He was known as a loner his entire life. “What is the true
meaning of a friend?” Jake would often ask himself that question. His classmates
would make fun of him because he never talked to anyone. Though it seemed as if
he was desperate for friendship, he refused to interact with the other
students.
“I hate high school!”
Just as Jake was ready give up on making friends, a student named Dustin said, “Would you like be friends?”
Jake was shocked and didn’t know how to react.
Dustin was lonely for friends, also. He had hopes that the two of them could build a friendship out of their loneliness. Jake didn’t respond. Out of fear of never having a friend, Jake ignored Dustin.
“Yes, let’s be best friends!”
This everlasting black-hole that Jake was feeling is now starting to turn around. His new friendship helped him to become more outspoken. Jake finally knew what the true meaning of a friend is. He no longer hated high school.
Softly spoken, Jake said:
“Dustin, you are the true meaning of a friend.”
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Good story, I really like how well you described Jake's loneliness and lack of friends.
ReplyDeleteWith Covid and all, it gets easier for us to just hide in a corner be just like Jake was. It might be hard to approach people now to break the loneliness, but it might be a risk worth taking.
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