The 'In' Crowd by Susette Williams

Author:Susette Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cliques, bullies, friendship, forgiveness, children's books, middle grade fiction, chapter books, social issues
Publisher: Family Friendly Fiction
Published: 2015-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

After school, I had to go to my locker to get my backpack. Mrs. Hawkins gave us a reading assignment in Health and Mr. Hoover had just instructed us to read chapter two in social studies, we would be having a test on Friday. Putting the books in my backpack, I heard Rachael call out to Heather.

“Heather. Here. I believe this belongs to you,” Rachael said, holding out Heather’s notebook. Heather stopped to retrieve her notebook. “You’re not going to have to return that too are you?” Rachael asked, handing Heather her notebook. Rachael was being sarcastic, referring to the clothes that Heather’s father made her return.

“I thought you guys were my friends!” Heather cried before running away.

“Some people aren’t cut out to be in the ‘in’ crowd,” Jamie stated, raising her head high, her nose pointed up as if she were better than everyone else.

The resounding thud of my locker door slamming made them turn to look. “You better hope it doesn’t rain,” I told Jamie. “Otherwise, you might drown.” I stormed off, not wanting to miss my bus.

Heather was right. Even I thought they were her friends. If they were, why did they treat her so cruelly? The only way I could describe them was as snobs. They turned their noses up at other kids who didn’t come from wealthy families.

Once on the bus, I took a seat next to the window. On the way home, I thought about how awful Rachael and Jamie treated Heather. They were supposed to be her friends. Darla and Robin would never treat me like that. They were true friends. I knew they would always stick by me no matter what happened.

“Stephanie, are you getting off?” someone asked.

“Huh?” I asked, looking around, unaware of who had spoken to me. I hadn’t even noticed we were at my stop. Picking up my backpack, I scooted past the girl in the seat next to me. “Excuse me,” I said as I squeezed by her.

The bus stop was near my house, so I didn’t have very far to walk. Mrs. Severs sat on her front porch and watched the neighborhood kids walk by on their way home. Mrs. Severs’ house was next door to ours.

“Hi,” I said as I waved to her. She smiled and waved back.

Across the street, I saw Pastor Ferguson mowing his lawn. His lawnmower made a loud whirling sound. On Monday’s he was usually busy working in his yard. It was his day off. He looked over at me and waved. I waved back before I went inside.

“Are you home honey?” Mom asked.

“Yeah. I forgot you were off today,” I told her, dropping my backpack down on the floor before I took a seat at the kitchen table.

“You know I’m always off on Monday and Tuesday’s,” Mom reminded me.

“I know. It just slipped my mind,” I said.

Mom poured me a glass of Kool-Aid. She sat it down on the table in front of me, then took a seat next to me.

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