The Tables Have Turned

Middle School Student, Framingham Massachusetts

A while ago I used to eat lunch with a bully but I didnt know it yet. My best friend and I have been friends since fourth grade. We started our own tables and other students decided to sit with us. All of us became good friends but a girl at the table began to make fun of my best friend with very harsh words. I didn't say anything for a long time, until the girl made my best friend cry and run to the bathroom. I told the bully that it was mean for her to do something like that. Then she began to bully me. But one day she made my friend cry again. Then I got upset and told her to stop, but the bully began to yell at me. I stood up for myself and my bestriend and the bully finally stopped. Now the tables were turned. I made her cry. I only wish I could have stood up to the bully earlier.