Personal Narrative: My First Day In Middle School

It was my first day in middle school. School already started 1 weeks ago and I was a new kid. I was nervous for my first day at the new school, but I was thrilled and excited as well. I was not that social and was scared to talk to other people. I was also afraid that people won’t like me because I had a weird accent. The day was going nicely and it was lunch when it all happened. I knew no one so I was sitting alone at a table.
The table was huge and had more than enough room for five people excluding me to sit. I was interested in Diary of the Wimpy Kid series at the time, so I checked it out at the library. I was sitting alone reading even though read that book at least 3 times already. From the inside I wanted someone to come up to me and ask me to sit with them. I waited and waited, but no one came up and asked to sit with them, they all just passed by me, giving me weird looks on their way to their own tables to sit with their friends. I felt kind of uncomfortable and awkward …show more content…
I thought of saying no because I was kind of nervous. I did not think someone would come sit with me. By contrast, I thought someone was going to call me over to their table instead. But without myself knowing I said “yes”. He sat next to me and started eating. Inside I had a weird feeling of excitement and felt like he liked me. I wanted to start a conversation but I did not know what to say. I sensed the silence at the table making things more scary and awkward. I broke this awkward silence and asked what his name was. He answered “Ben” and before we knew it the awkward silence returned again sweeping over the table. This time he broke the silence. From there on we started talking and couldn’t stop talking. I just knew he liked me for who I really was. Before we knew it the lunch ended and Ben and I left the table and walked away. The table was quiet and lonely again and I was hoping to meet Ben again the next