Voices-+The+Choice

 =  Two Perspectives = = =  The first piece was written from Lindsey's perspective and the second from the perspective of the main character in her story, __The Choice__. After reading the perspective pieces, read __The Choice__.

  //Lindsey//: As she looks out of the window, staring at the rain pouring out of the sky, she thinks of all of the good times she has had in the rain with her friends and she flashes back to when she was younger. When she looks at the rain she feels proud, because the rain reminds her of her life, and the journeys that her life has lead her. She feels relaxed and calm and proud.  //Main Character:// As he looks out of the window, staring at the rain pouring out of the sky, he thinks to himself of all of the times that someone has either bulled him or said something to him and he was just left alone, standing in the rain crying. The rain makes him feel like everything and everyone is greater and better than him, like he is nothing. Every time he sees rain he thinks of all of the people who make fun of him, laughing, calling names, or just ignoring him in the hallways.

  =The Choice = = =  He walked inside from the rain, pouring wet. He wasn’t happy about school starting. What was the point of going to school if no one hung out with him? He went straight to his room, and sat down on the bed and looked out the window. He started to cry; he wanted a friend so badly. As he was thinking about the perfect friend, his mom called him downstairs to eat dinner. He walked slowly to the stairs, his head feeling huge, and sadness running through his body. His brothers passed him on the way to dinner, laughing.

When he was eating dinner he heard his phone ring. His phone never rang. Sometimes he wondered what was the point of having a cell phone if no one was going to call him. He ran upstairs and got it in time before it stopped beeping. He picked it up and answered it. It was a kid from school, wanting to be friends with him. At first he was thrilled, but after he found out who it was, he wasn’t all that happy. It was the most popular kid in school, Riley. He was always playing jokes on him and bullying people. //Why would he want to be my friend,// he thought. It may just be a joke, but he sounded very sincere on the phone. It was time for Billy to go to bed and that night he had a dream about Riley. The dream was about Riley being mean to him and making him look stupid in front of all of classmates. Billy woke up scared that his dream might come true. He was frightened and nervous.

The door bell rang and Billy ran to the door to get on the bus. On the bus, there were the popular boys and they wanted him to sit with them. Billy accepted and went to the back to sit with them. On the long bus ride to school they were very nice, but Billy was still suspicious. When they arrived at school, he saw Riley. Riley called him over and told him that if he wanted to hang out with them, he would have to meet them after school near the trash cans. Billy said okay and left.

By the end of the day Billy was nervous, and wondering what they were going to do. The bell rang and Billy went to his locker and collected his things. He began to walk behind the school to the trash bins. He saw Riley and his friends at a distance. They were bullying a kid and throwing him in the bin.

“Come help us Billy, he’s heavy!!” screamed Riley. Billy started to run up to them. He was about to help when he thought, //that used to be me; I used to be that kid//. He had to make a decision. Should he stay and be friends with the bullies or should he go back to his old boring life?

Right then Billy went up to Riley and told him to stop bullying the kid and told the kid to come with him. The kid ran away from Riley and went to Billy. He asked him his name and the kid said, “George.”

Billy invited George to come over. They took the bus to Billy’s house and then they went up to Billy’s room and talked about how they both got bullied and how mean Riley and his friends were. They talked for a while and then become really good friends. This was the best decision Billy had made for a long time. He was glad that he had a friend, and George was a great friend.