awkward at first because we didn't know each other and we were both really shy. Later, me and Becca started talking a little more everyday from “This class is boring” to “Sit next to me at lunch”. After me and Becca started talking more we started to realize we have almost every class together. We then started to partner up when we could for partner projects. Then we were pretty much good friends
Walking into Booth Middle School on the first day of seventh grade, all I wanted was a friend. I cared little about whether they would make an impact on my life; as a newcomer to Peachtree City, I was open to befriend anyone. Within the first week, I met Annabelle. I was so preoccupied with the excitement of having a new friend that I was unaware of how greatly she would impact not only my first day, first week, or first year of middle school, but how vastly she would affect my future.
Within the first month, I felt like the entire school knew me well. Darica, the only colored female at Holton, was my biggest crush. All the kids would interrogate us to date, but we only became bestest friends. Majority of the students loved me and I miss most of them. A couple of my football mates even invited me to stay and live with them to continue football at
When we all came outside for a picture and we sang the school song for the last time, I knew that I would remember that day as possibly the best and worst day of my life. Losing the school was an immense blow and it still hurts to think about it. I had such incredible relationships with my peers and my teachers that I feel like I will never be able to recapture. The decision was made to consolidate with North Posey—the biggest rival New Harmony had ever known. The prospect of transferring to a school many times larger, of walking in that first day not knowing hardly anyone, it terrified me. Now that two years have passed and I have started my senior year at North Posey, I recall that shy, reserved girl and I do not recognize her. It is difficult to connect with who I used to be at New Harmony, tantamount to looking at a different person. I have new friends and am taking challenging courses. I have made accomplishments in the past year alone—like staying at a veterinarian camp by myself for a week—that are still surprising
SJ and I were polar opposites. Two young girls forced into an unforgiving world and left to sink or swim. SJ's life lived on a tight rope balanced between the sweet devout Christian girl who loved her family and the sexually promiscuos girl who experimented with drugs and sneaking out to meet up with the boy toy of the week. Her two parent, two story home protected her for only so long as she stepped off her tight rope and went head first into a world that she never was supposed to belong to, the world that I belonged in. I met SJ in my third high school in as many years. That day she left her two story home to come to my one-half parent, two bedroom apartment.
The school was very far away, inside this old neighborhood, and was on the other side of Columbia; while we were passing the neighborhood, I had this eerie feeling and I didn’t like it, I knew from there this isn’t going to be a fun experience. My sister, my mom, and I got inside the school and were settled in from there; my 5th grade teacher name was Karen Bowling and she was the sweetest and kindest teacher, if it wasn’t for her I probably wouldn’t get comfortable with the new school and new environment that quickly. I made a few friends but still was shy and reserved, but I made a best friend that year her name was Kathryn Hamm. She had the same thinking like I did, she was funny, and we got attached quickly but by mid year things changed. I suddenly gained a lot of weight; I started looking very healthy, I had hair on my face,
It was soon the end of August which meant school was right around the corner. I wasn’t too excited, but I was a little anxious to see what God had in store for me. We hopped in the car, and were on the way. I walked into my new school, Country Day, and acknowledged the wind carried the sound of the chitter-chatter of my fellow classmates, lockers slamming as hard as nails and the howling of the spider-monkey. The halls were outdoor and you could see the never ending mountains and feel the gentle breeze swaying back and forth. I enjoyed the first day and couldn’t wait to go back for more. Throughout the day, I met someone special, someone who would soon to be my best friend, partner in crime, my other half, Sibley. She helped me see the good in situations and inspired me to be outgoing and carefree. Our families became best friends and went on adventure after adventure together. The year
Skylar was a 15 year old in her freshman year of high school along with her two best friends Tucker and Charlotte. Skylar had long brown silky hair, which she always wore up either in a ponytail or some type of braid. Skylar loved to wear skinny jeans, converse, and sweatshirts. Her eyes were a mixture of a green and darker orange color. Skylar was very confident around people that she was most comfortable with. Otherwise, she was very shy and quiet around others. Charlotte was blonde with her hair always flowing down her back. Charlotte wore pretty much the same thing as Skylar except she liked to wear actual t-shirts. Charlotte has bright blue eyes that everyone wished they had. Charlotte didn’t care what others thought so she was always
The first time I actually talked to Sarah Crocker was exactly two weeks ago to this date. I wouldn’t have, if it weren’t for my friends who – of course – dared me to ask Sarah to hang out. I insisted that it would have happened eventually without their nagging and teasing, but between you and I, that’s a load of crap. I was terrified of rejection, and the only thing that kept me from running in the opposite direction was the knowledge that my friends would be waiting for me, like wolves eager to prey on my shame as if it were a wounded
Saba and me were neighbours and classfellows. She walked me home from school every day. We would talk about everything: how many kids we wanted, how we wanted to raise them,