Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.”
-Anonymous
When I first started Hardaway, I thought that I would have classes with everybody I knew in eighth grade. Things somehow did not go that way. I ended up not knowing anyone in my classes. I felt alone and by myself. I was too shy to speak to anyone and scared I was going to be judged if I said the wrong thing.
In my first class, I was embarrassed because I was the only one late, and I sat in the wrong chair. I did not understand what the teacher was talking about or what we were supposed to do. At first, I thought no one knew each other, but right after she stepped out of class, everyone started talking to each other. They were all talking about what they did over the summer and how much fun they were going to have this year. As usual, I kept to myself and found out who knew whom, where I knew no one. I was thinking the whole time in class things would get better; you will know all of them soon.
Finding somewhere to sit at lunch was the most difficult thing I have ever had to do in my entire life. I came in the cafeteria thinking I could sit wherever I want but found out that there were certain seats for special people. After I got my tray and walked around for a while, I found a group of my friends from eighth grade who I could sit and talk with about my first day so far. They all were so excited about all of their classes and none of them wanted today to end. My friends were having a better time than I was on the first day of school and I did not know what to do but just pretend I was having as much fun as them. On the inside, I really just wanted to go home and cry.
Finally, it was the end of the day, and my last block class was Personal Fitness. I thought this class would be fun since it was going to be in the gym. I really thought I would at least know one person in that class, but I still did not know anyone in there. I felt as if the class was divided into the cool kids and the lame kids. I was on the lame kids’ side where everyone was talking to each other but me. I really did not think I was going to like that class because I felt like no one wanted to get to know me or talk to me. Until this complete stranger and her friend, who came out of nowhere, started talking to me and asking me questions about who I was. She told me that her name was Timia, but for me to call her Mia. Her friend’s name was Kayla, and even though I thought they were strange for talking to me I thought they were cool. They were the first ones who really have gotten to know me and who became my friends in that class.
Who knew that, complete strangers would turn out to be my closes friends? Moreover, all I had to do was be myself. They never judged me and I felt comfortable around them. All I had to do was say “Hello,” and then, we would have one of the longest conversations ever. They were strangers who turned into my friends, that I did not know what was going to happen. Ever since the first day of school, we have been bonding and building up our strange friendship.