Team+8

This is our story. I am Ashton and my partner is Fortune. Our story is about bullying.

Jessica opened the bathroom door and listened. Silence echoed in the room. All she could hear was her pounding heart and quick breaths. Her trembling hand released the door, and Jessica hurried to the closest stall. In one movement, she shut the stall door and locked it. Suddenly, “Thump.” A footstep coming toward her stopped the silence. “Thump,” Jessica held her breath. “Thump,” she slowly raised her feet up so no one would know she was in the stall. She could feel her eyes starting to water. “Not again,” she thought. Two black boots stared at her from under the stall door right in front of her. Her heart almost burst with nervousness. She let her breath go out quietly and gasped in another and held it quietly. Fear surrounded her.

Jessica had been bullied everyday when she went to the restroom at school. She had tried to go with a friend, had the teachers walk her to the restroom, and she’d even tried to just be brave. It never failed though that this bully, a vicious aggressive giant of a girl, always seemed to find her. Today was no different. How was Jessica going to get out of this one?

Jessica held her breath, but did not leave make a sound. She knew she would have to leave the stall sometime at the end. So she took a deep breath and tried to get a lot of strength and courage. " I will not be afraid ," she thought to herself. She f ought back tears and decided to face the bully. She opened the door to the stall and stood there, facing the girl who had been torturing her all year. She stared at the girl in her eyes and walked past her without saying anything. Jessica left the bathroom and quickly walked to class. The teacher caught the girl and the girl was disciplined.

Jessica decided to find out why the mean girl was so mean to her. At play time Jessica decided to ask the girl to play with her and her friends a game called Bimbo. The bully was surprised that anyone wanted to play with her. Since she had come to the new school no one had asked her to play. She was so surprised she almost cried. She said she was sorry for being mean and joined in the fun game.