A Friendship Loss

In life there are choices that you have to make. They affect you in the long term and in the short term. Every choice you make has a consequence, whether good or bad you notice the effects of your choices later on. When I think about the choices that I have made in life I feel happy, and sometimes remorseful. I had this group of friends who were very popular at school. We always had a great time. Although my friends usually only hung out together I mingled among other people, and had other friends out side this “clique”. One day one of the guys was talking about this girl whom I happened to be friends with. She didn’t hang out with this group. The boy started saying how she is such a geek with no life, and all she does is read comics, and get straight A+s. I didn’t say a word. These words started to dictate my actions. Whenever this girl said hi to me I didn’t answer. I thought of her as a pariah, who only hung out with her geeky friends. I didn’t want to get caught talking with her. Whenever she came into a room the boys would call her ugly and making fun of her. She sometimes got upset but I said nothing. One day she instant messaged me saying that I no longer talked to her, and that I thought I was too good for her. I knew she was upset, however, I ignored her. After thinking about this I realized that I was a bit regretful, but then I told myself what the heck she is just a nerd. Now when I look back I see that this was no excuse. She was just being herself, and just because she isn’t considered popular doesn’t mean I had to have been so mean to her. It really is a shame, because now we are no longer talk, we don’t talk to each other at all, we don’t even look at each other.