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HERE COMES DOUBLE TROUBLE
I was
standing outside my second hour class, busily engaged in conversation with
another girl, when someone bumped hard against my shoulder. I turned and found two dark eyes penetrating
mine. The eyes belonged to a girl twice
my size (both up and out). She gave me a
sneer with her upper lip and turned her back.
Following close behind, as her shadow, was a small wiry girl. She scowled as she passed by me.
“Whatever
you do, stay away from those two!” my friend whispered, “They are trouble!”
The
following day, I met “trouble” coming down the hall. There was no way to avoid them. They were
heading straight in my direction.
The
small one gave me a “death stare” while the large one proceeded to be the
mouthpiece for the two.
“You
meet us after school this afternoon in front of the building, Hot Shot! We’re going to beat you to a pulp!”
I
walked around them, trying hard to act nonchalant, but my knees were shaking.
When
the dismissal bell rang that afternoon, I left by the side door and ran to the
bus.
For
two days I lived in fear of those girls!
It
was the fourth hour and we were assembling for the PE class.
My enemies threw dagger stares in
my direction. I did my best to ignore
their hissing, “Chicken!”
The
large girl came over to my pile of belongings, picked up one of my notebooks
and began flipping through the pages.
All at once I had had enough! I
could feel the anger welling up inside of me, and the fear that had been
binding me...evaporated! At that moment,
I didn’t care if she was three times my size.
I walked over to her and grabbed the notebook from her hand.
“You
leave my things alone!” I demanded, as I stared her in the face. (I was shocked
at the forcefulness of my own voice.)
Her
face registered shock and then her features transformed into a smile!
Her “shadow” stared at me in unbelief.
From
that day on, the two that were known as “trouble” never troubled me again.
