A friend of my enemy
Chad and I moved around each other like a ghost for the past few days as I would catch him staring at me at a lunch table across the room. Jessi started to sit with him as I rolled my eyes at her as she thought if I wasn't going to partake in the Chad experience that didn't mean she couldn't. How easy girls reprioritize their friendship when they were no longer useful. I started hanging out with this girl named Brandy and two other girls as I needed a new crowd anyways. Kimberly was wrapped up with Jason as he also tried to persuade me to the dark side as we began to exchange poetry and he would always shut down if mine was good and make an excuse to leave or be away from me. The petty jealousy of an insecure boy. Jason was my age as he failed with grade twice. I didn't judge him on that. Around this time I got into Linkin Park the cheaster version not the original singer. I also got into shaggy and Eminem. It was my first real taste of music besides my creed cd my sisters boyfriend introduced me to . I was listening to Eminem one day as I really started listening to the lyrics as I appreciated honest music lyrics no matter the harsh messages . Then when Jason came around and showed me his poetry I started to read and hum a beat in my head like it was second nature. Jason realized I knew the beat and yanked his poetry binder away so fast then it clicked in my head . He was claiming Eminem song as his poetry as a method to play some game on girls as the romantic poet with a heart . Jason stop sharing his poetry with me and also started to isolate Kimberly from the rest of the group. I didn't take it to heart . After dana's bad sister reaction to sleeping with Chad I refused to be on the same team as her in softball. The rift was real. That when I met a girl named Amy. She was a mixed girl who had a reputation of being a bad girl. She had a temper and would jump people who looked at her the wrong way. She was now Dana's new catcher since I switched teams and she didn't like anyone including me. She was really scary to be around as she was loud and mean as hell. She was definitely not the girl to want to meet in an alley. One game as we were playing double header one weekend as Dana's team was the second team we were to play. Amy would taunt me when I bat as Dana was probably the best pitcher in the ball park as I was good but still needed work. But she had been playing since she was four and I was only two years in now. Amy would make comments to distract me as her method was to cause fights to get a good player disqualified. I ignored her as I hit a line drive right at Dana's face as she ducked and hit the ground. Embarrassed she charged the plate as her coach stopped us from fighting. " You stupid bitch you did that on purpose?" Yelled Dana . " No I didn't if you would pitch me something that was worth me hitting instead of that shit you call a pitch." Melina yelled back. " I'm so tired of you . You can't hit a single ball all season but I pitch to you and you hit a ball at me ." She said as she wasn't going to give up. " All day everyday. Remember I was your involuntary catcher for years and you pretended you liked me." Melina screamed as the two girls fighting during a live play looked ridiculous. The coach pulled Dana aside as all the other bases became lined up as she was distracted and they were crossing home plate which pissed off Amy. " If you don't move . Your blocking the plate . Can you two take this home." Said Amy as I realized I needed to run to first base as Dana was replaced by another pitcher to calm down. She had never been taken out of a game before and she wasn't happy. The new pitcher made mistakes as I stole base by base . Then I was on third base and staring down Amy . She shook her head as to say not today. The pitcher dropped the ball as she made her last mistake for the night and I took advantage of it and went to take home as Amy stood in front of the base to prevent me from stealing it. Granted she was two sized bigger than me and I was already having a bad day as Dana made it worse . I took a deep breath and tilted my shoulder into Amy as I pushed her off her feet as she hit the backdrop with a loud noise. The crowds ooohhed as she jumped up wanted to fight me as I was just tired of it all . So I took off my helmet and put up my fist and told her." Come on let's get this over with." I said as the umpire pulled her back . " Did you see that she knocked me into the backdrop." She said trying to jump out of the umpures arms to get to me. " Because you crowded the base. Your not supposed to do that." I said as I justified my actions even though it was pure pent up rage I aimed at amy when I was mad at Dana . " It's safe. Catcher . You did crowd the base." Said the umpire. " That's bullshit and you know it." She said as he told her to get off the field as they exchanged words with the coaches . The next day at school I swore I had made an enemy for sure in Amy . So I made sure I steered clear of her . She came in the room as she passed my desk as I knew the adrenaline of the moment made me brave outside of school when parents were there to intervene. But her this was middle school. I've seen girls get their asses kicked for lesser offenses than a bad game. I swolled as I kept my eyes trained on the floor avoiding eye contact as she just laughed. " Nice hit Melina . I didn't think you had it in you. Hey no sweat about it. I like girls whose bark is as big as their bite. Your good with me relax." I looked up thinking she was joking and it was a ploy to get me to drop my guard and jump me when I least expect it, because teenage girls are like that. " Come sit with me and my crowd . Front rows are for losers. " She said as I didn't feel like I had the options to refuse her . " Dana is your sister right." She said as I settled in the back with her . " Yeah something like that even don't she don't want anyone to know we are sisters ." I said still on edge about her intentions. " What a bitch. I don't like her. And you don't like her. So we are cool. " She said as I just realized the enemy of my enemy is now my newest friend.