Personal Narrative: Let's Get One Thing Straight

Let's get one thing straight. We are not the Breakfast Club. We did not meet by chance, and we did not leave whether or not we would always be friends a mystery to those who were watching us. As far as I know, we will always be friends, and if we are not, I’ll always try to remember what made us, us. But in terms of the Breakfast Club, I believe we have helped each other quite a bit, and we all are extremely different. It was right before the summer, so the day was warm but also wet and humid. Around this time we were wrapping up all of our work in eighth grade, taking standardized tests , and getting ready for highschool, so one can imagine that we were all pretty tired. My friends and I all live a good walk away from the school and …show more content…
The garden was surrounded by red bricks which surprisingly made an excellent pillow. Next to me I could hear Anthony and Jordan sitting down and getting out a chess set from Anthony’s bag. Ashley still wasn’t here so they would take advantage of the quiet day to play some games of chess. I don’t know if it was the heat of the day or the peace I felt here that I never felt at home, but I fell asleep pretty fast. The only problem was Jordan. Jordan is good at heart but can be fairly competitive and abusive, especially when it came to Anthony and especially when it came to chess. “Are you sure you want to put that there?” Anthony asked. Anthony is a born cynic with an aptitude for apathy so there was no real condescension in his tone which causes me to maintain the conviction that Jordan’s reaction was a little overblown.
“Shut the f*** up! Of course I want to put that f***ing piece f***ing there! Just let me do my f***ing strategy so I can f***ing win this f***ing game!”
Jordan lost the game.
Ashley arrived a bit later, and as the least jaded out of the group, she brought with her a laid back atmosphere and a bit more comedy. Which of course was awful for