Before high school most things were just easy for me. Track in middle school wasn't really all that serious, I could hide behind the track in a field instead of actually working. But in high school, things were pumped up a level or more. Its a known fact that new kids, the freshman, are despised. Why? Because they're immature, they're annoying, they think they're SOOO cool. However, when I was a freshman I didn't realize any of these things. I just remember being scared and nervous about being accepted. Which, I obviously wasn't accepted at first, unless it was by my own peers.
A friend of mine, Mal and I, had played soccer together for a very long time. We didn't quite get along at first, but then we grew to enjoy each others' company. We were SO excited for our first days of Daily Double in soccer. There were lots of other girls our age there and we felt pretty confident in our 14-15 year old skills. Mal and I were tiny, we were fast, and we loved soccer! The other old girls loved to scowl at us. Not all of them, but it sure felt that way. We finished off our first rounds of Daily Doubles and decided that because we were so independent that we would go get some lunch before the next set of doubles began. We went to Taco Bell. Apparently this made the upperclassmen hate us even more. "You're going to vomit that all up you know!", "What were you thinking!? That's so bad for you!" And then a lot of scoffs and scowls from those who didn't want to say anything. I don't know about Mal, but I was embarrassed, felt stupid, and was annoyed at myself for messing up. That was the last day we went to Taco Bell EVER while doing Daily Doubles and not because we puked. We actually dominated that day. We just stopped because we wanted to be liked.
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