I was always one of the kids who got picked on. If you'd asked me, I would have told you I was against bullying(欺凌).
But then one day I was chatting with my friends Maya and Lizzie, when Kristina came up, who was one of the bullies, so I prepared myself for more insults. But nothing happened. Perplexed, I looked at her, only to hear that she was sorry for the way she had treated me, and that she wanted to be my friend.
Despite Maya and Lizzie's disapproval, I accepted Kristina's apology. Later that day, I sat with the popular girls for the first time, feeling important, as if people were noticing me in a way they never had before. Afterwards, I started spending more time going around with my popular friends, laughing at other people, calling their names, and sometimes even pushing and shoving them.
Then one day, Lizzie came up to me, accusing me of saying something mean to Maya. I explained it was just a stupid joke, but we got into a fight, and she scolded me for acting like a jerk. Mad, I screamed at and punched her. She fell, tears welling in her eyes, yelled, "You've become one of them--a bully!" and ran out of the school, crying. I just stood there breathing hard and staring at my fist. Apparently, I had become one of those I'd always hated.
I cried hard, keeping picturing scenes of what I had done, regretfully. I decided to apologize to Lizzie. But she turned her back on me. No one would talk to me. Then Kristina walked up to tease me, "Where are your friends now, loser?" I felt like the loneliest person in the world.
Then with the help of the counselor, I talked things through with Lizzie and Maya. I told them how sorry I was. I explained I'd wanted to be popular so badly that I had forgotten how much they meant to me but that I was done with being popular now. Fortunately, they decided to give me another chance.
