Friends, Bullies, and Bystanders by Jon

Friends, Bullies, and Bystanders

Chapter 1: Introduction
It was a humid day at recess, and Jeff had sweat beading down his face. He was steaming. Will was very tired from running. Jeff was 10 years old, and so was Will. They both go to Cantonray School in Edina, Minnesota. Jeff is afraid of heights, and Will is jealous of Jeff. They both don’t know about each other’s secrets. Jeff is the main QB, and Will is the Safety. They both love football, baseball, and hockey. And there is one word for them in sports. That word is …determination. They both are determined to win. They even stay at practice for an extra hour!

Chapter 2: The school day
It was recess time, and Jeff was playing Will’s team in football. Jeff said hike and threw it to his friend, who caught it and ran for a touchdown. Everybody on Jeff’s team was screaming yeah! Then Will came up to Jeff and said “let’s race on the climbing wall”. (Just to tell you readers this is a 45ft. climbing wall.)
Jeff said “sure, but when?”
Will told him “right now”. So they both went to the climbing wall, and they got ready to start. One of the kids said “go”. Will and Jeff took off racing super quickly, both tied. Now up to 10 ft, 15ft, 20ft! But then… Jeff jumped! It was too high for him. Luckily Will accidently missed a rock, and fell. With 5ft to the ground Jeff grabbed a rock, but so did Will. They took off again at 10ft, 20ft, 30ft, 40ft, and now Jeff used all his energy to quickly climb the last 5 feet, but it wasn’t enough. Will got there right before him. The whole crowd was shocked. And then the bell rang, with Jeff feeling sad, and disappointed.

Chapter 3: Will finds out
When they were walking home that day Will said “how did you lose”. Jeff and him had a big conversation after that.
Jeff: Promise you won’t tell anyone”.
Will:” I promise”. Jeff:” cross your heart”. Will: … “There I crossed it”.

Jeff:” Okay… I’m afraid of heights”. Will just stood there.

Chapter 4: Becoming friends
The next day at school Jeff didn’t hear anyone telling him that he’s afraid of heights, so that means that Will didn’t break his promise. Later that day Jeff said to Will “want to be friends”.
Will answered “…..Yes”! Then they started hanging out at lunch, in class, even at home. They were becoming best friends. They would eat dinner with each other, go to stores with each other, and if they couldn’t sleep over they would stay over until 9:30 p.m. They even forgot all about when Will found out that Jeff is afraid of heights.

Chapter 5: Word is spreading
Jeff walked into school that day, and kids were yelling “Jeff’s afraid of heights”.
Jeff yelled “Will”. But Will said it wasn’t him. So Jeff looked at Bobby Frankenson, who was smiling. Then Jeff grabbed his shirt collar, and said “how did you find out”?
Bobby answered “… I heard you and Will”.
Jeff questioned “where”. Bobby told him “when you were walking home”. Later that day Jeff told Will that Bobby did it. Will go so mad, the next day when it was quiet, he grabbed Bobby and threw him towards the wall! Bobby hit it with a “thump”! Luckily there were no teachers around.

Chapter 6: Welcome to Northwood Elementary
The next day, after school Jeff said “I’m switching schools”.
Will answered “me too”. They both told their parents they want to go to Northwood. There parents said “why”. They told them about people making fun of Jeff and Will, because Will is friends with a scaredy cat. So the next day they walked into Northwood and the teachers said “welcome to Northwood elementary”. Jeff and Will quickly searched the school. They both thought it was amazing. So the next day they started school, and loved it. Everyone was nice, the food was great, and they had 90 minutes of gym! At Cantonray they only got 45 minutes.

Chapter 7: Recess ends badly
The second day at school went well, until recess. People were yelling, and it was the worst recess ever. Jeff got punched. He wasn’t even QB in football. Will got kicked, and he wasn’t the safety. Jeff ended up with a bloody nose, and Will ended up with a big slash right on his calf. Plus Jeff got a study hall slip for tomorrow, because he was late with a bloody nose. Of course, Will went with him, so he got a slip too. And worst of all the supervisors didn’t care. They just said “get a touchdown”. It was like, they enjoy kids getting hurt. So Jeff told the principal, and he said it would all be better tomorrow, the next day, and all the other days that you’re at Northwood.

Chapter 8: Bullies, supervisors, and bystanders
It was a rainy day at Northwood, and Jeff was really sad, because he knew it was going to be a bad day. So did Will. And then Mike (the bully) came in and stuck Will in a locker. Jeff on the other hand, got locked outside for 30 minutes in the pouring rain. Jeff got Will out and told him that they should go tell a teacher. But then Mike grabbed them, and chucked them into the trash. There were banana peels, pop cans, spilled milk, raw chicken, and tons more. Jeff got out smelling horrible, and decided to go to the gym and take a shower. So did Will. But when Jeff was in the shower, Mike took his towel. Luckily he brought an extra towel. But Will didn’t. So Will ran around naked for 1 minute, across the whole boy’s locker room. Then he found a towel. Jeff wasn’t in there any more so no one saw him. During study hall Mike kept punching Will and Jeff. There were even bystanders. Just saying “go Mike”!
And “kill them”. And for 2 days in a row the supervisors didn’t do anything. Jeff and Will were getting sick of this school. They decided it was time.

Chapter: Going back
It was a humid day and Jeff decided he wanted to go back to Cantonray. Of course so did Will. They wanted to, because Cantonray was better than Northwood. So, they went back, and surprisingly nobody was mean. Until recess. Then kids were screaming “came back for more taunting”. Jeff and Will didn’t listen to them. They just thought it was nice to be back. The next day Jeff had enough. People kept saying that he was a baby who’s afraid of heights. So Jeff went up and punched one kid. It was right in the face, and Jeff looked like Rocky. Will got super mad for people saying he was friends with a scaredy cat. So, Will punched someone in the face. After recess Jeff, and Will got study hall passes for tomorrow. So the next day, they went to study hall. But when they came back a kid said “you are so useless”. So Jeff socked him 3 times in the face. Plus Will kicked him in the leg. After that Jeff got a 3 day suspension. So did Will. Their parents were furious. But even though they got grounded both for 2 weeks, and couldn’t play with each other for 1 week they still couldn’t help, but laugh. And on the first day of suspension Jeff called Will and said “oh it’s good to be back”. The End