Personal Narrative: A Life Changing Mistake

The first week of middle school, I made a life changing mistake. It leads me to a very powerful skill I did not even know I had. Sitting in the lunch room I had not been paying attention to who was around me this was to be a very poor decision. Had I been paying attention I would have seen the new kid, Dalton Adams walking by me; preventing the following situation. Up go my arms I feel something make contact with my arm. My head begins to turn trying to figure out what I have hit and to my great dismay, I find the new kid covered in his lunch. He looked like a bull with red blinders. Full of unbridled rage and hate directed at the one who had done this, for they would pay most dearly. The one who would be paying this invoice of doom was I. …show more content…
Then the ridicules ideas start to run and scream, cower and or hide, pee me right there in front of him maybe a primal display of dominance may trigger a reaction to buy me some time, which is my current level of desperation. So by this point I am praying and trying to Jedi mind trick him into thinking that it is not me, he is seeking. Then something kicked in and the most irrational plan formed around a couple of words that I had no idea what they would do other than buying a little time. I take a deep breath and not only did I say these words I belted them out at the top of my lungs like a total imbecile. These words were hey sorry man thought you looked really thirsty. I paused looked around to see what effect this imbecilic plan wrought. He not only stopped, he doubled over in laughter and as he began to laugh so too did everyone else around us. These were not just cheap chuckles, but deep guttural laughter the most honest kind. The biggest sigh of relief in my life is let slip I have seemingly avoided quite narrowly, a grand spectacle of my own suffering. Adams then begins to stand up and walk my way and proceed to sit down to my great dismay right next to me. I expect the eminent need for a fantastic dental surgeon but in conclusion I receive yet another mind-blowing shock this one even more rattling than the