Was middle school supposed to be this mind-numbingly dull? I trudged home alone, my footsteps echoing in the empty streets. No friends to hangout with, no girlfriend to share my entertaining jokes with. My senior year in middle school felt lonely, and I had hoped for more.
Those supposed relationships with girls in the past were blurry memories. They weren’t even exes. They were brief, fleeting moments of infatuation that faded before becoming something real. I can’t even define what we had, or if it could be called anything at all. I don’t want to sound like a player, but that’s how I felt about it.
The truth was, my life lacked the excitement I hoped for. I wasn’t a straight-laced student, but I wasn’t exactly a rebel either. I had my fair share of fun, but I was missing that spark, th
