Vinny and I had been best friends ever since kindergarten. We always had playdates, and we’d go together everywhere. Or that’s what I thought. I mean, we’d always be having fun together. Vinny seemed to be having fun. So today, I asked him if he wanted to come over to my house.
He said, “I uh, um — sorry, I can’t.” And then he ran off.
That’s weird, I thought. So I went home, did my homework, and didn’t do much the rest of the day.
The next day, while we were taking a math test, I whispered, “Wanna come over?”
He said he’d talk to me after school. So after school, I went to his locker, but nobody was there. After about ten minutes, I gave up and went home. The same thing happened the next day. I thought maybe his dog or ferret died, and he was just really sad and upset. So I gave it a rest. Later on, I started following him around, and he didn’t seem to mind. But then, I thought that maybe he didn’t like it. He also started to hang out with other kids.
So I figured out that there was some problem with me, at least in Vinny’s eyes. I had no idea what was up. I took some time to think if I had done anything to upset him. I couldn’t think what was going on at ALL. I mean, I couldn’t think of anything bad that I did to Vinny recently. I needed to figure it out. What could I do, you might be asking. Well to me, this is kinda rude, but it was the only way — spying on Vinny. I called it operation “Spying on Vinny!” Good name, huh?!
I started my work on Monday so I could have a good whole week to work it out. If I didn’t figure it out, I would quit the idea of trying to figure out what was going on. I started to watch what he did, who he talked to, and what he said. By Wednesday, I had no information and was getting worried. The day went by, and on Thursday, Vinny was sick. That means I only had Friday to figure out what was going on. When I got home from school, I didn’t know what to do. So I went with the only thing I could think of: Ask Vinny what the problem was. Luckily, Vinny was at school on Friday, so in fourth period, I went for it.
“Vinny,” I said. “What’s wrong?”
“I’m sorry — I just.” Then, he ran off.
I needed to know what was going on. When school ended, I realized that the day wasn’t done yet. I ran up to my room, hopped on my computer (not literally), and opened my email. I then decided that I shouldn’t send an email because he might not respond very quickly. I opened my iMessage and went to Vinny’s contact.
Me: Hey
Vinny: What
Me: R u ok?
Me: Honestly
Vinny: No…
Me: Then what’s up?
Vinny: You know my dad is in the army
Vinny: Well he went MIA
Me: I’m really really really sry
Vinny: It’s ok
Vinny: Dude, i’m sry i was mean to u, i just couldn’t, im sry
Vinny: Can we just be friends again?
Me: yea but who r those othr kids
Vinny: Oh they r my cousins, they r just visiting for a month because it is a hard time 4 our family
Me: Cool
Vinny: There’s someone i want u to meet
To Be Continued…