Heartless

Heartless

By Elise Hartwig LA 7/8B

Katie was standing by her locker at the end of the school day. Just around the corner she heard something that caught her

attention, the sound of a familiar voice.

She couldn’t believe her ears! The biggest surprise was that it was her friend Kanye, telling a secret to his friend.

Katie never really worked hard at anything but loved sports. Her grades were not good, she got in trouble and loved

gossiping. Katie was the most insecure girl in

the world. Katie was so insecure that when a boy thought she was cute, she would announce it to the whole school. She

had more jewelry, clothes, shoes and

purses than anyone else, but this did not make her feel better about herself. Katie couldn’t ever keep a secret either. One

year Katie ruined her friends surprise part because she couldn’t keep her mouth shut. Today, Katie had heard a secret

about Kanye from around the corner at school. She heard him tell his friend that he had

never kissed a girl before.

Kanye was a shy, hard-working boy. He lived with his mom and brother, West. Kanye’s dad died when he was four and his

sister got run over by a truck. Kanye

was an eagle scout, got straight A’s and worked at a food shelter. His mom was overprotective ever since the car

accident. Kanye always kept to himself, never

listened to music and was a loyal friend.

It all happened the next morning before the first bell rang. Whispers were passing through the halls and small giggles were

heard everywhere. Kanye walked

through the front entrance of the school. Then, dead silence! Kanye was going to say something, but before he could open

his mouth roars of laughter filled the air.

Kanye wondered what the heck was going on. He heard bits and pieces of what the crowd was saying but, couldn’t make

the whole thing out.

“He has never done THAT before?” whispered Luke Fredrickson.

“Wow! He is such a loser,” gasped Jenae Smith.

“Katie told you that?” exclaimed Lexi Jordin.

Later in the day, Kanye heard it again. He also got texts from Dave Lawerence about how much of a loser he was. Kanye

wanted to scream! He didn’t have any

idea what they were even talking about. He knew that if Brett knew about these mean messages, then everybody knew.

This meant trouble!

In math class, Luke Fredrickson passed a note to Kanye saying, Katie told me you have never kissed a girl! What a loser!

During health class, another note, Katie

said you never kissed a girl! Hahahah! How sad! Kanye was so frustrated with his friend Katie, he couldn’t believe she

would say that to everyone.

Kanye also thought to himself, “How does Katie know this? Did she overhear me yesterday?” Kanye was very hurt by how

mean everyone was and the teasing that went on.

Two weeks went by of constant teasing, Katie was feeling bad about the secret she had spread among the school about

Kanye. Katie couldn’t stand it any longer,

the teasing was driving her crazy and she knew she had to fix the situation. Kanye was her friend and she knew she had

been heartless and not a good friend to him.

In the afternoon, during chemistry class, Lexi Jordin was teasing Kanye about the kissing or not kissing.

Katie said to herself, “This is my chance to fix things!”

Katie was going to put a stop to this teasing and the time was now.

She stood up in the middle of class and began to blurt out,

“I have not kissed anybody either!”

The whole room broke out in laughter.

Lexi laughed, “What, are you kidding? How could you make fun of Kanye when you haven’t either?”

Katie had a great idea, she ran over to Kanye gave him a big kiss right on the lips!

“There!” Katie said to the whole chemistry class.

Then she turned back to Kanye and said, “Now we have both kissed someone, so no more teasing.”

Katie announced,

“And by the way, Kanye, is your older brother West single? I think he is really cute!”