knew that whene
Tn the fifth grade、we were notin the same class, but at lunch
Sat in nearby assigned seats and turned around to talk to each othex
were always blocking the aisle、talking too oudly and not (a)Ceat ) our
lunches、but we didn't care. The teachers knew we were best friends, but
we were also a disturbance.(b)Our big mouths got US { 15 ltrouble, and
we were warned that we would never be in the sameclass again ifwe kept
this up. 7
That summer, Molly and her brother were at my house quite often. We
went swimming, played outside and practiced playing Our flutes. Summer
went 【[ 16 lvery quickly, and middle school began. As the teachers had
warned us、we were not in the same class. We still talked on the ph
went over to each other's house, sang in the choir and Practiced <
together in the band.
( c )could destroy this friendship.
The seventh grade started and, again, We were not in the same class and
could not sit near each other at lunch.It(d)(7.we イ.puttoatest ウ .being
E.were オ.seemed カ.as if ). We both made new friends. Molly started to
hang out with a new grTOUuD of people and was groWing Very popular.
We spent( e ) time together and we rarely talked on the phone. At
school, I would try to talk to her, but she would just ignore me. When we did
take a minute to talk, one of her more popular friends would come up and
Molly would just walk away with her, leaving me in the dust. It (0hurt. 1 was
so confused.Tm sure she didnt know[ 17 ]thetime how badly 1 felt、
I met Erin、who was also a friend of Molly's、She was in the same
gituation I was【[ 18 ]Molly.She and Molly had been close friends。and
lately Molly had been treating Erin and me the same way- We decided to
talk to her.
The phone call was not easy. (g)Talking toherandsaving how Ifeltwas
.⑩ ( 5
It was fanny, ⑪though.Whenitwasjust thetwoofus
again.It w he_old
