Friends. They can be serious work.

What's the problems with friends? Well, sometimes your friends aren't who you think they are. I have three people I hang out with I call my friends. Lately, some have been acting odd. Not to reveal their names, I'll call them Stacy, Sarah, and Elli. Now, my best friend is Stacy. We used to be such great friends, always hanging out. Elli then came in. I already knew Elli and we were good friends. Then, along came Sarah. I'm not really sure how we became friends, but we did somehow. Now, what was the problem?

There were fights, and tons of them. Sarah always wanted attention. That is just who she is. My friends and I found it annoying. She would go to anyone and make them feel sorry for her, and if they didn't, she made up lies. If we got mad at her, she sat around with her sad face until she got attention. Then, one day in science class, we got into a fight that had a result that changed our relationship.

She was making up lies about her dad. She kept saying that her dad treated her worse than my dad treated me. I don't want to reveal anything, but I knew my dad treated my worse. He didn't beat me, but her dad didn't do that either. Today, my dad is very loving and changed and doesn't do what he did. Anyway, I knew she only wanted attention. I didn't talk to her. One day, she was texting me, and I never texted her back. Then, her dad texted me. Unless she faked it, but I think it was her dad, and he swore at me. A part of it said don't tell her any of this ****. That was because I told her if she wanted to kill herself, she should go to a mental hospital. I was using that as an example, but she wanted to get attention, so she stretched it. Back to what I was saying, I was shocked at her father's message. Afraid, I tried to be Sarah's friend to not get in trouble.

Now that I have explained Sarah, I'll get to my other friends. Stacy, Elli and I always hung out. We're a mostly silly group. Then, Elli got a little to silly. She hit me and never apologized. Plus, she always gets Stacy hyped up in silliness. One time, she pretended to hit me, and hit my face and my glasses flung about seven feet away. I felt the like the luckiest person in the world when they didn't break. Anyway, Elli hit Stacy and Stacy told her it hurt. Then because Elli and Stacy always tell me I'm over reacting, I told them they were over reacting. Elli came in with, "You're the one to know." Before Stacy told me she always puts up with Elli's treating, but know she told Elli it really hurts. Then Elli apologized to her, but of course not to me. She like Stacy more and even treats her better just because she is sillier. I can't tell her I can't be friends with her because she will tell someone and that someone will make us be friends again (not anyone's parents).Now, I tell a little more about Stacy.

Stacy and I, I can't even start with how good we were of friends. I mean perfect. Now, she's been acting odd. She cries when I tell her certain things. Like one day in science class, her, Sarah, and I were lab partners. Then she begged us not to have her do a part in the experiment, so Sarah and I obviously didn't have her do it. Sarah and I moved on to the next question. Stacy got mad. She was asking us why we didn't have her do the part. Sarah and I tried to explain to her that she begged us not to. She protested that we don't include her in anything and we ignore her. I followed up saying that if she was just going to be mean to Sarah and I in the group, she shouldn't be in our group. She went to the bathroom and cried. She tried not to show it but I knew. Of course I feel bad because I'm not made of stone. Anyway, now I am starting to think she is trying to run away from the truth. What I tell her is how I feel, and she's going to have to accept that, whether she likes it or not. It's the truth, and she needs to realize that.

So to sum up my blinding point, always try to make sure your friend is who you think they are. If they act weird, try to let them cool down and maybe something to make them happy. I know this is an odd way of putting, but I hope you get what this was all about. Good luck with friendships, and remember: Friends. They can be serious work.