I was a kid who was always treated unkindly. One day, I was in the bathroom talking with my friends Maya and Lizzie. When Kristina, one of the bullies 1in. To my great surprise, she said that she was2 for the way she had treated me and wanted to be friends.
Maya and Lizzie didn't believe 3she said. But I decided to accept her. Later that day, I sat with the popular girls 4 the first time, feeling important.
Over the next few months, I started spending 5 time with Kristina and her friends and less time with Maya and Lizzie. When my new popular friends gossiped", I laughed. Sometimes I did feel bad about it, 6 I didn't want to be a nobody again.
Then one day, Lizzie 7 to talk to me, which made me happy. But Lizzie showed her anger with me for being mean*to Maya. A 8 broke out between us. Feeling angry, I pushed her. She looked at me in terror*, shouting 9 ,"You are a bullet*!"
I 10 stood there with regret. She was right. I had become a bully, one who I had always disliked so much. I cried all the way home. That night, I decided that I was going to 11 being a bully*. The next day at school, I tried to say sorry to Lizzie, but she turned her back on me. 12 would talk to me. I felt like the loneliest person in the world.
Not 13 what to do, I told everything to the counselor*. With her help, Lizzie and Maya decided to give me another 14 . It took a while to win back their trust.
I thought I needed to be popular to be somebody. I was wrong. I am somebody because I am special and 15 to my friends. Best of all, I like me again, too.
