Betrayal [LJ Idol, week 13]

[joyfulfeather]

Her name was Marie. We met the first day of sixth grade and almost instantly became best friends. We did all the things preteen best friends do - passing notes in class, sleeping over at each others' houses on the weekends, giggling and laughing and carrying on whenever we were together. I was always a shy kid, never good at making friends. I'd

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[karmasoup]

Wow, that's so crazy! When I was that age, the group of gals I hung out with used to randomly pick on one member of the group to decide for no real reason that they didn't like, and wouldn't be nice to for a while, and then it would all be better after a while, and the whole group would go back to normal like they were all friends, until they randomly set their sights on someone other unsuspecting victim. I never really understood that. They never did it to me, and I was the only one they didn't have an issue with talking to the other gals when they were on the "outs." Somehow everyone always just understood and accepted that I was the go-between, the mediator, and I was off limits. But, the only member of that group I'm still friends with, the only one I remain in contact with, the only one I care anything about to this day, is the only other one who also didn't participate in that whole "unfriending" process. (And to think, that was before FB, even.) As I got older, I figured out it was probably just the stupidity of young girls testing out what it means to be young girls, and it looks like you got a dose of it, too. But, what I did learn is that, it's really important to be pretty carefully selective about who you let yourself get close to. I'm sorry you went through this, but I'm glad you survived it, and learned from it. Not surprised your friendship with this one didn't survive, but you're better off, as you well know. Thanks for sharing this.