Nothing but Trouble: part one:

Nothing but Trouble: part one:(She'Davia Williams) (Note that the author was 13 years old when she wrote this story.)

Countless times I told people that I would not have anything to do with boys until I was the right age and while I was young that age remained at fifteen. Starting in fourth grade guys were coming to me to ask if I would go out with them, but I always replied "no." So many times people tried to say that someone was my boyfriend and I told them off. I would not deal with those kind of comments nor could I disobey one of my fathers rules.

Then I entered middle school, sixth grade. I told my new friends my rules about boyfriends and they all respected that. Then boys started asking me out, and I mean countless boys. Especially this one boy who I definitely didn't want to go out with. He wrote me love letters, bought me gifts, and was always trying to talk to me. He was any girls dream guy, but just not for me. "I'm too young", I kept telling myself. So I just kept saying "no." That kind of stuff just wasn't for me.

Then in February my whole life changed when I began to like this one guy, Jordan. He was tall, had light skin, and red/brown hair. He wasn't cute but he had me wanting him. I forgot all about my rules and decided to go for it. It turned out that he had liked me for a while too, from there we decided to go out. Suddenly, that same day, I saw my reputation becoming bad. I just ignored it, no big deal, I thought to myself. That night I told myself that for my first boyfriend I had to be perfect. I decided that the only way for me to be perfect was to go on a diet. So the next day I didn't eat anything. All my friends tried to persuade me to eat and told me that I was acting dumb for trying to lose weight just for Jordan. I just said "Whatever," and drank juice for the rest of the day. By the end of the day I was extremely tired and worn out. I didn't want to do anything but sleep. It seemed as if everyone was staring at me and whispering to each other. It seemed even worse when they would see me walking with or talking to Jordan. It was driving me crazy, but I couldn't give into the voices of my peers. I dealt with it.

After school I went with my friend, Shaday, to her little brothers basketball practice. Right when we got there she took me to a vending machine and made me eat half a bag of Doritos. She wanted me to eat more but I told her that I was full and gave the rest away to some little kid. I was starving though, but every time I went to eat another chip the thought of Jordan and being perfect popped into my head.

On our third day together the stares became worse. Now people were coming up to me and saying that I was too good for him and that I needed to let him go. I couldn't deal with it anymore. I started listening to what people were saying, giving into their every word. I even started to believe that what the were saying was true. What was my problem, going out with a guy that had one of the worst reputations in the school?

So in third period I wrote him a letter. I told him that I was stupid for going out with him and that he had ruined my reputation. It was by far one of the meanest letters that I had ever written to anyone. But I didn't care. My rep was back up and I was loving it. Everything was perfect in my mind.

He had written me back but I never got to see what it said because the teacher caught Shaday passing it to me and wouldn't give it back. I kept saying that I would never go out with Jordan again. How wrong I was.

Bethlehem Eisenhour

06/30/2020

Depends how much you care for youur life. He will always want you down to his level.

Depends how much you care for youur life. He will always want you down to his level.

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