A Bad Influence; Chapter Three

This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to locals, events, and/ or persons living or dead (unless explicitly noted) is merely coincidental.

Chapter Three
I didn't quite understand what was going down. Hanna's step- mother had insulted me, and I was supposedly the bad guy??? All I could think was, "WTF?!?"

I discovered that day that I was self- centered, immature, egotistical, and a bad friend. Although not in so many words, because those were big words for Hanna's vocabulary. Jeez, I'm glad someone told me, because I had NO IDEA!!!! I mean, my friend Seymour had told me that I had great ethics and morals and Evanne told me that I was such a selfless, helpful person. Someone needs to inform them that they were LYING to me. Because in the words of Hanna (who, by the way, is never wrong) those are lies. Opposites of who I am. I had to have people check to make sure she isn't my biological mom, because she knows more about me than I or anyone else does!

To make matters worse, my friend "Myriam" began to side with Hanna, telling me how immature. Well, maybe to them I was immature, but at least I could fight my own battles. Two on one; handicapped without a cause and totally unfair.

I signed off of the computer, said g'night to the family, and lay in my bed thinking about how everything had gone so wrong. But then I decided I didn't need friends like that in my life anyway. Luckily, Emily and Milicent were still my friends, and either of them were better friends than if I had put Myriam and Hanna's personalities together. Actually, to be honest, Emily and Milicent (separate, not as a team) had more love, compassion, and over-all friendliness in their smallest burp than Myriam and Hanna had in their combined bodies. That was a sad thought. It was true, but sad. What was really sickening was that Myriam took Hanna's side based on what SHE had to say, and didn't even want to hear my side of the story. So I told her to stay out of my business.

Before I feel asleep, the last thing I thought about was how devastated I would be if Milicent and Emily stopped being my friend, too. (Seeing as how easy it was for Myriam to choose Hanna's side over me.) They were my best friends (even if they wouldn't say it) and I couldn't make it through my sophomore year, or even summer break, without them.