To Stumble Gracefully

 

By Me – Nikko

 

 

                They never seemed to leave me be, every day the same thing. I got to school, only to be harassed by the same seven or eight people, being just as hurtful as ever. I guess they don’t like the ears or tail. Secretly I know they want some ears or a tail though. I can tell. They just don’t want to let me in there little group. I pity them more then I feel bad for my self. After all my entire life I have managed to stumble gracefully through.

 

                My friends see me as a touch odd but that is ok. I guess it is better then people completely leaving me alone. I am just glad to have the ones I have. Classes today will be interesting like always. We will go to biology and I will score high yet again on my tests or whatever project is projected for the day. I will get the same cold stairs and life will go on. I don’t mind though. It is ok. It isn’t my fault I like the topic so much. It isn’t my fault that I appreciate my life and that of other things. They say I have better things to do but… I don’t see what there talking about. I have never been one to go out and get all smashed only to be miserable the next day.

 

                Sometimes they make fun of how I dress. I don’t know why. I don’t look awful and I am not outlandish. I would just rather dress simple and respectable. I guess they don’t like polo shirts and khakis. It isn’t my fault I don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on designer clothes that will just be out of style next year. I guess that makes me silly or something but I just can’t see how that is practical.

 

                They are also so nice to give me an escort on my way home. I don’t have the money to buy a fancy new sports car. They do but they get theirs from there parents. It is unfortunate that they don’t work for it because they wouldn’t have to take the trouble to give me this escort every day. It is getting harder lately to explain the burses and cuts. I my stumble through life but I stumble gracefully. A fight is not what I call graceful. 

 

                They try to make me feel different. I guess I am different. They tell me so all the time. I didn’t listen to them but the more they say it the more I am going to believe it. I guess it is just part of being one of the guys right? Yah! It must be.

 

                I managed to get a 3.5 GPA this year and my mom is really proud of me. I tried to tell my dad but it is hard when he is in the state pen. I guess he will find out in the letter my mom should be sending him. I know he will be proud of me, I think? The teachers are that is for sure. They are always nice to me. They keep the wolves off me in class. If I were the cat that I mimic by wearing the tail and ears of this would never be a problem. I guess I can’t have everything.  More then good grades are too much to ask for. I don’t want to be greedy.

 

            I made the honor roll too, that was great. I even received honors for my class work in biology. Yah I got a scholarship all paid if I study any science major. I am happy about that. I just have to graduate and it is mine. I told my friends but they all got quiet on me. I know there happy for me. At least I think they are? It doesn’t matter I stumble gracefully through life.