Personal Narrative: My First Day At Mt. Lebanon High School

Imagine walking down the hallway towards my new classroom with all new people, heart beating, beads of sweat on your head, hands shaking. That was me on my first day at Mt. Lebanon Elementary. I had moved schools many times before, but this one in particular was extremely nerve-racking because I knew that I would be with the majority of these people for the rest of my school career. As I walked into the classroom I, almost immediately, thought I could tell who the mean and nice people were. The first popular (or what I had considered popular at the time) person I noticed was a girl with platinum blonde hair, who I automatically put under the “mean” category in my mental chart. I made a mental note to avoid her because I didn’t want my feelings to get hurt and figured I was better off without her in my life.
I had done a pretty good job, considering the circumstances. All until that one fateful day that I got partnered with her on an assignment in class. I tried to be all cool about it, but on the inside I was thinking “What if I’m too awkward?” and “Wait, what if I’m too stuck up?” As it turned out, Emma was actually really nice, and we began to hang out over the next couple of months. Soon, school was out for the summer, and we didn’t talk much over the summer. In fifth grade, we picked back up and I soon had my own little group of friends. In the second half of fifth grade, I saw Emma turn into exactly what I had thought she would be like at first sight. It was bad, and a lot of drama got started. We got into a lot of trouble, but still remained enemies. This carried on until 6th grade when one of our teachers addressed the problem. We somehow put our problems behind us and there has been no more drama since