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* Put your confidence in God alone, and he will cause you to truly succeed. *
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Mary was having a not so pleasant day at school...
She got into an argument with her best friend in the morning...
The latter kept questioning their friendship on and on.
Despite, Mary's continual assurance, she still wasn't convinced...
Apparently, Amanda had a party at her house which she had invited Mary to as her best friend...
But Mary couldn't attend the party as her brother had warned her about attending parties at a young age.
So well... Amanda got annoyed and so they got into an argument...
As if that wasn't enough... Mary ended up being called upon by the maths teacher to solve a particular question on the board...
Poor, Mary who hadn't even been paying attention to the lesson ended up embarrassing herself in front of the whole class...
It was almost like the whole world was against her as the teacher sent her off to detention for the rest of the day...
Mary went to her seat to take her backpack... She ended up dragging herself to the detention room...

----- Mary -----
I sat on the chair in the room and dropped my bag on the table...
I felt tired and stressed....
It's just like I had gone back in time to when I was being bullied at school...

Those days when I always felt too tired to continue...
I don't bother my brother with this as I didn't want him to worry for me...
I certainly don't want to be a burden to him...
Though I knew that I was partly a burden already... But still...
I know that I needed to grow stronger than I already am... I need to be able to defend myself at any time.
I can't rely on my brother for everything at every since time...
I need to be stronger for him... I certainly don't want to be his weakness but his strength...
Right now, I am at the verge of losing my best friend and it hurts really...
I know I was wrong, but she should have being more understanding alright?
She shouldn't be so judgemental, okay?
And just because I wasn't able to attend her party doesn't mean I love her any less alright?
I have always loved her like my own and will always do!
She knows about that, right?
So when then does she keep questioning it? It sucks really!
Shouldn't she be more matured and understanding?
I don't get it!
I am supposed to have a best friend... A partner in crime and not someone who throws tantrums at every little thing!
Jeez! This is really stressing.
I pulled out the hairband of my hair and allowed it to fall freely... making it cover almost half of my face...
I didn't know when or how to continue as I just feel stressed... Like very stressed!
I really want to vent, to scream out... But I can't... I just can't...
I need to be strong, both physically and emotionally I really need to! I can't be weak!
" Hey there, little one... " I heard that beautiful voice, I didn't need anyone to tell me who it was as I recognized that voice...
Still, I can't help but wonder what she was doing there and how she knew I was there...
" Sis, Gabi... " I raised up my head for look at her, I wasn't really surprised to see that she had already taken a seat in front of me as she stared at me thoughtfully...
" Wassup? You don't look too good. " She commented.
" Well... Is it that obvious? " I inquired despite knowing the answer...
" Yup... It's really obvious. " She answered before holding my hand. " So tell me, what's the matter? "
At first I didn't want to say anything, but sensing that concern and care in her voice made my heart melt... " I had an argument with my best friend. "
" Oh... What happened between you two? "
" Well...she invited me to a party at her house and since I couldn't make it, she fought with me... I tried to explain to her but she wasn't getting it... I am just tired... So tired. "
" Hey, take a deep breath... " She urged and I had no choice but to comply...
" So... Was it her birthday party? " Gabriella inquired carefully...
She had learnt to ask more questions to understand a particular situation first before giving advices so as to avoid giving wrong wrong advices.
" No... It was just a girl's night out. "
" Oh.... Then it wasn't a compulsory thing that you attend. Did you promise her anything? "
" I didn't... But well she some kind of had this belief that I was going to attend, so... I guess that's why she was disappointed when I didn't show up.."
" Well... Anyone would have felt that way too... "
" I know, Sis... But I expected her to be more understanding you know... "
" I guess you too should have been more understanding to see things from her point of view too... Friendships is about two or more people and not just one person. If you guys really want your friendship to work out then you both have to work towards that together. You both have to understand one another and see things from each other's point of view, Kay? "
" Well... Yeah. "
" So I would say that the both of you are equally at fault for this... You should have explained your reasons clearly and concisely to her and made her understand them. "
" Hm... Okay... "
" If you had done that then I am sure it wouldn't have ended up this way... "
" I guess... "
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A/N : Friendship issues...
What do you think, guys?